'Downton Abbey' kicks off weekend box office with $2.1M on Thursday evening

[masterofmystery]

Box office: #DowntonAbbey beats #AdAstra, #RamboLastBlood on Thursday night https://t.co/vDrJE6BHA1
- Variety (@Variety) September 20, 2019

Focus Features continuation of 'Downton Abbey' kicked off this weekend's busy box office, bringing in $2.1M on Thursday night in a wide release, and is expected to make around $20M (as are the other two movies

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[ahkna]

I've never quite got this show and it's popularity.

[londonsquare]

I saw a pre-screening on Tuesday night and it was actually really good! Some great surprises, stunning old lady shade, and I might have cried, too.

But yes, exceeded expectations.

[yankeesarelove]

Brad's publicity tour for Ad Astra is confusing me - is two years enough to forget that he was so drunk that he assaulted his child and then had to have supervised visits?

[ahkna]

He's just a straight white man. He can just ignore it and people will forget it for him.

[evett]

The internet is only talking about how hot he looked in his gq spread. nobody cares about him being a shitty father. men always get away with that.

[sakuramochii]

right now all i see are posts about him sticking up for gwyneth in the early 2000s when harvey w sexually harassed her, so he's on his golden boy tour

[emmanium]

I have to admit that I absolutely loved it. It wasn't the best thing I've ever seen but it was heart-warming and pleasant and gave me all the feels. Great escapism and and basically pure fan service.

[yurasama_love]

That's all I would expect from it, which is exactly why it is the way it is.

[aristobrit]

I saw it and I loved it too, idec. It's not the greatest movie ever and the plot is a little thin, but you just want to see the interaction of all the characters and the costumes, the house, etc. I liked the subplots for Thomas and Branson, Edith got her moment, it was all good.

I would have liked to have seen Lily James make an appearance, and she wanted to, but they said they couldn't find a way to work her into the plot since her character lives in New York now. I think they could have if they'd wanted to, but hopefully they will do another movie next year and they can solve that problem.

[peasantings]

I saw Ad Astra and it was very pretty but the entire time part of me was like “there is NO WAY this gets a ton of money.” It’s very arthouse at its core and I can’t imagine the WOM is gonna be great.

It’s a great score though. Hope it wins awards.

Plus I got a pin for seeing it in IMAX which was nice.