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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.

Some emotional depth.

In relative terms and as far as i'm concerned, it's true.

I have never cared about anyone in a Marvel movie. They are fluff, you forget about it the moment you leave the cinema. Hobbit is a cinematic masterpiece compared to that.

wtf, you spaniards! shame on you! Maybe this weekend is not as box office friendly and it'll stay flat next weekend. Any idea why they didn't release it last week?

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies weekend 1: $122.1 million [37 markets] / $122.1 million weekend 2: $105.5 million [59 markets] ($265 million) / $355 million (est.) 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

And we all know why.

You read a lot about it debuting better in a lot of markets (in USD), yet looking at its total, it kinda doesn't show. Seems like higher weekend drops to me....