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Are we supposed to laugh at this? Because I did.

A total embarassment for Nolan (although overseas and the long run may save him). A definite win for Disney - although not Frozen-like immensely successful.

Documentary isn't what I meant by "science report" but, in any case, thank you.

I still don't get why it had to lead where it did. I agree Gravity is a space drama film. I just thought Interstellar was going to be more realistic too. It wasn't and, although that may not bother some people, it bothered me, because the marketing gave the impression of a film that would be a science report.

I'm totally fine when someone wants to make up a theory. But the marketing promised something that was scientifically accurate, not scientifically probable (and I still believe it was rather improbable). In a way, I was expecting something more realistic. The second half of the movie is everything but realistic... at least compared to reality as I have experienced it until now. The best description is that it was "not convincingly realistic".

Cuz you know, people casually pass through back holes and travel to other galaxies.

That film only lasts 1 hour 40 minutes.

I believe the story and characters were completely uninteresting. Visuals were ok but nothing special. It was pretending to be scientific but it is so inaccurate and exaggerated. If it were true, Nolan should be awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics. I would advise to spend those three hours differently, in a more worthwhile way.

Based on historical comparisons (Incredibles, Monsters Inc., Wreck-It Ralph), Big Hero 6 will cross $200M in North America. This is under the assumption that these films have similar audience reception/word-of-mouth which is quite reasonable to assume.

Based on historical comparisons (Incredibles, Monsters Inc., Wreck-It Ralph), Big Hero 6 will cross $200M in North America

I know this is completely insignificant but Big Hero 6 ($15.8M) scored a higher opening day than Frozen ($15.2M), and a WDAS record.

i.e. it will pass TASM 2

boxoffice.com mentions there no direct comparisons for Interstellar's opening day gross. There is one: Mission Impossible 4. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=mi4.htm There are two problems: it opened on Friday (instead of Wednesday) and in 425 theaters (instead of 240). The second can be bypassed by using the theater average. For Mission Impossible 4 it was $9,654 per theater. For Interstellar, it was $5,423 per thetaer. Although it was a Wednesday, this film received so much buzz prior to release, that this number can only create a slight disappointment. Things can definitely improve over the weekend but if it doesn't at least come close to Gravity's opening day ($17.5M), things will be looking grim.

Is there a detailed chart of Frozen's weekly grosses in Japan (in yen)?

Big Hero 6 is doing great. I think it might reach $20M by Sunday. Do you think this is a plausible prediction? In any case, Disney made the perfect move when it decided to release it in Russia 2 weeks earlier.

So it's basically a day-and-date release around the globe for Interstellar, save for China and Japan. This release schedule reminds of the identical Transformers 3 schedule. Any other films with a similar release schedule? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ql_9

On this chart, the 10th film is at $94.9M (Guardians of the Galaxy). http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/china/yearly/ Is this not accurate? If not, do you have a more accurate chart?

Will the Lion King ever be re-released in 3-D in Japan? Maybe it could then surpass $1B WW.

Tuesday numbers?

Missin Impossible 4 made $9.5M in its first two days (including evening and midnight shows) from 425 theaters. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=mi4.htm Interstellar opens in 240 theaters. 240 / 425 * 9.5 = 5.36 Yes, that film's two first days were Fri and Sat, not Wed and Thu, but this is Nolan we're talking about. Even if it doesn't make it to $5M, anything below $4M would be concerning.

It made $2.4M over the weekend so earning another $5M in the next 6 days is unlikely. Combined Monday and Tueusday grosses amounted to about $0.5M I think. If it doesn't lose many screens this weekend, $98-99M may still be possible, but as druv10 said, $96-97M is most likely to be its final tally.

Interstellar: $56M over the weekend. $61M including IMAX Wed and Thu showings. Big Hero 6: $63M I'd like to point out this article: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-preview-interstellar-big-745657 It says that it has only happened 3 times before, that two films opened simlutaneously to more than $50M. However, there are four other cases that almost make it into this category: 22 Jump Street and How to Train Your Dragon 2 http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2014&wknd=24&p=.htm Hangover Part 2 and Kung Fu Panda 2 http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=2011&wknd=21&p=.htm The Longest Yard and Madagascar http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=2005&wknd=21&p=.htm Sherlock Holmes and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2009&wknd=52&p=.htm In the three cases that qualify for the $50M+ category, animated films won. In the ones that barely missed it, animated films lost.

Until Monday I think (so 6 days left)

What about Wednesday and Thursday?