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$15 million for Django is amazing. That would be higher than Inglourious Basterds's opening day.

I doubt Parental Guidance hurt Guardians at all, maybe Les Mis gave it a hit. But we haven't gotten any numbers from DW (as well as most studios) so tomorrow or the next day we should be able to see where it stands.I really want to see how well Skyfall and Wreck-It Ralph are still holding down the charts.

It lost like 800 theaters.Edit: PLUS for some reason holiday themed films always seem to drop off huge after the holiday.

1. Man of Steel2. Star Trek Into Darkness3. Pain & Gain4. The Lone Ranger5. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire6. Gangster Squad7. Iron Man 38. Frozen9. Anchorman: The Legend Continues10. Monsters University

Les Mis will be the next Titanic.

If wonder if Django could give Basterds a run for it's money? Among totals I mean.

I'm really interested in seeing how the November holdovers manage. All of them but Lincoln lost over 30% of their locations today, of which Breaking Dawn and Guardians lost almost 1000 theaters.

Holy shit at the Les Miserables numbers. The fact that it might have a shot at $200 million is astounding.

Just searching on Google is a much faster way of seeing the great cock of Fassbender.

The duration of that ride is gonna make the lines long as shit.

This thread is legendary.

Fingers crossed for Les Miserables to break out. Would be a great way to end the year.

Monsters, Inc's re-release is definitely doing bad. It's 5-day (in mid-December) could barely match half of the Toy Story double feature from (October) 2009, which also had Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs to contend with and was twice as long. There isn't really a good way to spin that other than "well 3D conversions are not costly" which in all honesty doesn't take away from the fact that it is doing badly. To compare how badly it is doing, Wreck-It Ralph's PTA (for it's 8th weekend) is only 38% off of Monsters which likely has almost nothing but 3D showings, while Ralph is probably mostly 2D at this point. That said the movie made truckloads back in 2001 so why bother saying how much of a failure it's re-release is?

Ouch. That is not a good drop for The Hobbit. It's actually the exact same drop I Am Legend had. $300 million isn't looking good. On the bright side the worst drop it should have next weekend is 20%-ish. I'd be willing to bet it winds up closer to 10%.

Unfortunately I believe 2012 will end on a less than stellar note. Django only has a slim chance at really "breaking out" and I don't think Les Mis will have the screen count. (Then again if Lincoln has taught us anything it is not to take that lightly)

Ouch for The Hobbit. I finally saw a late show tonight with some friends and it was about 30% full but that theater is never particularly busy. Still, it is doing pretty well when you don't think about the LotR trilogy, but that was stuff of legend. So honestly it shouldn't be taken as something degrading for Hobbit not doing as well.

Those are some pitiful numbers aside from The Hobbit and Zero Dark Thirty. Monsters, Inc. 3D had a very lackluster start as did The Guilt Trip.Let's just hope Django Unchained breaks out.

Yeah, Hobbit's 63% fall compared to Legend's 59% fall isn't bad at all considering the former has a much bigger family audience.Also when are December's ever consistent? It isn't like comparing Avengers to Spider-Man or Skyfall to Casino Royale. Comparing Hobbit and I Am Legend will not be nearly as accurate.

I think The Hobbit will be closer to Alvin than I am Legend in terms of drops. Well, hopefully.

http://boxofficemojo...&wknd=51&p=.htmChristmas 2007 also fell on a Tuesday.

So normal 3D only counted for 37% of the gross.

The Hobbit's numbers are solid and overall very good. It should have good legs and $300 million is easily achievable. That said it really shouldn't have had a problem edging over $100 million. Return of the King's weekend gross is well over $90 million when adjusting, and that was with a Wednesday release. Being the prequel to one of the most beloved film trilogies in modern cinema as well as one of the most influential book series of all time in addition to having 3D and IMAX it should have at least matched that. Not trying to be overly negative or anything because it's definitely a great starting number and could still have a great run ahead of it. But anyone trying to say this isn't at least a bit underwhelming is just in denial.

I keep forgetting Shrek 2 opened on a Wednesday.

Shrek 2. Though Passion of the Christ opened with $83 million and made $370 million... in February...

Well... it managed to make more than Return of the King on day one.