BvS opens to record numbers, but also sets a record drop from Friday to Sunday

[karadinart]

Batman V Superman’s actual opening weekend numbers released this morning and were a few million dollars short of the studio’s estimates which initially pegged the domestic release at over $170 million for the weekend. Actuals saw BvS earn $166.1 million domestically and $254,000,000 in foreign markets for a grand sum of just over $420 million worldwide – the largest worldwide debut for any superhero movie ever. That last bit is a little misleading since it opened in more markets day and date than any other superhero film, but an impressive number nonetheless.

That effect was potentially already seen over the weekend since Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice actually set a record for the biggest box office dropoff for a superhero film from Friday to Sunday in an opening weekend.

Looking at daily numbers for all modern superhero films, Forbes discovered that BvS dropped 58.6% from Friday (which includes Thursday previews) to Sunday.

That’s the biggest dropoff for a film in the genre, even topping the pattern of last year’s Fantastic Four disaster which comparatively dropped approximately 48% and the previous Easter weekend record holder, Furious 7, which dropped 51% from Friday to Sunday last year.

It might be a sign that after the most eager fans saw it on Thursday and Friday, word of mouth didn’t carry in more moviegoers.

Comments

[bulleteyes.livejournal.com]

I saw it last night. I've a friend who has read all the comics and he knows all the characters well.

He was very disappointed with the film. We went on a Tuesday night and had a decent crowd in the theatre but there was none of the "buzz" you can feel in a theatre when people are having fun. When it was over it was like leaving a funeral. No one was talking and everyone felt bummed out.

I thought it was okay. I'm more of a Superman fan so I would have been happy with simply Supe and Lois and their relationship shown in the film being 3/4ths of the film (grin).