Knew SA was topping that 16m estimate after it's midnights.

It won't get 50 million with that #, I think. But high 40s isn't bad.

I should have never doubted The Rock. Male starpower isn't dead after all ... until you look down and see how far Coops has fallen since January.

Screw everyone who isn't seeing Tomorrowland.

I expect it is refreshing for people to get a "blockbuster" that isn't a sequel, a reboot, a remake, or based on a comic-book. San Andreas will let the youth of today know what a 90s summer blockbuster was like.

Do people still believe Tomorrowland will squeak by 100 million?

Great OD for SA and it should go well over $100M. I actually think it will end up around Taken 2's gross or slightly more eventhough JW is going to hurt it. Not much else to say about the rest except that it's nice to see that MM might have the best drop out the bunch.

Tomorrowland is not going to make $100m and it is bombing in OS markets as well.

As I asked before: were Dennis Quaid and John Cusack considrered big draws after The Day After Tomorrow and 2012?

Both of those movies had brands though. Everyone knew about the Mayan prophecy and everyone knew about global warming. This was just The Rock and some jabroni earthquakes.

Why can't Fury Road put up a decent friday increase? Most deceiving daily numbers ever. $150M is probably out now.

No but at the point in time the genre was the star. The straight up disaster concept isn't that big of a sell any more.

These numbers are very encouraging for ID4 imo. Even without Smith, 90's nostalgia is a powerful thing. I expect the budget, effects, teasers/trailers, to be much stronger for that one as well as release date. There's still demand for popcorn blockbusters.

Yes but today people eithe rlike ultra serious Nolany films or self aware tongue in cheek wink wink borderline parodies ala Transformers or Avengers or what have.

You the mix, which was heavily featured in the 90s and early 2000s, doesnt work any more.

This makes no sense? What are you talking about? I feel like people are over the Transformers type movie.

I think Jake Gyllenhaal walked off with DAM clout, rightfully or not.

They are, but they're not over that silly/stupid humor style. Or maybe they are, as Avengers can attest to.

Definitely not. I'd argue that Roland Emmerich was more the draw in both of those. The performers were just recognizable faces that had no impact on its performance. As Excel said, the genre was the main star.

I actually even forgot that Dennis Quaid was in The Day After Tomorrow.

Variety claim that San Andreas is on for a $47m opening. It has 3D and is in 3,777 cinemas compared to The Day After Tomorrow and 2012's no 3D debuts of $65m and $68m at 300+ less cinemas. It's a great, great opening for The Rock, but I am not convinced this was all his doing. I believe that people were just in need of a blockbuster that wasn't part of an existing franchise. This was an "original" blockbuster. Easy escapism. The Rock didn't hinder its success, but he sure as hell did not manage that $47m on his own. I don't believe the 90s nostalgia was in play either. I just think that it's the summer and $47m isn't so impressive for pretty much any mid-large sized film to obtain. Sure, it feels hugely impressive, though, but that was because predictions were rather low. Warner Bros. must be happy about the opening.

Poor for San Andreas, the marketing costs alone was probably higher than its opening weekend numbers based on the saturation of advertising the entire month.

Yeah the Cusack/Quaid argument does hold water. The Rock did have a far more positive influence on SA than those actors had on their films. That said - SA is obviously a hit because of more than just The Rock.

Woah at that San Andreas increase. Apparently, the WC is really going crazy over it and now $50M+ is pretty much a done deal.

Great increase for San Andreas. Definitely doing over 50 now.

That is a good increase of SA I don't know how WoM is good for this.

But how do we know that? San Andreas is the first large-scale film of its kind since then. Pompeii and Into the Storm are the only ones comparable and they were just way smaller in their presentation.

But at the same time, TDAT's opening adjusts to almost $90 million, 2012 to $70 million - without 3D. Did The Rock help? Sure. Did he help more than an additional $5-7 million? Not so sure.