The flight to Mars is towering over the flight to Neverland as Fox’s second weekend of “The Martian” looks likely to pull in as much as $34 million, according to early Friday estimates.
Warner Bros.’ opening of “Pan” is on a much more modest trajectory with projections for $20 million, at best, during the Columbus Day weekend. The Hugh Jackman vehicle scored $650,000 at Thursday night previews in the U.S. — one quarter of the $2.5 million for “The Martian” — and was on track for an opening day in the $6 million to $7 million range.
The performance for “Pan” is not a surprise, but it is a clear and costly disappointment. Expectations for the film, which opens at 3,515 locations and has a $150 million price tag, have been in the low $20 millions in recent days. Reviews have been unkind for the origins story, which also stars Rooney Mara and Garrett Hedlund, with a 24% “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sony’s third weekend of “Hotel Transylvania 2” will easily beat “Pan” for the second slot at roughly $25 million to $28 million. The toon will finish the frame with around $125 million in its first 17 days.
By contrast, Sony’s seeing a less than enthusiastic reception for “The Walk,” which expands to 2,509 locations amid tempered expectations in the $4 million to $6 million range. The film, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Philippe Petit, earned a modest $2.5 million in its first week in a limited debut at 448 premium large-format theaters.
Yikes, that's pretty damn bad for both Pan and The Walk and excellent for The Martian and Hotel Transylvania. Luckily The Walk's budget is $35 million. The movie's good, it doesn't deserve to do that bad, poor JGL.
Not The Walk, I mean it's a Robert Zemeckis movie. I hope it'll slay worldwide tbh
Who wants to go be reminded of "the twin towers" and 911? Not to mention that the previews looked morbid with the dark editing they used. Joseph Gordon-Levitt looked like a corpse!
Who wants to go be reminded of "the twin towers" and 911? Not to mention that the previews looked morbid with the dark editing they used. Joseph Gordon-Levitt looked like a corpse!
I don't see the issue, it's not about 9/11. But I guess it's the American audience, still hope it'll do well WW
And JGL is not supposed to look hot or anything, he's playing a little pale French guy who did something amazing
Why would anyone be interested in a man walking across two skyscrapers? It's similar to Man on a Ledge.
No one's going to anticipate such a storyline to want to pay the price of admission at the theatre.
Although MoaL is an okay movie, I've yet to see The Walk. But both trailers don't leave much to be desired.
Can you imagine that the people who produced this **** earned thousands/millions? A joke, this world makes me sick.
The Walk is actually based on a true story. There was a whole documentary film about it called Man on Wire, this is the film version.
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I don't see the issue, it's not about 9/11. But I guess it's the American audience, still hope it'll do well WW
And JGL is not supposed to look hot or anything, he's playing a little pale French guy who did something amazing
I actually found JGL pretty attractive in it, in his shirtless scene he's kinda ripped.
The Walk is actually based on a true story. There was a whole documentary film about it called Man on Wire, this is the film version.