| John2290 said: I don't see the surprise, it's a sequel to a beloved 90's film and it has 2 of the biggest names in films plus Jack black and the sexy doctor who chick. |
You're joking, right? First of all, there were probably less than 100 people clambering for a Jumanji 2, at least one without Robin Williams. 2nd, the Rock and Kevin Hart are hardly the biggest names in films. Just putting them in a film does not guarantee its success. 3rd, expectations/hype could not have been lower for this film. And finally, it was going toe to toe with the highly anticipated follow up to the largest film in DBO history, 3rd largest WW.
Jumanji had an opening weekend of just $36.2M at the DBO and $49.5M FBO, for a WW take of $85.7M. Given that most movies continually drop WOW, this was not a good sign for the movie. Especially when you consider it was released just one week after TLJ, which should have cannibalized most of its sales. However, due to good word of mouth and the fact that TLJ did not perform well with about half of its audience, it bounced back and became a huge hit.
Even adjusting for ticket price inflation, the original made ~$550M WW. This one is going to at least make $400M more. Then, there's the fact that it began kicking TLJ's ass at the DBO, shortly after its release. In its 2nd weekend, it was only ~$2.5M behind TLJ's $52.5M. After that it looked at TLJ in its rearview mirror. From Jan 1st until today, Jumanji has made $231.4M, while TLJ only made $102.6M, less than half. The legs on Jumanji are just incredible. Same goes for FBO, as it has a 10.9x opening multiplier, so far. Not many films achieve that.
Last edited by thismeintiel - on 21 March 2018
