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Yeah, but looking at this year's chart, even if you take China out from TF4 and leave the China gross to all the other movies, TF4 was still the biggest movie OS. Just goes to show what a true brand means when it comes to OS numbers.

That is also a nice drop for HB2. And Nightcrawler passed 30M.

This was a huge surprise. Just watched it at home with a couple of people and it was amazing. It wasn't a comedy but I don't think it was supposed to be. You know the actors did a great job when after the movie you think about your life and how you can relate to the events in the film. One of the best movies this year. A+

Just look at The Hobbit. It opens on 19 and the tickets went on sale less than 2 days ago, but the IMAX shows are 60-80% full, and that's with no promotion on the official site of the biggest theatre chain here. I got tickets in the fIrst 2 hours since the release

I agree about IMAX. For Interstellar for example, it was probably around 15% of it's business and that is huge considering there's only 1 IMAX theatre. Iasi should definitely have one.

Mid-weekend update: we won't have any numbers till Monday afternoon, but from the presales in the Bucharest area, Horrible Bosses 2 is looking more crowded in it's second weekend than The Judge, Nightcrawler or St. Vincent in their first. Still, The Judge seems to be doing decent. A debut north of 15.000 admissions is possible. Paddington also seems to be doing ok. Interestellar continues to sell out it's IMAX shows in it's 5th week so expect another light drop. Also, the tickets for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies went on sale yesterday and, as expected, they are selling like hot cake. The Hobbit already has a lot of shows 40-70% full, including IMAX ones (it actually gets 5 IMAX shows/day; even Interstellar only got 4). For this weekend, the order should be: Penguins of Madagascar, Horrible Bosses 2, Interstellar, The Judge, Mockingjay/Paddington.

Yep, you were right. Just finished watching season 2. I like this show a lot. Bellamy is definitely my favourite character, with Jasper and Octavia a close second. Clarke became pretty likable, but Finn just gets on my nerves. Also, most of the adults Like, wtf? They are so incapable of understanding the big picture it's laughable. Thankfully, Clarke's mother is coming around. I hope they somehow kill Kane. It's the only character that was constantly insufferable in both seasons.

So is 70M achevable for Interstellar? What should we expect for Sat/Sun?

I started watching this yesterday. Very good. I'm at ep. 8, season 1 now. Jasper and Octavia are my favourite characters. Also Bellamy is pretty likable. But I cannot help rolling my eyes at some moments with Clarke. It's one of those shows where the main character is actually less interesting and pretty much annoying compared to the other characters.

1. The Hobbit 3 2. Jupiter Ascending 3. The Maze Runner 2 4. Bond 24 5. Midnight Special 6. Furious 7 7. Minions 8. Pan. 9. In the Heart of the Sea 10. Tomorrowland

Well, if WB managed to make MOS open to almost 120M, I'm sure adding Batman to the equation will be a gold mine. With 3D and inflation I think a 180Mish OW is in order.

I think BvS alone will make more than 450M.

What's CW? Yeah, I agree about Avatar, but I really doubt it will be ready by 2016.

2016 has BvS. Warner has a good chance of taking that year also.

Not really. I honestly can't see how you'd think 2016 is locked for Disney to win.

No. But the characters are cute and funny. Just like the minions. In fact, IA is my favourite cinematic animation franchise.

Hmm... I think this has a good chance of being the biggest OS movie of 2016.

You forgot Fantastic Beasts

Hmm... I don't think so, simply because The Hobbit will open the weekend after and it will be like The Avegers was for the US market (it will easily open with over 100.000 admissions and has a good chance at establishing a new OW record). But with Christmas legs, I think 1M for Exodus should happen. Religion themed epics always do well here.

I was waiting for some fantastic gifs and you did not disappoint.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE Fantastic weekend, the biggest one since April, 33 weeks ago and that thanks to outstanding openings from 'The Penguins of Madagascar' and 'Horrible Bosses' and another strong hold for 'Interstellar'. - The Penguins of Madagascar opened on top with an amazing 54.163 admissions and $306K. That's way above 'Madagascar 3's 45.308 adm debut and it's actually the 6th biggest OW for an animation ever, behind 'Frozen' (73.854 adm), 'Puss in Boots' (57.834 adm), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (65.139 adm), Ice Age: Continental Drift (56.519 adm) and Kung Fu Panda 2 (53.164 adm). It's worth mentioning that 'Ice Age: Continental Drift' is by far the leader when it comes to total adm, with 361.145, followed by 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' (337.261) and 'Frozen' (294.579). 'Madagascar 3' ended up with 191.735 adm and over $1M, figures the spin-off should have no trouble matching, even with more competition in the coming weeks. - Horrible Bosses 2 laughed it's way to the second place with 33.440 tickets sold and $178K. That is much bigger than the 20.280 adm and $122K debut of the first movie. That one was well received and legged it's way up to 101.220 adm and $544K, both figures well within reach for this. $600K+ should happen. - The only movie that could not save face this weekend was The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1. It collapsed in it's second outing, it's 60% drop being bigger than 'Catching Fire's 53% and almost double the size of 'Hunger Games's 33%. Even though it opened much higher than 'Catching Fire', their second weekend are almost identical. The second installment's gross was $855K. Considering the competition in the coming weeks, 'Mockingjay' will probably fall short of that. - Interstellar had another beautiful (-25%) slide in it's fourth outing. It now sold 239.747 tickets (No. 3 for the year) and it's gross stands at $1.26M. It's a forgone conclusion that it will overtake 'Noah's $1.4M gross and if it manages not to be completely destroyed by the 'Hobbit'/'Exodus' combo, it might have a shot at No. 3 for the year (and No. 10 All Time!), ahead of 'The Wolf of Wall Street' ($1.6M). - In fifth, Jessabelle debuted with 8.726 adm. That's only a bit more than 'As Above, So Below'. That one ended it's run with around $130K so that's the target for this. - John Wick reached $572K. It should do over $600K in the end, a very good result for it. - The Rewrite and Northmen - A Viking Saga had ugly drops. - Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu? slides 41% and brings it's gross to an unremarkable $108K. - Fury closes the top with a 39% drop and a nice $524K after 6 weeks. Top 10: Next week's openers: - Paddington - The Judge - Nightcrawler - St. Vincent - Anochece en la India Next weekend is the calm before the storm. After that, 'Exodus' and 'Dumb and Dumber To' open, followed by the biggest movie of the year, 'The Hobbit', then Night at the Museum' and a bunch of others. The crazy crowded schedule, full of big releases, doesn't wind down till February. So, for this next weekend I expect some decent openings, but nothing out of the ordinary. Overall, I don't think any movie will open to over 20.000 adm, but at least the first two should break the 10.000 tickets barrier. 'Nightcrawler' also has a chance to do that. 'St. Vincent' should do between 5.000-8000 and the last movie - under 2.000 admissions.

Is that even a question? DH1, of course.

age 5 - The Lion King 2 age 10 - Home Alone age 14 - present - ROTK

So it's safe to say this is the best YA adaptation of the year. But not only that. It's a really really good movie. Can't wait for the sequel!

I feel like I'm re-reading the Lea Miserables thread when the posters came out. Some people...