New Mutants BoX office thread for The New Mutants

[psylockolussus]

Maybe $45 million domestic and maybe more or less $120 million worldwide. Dark PhoeniX flopped so hard, that its harder to predict how will this perform, especially being delayed for 2 years and with a buzz lower compare to Dark PhoeniX.

 

[psylockolussus]

As for New Mutants‘ $8M-$10M estimate, know that the Josh Boone-directed movie was originally set to open to around $20M. Whittling down from there, figure that roughly 60% of the marketplace is open, but with auditorium capacity safety restraints. And then Hurricane Laura throws in a wild card.

Previews for New Mutants will begin tonight, and the film will be playing at some drive-ins in states where hard-top theaters are closed. Specifically, the new Rose Bowl pop-up drive-in will be playing New Mutants tonight at 10:30 p.m.

‘New Mutants’ Hopes To Overpower Hurricane Laura As It Looks To Reopen Cinemas – Deadline

Weird how this movie is finally coming out and I won't be able to see it in the big screen as theaters might not be open (from where I live) until neXt year. Its also the first Marvel movie since Punisher War Zone that I won't see in a theater.

 

[psylockolussus]

New Mutants got an early jump on the weekend last night, grossing $750K in a pandemic marketplace where only 62% of all movie theaters are open.

‘New Mutants’ Makes $750K In Thursday Night Previews As Cinemas Eye A Comeback – Deadline

 

[Detective Conan]

Box Office: ‘New Mutants’ Lands $7 Million Debut
Here’s what I found most interesting about the article.

Even before the pandemic hit, “The New Mutants” was facing headwinds. The”X-Men” spinoff, about young mutants discovering their powers, had a particularly arduous journey to the big screen since it was initially scheduled to release in 2018. It reportedly went through extensive reshoots and has been delayed numerous times.

Analyst David A. Gross, who runs movie consultancy FranchiseRe, estimates “The New Mutants” would have generated roughly $14 million if all 6,000 movie theaters in the country were open.

The movie came in a little under projections but at this point I’m sure the expectations with this movie were always low(even before the pandemic). Now NM is going to be viewed as a movie that will test the waters for the box office in the era of the pandemic. I think the movie having a million dollar opening even without the key markets in the country opening like New York and California is a encouraging sign. New Mutants is pretty much a failure no matter which way you look at it, but hey at least it’s the first new movie in several months to do over a million dollars in the States!

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[psylockolussus]

I was eXpecting worse numbers than that given the pandemic. At least it would outgross Punisher War Zone, and hopefully Elektra.

 

[psylockolussus]

With an estimated $7 million, Disney’s The New Mutants from 20th Century Studios fell on the lower end of pre-weekend predictions. Critical reception was mixed-to-negative heading into the weekend (35% on Rotten Tomatoes, 45 on Metacritic) as the X-Men universe spin-off found itself unable to build on its Friday performance. Opening in 2,412 theaters, the film took in $3.1 million on Friday and dropped 21% on Saturday ($2.45 million) and 40.8% on Sunday ($1.45 million). It had a $2,902 per-theater average. Still, as theaters across the country continue to re-open, there is a chance that the PG-13 film, which stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Maisie Williams, could attract more ticket buyers. For historical comparison, the last X-Men-related movie, Dark Phoenix, opened to $32.8 million domestically on June 5, 2019.

Internationally, The New Mutants added an additional $2.9 million, bringing its worldwide opening weekend cumulative to $9.9 million.

Disney’s ‘The New Mutants’ Delivers $7 Million, Bill & Ted Return with $1 Million, and ‘Tenet’ Soars Overseas - Box Office Mojo

According to the internet, the production budget was 80 million. It doesn't look like an 80 million film.

 

[Mike Murdock]

I thought the production budget was closer to 40 Million. Regardless, this wasn't a high production movie. It was, essentially, a free movie to Disney, which is why I never understood why they didn't just release it earlier. It didn't make much, but I don't think they ever expected it to make much. It just seemed like it wasn't worth delaying it with the hopes it could do better.

That being said, considering there are very few people watching movies right now (I wanted to see this, but it's not worth dying over), maybe now was ideal because it's the perfect throwaway movie.

 

[psylockolussus]

DOMESTIC $8,347,977
INTERNATIONAL (25.8%) $2,900,000
WORLDWIDE $11,247,977

It already outgrossed Once Upon a Deadpool and Punisher: War Zone in North America.

 

[Micromind]

 

[psylockolussus]

Lets hope it will outgross Howard the Duck this weekend.

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[psylockolussus]

I guess it won't outgross Elektra.

 

[Limonade]

LOL. Wow. So many low-barred movies this is being compared to.

Honestly, this was the most predictable end to both X-Men: Apocalypse and The New Mutants--that I had vocalized.

Which would have been better to be put on the shelf and picked up at a later time. But I'm sure there were contractual obligations that HAD to be met for Fox, that Disney had to comply.

My hope is that Marvel is smart enough to stay away from these story-lines for the foreseeable future and build movies up to these big events like in the comics. Because there is SOOOOOOO much context to what made these comics ever so popular.

 

[Micromind]

 

[psylockolussus]

Adding the four day weekend, it already outgrossed both Jonah heX and Bloodshot. And will soon outgross Dredd 2012, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For and Supergirl!

Genre Keyword: Comic Book Adaptation - Box Office Mojo

 

[Micromind]

The New Mutants (2020)

Domestic $16,579,589
International $14,000,000
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Worldwide $30,579,589

 

[Micromind]

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[psylockolussus]

The movie has legs!

 

[psylockolussus]

I guess it won't outgross Elektra.

22k. Just 2k away from outgrossing that movie.