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TD YD Title (Click to View) Studio Daily Gross % +/- YD / LW Theaters / Avg Gross To-Date Day 1 1 300: Rise of An Empire WB $4,208,230 +8% - 3,470 $1,213 $53,129,021 5 2 2 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Fox $2,802,828 +26% - 3,934 $712 $37,241,564 5 3 3 Non-Stop Uni. $1,682,355 +30% -34% 3,113 $540 $55,542,780 12 4 4 The LEGO Movie WB $1,278,352 +32% -17% 3,290 $389 $227,123,377 33 5 5 Son of God Fox $1,096,450 +28% -39% 3,271 $335 $43,830,694 12 6 8 3 Days to Kill Rela. $349,831 +28% -31% 2,348 $149 $26,127,288 19 7 6 Frozen BV $342,207 +23% -12% 1,660 $206 $393,614,508 110 8 7 The Monuments Men Sony $338,832 +24% -36% 2,001 $169 $71,189,041 33 9 9 RoboCop (2014) Sony $270,872 +29% -44% 1,714 $158 $55,245,882 28 10 12 Pompeii TriS $251,782 +48% -55% 1,658 $152 $21,483,891 19 11 10 12 Years a Slave FoxS $245,823 +34% +45% 1,065 $231 $53,472,532 145 12 11 Ride Along Uni. $198,450 +12% -15% 1,323 $150 $130,364,705 54 13 13 About Last Night (2014) SGem $192,513 +16% -41% 1,074 $179 $46,860,265 26 14 15 American Hustle Sony $100,358 +15% -41% 605 $166 $148,571,829 89 15 16 The Wind Rises BV $98,469 +17% -32% 496 $199 $3,529,076 19 16 18 Philomena Wein. $88,293 +29% -49% 670 $132 $36,064,135 110 17 17 Gravity WB $88,209 +24% -27% 384 $230 $271,974,168 159 18 14 The Grand Budapest Hotel FoxS $79,461 -10% - 4 $19,865 $978,793 5 19 19 The Wolf of Wall Street Par. $66,732 +15% -45% 359 $186 $115,816,813 77 20 20 Dallas Buyers Club Focus $57,945 +18% -10% 312 $186 $26,295,673 131

5 Son of God $1,096,450 27% 3,271 11 $335 $43,830,694 2 Fox 6 Frozen (2013) $342,207 23% 1,660 -86 $206 $393,614,508 16 Disney

Life is going to be so disappointing when this isn't the first number reported: 1 The Nut Job $57,236 25% 490 -262 $117 $61,502,030 8 Open Road

My immediate thought was Nicholas Sparks insisting that he doesn't write romance novels.

I doubt the plan would be that specific. I imagine that there will be more sequels, possibly a third Cars film at some point, and after Tomorrowland, I could see Brad Bird coming back for an Incredibles sequel. Currently, they have two films for 2017 and one for 2018. Of those three, I could see one being a sequel (leaning towards Cars 3), and the other two being original. Of course, I tend to think that the schedule is due for a bunch of upheaval. At some point, Disney is going to start shuffling around a bunch of films, including many of the pending WDAS and Pixar releases. Right now there are too many competing points, especially in 2016: Untitled Marvel is up against MoS2, and Finding Dory is up against HTTYD3. It's the latter that's probably going to cause a big blink, somewhere. I think Disney is waiting to see how HTTYD2 does. If it's close to 300 million, they may blink and move Dory, and that could cause a cascade down the line affecting numerous titles. Suffice to say, I'm sure the plan was genuine at some point, but release dates are fickle things, and there are numerous examples of attempting to stick to a release schedule when production really isn't ready for it (Spider-Man 3 is a prime example). Disney is pretty savvy in that they allow the animation departments to be generally ready creatively. So the releases are guidelines rather than hard and fast rules.

