Elessar

I don't get the hate Orci gets. Two films ago the filmmakers were the heroes for bringing back Trek to success. What happened in the meantime? No, Into Darkness wasn't that bad. The only mistake Orci makes is engaging with the internet community. You can't win.

Everything is possible.

What a weird week. We shouldn't expect good increases on Friday, i guess. (for BOFA)

Like i've been saying a drop under 40% was in store. Thursday should be over $10m, would be disappointing if not. Hopefully closer to $11m but considering it has not been able to match AUJ's 2nd week numbers, might be a tall order.

It's better than coming off a frigging Sunday. So no, i disagree that the drop is gonna be worse than AUJ's 45%. DOS only dropped 32%. BOFA should drop more but not way above 40%.

I'd be very surprised if it drops anywhere close to 55%. I'm thinking less than 40%, around 40% at worst. AUJ dropped 45% because the day before was Sunday.

It doesn't look like a good number, i expected something closer to $11m lol. Coz right now it doesn't seem to be making more than DOS was making on its second week ($9.3m on Christmas Day) as opposed to BOFA's first. BOFA came off a much bigger weekend than DOS's 2nd weekend yet the midweekdays seem to be about the same, it just doesn't make sense. Right now, all's pointing to a harsher 2nd weekend drop than ROTK's. Meh, let's see what it does in the coming days and weekend, maybe it's all gonna work out...

What?

FOTR's Monday was Christmas Eve.

Not good at all. But i doubt it's just Hobbit, for whatever reason this week does not produce as high numbers as the same week 11 years ago. Sunday holds were worse and i bet Monday will be smaller for every movie.

Don't make me scared!

Apparently Better Luck Tomorrow was not bad, which he directed and co-wrote. Maybe he has more in him than brainless action. I can only hope...

Wyatt would have been so much better, i feel. I dunno, just judging from the projects he directed. What has Lin done, other than that stupid F&F movie? Anything with a little more heft, depth?

Everything seems to have dropped harsher on Sunday than the same weekend 11 years ago.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies weekend 1: $122.1 million [37 markets] / $122.1 million weekend 2: $109 million [59 markets] ($269 million) / $358.1 million The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug weekend 1: $135.4 million [49 markets] / $209 million weekend 2: $97.4 million [56 markets] ($278.4 million) / $406 million weekend 3: $99.7 million [62 markets] ($424.8 million) / $616.1 million weekend 4: $58 million [64 markets] ($527 million) / $756.6 million weekend 5: $22.2 million [62 markets] ($566 million) / $802.8 million (est.) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey weekend 1: $138 million / $222.6 million weekend 2: $96 million [59 markets] ($288.5 million) / $438.6 million weekend 3: $106.5 million [62 markets] ($464 million) / $686.7 million weekend 4: $57.1 million [65 markets] ($561 million) / $824.8 million weekend 5: $26.2 million ($609.3 million) / $887.5 million

I'm glad it was. They would have had to cut so much otherwise.

Yeah, well, Hobbit is not LOTR and nobody is saying that. The story doesn't offer that many emotional beats but they still managed to give it more depth than the book.

I think that settles it.

Many a little makes a mickle. *had to google it

Yeah, it's going in circles.

How about less than $260m?

Frodo & Sam had a much more pivotal role to play, for half the journey they were own their own, while Bilbo was just kinda along for the ride, even though he did prove useful and even took initiative as the journey went on. It's not unlike the book, they just expanded other characters and rightly so. Funny, how some people have the opposite reaction to myself. Bilbo had more to do and proved more useful as the journey went on. Other than the parts in the Shire and perhaps the meeting with Gollum, Bilbo wasn't much of a focus in AUJ.

Sunday drop seems to have been more like past Hobbit movies, despite holidays being closer. Expected a better drop, so did the studio. Hmm...

I agree about Kili/Tauriel and i have griped about it before. I do not agree about the rest.

I found it in the Hobbit.