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Story for TFIOS on Sunday: Frontloaded! Story for TFIOS on Wednesday: Maybe not!

What was the original actual for Lego? Closer to the estimate?

The estimate was high: Captain America: The Winter Soldier BV $439,000 $416,892 $-22,108 -5.0% 317 $255,886,000 $255,863,996 10

That seems really unlikely. It's probably more that they just had a poor estimate. But Disney has stopped daily reporting for it, so it could pass Lego again on Friday when the Weekly actuals are reported.

Finally watched last night's Game of Thrones.

Did the change in distributor have a large effect, though? Walden Media was still the production company, right?

13/15, 5/6 spots. Just missed on the Captain America slot.

I think there is a reasonably strong chance next weekend will have a lower gross than this weekend, so there will be a drop.

Damn. I was hoping Blankments would get me to 2300 likes before I made my 3000th post. Anyway. I've hit 3000 posts.

Maleficent came really, really, really close to that 50.5% mark for the BSG. Damn.

Beaten by a minute.

It probably won't outgross SA in yen, but it could come close. It can probably get close to 27b by the time of the video release. It all depends on how much business will remain after that. (Between the video and the competition, it's going to face fairly large declines, in comparison.) It could get another 1-2b, but even then will probably come up short. In order to guarantee passing SA, it would probably need to be north of 28b when the video hits. If it's actually going to get yanked from theaters, then, no, it won't get there. It needs about 1.6b a week between now and the video release to do it.

Just saw Once Upon a Time in Shanghai. It's the first Chinese martial arts film in years that I've really enjoyed. Possibly spoilery comments: Awesome fight scenes.

Kosinski is one of the most talented directors for visuals currently working. I really hope he gets scripts that can take him to the next level.

Hmm... Looks like I got at least 13 right, possibly 14. I definitely got #9 wrong. Unsure on #12. So with at least three placements, that's a really good week for me.

It's pretty neat that BH6 is coming out almost exactly a decade after The Incredibles. Nice bit of timing, there.

Will you do it for 75?

Aw. I understand. But I love your enthusiasm for the films you like.

Chromatic Superiority: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LawOfChromaticSuperiority?from=Main.ChromaticSuperiority

I'll take this. I'm mostly confused by it, but okay.

It's okay, Blankments. You can stop liking all the posts from the complainers and just like mine.

I think people have entirely the wrong perspective about TFIOS's frontloadedness. The reason films like it and Twilight and whatnot keep getting super big Fridays their OW is because the market is drastically underserved. The teen girl market tends to get very few films that cater specifically to them, and fewer still that could be considered blockbuster for that market. As such, when a film does open, they are ecstatic that it's out and will rush to see it as soon as possible. It doesn't matter if things tail off after that, because the film is meeting the demand in the short term. Really, considering that things like TFIOS cost so little to make, it's astounding that there aren't more such films out there, instead of yet another $100m+ attempt to cater to 13-30 year old male viewers. (Be a smart producer: put together as many sub-$20m films as you can that cater to underserved markets. As long as you aren't making the films stupid, you'll do fine.)

Very good. Fun, clever, and well put together. Doesn't have the emotional connection to put in the top tier for me, but it's definitely a A-/B+ sort of film. 4/5.

Could. But it doesn't have a lot of competition... Pretty much at all.