The Panda

So my Peanuts under Rio 2 might not be an epic fail after all?

That exactly what they were saying about this one other franchise... I can't get my tongue around what it was. It slipped my memory.

1.The Good Dinosaur - 70m (95m) 2.Mockingjay Part 2 - 46m (186m) 3.Creed - 27m (40m) 4.Spectre - 17.7m (183.9m) 5.The Night Before - 10.9m (30.5m) 6.The Peanuts Movie - 10.5m (116.9m) Dec 4 1.The Good Dinosaur - 32.2m (143.2m) 2.Krampus - 25.8m (25.8m) 3.Mockingjay Part 2 - 18.4m (213.4m) 4.Creed - 13.2m (60.7m) 5.Spectre - 7.6m (195.2m) 6.The Night Before - 5m (38m) 7.The Peanuts Movie - 4.6m (123.8m) December 11 1.In The Heart of the Sea - 28.4m (28.4m) 2.The Good Dinosaur - 24.5m (180m) 3.Krampus - 12.4m (44.4m) 4.Mockingjay Part 2 - 11.4m (230.4m) 5.Creed - 9.4m (74.8m) 6.Spectre - 4.3m (201.7m) December 18 1.Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 230.5m 2.The Good Dinosaur - 15.4m (203.9m) 3.In the Heart of the Sea - 11.4m (46m) 4.Alvin and the Chipmunks 4 - 7.2m (7.2m) 5.Sisters - 6.5m (6.5m) 6.Krampus - 5.3m (53.1m) 7.Mockingjay Part 2 - 5.1m (238.3m) 8.Creed - 4.5m (82.3m) December 25 1.Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 135.2m (482.2m) 2.Joy - 25.8m (25.8m) 3.The Good Dinosaur - 20.3m (239.7m) 4.Daddy's Home - 17.4m (17.4m) 5.In the Heart of the Sea - 9.7m (63.2m) 6.Alvin and the Chipmunks 4 - 8.1m (22.3m) 7.Sisters - 7.6m (21.1m) 8.Concussion - 7.5m (7.5m) 9.Point Break - 7.2m (7.2m) 10.Krampus - 6.2m (65.3m) 11.Mockingjay Part 2 - 6.2m (250m) 12.The Big Short - 5.8m (5.8m) 256.2m

I somehow doubt MJ2 stays above 100m unless they fudge it.

Tele's dream is about to come true. On Tuesday they're going to find out they forgot about 60m dollars and it was really the biggest Hunger Games weekend.

Based on Spectre and Mockingjay's numbers, I don't think they have any fans.

TF4 didn't have a 100m weekend...

Even lower than estimate said. Under 100m OW could happen.

People said that in previous years as well about the films. Especially 2013. Quality wise, I wouldn't say it's a crazy year, Id say it's a decent year.

I think it's definitely plausible. I'm worried because this year has really been "go big or bust" and i don't know if this will apply here too.

I remember the talk of them becoming a major studio around Catching Fire. That isn't too likely now.

Technically, LOTR achieved it if you count the first Hobbit. Star Wars achieved it (ROTJ, Menace, Clones, and Sith) And if you count Avengers, Iron Man achieved it.

Few big hits? There have been a LOT. of big hits. Just not many medium sized hits.

I'd say it depends on the franchise, and the film in the franchise. I don't see how 105m is a great number for the finale. The finale being the lowest OW of the franchise, and finales are typically the most frontloaded, means something went wrong with your franchise. Either your marketing became complacent, people didn't like the last installment, etc. Something happened to make people not care about going to see the conclusion to a series they've already seen a few installments of. I'm not saying it's a flop number, but it certainly is a disappointment for a finale.

It has everything to do with the content. Splitting the book implies the first movie is half of the book and the second movie is the second half. Splitting the movie very much effected the quality of the content and what the content was. Also, you can make an excuse that anything in a movie is a gimmick. In fact, it's a gimmick to call a movie a gimmick.

A single book being split into two parts is a gimmick in my books.

With a 105m weekend, MJ2 will be hardpressed to even reach 300m.

156 minutes of gorgeous cinematography is the worst case for that film. And that's still worth the ticket price.

Seems like it'll be a good hit. A better tag line is a little Hart and a Big Rock. Johnson doesn't make sense.

Exactly, if I didn't follow films closely, I doubt I would have even known that it was coming out this week.

FF7 was a better film than MP2 though...

I think taking out the games took away a lot of the novelty thinking about it. A downbeat film about war propaganda just isn't as appealing. Plus the marketing campaign for both parts was weak compared to CF.

The movie fad has finally died. People are finally over it.

He should write a book about it.

It looks like all of the Young Adults are finally growing up...