1. Veronica Mars2. The Wind Rises3. How to Train Your Dragon 24. Big Hero 65. The Raid: Berandal6. The Boxtrolls7. Maleficent8. Muppets Most Wanted9. Home10. Edge of Tomorrow

What? No. In the end there are a plethora of metrics you can use to compare films, and straight WW gross in dollars is only one of them. Attendance is another. Gross in local currency is another. Adjusted for inflation (usually only done domestically, but it could apply elsewhere) is another. In many cases, the straight WW gross is one of the least accurate, because it doesn't account for currency fluctuation and doesn't account for varying inflation. It's simple and easy, but that doesn't mean it's the only one that matters.

What do you mean by messed it up?

Yes, it can certainly do better than MU, although that's not guaranteed. My point was that the dollar admissions listed are subject to the exchange rate, which varies quite a bit over time. If you want to see how Frozen truly compares to the other ones, you need to look at the yen it earns, not the dollars.

It's probably better to look at OW admissions in yen rather than dollars if you want to do a comparison.

TD YD Title (Click to View) Studio Daily Gross % +/- YD / LW Theaters / Avg Gross To-Date Day 1 1 300: Rise of An Empire WB $3,882,331 -66% - 3,470 $1,119 $48,920,791 4 2 2 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Fox $2,231,679 -77% - 3,934 $567 $34,438,736 4 3 3 Non-Stop Uni. $1,291,895 -68% -36% 3,113 $415 $53,860,425 11 4 5 The LEGO Movie WB $967,028 -70% -24% 3,290 $294 $225,845,025 32 5 4 Son of God Fox $860,014 -76% -42% 3,271 $263 $42,734,244 11 6 6 Frozen BV $277,633 -70% -18% 1,660 $167 $393,272,301 109 7 8 The Monuments Men Sony $273,919 -63% -32% 2,001 $137 $70,850,209 32 8 7 3 Days to Kill Rela. $273,330 -64% -33% 2,348 $116 $25,777,457 18 9 9 RoboCop (2014) Sony $210,205 -64% -44% 1,714 $123 $54,975,010 27 10 10 12 Years a Slave FoxS $183,862 -67% +22% 1,065 $173 $53,226,709 144 11 11 Ride Along Uni. $177,985 -62% -17% 1,323 $135 $130,166,255 53 12 12 Pompeii TriS $170,452 -61% -57% 1,658 $103 $21,232,109 18 13 13 About Last Night (2014) SGem $165,875 -61% -42% 1,074 $154 $46,667,752 25 14 15 The Grand Budapest Hotel FoxS $88,166 -65% - 4 $22,042 $899,332 4 15 16 American Hustle Sony $87,306 -62% -43% 605 $144 $148,471,471 88 16 14 The Wind Rises BV $83,872 -68% -27% 496 $169 $3,430,607 18 17 17 Gravity WB $71,163 -69% -42% 384 $185 $271,885,959 158 18 18 Philomena Wein. $68,465 -62% -47% 670 $102 $35,975,842 109 19 19 The Wolf of Wall Street Par. $58,293 -65% -48% 359 $162 $115,750,081 76 20 20 Dallas Buyers Club Focus $49,182 -68% -23% 312 $158 $26,237,728 130

Yeah. I expected it to do better in Scandinavia in general.

