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Box Office Eyes $1. Million Opening. 9th Update, Sunday 8. AM after 1. 2: 4. AM post: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. M on Saturday, and Disney/Marvel is calling the opening weekend for the James Gunn- directed movie at $1. M. That’s not an outrageous forecast by Disney as industry estimates also show GOTG2 coming in at $1. M. Deadline’s Nancy Tartaglione will be expanding on the international story, but all- in worldwide to date for this $2. Free Download Grey Lady (2017) Movie on this page.

M budgeted movie before P& A is $4. M. The first GOTG had a similar negative cost, an estimated global $1. M P& A spend and churned a profit after all ancillaries of $2.

M. What was the big surprise this time around with GOTG2? For Disney distribution chief Dave Hollis it speaks volumes that Marvel “can take characters who many were unacquainted with before the first film, and in the course of the next film, deliver an opening that’s on par with some of the biggest openings in the movie business. It’s a reflection of how consistent Marvel has been –their $1. It’s not a franchise that is quote unquote safe or normal as other movie franchises. The challenge here was taking things that moviegoers loved from the first and making it bigger.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is opening at the U.S. Versions of Adam Warlock’s cocoon have appeared in both Guardians of the Galaxy films and every time I’ve seen them, my skin has crawled, even though the pods are.

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This is the 1. 7th biggest domestic opening of all- time, and any time a movie can rank in the top 2. But for the nth time in a row a Marvel superhero has kicked off summer, and what’s impressive about GOTG2 is that it’s an extension of a deeper universe series that continues to be loved by fans.

At a Marvel media day two weeks ago, the company’s boss Kevin Feige remarked that he did not have a stat on how many times audiences attend one of their comic book movies, “But if you look at Beauty and the Beast, I don’t think a movie doesn’t get to those kind of numbers unless there’s multiple viewings. We make our movies to be seen multiple times, not just because we want people to keep buying tickets, which we do, but because we grew up obsessing over the movies we love. It’s fun to revisit movies again and again.”Currently, GOTG2 ranks as the sixth best on that list after Avengers ($2. M), Age of Ultron ($1.

M), Captain America: Civil War ($1. M), Iron Man 3 ($1. M), and Spider- Man 3 ($1. M) (all Marvel character movies). Disney expects Sunday to dip 2. Saturday for $3. 7. M. For GOTG2 to hit a $1.

M domestic opening, it would need to make $4. M today, which would be $3. K more than what Captain America: Civil War grossed on its Sunday. Ever since the studios began rolling Thursday previews into Friday’s B. O., Saturday typically registers as a dip. It’s in these cases that the hasty observation is made that a film is frontloaded.

But if you back out GOTG2. That Friday- to- Saturday surge for GOTG2 outstrips that of Captain America: Civil War (+2.

Iron Man 3 (+1. 7%), GOTG (+1. Avengers (+1. 2% Saturday over Friday) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (- 1%), that is when you compare those films’ Saturdays to their pure Fridays (less Thursday cash). Now, that says a lot about GOTG2.

Also, Disney points out that families came out, and business in such cities like New York (where Friday was depressed because of storms) rebounded. Post. Trak continues to report that 7. GOTG2 a definite thumbs up to their friends; that’s one point above GOTG.

Guys under 2. 5 rep 2. All this means is that Marvel fans are aging up, and that those who were under 2.

Strong positive reactions among all four demos with M2. M2. 5- (9. 3%),  F2. F2. 5- (8. 8%). Disney shows that 7. GOTG2, 1. 9% families, and 9% teens. Fifty- four percent of all GOTG moviegoers were Caucasian, 1. Hispanic, 1. 2% African American and 9% Asian.

Imax hubs delivered $1. M of GOTG2. The trick with marketing remained keeping as much of GOTG2 a surprise, specifically the revelations of Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell’s characters in the film. Said Marvel boss Kevin Feige at the press day two weeks ago, “It feels like there’s been a lot out there. There’s little (content in the marketing) out there, and I think audiences will be surprised how much more there is to the movie.” Thirty- nine percent of all Post. Trak respondents said GOTG2 blew away their expectations compared to 3. After the sequel was announced in 2.

