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Can we already project a number for the weekend or must we wait another day to have a better idea on where it could stand on opening weekend ?

Yes that's what i mean !

The drop will be lessen for both because of the veteran day which comes on Monday. So the sunday drop will be very soft for all movies in the top 3 mainly as well as good numbers for monday.

Thor 1 did $16.5M. So if it reaches $33M, that would represent a 200% increase ! I think some markets will have that type of increase while China could get a 400%+ increase.

Thor 1 made $12.8M, so $26M would be a 100% increase.

It is but monday is a veteran day in Europe, so weekend BO will be inflated as well as the monday after. In any case with the pacing of this week, it will enter that extended weekend with $150+M overseas. $250M on monday night should be within its reach.

No way will this make $40+M in China while being released without any other potential US blockbuster (like CF and Gravity will) and coming out of TA with IM3 increasing from TA by 33%. The Wolverine did $40+ while MOS did $65M and Thor1 did $15M pre TA. And all the asian markets have exponentially increased from Thor1. China will too.

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How does that translate ? Can it reach $25-$30 million ?

Is it good ?

It's not that serious and will add to the 2013 billion's club...it is kinda lacking this year compared to the 4 movies that entered it last year !

If so, maybe it could reach the billion's mark, isn't it ?

Time of the year suggests it will be big for these kind of products.

Seeing those figures, it's not that easy to reach $550M overseas even with 3D. Props to FF6 that did it in 2D.

Maybe the time of the year coupled with recession could explain that. It's winter, bills are higher for home expenditures to keep warm, especially in a country in deep economical crisis striking more and more young people (the main target for those products). Also it's time for people to spend less money and keep it for the coming Santa Claus and gifts to families and friends. I guess all those things weigh much more on the wallet of the average person living there, trying to put his/her money where it needs it most.

Only movies this year that had $100+ M weekends overseas are IM3 and FF6....both finishing over or equal to $550M on the foreign front...

I think Russia, Japan and Argentina. But it's all relative. One being the first blockbuster of the year, hence even more anticipation and different period of the year have a bigger impact on the OW than the difference in markets numbers. Now it's all about how soft or hard it drops, it's all about WOM and weekly legs until next weekend to have a better trajectory at the final figure.

I beat you Olive !

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CF is released in about 3 weeks+ after Thor2 international release. How many weeks do you think a Marvel movie need to make the bulk of its profit ? By that time Thor2 would have made 80% of its overseas money. Plus CF is the one that will have to face more competition between Frozen (which will be massive during the weekends with families), Hobbit and Gravity in China. So i wouldn't worry about Thor2's overseas potential when it is set in the better configuration, meaning 3weeks+ before CF, 4 weeks before Frozen and 6 weeks before The Hobbit Smaug and facing Garvity in some markets.

I think it's all but premature. Personally i see 500+ OS, but we have to wait the OW weekend OS gross, we have to wait the second weekend gross to measure the WOM impact, hence the repeating view impact, hence the legs. And finally, we have to wait to see how China reacts to this. Then we will know if it is on pace to reach $500 M or not. One thing for sure, a good rate and good legs will be the key factor to maximise its gross during the next three weeks.

Disney will certainly end up having both of its 2013 Marvel's products having an OS gross superior to the ww gross of its respective predecessor, with barely the same investment cost or a little bit over. That's why they rejoice..

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We will have a clearer view after the weekend,sseing if it play as IM3, a family movie with bigger increase during the weekend or not.

Ok but it had others, Argentina, Japan, so all in all they are equally more or less the same