Warner Bros.' 'Digger' has grossed $35.3 million worldwide after an $8 million domestic opening and a 60% second-weekend drop. Fortune, citing Variety, puts the loss at $245 million; the Los Angeles Times, citing industry sources and counting streaming, says at least $150 million.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption12
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives30
- Confidence58
Sony's "The Social Reckoning" opened to about $5 million in 2,606 theaters, under a quarter of the roughly $22 million "The Social Network" made in 2010. Fortune attributes the weak start to a story audiences already know, and the film cost a reported $30 million to make.
Reality
- Evidence66
- Adoption23
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence66
Universal's Other Mommy opened to $27.5 million in North America, five times the $5.5 million that Sony's The Social Reckoning took. Against reported budgets of $19 million and $30 million, the first gross was 1.45 times cost for the horror film and 0.18 times for the drama.
Perspective Coverage
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- Builder 18%
- Operator
- Operator 28%
- Investor
- Investor 54%
Reality
- Evidence80
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+8
- Incentives35
- Confidence74
Warner Bros.' Digger opened to $20 million worldwide against up to $250 million in production and marketing spend. It lands days before Paramount Skydance takes control of the studio, whose new owners will decide what kind of films Warner makes next.
Perspective Coverage
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- Builder 38%
- Operator
- Operator 27%
- Investor
- Investor 35%
Reality
- Evidence68
- Adoption14
- Hype gap+8
- Incentives40
- Confidence66
Disney's "Endgame Encore" rerelease grossed about $126 million worldwide and put the film $1.8 million ahead of "Avatar" for the all-time record. The money came from a seven-year-old film that has streamed for years, and it still earned more than 12 times the usual rerelease ceiling.
Perspective Coverage
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- Builder
- Builder 14%
- Operator
- Operator 38%
- Investor
- Investor 48%
Reality
- Evidence78
- Adoption60
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives60
- Confidence74