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Box Office Mojo ‏@boxofficemojo · 3m 'Frozen' passes 'The Dark Knight Rises,' moves up to ninth all-time

Let's say it has a decent chance to finish at $250+ M with great legs and few competition this month.

Box Office Mojo ‏@boxofficemojo · 7m 'Captain America' opened to $39.2 million in China, which is the best debut yet for a Marvel movie:

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice · 1m NOAH washed up $45.6M overseas this weekend, $106.2M total. Brazil opened #1 w/ $8.5M, UK $4.2M, GER $3.3M, ESP $3M.

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice · 1m CA2: THE WINTER SOLDIER hit $107.1M overseas this weekend. Top markets: CHI ($39M) KOR ($20M) UK ($18M) MEX ($16M) FRA ($12M)

I think Spidey will open bigger too. Not sure that it will have better legs though.

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice · 4m With $207.1M overseas in just 10 days, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER has already surpassed the original's lifetime int'l gross.

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice · 1m BATMAN V. SUPERMAN--you've got a new problem. Good luck fighting off CAPTAIN AMERICA 3. CA2 has already scored $303.3M worldwide.

Gitesh Pandya ‏@giteshpandya · 1m Gargantuan debut for #CaptainAmerica in China w/ $39.2M. New #Marvel record beating IronMan3 by 16%. IMAX scrns did $4M.

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice · 3m Marvel's CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER dominated the box office, debuting w/ $96.2M--good luck topping that, Spidey

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice · 33s CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER: $207.1M Overseas Total / $303.3M Global Total #CaptainAmerica #WinterSoldier

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice · 33s CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER: $207.1M Overseas Total / $303.3M Global Total #CaptainAmerica #WinterSoldier

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice · 9s THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL took in an estimated $6.3M this weekend. Domestic total now stands at $33.38M. #GrandBudapestHotel

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice · 20s DIVERGENT dropped -49% in its 3rd weekend w/ $13M, $114M total. Unlike most YA fodder, this will go the distance: threequel

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice · 54s NOAH took in an estimated $17.0M this weekend. Domestic total now stands at $72.34M. #Noah

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice · 49s Lionsgate's 2010 film, FRANKIE & ALICE, debuted w/ $350k in 171 theaters--$2,047 per.

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice · 2m A24's UNDER THE SKIN, starring Scarlett Johannson, had the best PTA of all films in release w/ $140k at 4 venues--$35k per.

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice · 48s It's a brick...hooooouse. In its 9th week, THE LEGO MOVIE became the 1st film of 2014 to top $250+M domestic.

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice · 1m Down just -12% in its 3rd week, Freestyle's GOD'S NOT DEAD scored another $7.7M, $32.5M total

What are the prospectS for CA2 ? Where will it finished this weekend ? And is there some easter hollidays in Russia now ?

I do not think TDK trenscends the genre either. It was the jocker show through and through with a wasted third act with Two face. However, the one CBM movie that really trenscends the genre is Batman Begins wich is vastly superior to TDK. TDK is just more entertaining, alighter version with subtle comic elements with the joker leading the show while Batman plays third fiddle after him and Harvey Dent. BB introduced the dark, gritty, dramatic athmosphere that never existed before. TDK followed the same formula but was lighter because The Joker is a cynical yet funny character who wasn't even going after Batman the way a generic straight up villain would, like a terminator or an Hannibal Lector. So no, TDK didn't trenscends the genre at all, BB did. BB is underated and TDK overrated in that prospect. Juts like most people think Terminator 2 is better than Terminator 1 when the first one is superior and really revolutionized a genre. I am not one to compare TDK to CAWS but i think those who have done it, especially the critics who have done it, firstly overate TDK which has taken the place of BB when it comes to revolutionizing/trenscanding the genren the mindset of people and second, used the comparison in a way to say CAWS like TDK (BB) has introduced something new to the genre. Both are not typical CMB genres, One is a crime thriller, the other is a political thriller mixed some elements of an action movie. That's where i think the comparison lies.

ok if its pounds then !

It did 10.2 m on last weekend with a 5 days opening, How can it only add another 8m for the rest of its run ? It just doesn't make sense at all.

Yep, we have Easter hollidays in a number of european countries, The UK, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, France, Holland, Germany, Spain, Italy, ect.. I expect soft drops during the next two weeks for CA2...children, teens, college students are all out of school/college. They will check this out.

I think WB will move it regardless of CA2 OW being under or over $100 M because it has more to lose if it failed than CA3 in the same situation. It will do it because CA3 is 100% sure to open bigger than CA2 surfing on both CA2 and AOU goodwill where its main star leads. WB has MOS as a starting point and a reboot Batman to be compared to TDK trilogy., which is a disadvantage it will have to deal with. It needs more than Marvel a date for itself to maximise its revenues. Also, while domestically it is a certainty that BvS will end up bigger. On the foreign front, especially in expanding Asia, things are unclear. The Marvel's brand will keep on increasing its domination for the next two years while WB, not having a project in between lost that battle already. The battle is not just at home when it comes to tentpoles. It's outside too and those two movies will lose lots of money if released on the same date, However overseas facing each other, Marvel has the edge and an ever increasing fanbase. Marvel has the upper hand in terms of that decision to move or not cause it can afford having a minor failure at home, it will be soften by the foreign front where CA2 already can approach $100M in China only. AOU could hit $200 M in that country in 2015. Imagine what CA3 could do the next year when it features the avenger lead who nearly reached or reached $100 M in its last solo experience ? WB doesn't have the luxury to face CA3 in every single country, especially in Asia. It can't afford failure/underperformance in a number of important markets cause it needs to maximise its revenues as underperfomance could halt its subsequent projects. WB needs to strike hard and to have its first commercial and critical reception since it launched its universe. MOS has bombed in so many big countries overseas (doing even less in italy than Superman Returns despite Nolan's name, despite 3D...even the horrendous FF did better) and it's not a good sign for such an iconic character. So he is not the liability he is at home bar in countries like the UK and Australia... Will its follow up improved TREMENDOUSLY in countries like Brasil, South Korea, Germany, Russia, where it did so poorly.. ? Will it be able to pull numbers like TDKR did in those countries ? I mean it has still to be proven that a no Nolan Batman can pull those figures abroad wether Superman and WW are added or not. While for CA3, projections can be made based on CA2 reception, knowing that all those trilogies increase tremendously and have an avengers effect...an AOU affect is therefore expected for CA3. As i said Marvel has the upper hand. It can even fuck with WB and add a new character like the Black Panther in CA last installment or ask RDJ or the Hulk to come back and voilà ! I don't think Marvel will back down. I think WB will because their situation is more vulnerable and they have to win big having to face a bigger production cost, limitting the risks to its maximum. They cannot afford losing a few millions and this, on all fronts both domestically and overseas. That's the only way to put their shared universe back on track and to have a chance to expand it with future projects. If they failed, they may not release JUSTICE LEAGUE. If CA3 underperform as i don't see it failing, it will be a minor setback for Marvel, its shared universe is in orbit already and other projects will still be on track regardless.