Discussion regarding the entirety of the franchise in a general (meta) sense, including such aspects as: production, trends, merchandise, fan culture, and more.
Baggie_Saiyan wrote:Surpassed BoG already by a fine margin too! That's crazy! I guess it really isn't at all surprising seeing everything this movie did beforehand coupled with an overwhelmingly strong word of mouth I think we can do it guys, we can surpass DBE!
Now that I think about it, assuming this movie doesn't face a massive drop today like Battle of Gods did, surpassing DBE might actually be a possibility. It's a shame the movie isn't playing at my local theater considering that I don't really feel like driving such a long distance just to watch this movie...
Baggie_Saiyan wrote:Surpassed BoG already by a fine margin too! That's crazy! I guess it really isn't at all surprising seeing everything this movie did beforehand coupled with an overwhelmingly strong word of mouth I think we can do it guys, we can surpass DBE!
Now that I think about it, assuming this movie doesn't face a massive drop today like Battle of Gods did, surpassing DBE might actually be a possibility. It's a shame the movie isn't playing at my local theater considering that I don't really feel like driving such a long distance just to watch this movie...
Well Deadline seem to think so:
After a highly successful international run, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F opened in the domestic market in only 894 select theaters and playing only one time a night — at 7 PM and the performance here is as stunning as it was overseas in Japan. On Tuesday and last night, it had collected a whopping $1.97M and Wednesday is said to have drawn in another estimated $1.6M. The movie’s per screen average of more than $2,198 landed it in first place yesterday among all movies. Theater sell outs were reported in major metropolitan areas including New York, Los Angeles and Dallas. They could pull in a similar $1.5M number tonight as well. In fact, this anime picture, on a budget of only $5M, could end up doing $18M to $19M in one week domestically.
TheGmGoken wrote:Possible that Dragonball Super played a factor in it as well?
Since Funimation isn't streaming Super and Super isn't airing in US either, where casual fans will learn about it, I say no.
But, the return of a famous and loved villain like Freeza is probably a key point.
A world without Dragon Ball is just boring.
Favourite old DB Animators: Masaki Sato and Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Favourite new DB Animators: Yuya Takahashi and Chikashi Kubota
TheGmGoken wrote:Possible that Dragonball Super played a factor in it as well?
Since Funimation isn't streaming Super and Super isn't airing in US either, where casual fans will learn about it, I say no.
But, the return of a famous and loved villain like Freeza is probably a key point.
Super was on IGN, Promoted on Hulu(oddly), and on TV news so I think a casual fan might accidentally run into Super. Hulu very popular these days.
Much faster release date, greater awareness of the franchise' comeback thanks to BOG & Super news plastered on every website, better marketing etc etc. Tons of factors here, now Funi just can't drop the ball like they did with BOG's weekend screen count and it could actually get $15m+
NA run is also important for Europe, more local distributors may be up for it with good domestic box office. At least I hope so...
Well it looks like it is going to see a similar pattern to BoG because the Thursday estimated gross is $340,000.
That'd be a 78% drop from Wednesday and pretty much the same drop that BoG had. I'm not sure if this person is using BoG's drops to make these estimates or if it's just a coincidence.
Bullza wrote:Well it looks like it is going to see a similar pattern to BoG because the Thursday estimated gross is $340,000.
That'd be a 78% drop from Wednesday and pretty much the same drop that BoG had. I'm not sure if this person is using BoG's drops to make these estimates or if it's just a coincidence.
Well that sounds disappointing.
Spoiler:
Akira Toriyama wrote:My policy is to try and forget things once they’re over. Since if I don’t discard the old and focus on what’s new, I’ll overload my brain capacity. I still haven’t lived down going, “Who the heck is Tao Pai-pai?” that one time I was talking with Ei’ichiro Oda-kun. But the fact that there are still people reading the series after all this time… All I can say is; “thank you.” Really, that’s all.
Akira Toriyama wrote:Drawing Dragon Ball again reminded me of two things--how much I love it, and how much I never want to do it again.
Kunzait_83 wrote:And if you're upset because all this new material completely invalidates the tabletop RPG rulebook-sized statistical system and flowchart for the characters' "canonical Power Levels" that you'd been working on painstakingly for the last bunch of years now... well I don't think there's a kind, non-blunt way of saying this, but that's 100% entirely your own misguided fault for buying so deeply into all this nonsensical garbage in the first place. And that you also have IMMENSELY skewed and comically backwards priorities in what you think is most important and needed to make a good Dragon Ball story.
