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This number's looking good for IronJimbo's 150/525 prediction.

Said theater at the mall:

Fair enough, but I was going for well known properties in the US. But then we're back to grouping Frakenstein and The Long Goodbye as the same genre. I just can't do it, personally.

Problem is, a film like Hellboy and a film like From Hell have almost nothing in common except the word 'Hell'. I just don't see it as very useful to put them in the same genre (movies based on graphic novels). Men in Black and Tank Girl (to pick two from my earlier post), I can see if I squint REALLY hard, but even then putting them in the same box is pretty useless. Unless one is going to put Mad Max and Time Cop in the same box. But that's because Pixar and WDAS make broadly similar movies. It's expected, as you say. But to flip back to anime, something like Spirited Away is NOTHING like Cowboy Bebop. At most it could be thrown under a Science Fiction and Fantasy umbrella, and even then it's straining at the edges. What I think the issue is that animation has largely been relegated to certain types of movies/age groups in the US for whatever reason. But in other parts of the world, that really isn't the case. And I just don't think it's particularly useful to put Cool World or Heavy Metal and Zootopia in the same box.

I mean, might as well say Frankenstien, Wuthering Heights, and The Long Goodbye are all in the same genre, since they're all films based on literature. That's the argument folks are making here.

Problem: Is Tank Girl really in the same genre as, oh, Captain America: Civil War? Or Men in Black? Or Mask? Each and every one of those are movies based on comic book properties.

Computer animation is as much of a genre as anime is. (the REAL problem is that in the US/North America market at least, computer animation is pretty pigeon-holed into select groupings, despite some attempts to break out into other areas)

$111,349,131 to go according to my calculations (as mentioned in the 3b club thread). Got five days to do it, so it should be able to just sneak over the line, as @druv10 said.

This was from waaaaaaaay back earlier, but got buried with the tragic news of the day. The Clone Wars was an animated series on Cartoon Network that was planned to go 7 to 8 seasons in length, but was stopped after/during the sixth season when George Lucas retired and Disney took over. A lot of people have blamed Disney for it being cancelled (hence the hashtag), but the truth appears to be more complex than a simple "Disney wanted their own show and didn't want to pick up TCW". That was certainly part of it, but TCW's ratings were already dwindling as the show got 'darker' and comments have been made that one of the reasons it lasted as long as it did was that it had an eccentric billionaire partially bankrolling it. So Cartoon Network wasn't really interested (at the price), its ratings were failing, and Disney understandably wanted its own show (Rebels) on XD. So a confluence of factors axed a highly serialized show as it was reaching its conclusion. The #finishtheclonewars hashtag is the movement by folks who want to see the unproduced but still scripted/developed/worked on at some fashion episodes produced in some form or another (comic book, novel, webisode, whatever). Whether anything ever comes of it or not, only the fates know.

One of the better theaters in the Greater Sacramento region (the Palladio in Folsom) has $5 Tuesdays for non-3D movies. The Century theater chain in town has $6.50 tickets, so we're doing pretty well in that department here.

Might have gotten my wires crossed from people spreading shit on Twitter, so I edited out my post. Either way, even if Cinnabon hasn't been doing this before, I can see why some folks got upset. Even though I PERSONALLY agree that they shouldn't. Always tricky these sorts of things are, especially when it's still so raw for so many people.

edit Never mind. Might have been bitten by false info.

Don't be surprised if Sing has a monster day as well. Checking about, it's crushing it as well at reserved seating locations. In fact, I won't be completely surprised if Sing outsells R1 today, thanks to walkups. Stronger then expected sales for R1 AND Sing might be why the ticket sellers are experiencing sluggishness; they didn't reserve bandwidth for this amount of interest. Maybe. Possibly. We'll see.

Yep. Looks like it's crashed again. Trying to get an update, and I can't reach their servers right now.

Also expect a REALLY good number from Sing today: Pulse: Sing R1 R1 3D Moana Passengers MT is about to update, but here is the before 'the update on the tens' update: R1: 31.6 Sing: 30.5 Moana: 6.4 Passengers: 5.0 La La Land: 4.2

So, um, I decided to take a look at how R1 is doing at the reserved seating locations in Sacks of Tomatoes. Um. Huh. Don't expect a low number. I mean, it's ancedotal. And not methodical. But, yeah. (Fandango is also pretty sluggish right now, but that might just be me)

Given where Xmas fell on this calendar, Discount Tuesday, and all the rest, what SHOULD the drops look like for T-Thr, heading into the weekend? R1 had a bit of a depressed M-W last week thanks to some schools not being completely out, plus other folks not having the time off. But this week, of all weeks, should be the powerhouse week. So what will the numbers look like, say an averge ballpark guess? (Also next week might also be a bit interesting if some schools have it off to make up for not having last week off. Might, MIGHT, see slightly softer drops than normal. Not by much, but every bit counts when we're talking mega numbers like we are now)

