Please predict these films opening weekends by first preview numbers on Friday morning:

The Marvels
The Holdovers (Nov 10)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Thanksgiving
Next Goal Wins
Trolls Band Together
Napoleon (3-day)
Wish (3-day)
Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce
Godzilla Minus One
Silent Night
The Boy and the Heron
Wonka
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Migration
The Color Purple (Dec. 25-27)
Ferrari (Dec. 25-27)

Previous winners:

2021

September: Magic Mike
October: zwackerm
November: Keyser Soze
December: publicenemy#1

2022

January/February: zwackerm
March/April: Jonathan
May: rftapeout
June/July: Algren
August/September: Magic Mike
October: Rev
November/December: Magic Mike

2023

January/February: Magic Mike
March: Keyser Soze
April/May: stuffp
June: Keyser Soze
July/August: publicenemy#1
September/October: Rev

Please predict these films opening weekends by first preview numbers on Friday morning:

The Marvels 45m
The Holdovers (Nov 10) 6m
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes 49m
Thanksgiving 17m
Next Goal Wins 8m
Trolls Band Together 50m
Napoleon 18m 3day
Wish 39m 3 day
Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce 35m
Godzilla Minus One 10m
Silent Night 6m
The Boy and the Heron 12m
Wonka 35m
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 40m
Migration 40m
The Color Purple 15m
Ferrari 4m

Absolutely abysmal holiday season

These are worth adding in IMO:

Thanksgiving
The Iron Claw
Anyone But You

Thanksgiving is on the list. There is a lot of movies to predict as is so I felt like some such as Iron Claw and Anyone But You could get cut. I thought Anyone But You could be something when I first heard about it but now it seems like a relative nothing release.

Fair enough. Completely missed Thanksgiving on your list. I think it may make a tidy sum.

The Marvels - 50
The Holdovers (Nov 10) - 4.8
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes - 60.5
Thanksgiving - 9.5
Next Goal Wins - 3.9
Trolls Band Together - 36
Napoleon - 17
Wish - 33
Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce - 37
Godzilla Minus One - 7.5
Silent Night - 5
The Boy and the Heron - 16.8
Wonka - 30
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - 45
Migration - 27
The Color Purple - 18
Ferrari - 6.5

The Marvels - 55
The Holdovers (Nov 10) - 4.2
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes - 51
Thanksgiving - 10.9
Next Goal Wins - 5.5
Trolls Band Together - 46.9
Napoleon - 20.6
Wish - 37.6
Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce - 56.9
Godzilla Minus One - 11.5
Silent Night - 3.7
The Boy and the Heron - 16.9
Wonka - 26.9
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - 46.9
Migration - 17.5
The Color Purple - 26.9
Ferrari - 12.9

The Color Purple and Ferrari open on a Monday, so I'm guessing we're predicting the weekend after for those?

The Marvels - 40
The Holdovers (Nov 10) - 2.5
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes - 43
Thanksgiving - 9
Next Goal Wins - 4
Trolls Band Together - 34
Napoleon - 18
Wish - 38
Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce - 26
Godzilla Minus One - 5
Silent Night - 6
The Boy and the Heron - 8
Wonka - 34
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - 36
Migration - 23
The Color Purple - 14.8
Ferrari - 5.7

My bad, predict the first three days (Dec 25-27) please.

The Marvels - $35M
The Holdovers (Nov 10) - $5M
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes - $35M
Thanksgiving - $5M
Next Goal Wins - $5M
Trolls Band Together - $35M
Napoleon - $35M
Wish - $35M
Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce - $15M
Godzilla Minus One - $5M
Silent Night - $5M
The Boy and the Heron - $5M
Wonka - $35M
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - $35M
Migration - $35M
The Color Purple - $15M
Ferrari - $5M

The Marvels - $48m
The Holdovers (Nov 10) - $4m
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes - $58m
Thanksgiving - $11m
Next Goal Wins - $5.5m
Trolls Band Together - $30m
Napoleon - $19m
Wish - $42m
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé - $29m
Godzilla Minus One - $6.5m
Silent Night - $4.5m
The Boy and the Heron - $8.5m
Wonka - $41m
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - $56m
Migration - $26m
The Color Purple - $19m
Ferrari - $7m

Looks pretty lackluster and I might be a tad optimistic on some. But surely a film or two will benefit from just being a recognizable brand or name during the holidays... right? Nothing really looks like it has $200m potential to me, maybe not even $150m if this go well south. Would be quite the poor way to close out 2023.

