Who's In?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4877122/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Normally, I'd say a film like this would end up in the $80-$120m range, but with this year underwhelming BO for animated films, we are due a breakout.
Lego Batman was a hit but not as big as expected. Captain Underpants was a minor animated entry. Cars 3 performed poorly as expected and DM3 is impacted by franchise fatigue (again as expected).
After this week's Spider-man Homecoming – the rest of July and August are jam packed with adult fair including - Apes, Dunkirk, Girls Trip, Atomic Blonde, Dark Tower, Detroit, Annabelle and Logan Lucky.
The Nut Job 2 will barely register as competition – plus it is released 3 weeks later.
With kids (and sadly adults) obsessed with social media, messaging etc. this is the type of “cutesy” novel thing they will flock to in hordes.
Anecdote (that may or may not hold any relevance) time : when I went to see Wonder Woman last week, I witnessed a guy ask for two tickets to The Eoji Movie (which obviously hasn’t been released). Both he and his daughter were visibly upset it wasn’t playing yet… I do think there is a market for this film.
$200m Domestic?
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I wasn't being serious, didn't you see my "is it" in the end 