So I've been looking at the Disney films by various eras. It's difficult to rank everything all together. Here's how I'd probably peg them, but a number of the films are ones I haven't watched in years, so they could change if I saw them again. Golden Age (1937-42) 1. Pinocchio2. Snow White3. Dumbo4. Bambi 5. Fantasia Really, none of these films are bad. I give Pinocchio the edge because of how amazing the animation is, possibly being the best ever done before the use of computers. Anthology Era (1942-49) Not ranked, due to the fact I think I've only see one of them (Ichabod & Mr. Toad, which is pretty great.) Silver Age (1950-67) 1. Sleeping Beauty2. Cinderella3. The Jungle Book 4. Peter Pan5. The Sword in the Stone6. Alice in Wonderland7. One Hundred and One Dalmatians8. Lady and the Tramp Like the Golden age, they're all very good. Sleeping Beauty gets the edge over the rest for having one of the best villains ever put in a film. Middle Ages (1970-88) 1. The Great Mouse Detective2. Robin Hood3. The Rescuers4. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh5. Oliver & Company 6. The Fox and the Hound7. The Aristocats8. The Black Cauldron The first period where we actually have some films of dubious quality. The Great Mouse Detective remains a fantastic film, arguably on par with the better Renaissance films. The Black Cauldron, however, is in the argument for the worst Disney has ever done. Renaissance (1989-1999) 1. The Lion King2. Mulan3. Tarzan 4. Beauty and the Beast5. Aladdin 6. The Little Mermaid7. Hercules 8. The Hunchback of Notre Dame9. The Rescuers Down Under10. Pocahontas Debates will probably rage about how the films are slotted, but the first five are among the best Disney has ever done, and all except Pocahontas are good. (And even that has nice music.) Interval Era (1999-2007) 1. Lilo & Stitch2. The Emperor’s New Groove3. Meet the Robinsons 4. Atlantis: The Lost Empire5 . Treasure Planet6. Brother Bear7. Dinosaur8. Fantasia 20009. Home on the Range10. Chicken Little The post-Renaissance is very rocky. While Lilo & Stitch and Emperor's New Groove are both among the best Disney's done, many of the others have some questionable qualities, to say the least. Reformation (2008-Present) 1. Frozen 2. Bolt3. Wreck-it Ralph4. Tangled5. Winnie the Pooh6. The Princess and the Frog The presence of John Lasseter as Chief Creative Officer has given new life to WDAS. So far, there hasn't been a bad film in the entire set, as even PatF is solid, if not quite fulfilling its potential.

Thelma & Louise - Solid overall, but the fact it pretty much looked exactly like California throughout most of the film pulled me out of it a bit. Microcosmos - Impressively shot, but not especially interesting or engaging. They didn't need to impart a story on the insects, but it would have been nice to have some additional provided information about what was going on.

It's not a megaflop. Or even a flop. Or even a disappointment. Or even just expected. It only seems that way in the context of the DOM numbers. If was looking like it was going to finish around 150m DOM, the OS number would be great, since it'll probably skirt close to 200m. The film was maybe expected to do a bit over 300 million. The fact its going to end up well above 400m is a great result.

4 3 Days to Kill $3,009,910 -39% 2,348 -524 $1,282 $25,504,127 3 Relativity Media It was also a bit over on the estimate.

It does look like that 30% estimated drop for Frozen's Sunday was optimistic, but it still kept the weekend drop under 20%. Also looks like 600 and Lego estimated high. Non-Stop beat its estimate by about 450k, though, which is pretty impressive. RA also came in a bit above, as it continues to impress. RA turning into an impressive box office story for the year. Perhaps moreso than Lego.

It needs to average about 1.5 million a day until the end of its runt o do that. Might be a tall order. It'll be close, but I think the hat is safe.

The backlash against her started almost immediately after Girls aired. Mostly because she's a woman in entertainment, and there's a lot of sexist culture out there.

What? Unless I'm misreading you, there have been several 100m grossers to open in January: A Beautiful Mind, Chicago, Gran Torino, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Taken, Good Will Hunting, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Black Hawk Down, and Million Dollar Baby all opened since Star Wars in '97 and passed 100m. Now, while several of those are platform releases (as Lone Survivor was), both Paul Blart and Taken did it previous to Ride Along. (And both ended up with higher totals, too.)

I'll take these two.

I wonder if 600 can outgross Ride Along.

Yeah, it's released every year in March. Apparently since 1980.

I had to scroll up to remember what you meant by WA, because for a moment I was all "What the hell do you have against Washington State?"