{"id":302311,"date":"2021-07-19T05:16:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T02:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/a-bigger-hit-than-the-last-looney-tunes-movie\/"},"modified":"2021-07-19T05:16:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T02:16:48","slug":"a-bigger-hit-than-the-last-looney-tunes-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-bigger-hit-than-the-last-looney-tunes-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"#A Bigger Hit Than the Last Looney Tunes Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4070325cd12\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4070325cd12\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-bigger-hit-than-the-last-looney-tunes-movie\/#Space_Jam_2_Box_Office\" >Space Jam 2 Box Office<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-bigger-hit-than-the-last-looney-tunes-movie\/#LeBron_James_vs_Looney_Tunes\" >LeBron James vs. Looney Tunes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-bigger-hit-than-the-last-looney-tunes-movie\/#What_the_Critics_and_Moviegoers_Think_of_Space_Jam_2\" >What the Critics and Moviegoers Think of Space Jam 2<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-bigger-hit-than-the-last-looney-tunes-movie\/#Space_Jam_2_Box_Office_vs_Forecast\" >Space Jam 2 Box Office vs. Forecast<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-bigger-hit-than-the-last-looney-tunes-movie\/#The_Other_New_Sequel\" >The Other New Sequel<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-bigger-hit-than-the-last-looney-tunes-movie\/#Outsiders_Break_Through\" >Outsiders Break Through<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-bigger-hit-than-the-last-looney-tunes-movie\/#Box_Office_Chart_for_July_16-18_2021\" >Box Office Chart for July 16-18, 2021<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#A Bigger Hit Than the Last Looney Tunes Movie<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.9--><em>Welcome to our weekly box office report, which we do a little differently. Rather than focusing on the money, FSR senior editor\u00a0Christopher Campbell is more interested in the estimated attendance \u2014 or number of tickets sold. Because the value of money changes over the years, but the value of actual moviegoers remains the same. This week, we primarily look at the opening box office attendance numbers for Space Jam: A New Legacy. Also: Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, and Pig.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>No, <em>Space Jam 2<\/em> did not open bigger than the original. Back in 1996, <em>Space Jam<\/em> debuted with a gross of just $27.5 million, but that would have equated to about 6.2 million tickets sold. The new sequel, <strong><em>Space Jam: A New Legacy<\/em><\/strong> opened over the weekend with a three-day (plus Thursday night) gross of $31.7 million (estimated*). But at today\u2019s prices, that\u2019s only about 3.5 million tickets sold**. That\u2019s still pretty impressive, especially considering the new <em>Space Jam<\/em> was also available day-and-date on HBO Max without additional cost to subscribers. And the movie topped the box office even ahead of Marvel\u2019s <strong><em>Black Widow<\/em><\/strong>, which is also available at home yet with an extra cost to Disney+ subscribers.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Space_Jam_2_Box_Office\"><\/span>Space Jam 2 Box Office<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>Space Jam: A New Legacy<\/em> did open bigger than the last <strong><em>Looney Tunes<\/em><\/strong> movie, however. The 2003 feature <em><strong>Looney Tunes: Back in Action<\/strong><\/em> debuted with a three-day attendance of roughly 1.5 million. That\u2019s less than half what <em>Space Jam 2<\/em> did in its opening weekend. Can we assume the <em>Looney Tunes<\/em> themselves aren\u2019t the box office draw and that Michael Jordan and LeBron James were the respective <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eals of the first and second <em>Space Jam<\/em> installments? There\u2019s not enough data to make that claim, especially when there\u2019s not really any box office information for the <em>Looney Tunes<\/em> compilation films that hit theaters in the 1970s and 1980s save for <em>Bugs Bunny\u2019s 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales<\/em> selling only around 27,000 tickets on a limited amount of screens in its 1982 opening weekend.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"LeBron_James_vs_Looney_Tunes\"><\/span>LeBron James vs. Looney Tunes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We can compare the opening weekend attendance for the last three <em>Looney Tunes<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> to the viewership of <em>Looney Tunes<\/em> TV shows. Two of them anyway. <em>The Looney Tunes Show<\/em>, which brought the original Warner Bros. cartoon characters back for an updated series in 2011 on the Cartoon Network, was watched by almost 2.5 million people in its premiere. Over its few years on the air, the show fell in viewership. It finished with just 1 million sets of eyes for its last episode in 2014. The following year, <em>New Looney Tunes<\/em> premiered on the Cartoon Network with around 1.2 million viewers. The ratings were mostly steady but occasionally dipped as low as 0.5 million. Then it went to Boomerang and audience numbers seem to have ceased being documented. The popularity of those programs is definitely more <em>Back in Action<\/em> size than <em>Space Jam<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_the_Critics_and_Moviegoers_Think_of_Space_Jam_2\"><\/span>What the Critics and Moviegoers Think of Space Jam 2<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The box office attendance for <em>Space Jam 2<\/em> is in line with its reception compared to its direct franchise predecessor, as well. The new movie\u2019s reviews (31% on Rotten Tomatoes, 36 on Metacritic) are worse than the already negative <em>Space Jam<\/em> (44% on Rotten Tomatoes, 59 on Metacritic). But <em>Looney Tunes: Back in Action<\/em> had relatively negative to mixed reviews and fared a bit better with the aggregate sites (56% on Rotten Tomatoes, 64 on Metacritic). Audience Scores on Rotten Tomatoes, however, favor the <em>Space Jam<\/em> movies by a lot. Meanwhile, the fans approved of the <em>Space Jam<\/em> movies more than they did <em>Looney Tunes: Back in Action<\/em>. According to Cinemascore, first-night audiences polled by the firm gave both the original <em>Space Jam<\/em> and <em>Space Jam: A New Legacy<\/em> a grade of A-. They gave <em>Looney Tunes: Back in Action<\/em> a B+.