Comic- Con, the GOTG gang stopped by last year at Hall H in San Diego with exclusive footage and the Ravagers making a surprise entrance. The GOTG2 pre- kickoff Super Bowl spot drew a tremendous amount of chatter on Twitter, and was one of the highest- watched spots in the 2. Big Game per Relish Mix with close to 3. M views. The sequel’s first teaser trailer launched in October on Fox’s Rocky Horror Picture Show; with the second teaser debut at Brazil Comic Con in December setting a Marvel Studios teaser record with 8. M views in its first 2. Thor: Ragnarok). Baby Groot has been the posterboy for the movie not only in PR, but in a TV promo campaign estimated at $8.

M across various partners including Ford, Geico, Go- Gurt, and Dairy Queen. Groot became the first Sports.

Center Mascot ever and the focal point of a first- time partnership with Twitter and Fooji to launch #Baby. Groot On Demand Delivery Program in several metro areas. Baby Groot and Rocket were also featured in Facebook’s first- ever camera filters. All weekend long, Sirius radio has been playing the GOTG2 soundtrack on its ’7. Channel. The top 1. May 5- 7 based on studio- reported Sunday AM estimates: 1.).

The Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. DIS), 4,3. 47 theaters / $5. M Fri. How To Be A Latin Lover (PANT/LG), 1,2. M Fri. Beauty and the Beast (DIS), 2,6. M Fri. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (GINF) 4. K Fri./$1. 5. M Sat/$9.

K Sun/ 3- day cume: $3. M (- 6. 9%) /Total: $1. M/ Wk 2. 8.) Gifted (FSL), 1,8.

K Fri. Projections have simmered from what we saw yesterday with the James Gunn- directed movie now barreling toward a $1. M three day, per industry estimates. What is certain is that GOTG2 made $5.

M on Friday, including $1. M from Thursday previews. We saw these estimates late last night, and they’re sticking into this morning. Perhaps there’s a pop tonight to propel GOTG2 over $1. M. Keep this in mind: 1. May releases have opened to more than $1.

M at the box office, and as of right now, GOTG2 ranks as the sixth best on that list after Avengers ($2. M), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1. M), Captain America: Civil War ($1.

M), Iron Man 3 ($1. M), and Spider- Man 3 ($1. M) (all Marvel character movies). Great India Films. What’s clear is that GOTG2 is taking all the wind out of the box office. Yesterday, the Marvel movie generated 8.

Friday’s business. Most films geared at adults are taking a tumble that’s close to - 6. F8 hardly has any air left in its tires, and most of the other movies in the top 1. Free Home Again (2017) Online more. How to Be a Latin Lover), or older audience (Going in Style, Gifted). Even more so, Bollywood movies burn quickly at the B.

O. GOTG2 received a solid A Cinema. Score, the same as GOTG, and the 1. As we saw on Post.

Trak, older men are largely turning out for GOTG2: Cinema. Score shows 5. 8% guys and 6. The over 5. 0 crowd who turned out at 1.

GOTG2 giving it an A- . Reasons why moviegoers bought tickets: 5. Guardians fans, 2. Zoe Saldana. Before GOTG surprised everyone with a then- record August opening of $9.

M, some of us in the media had our doubts about the property: Not only was it a lesser- known comic in the Marvel sphere, but its main protagonists included a green female alien, a tree and a raccoon. But Marvel always knew it had the goods: They announced the sequel at Comic- Con three years ago before the first movie even opened.

That confidence continued to swell with Gunn also announcing before GOTG2 opened that he’s overseeing GOTG3 as writer and director. In terms of social media chatter, Relish. Mix reports, “Convo for Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. Fans are calling out Baby Groot, Drax and other characters by name — and the funny moments captured in the numerous clips shared across all social platforms. Also, fans are loving the soundtrack, and the film is gaining even more You. Tube views from homemade soundtracks for Vol.