Early christmas numbers for hobbit was 8.9m, and 10m for Thurs. Keeps getting grossly underestimated. Hoping for an increase here, I would like a 30m weekend.
Deadline numbers are up, 10.5m Hobbit, 9.7-9.9 Frozen. Other numbers up all pretty much same as Finkes.
http://www.deadline.com/2013/12/christmas-day-hobbit-vs-wolf-anchorman-2-mitty-anchorman-2-and-47-ronin-follow/
With Catching Fire, Hobbit, Thor to a lesser a degree, and now Frozen potential 800m WW grosser they has been a lot of competition on the world stage past couple of months.
Here's where we should be looking at, all time smallest drops 3000+ theaters. Record held by Cheaper By The Dozen with a 55% increase due to christmas. chance Frozen could best it. Not sure if these are just second weekend drops though.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/smallestdrops.htm?page=DROP3000&p=.htm
Edit: Yeah just second weekend drops comparison. I'll try and find one than shows other weekends
They're holds after the holidays is a different thing. You can't compare christmas boosted holiday weekend to weekends outside the christmas. Its great frozen is doing so well, I loved it giving it an A score but Frozen's potential 30m 5th weekend is a pale comparison to the achievements of Avatar and Titanic 5th weekends.
Find Dory is going to be absolutely massive, Finding Nemo is was an absolutely sensational film and Pixar have prooven with Toy Story 3 they can do sequels right.
Almost universally bad numbers for all films, this is a shocking unprecedented Friday after Christmas. I cant find a worse Friday after Christmas in the last 11 years. If it wasn't for Frozen I might actually be crying....