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Space_Jam_2_Box_Office_vs_Forecast\"><\/span>Space Jam 2 Box Office vs. Forecast<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Despite the mostly negative reviews and unfavorable buzz surrounding the IP exploitation of the movie, the opening for <em>Space Jam 2<\/em> exceeded expectations. Last month, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/biggest-movies-theaters-july-2021\/\">Box Office Pro forecast<\/a> the debut as more like 1.6 million to 3.3 million tickets sold in the first weekend. And even <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/weekend-box-office-forecast-can-black-widow-defend-its-crown-against-space-jam-a-new-legacy-and-escape-room-tournament-of-champions\/\">last week<\/a>, the same site only upped the low end of its forecast range to the equivalent of 2.2 million tickets. The main prediction for the movie was the equivalent of 2.9 million tickets. Other movies that did better than expected over the weekend include <em><strong>The Forever Purge<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>F9: The Fast Saga<\/strong><\/em>, which finally exceeded $150 million domestic gross, and the new documentary <em><strong>Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain<\/strong><\/em>. It\u2019s hard to tell if the ethics controversy over <em>Roadrunner<\/em>\u2018s use of AI-aided narration helped, but its attendance of 207,000 was nearly double the expected 109,000.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Other_New_Sequel\"><\/span>The Other New Sequel<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Box Office Pro was impressively right on the money for another sequel that opened over the weekend, guessing right that <em><strong>Escape Room: Tournament of Champions<\/strong><\/em> would draw a little less than 1 million people*. That\u2019s about half as many people as went to see the original <em>Escape Room<\/em> two years ago. The new movie\u2019s reviews were also lesser than its predecessor (42% vs. 51% on Rotten Tomatoes, 47 vs. 48 on Metacritic). Finally, one more new movie broke into the box office top ten over the weekend: Michael Sarnoski\u2019s <em><strong>Pig<\/strong><\/em>, which has garnered rave reviews, especially for Nicolas Cage\u2019s performance. In fact, it\u2019s his best-reviewed live-action release ever, breaking his previous record with <em>Moonstruck<\/em>. And at 100,000 tickets sold, it\u2019s his best opening for a live-action starring vehicle since 2014\u2019s <em>Left Behind<\/em>. Previous to that: <em>Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Outsiders_Break_Through\"><\/span>Outsiders Break Through<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Overall, it was a pretty good weekend for moviegoing. No movie in the top ten doing less than 100,000 ticket sales. Sure, the top seven titles are sequels. But the fact that there\u2019s also a documentary and an indie film in the mix feels pretty good to me. Even if <em>Space Jam: A New Legacy<\/em>\u2018s popularity goes along with the idea that franchise IPs are all that matter to the industry lately, there\u2019s still room for outsiders. Finally, I have one note about <em>Black Widow<\/em> following out of the top spot after just one weekend. First of all, that\u2019s just the box office attendance in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> right now. Particularly for the movies available in digital form \u2014 meaning quickly pirated as well. Second of all, it happens on occasion even with Marvel movies. Before <em>Black Widow<\/em>, it happened to <em>The Incredible Hulk<\/em>, <em>Captain America: The First Avenger<\/em>, <em>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em>, and <em>Ant-Man and the Wasp<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Box_Office_Chart_for_July_16-18_2021\"><\/span>Box Office Chart for July 16-18, 2021<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<table id=\"tablepress-80\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-80\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Rank<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Movie Title<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">Weekend Attendance<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-4\">Per-Screen Attendance<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-5\">Total Attendance <\/th>\n<th class=\"column-6\">Studio<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Space Jam: A New Legacy<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">3.5 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">871<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">3.5 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">Warner Bros.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Black Widow<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">2.9 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">670<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">14.4 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">Disney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Escape Room: Tournament of Champions<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">0.96 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">341<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">Sony Pictures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">F9: The Fast Saga<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">0.83 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">247<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">16.9 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">Universal Pictures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">The Boss Baby: Family Business<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">0.52 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">149<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">4.9 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">Universal Pictures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">The Forever Purge<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">0.45 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">166<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">3.9 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">Universal Pictures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">A Quiet Place Part II<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">0.3 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">359<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">16.9 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">Paramount Pictures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">0.2 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">224<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">0.2 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">Focus Features<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Cruella<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">0.121 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">103<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">9.1 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">Disney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Pig<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">0.103 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">187<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">0.1 million<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">Neon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-80 from cache --><em>*Initially box office grosses are estimated and then are later updated for actual figures.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** Ticket sales and attendance figures are determined with each year\u2019s average ticket prices. 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