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As usual nice drops for the family films. I dont think they will expand ITW that much, Les Miserables widest release was 2,927 theaters. Im not sure why.

Jan 2-4 1)The Hobbit 3-28m 2)Unbroken-23m 3)Into the Woods-22m 4)Night at the museum-14m 5)Women in Black 2-13m 6)Annie-11m 7)The Imitation Game-8m 8)Mockingjay P1-7m 9)The Gambler-6m 10)Exodus-4m

The one-two punch of unbroken and hobbit totally killed exodus. Fox is ending on a sour note after a fantastic year.

Fun Fact: Meryl Streep's highest grossing movie worldwide is Mamma Mia (a musical). It looks like Into the Woods will be joining her top 5 soon. I guess the lesson is Streep in a musical=Big Bucks.

How are the holdovers looking? Hobbit?

I wish she had a better filmography, she hasn't really reached her peak. Imo I would like the Cleopatra film to happen.

Well I think everyone knows that, not a lot of strong films this year. January should be pretty big though.

I don't understand Unbroken numbers, unremarkable marketing. I guess people are desperate for an adult drama.

I'm surprised with the unbroken numbers. There didn't seem to be much pre-release buzz, and it doesn't have golden globe nominations either. Weird. It's really benefiting from no huge four quadrant films.

what time does early numbers usually come in for xmas day?

Well its probably not going to be a huge weekend for any of the new openers but thats been the story for the last 6 months of 2014.

apparently its playing in over 300 theaters now. What do you guys think will be the final count when all is said and done?

I wasn't planning on seeing this and I still won't see it now. But the chains should have kept it in theaters from the get-go; if ppl lived their lives in fear then no one would ever leave the house.

The studio and most tracking were expecting mid 20s, so it came in well under. Most we're expecting it to blow Annie away but nothing really separates them. Bad idea to open both on the same weekend. NATM probably should have kept its original Xmas day opening.

Again, everyone makes the tv shows rounds when promoting, it's in the contracts.

They're not doing anything unusual everyone goes on ellen.

Into the woods- 27m (4-day 35m) Unbroken-18m (4-day 24m)

Pretty good for hobbit. Solid for annie and meh for NATM, looks like overseas will have to save Museum, because it's barely going to make 100m domestically. A long come down from the previous installments.

Solid numbers for the openers this weekend, if estimates hold. Like I was talking about in the annie thread, critics reviews don't influence audience was much as they like to think. It's mainly WOM.

online sales have risen greatly in the past few years? Y/N These Fandango reports really dont tell much of anything. I wonder why sites still report on it.

Hobbit 3: 95m (5-day) NATM 3: 23m Annie-17m

Yeah the new date is definitely worse. Atleast during Christmas, the marketplace is larger because everyone is going to the movies. Kung Fu would have had some space from Good Dinosaur, now it has no space from Zootopia. Not to mention BvS opening the next weekend. April 15 is a better date if they are really scared of the competition but dont want to completely bomb; I hope DWA isnt counting on a 200m grosser with this one because thats not going to happen.

I mean it could still rebound around X-mas but it doesnt look like 2014 is going to be a year to remember at any point. Im not expecting Hobbit 3 to explode and the family films will probably hurt each other. As for next year, 50 Shades can't save February by itself, it looks dire for the entire month. Jupiter Ascending, Seventh Son going against each other? LMAO Spongebob Squarepants? The first Spongebob adaption didnt do great. Then a Will Smith dramedy to end the month? Boring. I think March is when the box office will really start to pick up. Chappie, Cinderella, Insurgent, Get Hard all look like pretty big hits.

I knew one of these holiday comedies wouldnt hit 100m. I thought it would be D&D2, it still could be but maybe that has enough left in the tank to crawl over the threshold.