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    TDKR Weekend: $160.89M - #3 ALL TIME HIGHEST OW

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    You're right that better than usually expected holds over the weekend are possible if today was deflated by the shooting, but much of the audience decides to set that aside and go see the movie on Saturday or Sunday. But my guess would be that if there really was a significant amount of discomfort about going to the movie on Friday, whether due to fear of copycats or just not being in the mood for a fairly dark movie under the circumstances, that is unlikely to dissipate overnight.Honestly, if the shooting really had much negative impact at all on the box office for TDKR today, I would expect the impact to be greater on Saturday, not less. I don't work for a theater, so this is just a guess, but it seems likely that a significant portion of the non-midnight pre-sales that this movie had were for opening day and that there are far fewer for Saturday and even less for Sunday. Which means that Saturday and Sunday's numbers will be far more dependent on walk-ups than Friday's was and walk up business is precisely where the effects of the shooting would be felt. (Despite some comments about people returning pre-bought tickets, I doubt most people are aware that's even an option.) Basically, Friday's number was probably shielded to some extent from the effects of the shooting, but Saturday and Sunday will most likely have much less protection.So if audiences did feel uncomfortable about seeing TDKR today and they don't suddenly change their minds about that tomorrow, then the internal multipliers people are expecting for the weekend might in fact be too high, not too low.

    Somehow, reading this made me feel smarter.

    Pixar Movies From Best to worst

    in The Speakeasy

    Posted · Edited by American Eagle

      [*]Toy Story 3

      [*]The Incredibles

      [*]Ratatouille

      [*]Monsters Inc

      [*]Toy Story 2

      [*]Finding Nemo

      [*]Toy Story

      [*]Cars

      [*]Cars 2

      [*]Up

      [*]WALL-E

      [*]A Bug's Life

    The opening of Up is amazing, but the movie loses me once Dug and Kevin take over the movie. I never cared for WALL-E or A Bug's Life.

    All 12 are at least a B+, though.

    Crowd Reports Thread

    in Box Office Discussion

    Posted · Edited by American Eagle

    The Hunger Games

    Carmike Cinemas

    Jackson, MI

    12:02am showing

    80% full; I think it was approximately a 200 seater (the 12:01 showing was sold out, I believe)

    Trailers:

    What To Expect When You're Expecting (some laughs)

    Titanic 3D

    The Amazing Spider Man (this looked sweet on the big screen)

    The Avengers

    Snow White and the Huntsman

    House at the End of the Street

    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn II (like three girls cheered at the beginning. I did not.)

    The movie was fantastic. Everyone loved it. There was a random 60+ year old guy sitting alone in my row; I believe even he liked the movie. I saw several groups of adults (including men) mixed in with us teens. The fact that dozens of adults showed up for a midnight shows the widespread demographic of this movie.

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