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Well US inflation from 2017 to now is 15.75% … so that’s hardly outrageous.

Folks on Twitter are saying that The Batman is remaining in theaters in China until May 17th since so many theaters have been closed. I don’t think that’ll make much of a difference, but at least people who want to see it will get a chance there.

They pulled it out of their ass, the same as the people claiming it needs to make a billion to break even. Please. 🙄

Seriously. Nothing like digging through three pages of talk about Euphoria and Josh Harnett's career of all things in order to find actual information on, you know, the weekend box office.

I think that's highly regional. Where I am the universities are all on spring break, but the actual schools won't go on Spring Break until the week before or the week after Easter. And Easter is late this year - April 17th.

Is this really a surprise, though? Normally when we're looking at a $10m+ Thursday you'll see lots of screenings sold out, etc. There was only one screening in my entire city sold out. The film should have a strong Saturday, though.

The Search is getting a bad reception, it looks like. I expect Godard to be divisive today as well. Not sure that there's really much most everyone likes this year beyond Two Days, One Night and Winter Sleep so far.

The full schedule is out now. The closing film still isn't listed. That's odd this late in the game, isn't it? http://www.festival-cannes.com/assets/File/WEB%202014/horaires/HORAIRE%20Internet%2067_%202.pdf

Not great, but certainly not awful. The first Twilight isn't a good comparison, because I'm pretty sure they didn't have 8pm or even 10pm screenings for that one. In comparison, this really much lower.

Les Miserables 12noon - 95% full (second screening of the day, the theater also had one that began at 11:50 am. I stuck my head in there and it looked 90+% full). Trailers: Oz the Great and Powerful - no reaction Star Trek - some chatter when people recognized what it was The Great Gatsby - no reaction Oblivion - no reaction Identity Theft - lots of laughter at the end (this was the newer trailer) Zero Dark Thirty - some chatter Well, I don't think I can review the movie properly because I've seen the stage musical about five or six times and it's my favorite of all time. Overall, I think it was really well done, with fantastic performances from everyone. Anne Hathaway should definitely win the Oscar from her performance of "I Dreamed a Dream" alone. Hugh was also fantastic, and Russell--who I wasn't sure about--did fine. I have some quibbles about some of the shot choices (does every song really need to be done in super close up?), but it was a rousing story, there was some beautiful cinematography and didn't seem stagey at all. A very emotional story. Total hankies used: 3 (I'm a weeper) The audience burst into applause and cheers at the end. I rarely see that in our theaters here, so I think it's safe to say that word of mouth should be decent.

Maybe they're using regular multipliers to get their OW total rather than the omg-Twi-is-frontloaded multipliers they should be using.

Five or six more people would help. I didn't get it he first few times.

No, New Moon has the best domestic total, but BD1 has the best opening weekend.

I get the point to a degree, but I also want to say ... wake up to the new (future) normal.When theaters first started adding midnight screenings there was the same outcry. It's "not fair" to the previous record holders, a midnight screening isn't *really* a Friday, etc. blah, blah, blah. But then everyone started doing it, it increased the hype for big movies and now it's normal. This will be the same thing. In the end, 10pm screenings are better for the theater owners (they are ALL for it), better for audiences, and the studio doesn't give a crap when their money starts rolling in.

I think Rust & Bone looks like the movie to beat.

Well, Sunday's numbers should be strong if my market is any indication.Saw the movie at 12 noon, first show of the day...97% sold out. Seats were full all the way down to the first row. Unreal for this market.

Hmmmm...I started following the box office whenever I started playing HSX. That's probably been ten, twelve years ago, maybe?

I've never heard of this project until today, but Bong Joo-Ho's Mother was one of my favorite films last year. He has an incredible eye. It's on Netflix Instant View, if you want to check it out. Chilling film. So this will be a hybrid English-speaking/Korean cast? I'm still not clear on that. It's an interesting concept.

Eh, the studios get so little of the Chinese box office, I hardly think it should count.

We Bought A Zoo $463,240 - 78%The Darkest Hour $463,240 - 72%NYE $174,182 - 72%BD1 - $108,121 - 72%The Muppets $68,511 - 85%

Alexander Payne surprises me for that one.

I'm not surprised. They put together an amazing trailer, and it played in front of a lot of big Christmas movies.

Well, the Christmas holiday weekend is always movie time in my family, so the last three days I've caught MI4 and TGWTDT, but today was... War Horse 12:45pm Sunday 95% full, but only playing on one screen at my theatre. Mix of mostly adults, but skewed a bit older on the adult side. Trailers: This Means War - lots of laughter The Pirates - lots of laughter and chatter ParaNorman - nothing (the first time I've seen this one...I think it will go over better with a full trailer ) Act of Valor - a tiny bit of chatter Titanic 3D - some talk Chimpanzee - a lot of "awwwws" John Carter - nothing The Movie - Well, it delivers what is promised, basically. The star is the horse, by far, and the animal shots are incredibly well done. The war scenes are not overly bloody (Saving Private Ryan this is not), but the brutality of war is there, and quite the thing to swallow after the idyllic beginning. I'm sure this movie will be too sentimental for some, but it worked for me. The only thing that was way off for me were the last shots, because emulating Gone With the Wind in celluloid style was a bit much for this movie to carry off. Overall it was enjoyable for me, though. The audience applauded at the end. Only the second time in recent memory that has happened in a theater for me. Word of mouth should be good. B/B+

This was a great script. There were rumors at one point that maybe they'd try to do almost the entire film in one shot (it would be possible based on the script). I'm doubting they got there, but even a 20-minute single shot would be impressive.I can't wait to see what he's done with it.

Variety's predicts for the weekend: Under $50m for SH would be...unimpressive, I think.