Zephyr wrote:Goodness, they wrote idiotic drivel in a children's cartoon meant to advertise toys!? Again!? For the ninetieth episode in a row!? Somebody stop the presses! We have to voice our concern over these Super important issues!
Kamiccolo9 wrote:Fair enough, I concede. Sean Schemmel probably has some kind of hidden talent. Maybe he is an expert at Minesweeper. You're right; calling him "talentless" wasn't fair.
Michsi wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:29 amIn Super Piccolo got yelled off the stage by Vegeta in the U6 Tournament arc and lost to Jiminy Cricket in the ToP , he deserved 15 new transformations with his theme song played by Metallica in the background.
Bullza wrote:Well it looks like it is going to see a similar pattern to BoG because the Thursday estimated gross is $340,000.
That'd be a 78% drop from Wednesday and pretty much the same drop that BoG had. I'm not sure if this person is using BoG's drops to make these estimates or if it's just a coincidence.
But then again, this is estimated. We won't know until the Box Office numbers come out today.
"You think you can defeat me? Using the power of those MOSQUITOS?! I am the legendary WARRIOR!" - Broly (Big Green Dub)
Bullza wrote:Well it looks like it is going to see a similar pattern to BoG because the Thursday estimated gross is $340,000.
That'd be a 78% drop from Wednesday and pretty much the same drop that BoG had. I'm not sure if this person is using BoG's drops to make these estimates or if it's just a coincidence.
Well that sounds disappointing.
I don't know about anywhere else, but my theater isn't playing it Thurs and Fri so I'm assuming the same for some others. Picks back up Saturday here.
This article explains a lot, and also gives the gross for Thursday.
According to this, the movie dropped a lot of theaters on Thursday, down to 246 in the US, and still made $400K in the US and $110K in Canada for a total of $510K for Thursday. That's actually pretty decent considering BOG only made about $180K in its third day while showing in slightly more theaters.
It also explains what the rest of the limited release will look like in terms of numbers of theaters showing the movie. Saturday should bring in a lot (that's when I'm going as a matter of fact woooo).
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This article explains a lot, and also gives the gross for Wednesday.
According to this, the movie dropped a lot of theaters on Wednesday, down to 246 in the US, and still made $400K in the US and $110K in Canada for a total of $510K for Wednesday. That's actually pretty decent considering BOG only made about $180K in its third day while showing in slightly more theaters.
It also explains what the rest of the limited release will look like in terms of numbers of theaters showing the movie. Saturday should bring in a lot (that's when I'm going as a matter of fact woooo).
I'll never understand why always has to be a massive drop in theaters after only two days. If the amount of theaters the film got was consistently at least 800+, then the movie would make a lot more money in the long run.
Spoiler:
Akira Toriyama wrote:My policy is to try and forget things once they’re over. Since if I don’t discard the old and focus on what’s new, I’ll overload my brain capacity. I still haven’t lived down going, “Who the heck is Tao Pai-pai?” that one time I was talking with Ei’ichiro Oda-kun. But the fact that there are still people reading the series after all this time… All I can say is; “thank you.” Really, that’s all.
Akira Toriyama wrote:Drawing Dragon Ball again reminded me of two things--how much I love it, and how much I never want to do it again.
Kunzait_83 wrote:And if you're upset because all this new material completely invalidates the tabletop RPG rulebook-sized statistical system and flowchart for the characters' "canonical Power Levels" that you'd been working on painstakingly for the last bunch of years now... well I don't think there's a kind, non-blunt way of saying this, but that's 100% entirely your own misguided fault for buying so deeply into all this nonsensical garbage in the first place. And that you also have IMMENSELY skewed and comically backwards priorities in what you think is most important and needed to make a good Dragon Ball story.
Zephyr wrote:Goodness, they wrote idiotic drivel in a children's cartoon meant to advertise toys!? Again!? For the ninetieth episode in a row!? Somebody stop the presses! We have to voice our concern over these Super important issues!
Kamiccolo9 wrote:Fair enough, I concede. Sean Schemmel probably has some kind of hidden talent. Maybe he is an expert at Minesweeper. You're right; calling him "talentless" wasn't fair.
Michsi wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:29 amIn Super Piccolo got yelled off the stage by Vegeta in the U6 Tournament arc and lost to Jiminy Cricket in the ToP , he deserved 15 new transformations with his theme song played by Metallica in the background.
This article explains a lot, and also gives the gross for Wednesday.