From the BOM R1/TDK/CF/THG showdown page: BY DAY OF WEEK | BY DAY NUMBER DAY Rogue One The Dark Knight Catching Fire The Hunger Games WEEK 1 Fri $71,094,394 - / - $71,094,394 / 1 $67,165,092 - / - $67,165,092 / 1 $70,950,136 - / - $70,950,136 / 1 $67,263,650 - / - $67,263,650 / 1 Sat $46,308,115 -34.9% / - $117,402,509 / 2 $47,650,240 -29.1% / - $114,815,332 / 2 $52,619,106 -25.8% / - $123,569,242 / 2 $50,394,419 -25.1% / - $117,658,069 / 2 Sun $37,679,172 -18.6% / - $155,081,681 / 3 $43,596,151 -8.5% / - $158,411,483 / 3 $34,505,044 -34.4% / - $158,074,286 / 3 $34,877,678 -30.8% / - $152,535,747 / 3 ADVERTISEMENT (scroll to continue with chart) Mon $17,596,150 -53.3% / - $172,677,831 / 4 $24,493,313 -43.8% / - $182,904,796 / 4 $12,321,722 -64.3% / - $170,396,008 / 4 $10,823,788 -69% / - $163,359,535 / 4 Tue $17,582,978 -0.1% / - $190,260,809 / 5 $20,868,722 -14.8% / - $203,773,518 / 5 $15,960,309 +29.5% / - $186,356,317 / 5 $10,348,198 -4.4% / - $173,707,733 / 5 Wed $14,965,790 -14.9% / - $205,226,599 / 6 $18,377,288 -11.9% / - $222,150,806 / 6 $20,808,110 +30.4% / - $207,164,427 / 6 $8,051,705 -22.2% / - $181,759,438 / 6 Thu $16,773,075 +12.1% / - $221,999,674 / 7 $16,464,405 -10.4% / - $238,615,211 / 7 $14,951,629 -28.1% / - $222,116,056 / 7 $8,173,400 +1.5% / - $189,932,838 / 7 WK 1 $221,999,674 $238,615,211 $222,116,056 $189,932,838 WEEK 2 Fri $22,860,256 +36.3% / -67.8% $244,859,930 / 8 $23,232,292 +41.1% / -65.4% $261,847,503 / 8 $31,570,448 +111.2% / -55.5% $253,686,504 / 8 $18,652,560 +128.2% / -72.3% $208,585,398 / 8 Sat $15,308,508 -33% / -66.9% $260,168,438 / 9 $28,272,494 +21.7% / -40.7% $290,119,997 / 9 $28,401,259 -10% / -46% $282,087,763 / 9 $24,738,873 +32.6% / -50.9% $233,324,271 / 9 Sun $25,865,004 +69% / -31.4% $286,033,442 / 10 $23,661,680 -16.3% / -45.7% $313,781,677 / 10 $14,207,894 -50% / -58.8% $296,295,657 / 10 $15,159,630 -38.7% / -56.5% $248,483,901 / 10 Mon $32,085,637 +24.1% / +82.3% $318,119,079 / 11 $10,518,116 -55.5% / -57.1% $324,299,793 / 11 $3,402,550 -76.1% / -72.4% $299,698,207 / 11 $4,522,495 -70.2% / -58.2% $253,006,396 / 11 Will pass TDK today (only needs 15.81 to pass it in dailies), and probably not look back as I look at TDK's upcoming gross.

Yes, I think a moritorium on "Not an Event" jokes for at least 48 hours is in order. Purposefully decided to stay away from it in my last post.

Gonna spend a little time looking at the numbers. Just so I don't drown myself in sorrows all day long: Best Mondays Ever: Rank Title (click to view) Studio Single Day Gross Theaters Average Date / Days in Release Gross to Date* Final Gross* 1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens BV $40,109,742 4,134 $9,702 12/21/15 4 $288.1 $936.7 2 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story BV $32,085,637 4,157 $7,718 12/26/16 11 $318.1 $318.1 3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens BV $31,362,029 4,134 $7,586 12/28/15 11 $571.4 $936.7 4 Spider-Man 2 Sony $27,661,137 4,152 $6,662 7/05/04 6 $180.1 $373.6 5 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Par. $26,779,538 4,260 $6,286 5/26/08 5 $152.0 $317.1 Best Mondays Ever.... ADJUSTED: Rank Title (click to view) Studio Single Day Gross Theaters Average Date / Days in Release Gross to Date* Final Gross* 1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens BV $39,694,800 4,134 $9,602 12/21/15 4 $285.1 $108.1 2 Spider-Man 2 Sony $38,351,400 4,152 $9,237 7/05/04 6 $249.7 $60.2 3 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Uni. $33,819,300 3,281 $10,308 5/26/97 4 $173.9 $49.9 6 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story BV $32,462,700 4,157 $7,809 12/26/16 11 $321.9 $37.4 4 Shrek 2 DW $32,454,600 4,223 $7,685 5/31/04 13 $360.9 $71.1 5 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Par. $32,113,100 4,260 $7,538 5/26/08 5 $182.2 $44.2 That's pretty damn impressive (most impressive indeed) for R1 to have the 4th best Monday of all time, adjusted. Sure, it was a holiday. Still pretty damn impressive.

In context, the last few days (from The Numbers): 2016/12/22 1 $16,773,075 +12% 4,157 $4,035 $221,999,674 7 2016/12/23 1 $22,860,256 +36% 4,157 $5,499 $244,859,930 8 2016/12/24 1 $15,308,508 -33% 4,157 $3,683 $260,168,438 9 2016/12/25 1 $25,865,004 +69% 4,157 $6,222 $286,033,442 10 2016/12/26 1 $32,085,637 +24% 4,157 $7,718 $318,119,079 11

A small, detached, analytical part of me is legit curious how much the terrible news of today is going to affect R1 today, and in the long run. Tend to think the news of the passing is going to affect R1's box office more than Ep 8. Where Ep 8 is going to get a bump is from all the tributes and celebration of her life into the leadup of release. A related phenomenon, but not the same as Paul Walker and Heath Ledger.

BOM has finally corrected the total for R1, BTW.