Aquaman (2018)

[Khev]

Aquaman's first Wednesday: $16.9 million
TLJ's first Wednesday: $16.88 million

That's right, Aquaman, the joke of the DC universe, is now trending better than Luke Skywalker lighting up his saber for the first time in 34 years.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

That’s sad

 

[carbo-fation]

Aquaman was my favorite DC movie thus far...not that it means much.

 

[jye4ever]

Aquaman's first Wednesday: $16.9 million
TLJ's first Wednesday: $16.88 million

That's right, Aquaman, the joke of the DC universe, is now trending better than Luke Skywalker lighting up his saber for the first time in 34 years.

Oh look I have a gaping wound could you please pass the lemon juice

 

[The Buffinator]

Aquaman's first Wednesday: $16.9 million
TLJ's first Wednesday: $16.88 million

That's right, Aquaman, the joke of the DC universe, is now trending better than Luke Skywalker lighting up his saber for the first time in 34 years.

Yeah, but TLJ's first Wednesday was before Xmas, not after like Aquaman (i.e., it wasn't a holiday for most people). TLJ's first 3 weeks were $297M, $168M and $84.3M. Aquaman's first week was $137M. Even if it matches that the next 2 weeks, it'll be @$140M behind.

 

[Khev]

Yeah, but TLJ's first Wednesday was before Xmas, not after like Aquaman (i.e., it wasn't a holiday for most people). TLJ's first 3 weeks were $297M, $168M and $84.3M. Aquaman's first week was $137M. Even if it matches that the next 2 weeks, it'll be @$140M behind.

Well yes obviously but only because of their respective opening weekends. Once you take the "Follow-up opening to TFA" vs. "Follow-up opening to JL" out of the equation then you're left with word of mouth buzz which is where we're at now.

 

[M United]

So its hit 630m. My prediction was right it will make 800m to 1bn. My 1 bn predicion was with a very good US run.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Dude I am sooo sorry I missed that small yet ever so critical detail my wife always tells me to pay more attention to details she is right I have failed you

That's perfect!!! Her expression is priceless for that.

Aquaman's first Wednesday: $16.9 million
TLJ's first Wednesday: $16.88 million

That's right, Aquaman, the joke of the DC universe, is now trending better than Luke Skywalker lighting up his saber for the first time in 34 years.

That is incredible. Absolutely incredible.

Only M United believed.

 

[Khev]

Oh look I have a gaping wound could you please pass the lemon juice

Drink it in jye. Drink. It. In.

Lol

 

[M United]

That's perfect!!! Her expression is priceless for that.





That is incredible. Absolutely incredible.

Only M United believed.

You have to believe Grace has rubeed well on me.

 

[The Buffinator]

Well yes obviously but only because of their respective opening weekends. Once you take the "Follow-up opening to TFA" vs. "Follow-up opening to JL" out of the equation then you're left with word of mouth buzz which is where we're at now.

But....TLJ made roughly $150M more than Aquaman on its opening weekend ($220M vs. $70M). It made $620M during its domestic run. Aquaman would need to make > $470M in the U.S. for your argument to hold. That's a multiplier of @6.7, which would be unheard of. You're correct that relative to its own numbers it's trending better (and will likely have a better multiplier than TLJ's), but Arthur's boxing in an entirely different weight class.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

The only thing that helps it, is the way the holidays fell this year

 

[M United]

Just saw Aquaman for a second time. The story and dialogue is pretty weak but the action is just amazing and saves the movie along with a fantastic Momoa. Still recommend it but its not the best DCEU movie MOS and WW are better.

 

[Caped Baldy]

I put it above MOS and a little below WW. Aquaman has a better third act than both though.

 

[M United]

Third act aquaman was the best part of the movie.

 

[Sassafras]

Saw it last night. In some ways more than I expected e.g. stuffed with lots of stuff re characters and visuals. Seems to try here and there for some depth and then turns around and is pretty much "who cares, let's have a fight scene WITH an explosion and Jason Mamoa doin' a pose."

*Eh*. Some stuff pretty cool, some bad performance moments (Amber Heard was unevenly awful at times), guess with this kind of movie doesn't matter. Felt like a B movie on an A movie budget or Fast and Furious underwater. By the end I was getting bored and I like long movies. And yeah, it shamelessly rips off any number of other films.

But this movie wasn't about shame or narrative flow, it was about comic book characters and cool **** and Jason Mamoa doin' badass stuff. Which is probably why it works. Not sorry I saw it but wouldn't pay to see it again. Person I went with had pretty much same opinion.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Aquaman's first Wednesday: $16.9 million
TLJ's first Wednesday: $16.88 million

That's right, Aquaman, the joke of the DC universe, is now trending better than Luke Skywalker throwing his saber over his shoulder for the first time in 34 years.

Fixed.

 

[Khev]

 

[jye4ever]

That’s an exact scene from the movie if i’m not mistaken lol

 

[jye4ever]

2nd Weekend % Drops:


Aquaman 23.5
Blade 1: 36
Spiderman 1: 37
Wonder Woman: 43
Batman Begins: 44
Black Panther: 44
The Amazing Spiderman: 44
Thor 1: 47
Iron Man 1: 48
Spiderman 2: 48
Doctor Strange: 49
Avengers 1: 50
The Dark Knight: 52
Hellboy 1: 53
Spiderman into the Spiderverse: 53
X-Men 2: 53
Punisher (Jane's): 54
Thor Ragnorak: 54
Daredevil: 55
Guardians of the Galaxy 1: 55
Guardians of the Galaxy 2: 55
Ghost Rider 1: 55
Venom: 55
Ant-Man: 56
Avengers Infinity War: 56
Logan: 56
Captain America The Winter Soldier: 56
X-Men 1: 56
X-Men First Class: 56
Blade 3: 57
Deadpool: 57
Justice League 57
Thor The Dark World: 57
Iron Man 3: 58
Avengers Age of Ultron: 59
Captain America Civil War: 59
Fantastic Four 1: 59
Ghost Rider 2: 59
Iron Man 2: 59
Blade 2: 60
Captain America The First Avenger: 60
The Incredible Hulk: 60
Spiderman 3: 61
The Amazing Spiderman 2: 61
The Dark Knight Returns: 61
Ant-Man and the Wasp: 62
Dredd: 62
Spiderman Homecoming: 62
Superman Returns: 63
X-Men Days of Future Past: 64
Man of Steel: 64
Deadpool 2 65
Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer: 65
X-Men Apocalypse: 65
Green Lantern: 66
X-Men The Last Stand: 66
Punisher Warzone: 67
Suicide Squad: 67
Watchmen: 67
Fantastic Four (Trank's): 68
Batman v Superman: 69
Hulk (Ang's): 69
X-Men Origins Wolverine: 69
Hellboy 2: 70