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I know it's not perfect, but I was curious at where TLJ would wind up on BOM's All Time Adjusted chart in terms of SW films. 2. ANH $1.59B 11. TFA $965M 13. ESB $876M 16. ROTJ $839M 18. TPM $806M 57. TLJ $544 58. RO $539M 65. ROTS $529 95. AOTC $477 I haven't tracked this run as closely as I did TFA's, so I really have no solid idea just where TLJ is going to end up, but I don't think I'm too far off in thinking it's going to end up either just north or south of $600M. TLJ is going to drop hard from TFA, but it doesn't look like the drop is going to be as steep as AOTC's drop from TPM. I remember being crushed by that run. At the time, AOTC not only got beaten by Spiderman, but it barely made it past $300M. First SW film to not end up #1 the year it was released.

Don't know if anyone's brought it up, but most schools won't get all of next week off. This is the XMas calendar teachers and students dread. Most of us will be going back to work on Wed or Thursday of next week.

I've been out of the classroom for 4 years, I'm now an instructional coach, but I occasionally get to co-teach a lesson with elementary students. I miss the days where I would show SW films before holiday breaks and at the end of the year when everyone is bouncing off the walls. My office still has a couple of SW posters up and all of my work related avatars are pictures of Yoda, so everyone knows where I stand. I had a video conference today where all people saw of me was a nice image of Luke in his Ahch-To outfit.

That is pretty sweet, not teacher generous, but a good deal. I've got Thursday and Friday off this week, all next week, and then back to work on Wed., Jan. 3rd. I think that's fairly typical for schools across the U.S.

Ugh, XMas on a Monday blows! I have to work until Wednesday and my kids have school until Thursday because of a snow day we had last week. I think many districts across the country are in the same boat. Schools will be in session until the middle of the week. I may sneak over tomorrow after work, but the break made seeing TFA on weekdays so much easier 2 years ago.

Some of those fantastic ideas included Howard the Duck and the Crystal Skull..... and the fridge, oh gawd, Indy survived a nuclear explosion in a fridge... (And don't believe the stories that it was Spielberg's idea, it was Lucas all along.)

Don't know if anyone has posted this, but Rolling Stone has an article on BvS and CW: Civil War' vs. 'Batman v Superman': What Marvel Is Getting Right http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/civil-war-vs-batman-v-superman-what-marvel-is-getting-right-20160509

I'm going to have to up my previous predictions to..... $194M

True, but this isn't exactly a good time for WB right now. It's going to be fuel for the post BvS fire. Faraci won't be the only one to try to use this as proof of turmoil at WB.

This just makes WB look incompetent. Hopefully, this will all work itself out, but coming off the BvS fallout they're just asking to get slammed.

Yup, it's only a matter of time. Zootopia will still be bringing in families over the next couple of weeks while BvS gets buried by CA:CW. BvS will fall further and further behind Zoo in the dailies. I wouldn't be surprised if Zootopia surpasses it Sunday or early next week.

It was an excellent ADULT comedy. It reminded me of Crocodile Dundee when it came out. My wife and I were in our early 30's and already had a couple of kids, we were its target audience. We weren't there OW. Like many, WOM got us to the theater and it delivered solid laughs.

don't think so So a live action family film that opens almost $20M over expectations and has a 95% RT score has no shot at a x3 multiplier? That's all it will take to get it within striking distance of BvS. Just look at what Zootopia's run has done. It opened with $75M and it's over $300M and BvS has just managed to crawl past it. In a couple of weeks Zooptopia will probably over take it again because that's what great reviews, great legs, and great WOM will do for you even if you don't have a huge OW. JB will more than likely out gross BvS and most of us won't be a bit surprised, not after this surprise OW.

I don't think this is a DC thing at all. It's a poorly executed film thing. Another director and a more traditional interpretation of Superman and... Ugh, can't wait for CA and a more positive experience. Very impressed by JB. Neither of my kids seem interested but we had a lot going on this weekend with a birthday. Maybe we'll catch it next week.

If Wikipedia is correct it was R.P.M. starring Anthony Quinn and Ann-Margaret.

I don't believe we're going to be seeing an extended cut in theaters. We'll see it when the bluray comes out. It just reeks of desperation. I can't believe WB is seriously contemplating this. The only reason we're even discussing it is because BvS is dropping like a rock. Is there even a precedent for this? Can anyone think of a major release that saw an extended cut released WEEKS later?

After the RT numbers and the OW I saw weak legs on the horizon. Don't remember exactly when I posted it, but I thought a sub 2x was possible. On a side note, I really enjoy this place, but I'm pretty close to using the ignore feature on a poster. It's one thing to love a film and stick up for it, but it's another to just post one ridiculous comment after another.

I really think this is just going to keep dropping and dropping... I expect a sub 2.0x multiplier. BvS will end up around $315-320M Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm in! Don't know what my final prediction will be, but I've been thinking CA:CW will end up closer to $500M than $400M. Plus, this place was a great place to track TFA's B.O. run and the BvS saga has been a blast. Even if I lose I'll feel the money well spent.

While I think BvS has higher peaks that MoS, MoS is more consistent. It's a more solid film IMO. And Shannon is great. He was a compelling antagonist and you completely understood his motivations. I actually felt some sympathy for him after the World Builder was destroyed. Kal really did rob him of his sole purpose. The purpose he was genetically engineered to fulfill. Shannon's Zod never had the choices that Kal did. And BvS has a hulked out grey ninja turtle and Troll Luthor....

Don't have to apologize to me. I'm one of those that thinks the critical reception for BvS was pretty spot on. I've got my share of problems with it. But it definitely has its moments and I've got to see that extended cut. To be fair, BvS will most likely have worse legs than BaR, but that film was a train wreck that killed the series. It's lone redeeming quality is that it led to Nolan and BB. And it's easier to have legs when your OW is only 42M.

And there's the Superman version: The Batman is my favorite.... but with patience it won't be $129 for long... That was pretty good.

It seemed like yesterday there was talk of $18-$19M, not we've come crashing down to $15.3 and a possibly a sub $50M 2nd week. Ugh. And yet, I've seen it twice and in July I'll be seriously tempted to shell out $129 for this...

I don't think there's much of a chance. I don't want to just keep bashing it, but I don't think there's enough good will out there for BvS to start surprising us with strong holds.

Off topic response.... It was a good series but there's just too much there. You're on book 6 and your still not done with the story. Plus, it's literally built on the foundation of dozens of books and comics. The EU was simply too cumbersome to keep in place and start a new trilogy. I always knew they'd wipe the slate clean if a new trilogy got greenlighted.