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Actuals place it at $120M. Btw, impressive third Mon in US. Wonder how bad Miniins will hurt it?

So we can assume it's another IO vs JW wknd with IO having the edge this time (most likely)?

Inside Out earned the 2nd biggest 2nd second weekend that wasn't #1 for the weekend (behind Shrek The Third).

Thanks for the support but I honestly don't care. Don't waste your time answering to people who keep making fools out of themselves.

It can make it.

There's little doubt China will boost its earnings but let's not forget that Up made $70M in Japan and Nemo made $100M. Japan is a key market for this film.

To be honest, these numbers could mean nothing. Don't forget that Cars 2 opened 4% higher than Toy Story 3 on its first overseas weekend. At least, for IO, the % lead has increased since it's opening, but we're still at a very early stage.

A comparison of Inside Out and Finding Nemo in Mexico, Russia, France, Argentina and Australia at the same point in their runs shows that Inside Out is leading by 9%. A comparison of Inside Out and Up in Mexico, Russia, France, Argentina, Australia, Brazil and Colombia at the same point in their runs shows that Inside Out is leading by 38%.

I still don't understand what this fudging is all about and why you're so sure that it even exists.

First, IO finishes ahead of JW on Thur and now Ted 2 eanrs mediocre Thur-night gross. The evidence that IO may win the weekend is piling up but I don't wanna be disappointed by increasing my expectations. A $50M gross for IO will be enough, regardless of position on weekend chart.

Where do the Wednesday estimates come from?

I think I've got sufficient box office knowledge to trust myself when I feel I shouldn't let go and it turns out I was right. I'm not saying it won't happen (or that it will) but it certainly didn't happen last weekend, as the false BOM numbers suggested.

Even if in third place, I think Inside Out will earn at least $54M.

Wouldn't this report say that it's third if it was? It came out on Monday. http://pro.boxoffice.com/news/2015-06-22-universal-pictures-has-highest-grossing-year-in-studios-103-year-history

Disgust: We are talking about Ketih Simanton here. Don't hope for much accuracy. He'll probably change it in a day or two again. Fear: But what if he's right? Anger: That ridiculous film! How on Earth did this happen! Sadness: Well, this was bound to happen sooner or later. Joy: [Gone forever]

What the hell? How did it make $9M last week when it only made $1M the week before? http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/

No one can achieve the same consistent and high levels of success for original animated films.

The guy (Keith Simanton) is truly and officially an imbecile. Look at what he tried to do here: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=pixaroriginalssummer.htm He doesn't even know that Box Office Mojo's code doesn't allow for 7 films in a showdown. Also, the best comment he has to make when comparing Avatar and Inside Out (former and current original IP opening-weekend record holders) is "Avatar had a higher per-theater average" (which was btw only $200 higher). He needs to be fired right now. I'm sending an email to IMDb.

So wknd BO was $160.5M, a drop of less than 50% from its preview-inflated opng wknd. WOW. Breaking the B in record time of 13 days. WOW. Even if it drops 50% from now on, it will reach $1.45B. WOW. However, I'm pretty confident Marvel's the Avengers will be kicked out of the Top 3 worldwide. WOW.

In these 6 territories, it's openings were 33% higher than Up and on par with Finding Nemo. Comparison with MU is TS3 is less helpful as they are sequels.

Looks quite low to me too. Records is going down, unless Saturday was overestimated by Deadline.

This weekend was different from last one. Everyone overestimated JW and underestimated IO on Friday. Historical comps suggest the 34% increase is reasonable for a pre-Father's Day Saturday. What I do think they're underestimating is the Sunday drop. I think it could even be -5%.

Sometimes there's no why? It's just the imperfection of tracking.

Monday. It doesn't matter though. The estimates tend to be quite accurate and the Saturday % change matters more.

Pixar may not have a single first-place debut this year, since The Good Dinosaur opens the weekend after Mockingjay - Part 2, but both can still be immensely successful.