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 July 6-8 Predictions (Ant-Man and the Wasp, The First Purge) 
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Ant-Man and the Wasp - 4,100
The First Purge - 3,000 (opens Wednesday)


Sun Jul 01, 2018 12:31 pm
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Ant-Man and the Wasp - 103 million
The First Purge - 10 million (opening day); 32 million (five-day)

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Post Re: July 6-8 Predictions (Ant-Man and the Wasp, The First Pu
Ant-Man and the Wasp $83m
The First Purge $26m (five-day)


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The First Purge is an odd one. Film number four is where Paranormal Activity badly hit the wall. And this being a prequel almost recalls Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones. BUT I feel the ad campaign is strong, and it feels very of a piece with the other three, which have shown consistent growth. Focusing exclusively on African American protagonists for the first time could also prove a successful gambit. I believe this franchise has strong urban appeal.

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Post Re: July 6-8 Predictions (Ant-Man and the Wasp, The First Pu
I don't know. It makes black people look violent and disruptive. Not sure they'll appreciate that after Bland Panther wiped their slate clean.


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The Superfly argument: black audiences no longer want violent, street-centric stories after Black Panther's Afro-futurism and portrayal of regal black excellence. But nah. The black characters here are the heroes. The villains are the suited, white-bread "New Founding Fathers" (Republicans), and the crux of the plot is them sending militarized forces into black neighborhoods disguised as regular Purgers.

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Post Re: July 6-8 Predictions (Ant-Man and the Wasp, The First Pu
This is the fourth Purge movie. It won't grow from its base audience. Being a prequel, it will drop heavily from the last two entries.

Prediction: $24m 5-day/$45m total


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Post Re: July 6-8 Predictions (Ant-Man and the Wasp, The First Pu
Ant-Man and the Wasp - 80
The First Purge - 23(3-Day)/35(5-Day)


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Post Re: July 6-8 Predictions (Ant-Man and the Wasp, The First Pu
David wrote:
The Superfly argument: black audiences no longer want violent, street-centric stories after Black Panther's Afro-futurism and portrayal of regal black excellence. But nah. The black characters here are the heroes. The villains are the suited, white-bread "New Founding Fathers" (Republicans), and the crux of the plot is them sending militarized forces into black neighborhoods disguised as regular Purgers.

Could this repel white audiences?

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Not enough to make a difference.

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Yeah, it's a low-grossing franchise anyway, so nothing will make a big difference, but it should see a decline from Election Year. This one looks shit. Too dark, and messy, and a prequel, ugh.


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Post Re: July 6-8 Predictions (Ant-Man and the Wasp, The First Pu
Purge's marketing is strong but I really feel the prequel element will hold it back. Definitely see it being the lowest 3-day of the series to-date, especially with the early open.

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Ant-Man - $99m
Purge - $20m (3 day)

Purge really should have continued the story from Election Year, which was a suprisingly great movie.


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Post Re: July 6-8 Predictions (Ant-Man and the Wasp, The First Pu
Variety agrees with my prediction.


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Post Re: July 6-8 Predictions (Ant-Man and the Wasp, The First Pu
1. ANT-MAN & THE WASP - 85.746 MILLION (New)
2. JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM - 28 MILLION (-54%)
3. INCREDIBLES 2 - 25.993 MILLION (-44%)
4. THE FIRST PURGE - 23.516 MILLION (3-Day)/40.566 MILLION (5-Day)
5. SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO - 10.074 MILLION (-47%)
6. UNCLE DREW - 8.459 MILLION (-44.5%)
7. OCEAN'S 8 - 5.8 MILLION (-30.3%)
8. TAG - 4.057 MILLION (-31%)
9. DEADPOOL 2 - 2.18 MILLION (-39%)
10. WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? - 2.155 MILLION (-11%)
11. SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY - 1.8 MILLION (-33%)
12. HEREDITARY - 1.349 MILLION (-41%)
13. SANJU - 1.089 MILLION (-60%)
14. AVENGERS: INFINITY WARS - 1.018 MILLION (-34%)
15. SUPERFLY - $533,162 (-62%)


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Post Re: July 6-8 Predictions (Ant-Man and the Wasp, The First Pu
Probably doesn't mean much but Ant-man still not being on MT is weird.


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Post Re: July 6-8 Predictions (Ant-Man and the Wasp, The First Pu
publicenemy#1 wrote:
Probably doesn't mean much but Ant-man still not being on MT is weird.

The First Purge is gonna out open Ant-Man!


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