2025 Wide Release Prediction Game Thread
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UPDATED: Tuesday, April 28, 2026 17:16
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its bad as an opening and not sure on staying power but I believe there was much worse
Joker-2 AssRaped Joker Folie à Deux (2024) vs. Elio (2025) vs. Strange World (2022)
https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/custom-comparisons-extended/Joker-F
olie-a-Deux-(2024)/Elio-(2025)/Strange-World-(2022)#tab=day_by_day_comparison
Elio (2025) vs. A Minecraft Movie (2025) vs. Barbie (2023)
https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/custom-comparisons-extended/Elio-(2
025)/Minecraft-Movie-A-(2025)/Barbie-(2023)#tab=day_by_day_comparison
Pixar's sci-fi misfire, ELIO, failed to launch internationally too, grossing just $14M.
TOP MARKETS:
1. KOREA ($1.8M)
2. MEXICO ($1.4M)
3. FRANCE ($1.3M)
3. UK ($1.2M)
China opens next week. Japan, August 1st.
https://forums.boxofficetheory.com/topic/32972-elio/
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Ballerina is a major flop for Lionsgate...
$90 Million Production Budget. $225 Million breakeven point.
Worldwide Gross after Weekend 3: $105,798,256
Lost just about as much as they spent on this one.
Could have sent that money to those imaginary 300,000 kids that are starving in the Congo instead of lighting it on fire like that.
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"I don't find this stuff amusing anymore." ~Paul Simon
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Brad Pitt’s ‘F1’ to Top the Box Office but Projections for Apple’s Big-Budget Racing Drama Are All Over the Place
https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/f1-movie-megan-sequel-box-off
ice-opening-weekend-projections-1236439291/
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My old man made Megan 2 sound like it was going to be Terminator 2.
I haven't watched a trailer, but I love the concept. Enjoyed the 1st movie well enough.
Maybe they'll have the budget to buy the rights to use Toy Soldier in this one. From the sounds of it, the song might be a better fit to the sequel.
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Two years after M3GAN, a marvel of artificial intelligence, went rogue and embarked on a murderous rampage, its creator, Gemma, has become an advocate for government oversight of AI. Unbeknownst to her, a defense contractor has created a military-grade weapon known as Amelia, the ultimate infiltration spy. However, as Emlia's self-awareness increases, it becomes less interested in taking orders. Hoping to stop Emilia, Gemma decides to resurrect M3GAN, making it faster, stronger, and more lethal.
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Thunderbolts made $59,328 Wednesday, 188 + M overseas, 371 + M worldwide
remakes of revamp or reimagined of remakes of remake coming
Lilo and Stitch 2 is announced
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/lilo-and-stitch-2-disney-1236441738/
Sinners $275.5 + M / $85 +M / $361 + M.
A24 used to big a big picture stuido, hype for Everything Everywhere All At Once, Civil War but now struggles
The Phoenician Scheme 32 Million
Materialists 30 Million
who will stay in the top 10, it seems that Sinners gets knocked out of the Top10 this week
Balerina JW, John Wick Ballerina is in trouble
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Horror - Final Destination Bloodlines WB $145.3M intl cume/$280.1M global.
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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING
https://forums.boxofficetheory.com/topic/32976-mission-impossible-the-
final-reckoning-2576m-overseas-3895m-worldwide/page/3/#comments
257.6M and overseas 389.5M
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Planes vs Boats vs Cars vs Karate Kungfu Sportsball?
F1: The Movie (2025) vs. Top Gun: Maverick (2022) vs. Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/custom-comparisons-extended/F1-The-
Movie-(2025)/Top-Gun-Maverick-(2022)/Speed-2-Cruise-Control#tab=day_by_day_comparison
F1: The Movie (2025) vs. Fast X (2023) vs. The Karate Kid (2010)
https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/custom-comparisons-extended/F1-The-
Movie-(2025)/Fast-X-(2023)/Karate-Kid-The-(2010)#tab=day_by_day_comparison
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Estimated debuts this weekend for F1 The Movie by international market include:
https://x.com/BORReport/status/1939351736021598314
U.K. - $9.2M
China - $9.0M
Mexico - $6.7M
France - $5.4M
Australia - $5.0M
S. Korea - $3.7M
Germany - $3.4M
India - $2.8M
Japan - $2.8M
U.A.E. - $2.7M
Italy - $2.4M
Spain - $2.3M
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AMC works really hard to make going to the movies terrible
By Colette Bennett | July 1, 2025
https://www.thestreet.com/entertainment/amc-works-really-hard-to-make-
going-to-the-movies-terrible
As streaming media has exploded in popularity over the past few decades, fewer and fewer people have seen the point of getting into the car and going to the movie theater.
Despite being a beloved activity that people have adored for well over a hundred years, going to the movies really isn't what it used to be.
Add up the price of a ticket or two, overpriced concessions, the cost of driving to and from the theater — not to mention the high possibility of loud groups of kids who don't mind talking over the entire movie — and it's just not appealing.
The pandemic hit movie theaters hard, and although America has recovered, the movie theater industry hasn't.
Typically it made between 10 and 11 billion a year before 2020, but since then, it hasn't exceeded more than 8 billion, per data from Box Office Mojo.
One way theaters coped with getting people back in theater seats was to entice them with limited-edition merchandise like themed popcorn buckets, which actually did wonders for their bottom line. AMC alone raked in $65 million from sales of this merchandise.
Now AMC has a new idea to change the theater experience. But unlike its innovative collectible popcorn buckets, this will actually add yet another reason to justify staying home on the couch with Netflix.
Your movie date just got longer
We all go to the movies expecting to see trailers before the show starts, and some people even like it that way, knowing if they're running a bit late, they won't miss the main event.
AMC has decided this is a good thing, and as of July 1, will now show more pre-movie ads than ever, including "as much as" a whopping five minutes of commercials, as well as a new ad called a "Platinum Spot" that will play before the last few movie trailers you see.
Trailers and other promotions can mean the movie doesn't start for 25-30 minutes, according to the AMC website.
The advertising decision comes as the result of an agreement AMC made with the National CineMedia ad network, which is the largest of its kind in the U.S.
Back in 2019, AMC declined using these ads, despite the fact other chains such as Regal adopted them, saying it believed that moviegoers would react "quite negatively" to them.
But it has since pivoted, saying in a June Bloomberg interview, “While AMC was initially reluctant to bring this to our theaters, our competitors have fully participated for more than five years without any direct impact to their attendance."
Why AMC is making this move
AMC has had its share of struggles over the past few years. While it's been slowly recovering since the pandemic, 2024 didn't pan out so well, with AMC reporting a decline in revenue in 2024's Q3 and an attendance decline.
AMC also announced on July 1 that it had entered into a new agreement with its creditors, which will provide $223 million of new money financing that will be used to refinance its debt.
The agreement will also allow AMC to equitize at least $143 million of its current debt, and has the potential to allow the company to equitize as much at $337 million.
Commenters on social media did not take well to the news of the new ads.
"I would like to warn AMC to expect 25-30 years of me never coming back to their theaters," said X user TexasPharmD.
"Just another reason to avoid the movies," X user Laz252 said.
"Stop. I like how they want more people to watch movies, but they're also still making the experience worse," X user 360 No One said.
By Colette Bennett
Colette Bennett is a multi-faceted writer that covers retail, tech, entertainment, and more. Before joining TheStreet, Colette was a Senior Producer for Yahoo! Finance, and prior to that, a reporter for CNN. Also a novelist, her debut "Enter the
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