#ED

Didn't Gravity do 1.5M?

I did the math. 800K Thursday Day 2.5M Thursday Night Previews.

Not for Thursday DAY.

So the movie makes 1.3M Weds and probably made 2M Thursday in just 249 theaters and people are disappointed?

Gravity was strictly IMAX 3D, no 2D option. So it still has an advantage.

Yes. I did the math.

No bitching needed. 1.3M+ is a good start. 249 theaters.

WRONG. Polls closed at 9PM EST in NY. KTHXBYE LEAVE THE THREAD.

Tuesday night was also Election night in the U.S.

Let's not forget 80% of sales for Gravity OW was 3D.

These are still estimates. Also, there's a big difference here. Media outlets everywhere complained about the fudging. No one has said anything about fudging yet including RTH. RTH simply posted he wasn't sure about estimates because of the theaters the movie is playing in.

Regardless, the 1.4M for the day should be enough for Interstellar to be #1 for Wednesday. The first time in a decade that a limited release will be #1 since Chicago.

LOCK DELETE BANN.

So, with margins of error established, let’s use last night’s $1.4m as the comparative number to Skyfall‘s $2.2m IMAX-only debut. If the films perform similarly, then the Matthew McConaughey/Jessica Chastain/Anne Hathaway/Michael Caine adventure will earn around $57m by Sunday night. Now keeping in mind that the Thursday numbers will go into the till and Interstellar is debuting on nearly half as many screens as Skyfall did before the weekend, I would imagine a push to cross the $60m mark would be in order over the traditional weekend. But of course Interstellar is 169 minutes long and is less of a known entity than Skyfall, which is why frankly I’m pretty comfortable using them as comparison points.

RTH stated that he wasn't sure about estimates due to certain theaters being used in the limited release.

It's only fudging if it's a Michael Bay movie. Fudging for a Nolan movie shall not be called "Fudging". We're just getting the gross we deserve, but not the one we need right now.

FYI, it looks like Tuesday previews will be included into Wednesday total gross. Similar to all movies who do Thursday night previews.

Ahead of the weekend, Interstellar is playing for two days at 249 theaters: all of these theaters are showing the movie on film only (no digital projection). Paramount is estimating that the movie will earn at least $1.5 million on Wednesday, which will be enough for first place at the box office. From what we can tell, this will be the first time in over a decade that a movie took first place while in limited release (Chicago did it for three days in January 2003). http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3953&p=.htm _____ RTH - 1.2M

1.2M would be Weds gross.

So we could see an estimate tomorrow for Wednesday. Of course everyone will cry about how Tuesday was added into Weds and count as "OD in limited screens", even though every movie does it these days.

250 theaters? Bad? Explain. Let's not forget previews will probably go into Weds total gross just like every other movie these days. 1.5M is actually good.

Interstellar did 600K in previews. I did the math.

Really?

Shut it Tele. It's good numbers. Say it. Saaaaaaayyy it.