According to this, the movie dropped a lot of theaters on Wednesday, down to 246 in the US, and still made $400K in the US and $110K in Canada for a total of $510K for Wednesday. That's actually pretty decent considering BOG only made about $180K in its third day while showing in slightly more theaters.
It also explains what the rest of the limited release will look like in terms of numbers of theaters showing the movie. Saturday should bring in a lot (that's when I'm going as a matter of fact woooo).
Actually, those are the numbers for Thursday night, not Wednesday.
"You think you can defeat me? Using the power of those MOSQUITOS?! I am the legendary WARRIOR!" - Broly (Big Green Dub)
This article explains a lot, and also gives the gross for Wednesday.
According to this, the movie dropped a lot of theaters on Wednesday, down to 246 in the US, and still made $400K in the US and $110K in Canada for a total of $510K for Wednesday. That's actually pretty decent considering BOG only made about $180K in its third day while showing in slightly more theaters.
It also explains what the rest of the limited release will look like in terms of numbers of theaters showing the movie. Saturday should bring in a lot (that's when I'm going as a matter of fact woooo).
Actually, those are the numbers for Thursday night, not Wednesday.
I'm perfectly fine with that figure. It's more than I expected. It is a 67% drop but it's a lot lighter than what BoG fell which was 79%.
Last time BoG fell another 89% on the Friday, it only made $20k but the movie was never advertised as playing on that date and it was just a last minute addition and was shown in just 29 theatres.
However RoF is being advertised as playing throughout the week so it shouldn't fall as badly so we'll see.
Bullza wrote:There was more of interest in that article that should be pointed out now as it'll give an idea of it'll perform over the next few days.
Friday - "Tonight theaters go dark to make way for the studio films"
Saturday - "it comes back with a vengeance with 922 U.S. theaters and 42 locations in Canada"
Sunday - "it will drop theaters and go back down to 154 locales."
Monday - " There are no playtimes"
Tuesday - "it will rise to over 800 theaters"
Why are there gonna be no playtimes for the movie on Monday?
Spoiler:
Akira Toriyama wrote:My policy is to try and forget things once they’re over. Since if I don’t discard the old and focus on what’s new, I’ll overload my brain capacity. I still haven’t lived down going, “Who the heck is Tao Pai-pai?” that one time I was talking with Ei’ichiro Oda-kun. But the fact that there are still people reading the series after all this time… All I can say is; “thank you.” Really, that’s all.
Akira Toriyama wrote:Drawing Dragon Ball again reminded me of two things--how much I love it, and how much I never want to do it again.
Kunzait_83 wrote:And if you're upset because all this new material completely invalidates the tabletop RPG rulebook-sized statistical system and flowchart for the characters' "canonical Power Levels" that you'd been working on painstakingly for the last bunch of years now... well I don't think there's a kind, non-blunt way of saying this, but that's 100% entirely your own misguided fault for buying so deeply into all this nonsensical garbage in the first place. And that you also have IMMENSELY skewed and comically backwards priorities in what you think is most important and needed to make a good Dragon Ball story.
Zephyr wrote:Goodness, they wrote idiotic drivel in a children's cartoon meant to advertise toys!? Again!? For the ninetieth episode in a row!? Somebody stop the presses! We have to voice our concern over these Super important issues!
Kamiccolo9 wrote:Fair enough, I concede. Sean Schemmel probably has some kind of hidden talent. Maybe he is an expert at Minesweeper. You're right; calling him "talentless" wasn't fair.
Michsi wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:29 amIn Super Piccolo got yelled off the stage by Vegeta in the U6 Tournament arc and lost to Jiminy Cricket in the ToP , he deserved 15 new transformations with his theme song played by Metallica in the background.
Anyway Box Mojo says the movie made $417,000 across 901 theatres on Thursday. The theatre count is a mistake. On Boxoffice.com it has it making the same amount in 246 theatres which was what Deadline also said.
It would appear that Canada's gross isn't included in that then. Deadline said $400k in US across 246 theatres and $110k in Canada across 54 theatres.
I'm not sure why the Canadian gross isn't included with it because that is a part of the domestic gross. Maybe they don't have the final figure yet and it'll be updated later I don't know.
It would mean the Thursday gross was more like $527,000 too.
Baggie_Saiyan wrote:Any news from Australia? I think the Aussies opened up yesterday or the day before.
The film opened up on Thursday in Australia (and New Zealand). I haven't found a website that gives details on how much the film made here but once I do find something I'll let you all know. It should be a decent amount considering that a lot of the theatres that were playing the film on Thursday and Friday were sold out, to the point were Madman had to add extra sessions on those days.
