It's amazing that both films and their pre-release tracking is this strong, but after what happened with Furiosa (those scars are never gonna go away), I'm gonna try not to get swept up in believing that this is automatically what's going to happen.
Still, I think Deadpool and Wolverine has a very good chance at opening to $200M. The fact that pre-sales were so strong right out the gate (despite being more than two months out from release) just shows the amount of excitement people have towards seeing this one and if word-of-mouth is good, I expect decent walk-up business and even stronger pre-sales as we get closer to opening day.
For Twisters, that one is a massive wild card. For one, pre-sales (at least in my area) have not been good and I find it hard to believe that a movie like this could do $80M (just below Dune: Part Two's opening). However, I have to keep reminding myself that this isn't really a pre-sales heavy film and that it could certainly play to older audiences and middle America in the same way that Top Gun: Maverick did. Basically getting the older folks and people who don't really go the movies. We'll see, but if it's currently outpacing films like Nope, then hopefully an opening at least above $50M will be possible.
It's amazing that both films and their pre-release tracking is this strong, but after what happened with Furiosa (those scars are never gonna go away), I'm gonna try not to get swept up in believing that this is automatically what's going to happen.
Still, I think Deadpool and Wolverine has a very good chance at opening to $200M. The fact that pre-sales were so strong right out the gate (despite being more than two months out from release) just shows the amount of excitement people have towards seeing this one and if word-of-mouth is good, I expect decent walk-up business and even stronger pre-sales as we get closer to opening day.
For Twisters, that one is a massive wild card. For one, pre-sales (at least in my area) have not been good and I find it hard to believe that a movie like this could do $80M (just below Dune: Part Two's opening). However, I have to keep reminding myself that this isn't really a pre-sales heavy film and that it could certainly play to older audiences and middle America in the same way that Top Gun: Maverick did. Basically getting the older folks and people who don't really go the movies. We'll see, but if it's currently outpacing films like Nope, then hopefully an opening at least above $50M will be possible.