Please predict these films opening weekends by first preview numbers on Friday morning:

The Marvels 41m
The Holdovers (Nov 10) 3m
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes 48m
Thanksgiving 11m
Next Goal Wins 4m
Trolls Band Together 25m
Napoleon 17m 3day
Wish 31m 3 day
Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce 27m
Godzilla Minus One 13m
Silent Night 5m
The Boy and the Heron 15m
Wonka 35m
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 35m
Migration 30m
The Color Purple 17m
Ferrari 6m

Absolutely abysmal holiday season

The Marvels 48m
The Holdovers (Nov 10) 5.5m
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes 53m
Thanksgiving 15m
Next Goal Wins 4.5m
Trolls Band Together 36.5m
Napoleon (3-day) 18.5m
Wish (3-day) 37m
Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce 28m
Godzilla Minus One 6m
Silent Night 5.5m
The Boy and the Heron 10m
Wonka 36m
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 37.5m
Migration 29m
The Color Purple (Dec. 25-27) 16m
Ferrari (Dec. 25-27) 7.5m

The Marvels - 45
The Holdovers (Nov 10) - 6
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes - 70
Thanksgiving - 12
Next Goal Wins - 2
Trolls Band Together - 50
Napoleon (3-day) - 25
Wish (3-day) - 25
Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce - 20
Godzilla Minus One - 5
Silent Night - 3
The Boy and the Heron - 20
Wonka - 25
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - 25
Migration - 28
The Color Purple (Dec. 25-27) - 15
Ferrari (Dec. 25-27) - 9

The Marvels - $60M
The Holdovers (Nov 10) - $5M
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes- $65M
Thanksgiving - $11M
Next Goal Wins - $3M
Trolls Band Together - $26M
Napoleon (3-day) - $24M
Wish (3-day) - $48M
Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce - $31M
Godzilla Minus One - $6M
Silent Night - $3M
The Boy and the Heron - $10M
Wonka - $25M
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - $41M
Migration - $28M
The Color Purple (Dec. 25-27) - $16M
Ferrari (Dec. 25-27) - $7M



No idea what to make of this season. Something has to break out.

Yeah I went excessively high on Hunger Games cause I wanted to predict a Big Winner. But Keyser probably would’ve told us by now if it was selling like that.

I decided to try to be generic in my predictions with tiers. Low ($5M), mid ($15M), high ($35M). Sadly box office seems to underperform lately so let's see if this strategy saves me from last.

Its having good predictable pace at this point which is better than what Marvels had at this point. That said Marvels had bigger OD sales. Overall I think HG will finish stronger but the reviews are not that much of a stand out to be a uber breakout. Still think it can out open Marvels.

The Marvels - $46M
The Holdovers (Nov 10) - $6M
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes- $60M
Thanksgiving - $15M
Next Goal Wins - $5M
Trolls Band Together - $30m
Napoleon (3-day) - $24M
Wish (3-day) - $38M
Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce - $25M
Godzilla Minus One - $8M
Silent Night - $5M
The Boy and the Heron - $9M
Wonka - $37M
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - $45M
Migration - $24M
The Color Purple (Dec. 25-27) - $15M
Ferrari (Dec. 25-27) - $11M

Please predict these films opening weekends by first preview numbers on Friday morning:

The Marvels $49.5 million
The Holdovers (Nov 10) $5 million
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes $63 million
Thanksgiving $10 million
Next Goal Wins $3.3 million
Trolls Band Together $23 million
Napoleon (3-day) $20.4 million
Wish (3-day) $40.8 million
Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce $23 million
Godzilla Minus One $6.7 million
Silent Night $5 million
The Boy and the Heron $3.3 million
Wonka $30.3 million
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom $38.5 million
Migration $22 million
The Color Purple (Dec. 25-27) $17.4 million
Ferrari (Dec. 25-27) $4 million

I could have predicted higher for Hunger Games but its Rotten Tomatoes critics score isn't very high. Fantastic Beasts 1: 74% (347 reviews) and Hunger Games 5: 67% (39 reviews)

The Marvels $39m
The Holdovers (Nov 10) $1.1m
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes $47m
Thanksgiving $16m
Next Goal Wins $4.2m
Trolls Band Together $33m
Napoleon (3-day) $15.8m
Wish (3-day) $32m
Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce $12m
Godzilla Minus One $3.4m
Silent Night $2m
The Boy and the Heron $7.3m
Wonka $40.8m
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom $44m
Migration $22m
The Color Purple (Dec. 25-27) $7.5m
Ferrari (Dec. 25-27) $4.6m

Since it was after numbers your Marvels prediction will be the average of everyone else’s (46.9).

You know what. For once it would be better than what he himself predicted. You should take the worse of 2 numbers for being late. Or fine him like 20 points or so.

Thank you, kindly.