RogueLeader

This could work, but it would HAVE to be accompanied by a strong marketing push! Plus a lot of promulgation on social media to let fans know of the trailer attachments. An exclusive Rogue One trailer is a great starting point.

In the first couple of weeks? No! Now? HELL YES! The film has gotten to a point where it just can't rely on the name alone to sell it!

That would be a real shame though. I mean imagine if this thing got to 990 million and didn't make the final 1 billion. That would suck so hard. IMO Disney would be REALLY smart to do a TFA "special Edition" type thing to help it get past that last hurdle. What do you guys think? Imagine it: Add in some new scenes and tack on a trailer for the upcoming Star Wars film, Rogue One. It could work! It would be a HELL of a lot more legit than buying the tickets themselves needed to get to 1 billion! They could also initiate it with a strong, late marketing push. Disney has been way too passive with marketing up till this point. Most of the marketing I've seen for this film has come from tie-in promotions. Advertising a film with a car commercial is NOT strong marketing.

Has anyone seen this thing? I was actually considering checking it out, despite the week review. I really like Farrel and Wahlberg in comedies.

It would also be a VERY ignominious way of trying to break a milestone. I mean come on! That is shady to say THE LEAST! If it was a few million, then yeah, it would be fine. However, something like $50 million would be WAY too much and would leave a huge indelible stain on the film's box office run, that would stigmatize it in film history.

You really believe that? I'd say its morel like 1/3 for it hitting 1 Bn, 2/3 for it not. Well, maybe 60/40, but it looks less likely. We'll see.

Bro, there are so many plot hols in that movie and moments of utter goofiness, trying to list them all would take forever, The movie was incredibly dumb!

Thing is, how close will it come to Avatar worldwide? That seems far less clear at this point. I doubt it will beat it worldwide, but it would be nice if it got close.

You still think that 1 billion is still feasible? Seems substantially less likely. A 40% drop next weekend would be too much for the film to get to 1 billion. How would the math even work?

Fair enough! However, I still want my 100 million third weekend!

This! So close! To be that close to $150 million (or $100 million) is just exasperating.

Undoubtedly! Help me RTH!!!!!! R2! Play the hologram recording, damn you!

100 million doesn't seem totally out of the question does it? Plus, this could be a lowball figure.

g is 23mln are better than 18mln someone wrote about Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 utilizzando Tapatalk Bro! At the rate this film is going, it will likely be beaten THIS WEEKEND! I think a 100 million weekend is very likely and if TFA does that, it will have Avatar beaten. The movie is already less than 100 million to Avatar before the weekend has even started.

Seems like its not definite yet. This weekend should give us a clearer picture. If it is well over 100 million for the weekend, then it would seem like a sure thing.

DAMN MAN! I gotta say RTH is friggin incredibly. His numbers have been spot on for days now. Where does this guy get his info? He can see things before they happen ....... like Anakin! Seriously though, I've never seen same day estimate so well done. Bravo sir! As for the 23 million gross, that is pretty damn good for New Years Eve. Im still really wondering what it will be for this weekend though. Does RTH give predictions ahead of time? I want his thoughts on the weekend numbers. I'm hoping for 125 million. Too much to hope for?

Anyway, it will be interesting to see what happens for Thursday. New Year's Eve is kind of unpredictable.

Dude, its gotta AT LEAST match that Tuesday number!!!

DAMN! What happened to our Wednesday increase? Meesa sad! https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f4/19/cf/f419cfcc582c2db221fc97b3a0921474.jpg

You know what this forum REALLY NEEDS for this movie? A thread that focuses more on the worldwide gross! There has been so much focus on the Domestic gross, the foreign gross has been almost completely neglected. I wonder what the final Worldwide gross will look like, especially after this thing opens in all territories like China!

Dude, that would be sweet, if true. I am gonna keep my fingers and toes crossed!

BRO! Thanks for sharing that. More good news! This films is holding up really well. I just have to wonder how much it will drop this coming weekend. Is a 30% drop too much to hope for?

So what? Titanic never sold as many tickets as the original SW either. If we're going by that distinction then it changes the game up completely.

DAMN! They have people who can accurately compile numbers from the SAME DAY now? When did this happen? I am behind the times.

DAMN BRO! Those math skills! I am impressed! You deserves lauds and accolades! That said, your summary is pretty cogent too! It actually makes it seem like 1 billion domestic is attainable!