James

You are so pissed that you don't get it your way that you need to use name calling. Like rookie? Seriously? Try probie. NCIS is much more stilish. Considering your POV, TH is a disappointment, even though it made 1B. And yeah, 150M may be the norm but it is still a HUGE budget.

Maybe, but Conjuring and every PA movie decreased from Monday. The second Insidious had a 5% increase. Annabelle will have a +15% one.

Good increase for Annabelle.

LOL. Are you serious. It's not just the fact that it made 4X it's budget, it's the fact that it's budget was HUGE and making 4x more is impressive. And average expectations? What did you expect? 1B. Even more LOL. People on this forum are the only ones to blame for their out of hand predictions.

The movie made 615M on a 145M budget. That's a major hit. I don't get why people are upset.

I liked this one. One of my favourite disaster movies. Yeah, the romance angle was bad,but the acting was pretty good overall. A

100M is locked at this point. It still has most major markets to open. 130-140M is where I see it heading.

This is one of the best spy thrillers I've ever seen. Jolie is fantastic. I really don't get the hate for this film. Are people really hating it because it's a clever movie with a female in the lead?! Anyway... A+

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE Finally, a very good weekend and that thanks to monstruous business from 'Dracula Untold' and a nice job from the holdovers. - As I said in last week's post, Dracula Untold was bound to be big. It had the sure receipe for success here: a historical setting with massive action scenes. But the opening was beyond any expectations. 'Dracula' had the sixth highest OW of the year, with 57.184 admissions (and $ 311K). With that, it's guaranteed over 1M and (very possibly) a place in Top 10 for the year. - In second, The Equalizer held nicely in it's second frame, off just 37%. Over 18.000 tickets were sold for it, the number your typical Denzel movie opens with. 'A Walk Among The Tombstones' and 'The November Man' will hit it hard next week. Still,it should close well over 500K, and that's a win. - In third, Gone Girl opened with 16.826 adm. That's a bit better than 'Prisoners' last year, but that's not saying much. A disappointing start overall. - The Maze Runner fell 45% in it's third weekend. That's still way ahead of 'Divergent' and the first 'Hunger Games' through the same point and it's a decent hold considering the huge opening for 'Dracula'. 700K is still in play. - The House of Magic continues to amaze. It fell a measly 5%. When all is said and done, it should be over 550K, a very good result for an unknown property. - Let's Be Cops, Lucy and Guardians of the Galaxy all had good drops, in the 31-35% range. - America, venim! and If I Stay close the Top 10, fading off quickly. Here's the top: The overall 2014 box office is running 19.5 % ahead of 2013. Next week's openers: - A Walk Among The Tombstones - The November Man - What If - Q.E.D (local drama) Liam Neeson is well known here. 'Taken 2' was a hit and 'Non-Stop' also did good business, opening over 30.000 admissions. That's rising the bar too high, but an opening over 20.000 admissions shoud be a piece of cake. Opening the same weekend as 'A Walk Among The Tombstones' and only two weeks after 'The Equalizer' shoud limit 'The November Man''s audience. How much though, it remains to be seen. Teen romantic movies don't do well here. Just look at 'The Fault In Our Stars' or 'If I Stay'. It would be a miracle if 'What If' debuts above 10.000 admissions. The local movie will, as always, bomb.

UK, Italy, Venezuela next week. France and Germany in two weeks. Then Japan. And of course China + a bunch of other smaller markes.

It could do close to 150M just from the curent markets alone. I'm starting to wonder if this will beat THG OS. It would need another 143M from the other markets and considering how many of the big ones are left I really think it has a good chance.

Neighbors.

TFiOS did about 29x it's budget. TMR is also locked to do it.

Yeah but coming so close to the original? Also seems to have strong WOM since it wasn't fronloaded.

I think I remember Subers mentioning once over 70.

And SK, Russia, Japan.

That is very good for Boxtrolls, much stronger hold than Paranorman. It's OS gross also seems to be way ahead. WOW! Amazing OW for it. It could actually make close to 100M.

Just holdovers.

Good movie. Watched Legacy first, and then this one. Damon does a hell of a job. A-

Ah, Subers...

Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $15,500,000 68.9% + Foreign: $7,000,000 31.1% = Worldwide: $22,500,000 WOW at the OS opening day. That is really strong for a horror. The only major markets this weekend: SK, Italy and Australia.

That is a superb hold for TMR. 100M DOM and 350M+ WW are as good as locked. Also good for Boxtrolls. Better than ParaNorman.

Well, it's around the same as Safe House and considering competition, that's very good.

AWESOME! So it should do around 35M for the weekend.

GG droped a bit, but Annabelle is still in the 15-17M range: