Only if we are just comparing those two. But if we are talking about which studio will win the year WW, it is either going to be Paramount or WB for Tranformers or BOFA.
I'm fairly confident it will regardless but I agree, it would be a very smart move. I wonder when we'll hear confirmation of a 3D China release for MJ1. Wonder how much that will help with penetration into China's box office market. MJ2 could look very cool in 3D. If there was ever a HG movie to be 3D, it's obviously MJ2!
I think it depends on how much it helps Insurgent. If Insurgent opens over $70m and has a 30%+ 3D percentage, then yes. Also, if Insurgent increases a good amount from Divergent overseas.
I wish it could cross $300m but the expected $22m for this weekend makes me think $280 might be a better place to aim. I was hoping for $25m+. I really wanted three movies to cross $300m for the year!
If it reaches $350, it probably would have reached $365-370 if it had been released with IMAX. Still would have been below expectations but not too horribly shabby.
That's the number I keep reaching as well. I tried to be a little more generous with one of my calculations and got $348.7m. I'll still pull for a finish across $350m in the meantime.
I was expected $8.5m this weekend for WiB2. Definitely surprised this could cross $6m in it's opening day. Was it marketed very well? Because I haven't seen any tv spots or trailers for the film. Either way, as stated above the legs will be bad but it will still end up making nearly double what I was expecting for it. So that's good I guess.
I saw the First Hunger Games in PACCAR because they had The Lorax in Boeing. This was post renovation and it still looked bad. And the seats didn't curve but were in a half hexagon shape that made the viewing experience odd.