Jake Gittes

More like around $5m. There was some money made in the Mon-Wed period too, especially as Monday was a holiday.

Like I said, it's with (very wide) previews. CA made estimated $2.5m in the November 2-4 period alone.

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice Silver lining? Wachowski's CLOUD ATLAS debuted in Russia w/ an enormous $8.7M this weekend. Pretty sure that's including previews, but still, damn impressive.

Skyfall's multiplier will be much closer to 3 than to 2.5, regardless of the OW.

A movie breaks an opening record for its franchise and the whole genre and still has a disappointingly limited audience.Only on box office forums!

Also, QoS had one of the most reliable advantages a franchise movie can have - it directly followed a predecessor that was received spectacularly well. Skyfall had a lot going for it, but that it didn't have, which only makes its opening more impressive in my mind.

US is not Germany. When PG-13 four-quadrant blockbusters open big in the US, they have an effect, they always did. And yes, when Skyfall opens to $80m+, it's going to have a fucking effect on movies around it.

Argo got hit along with everything else. $100-110m is still on the table, though, which is great.If that number for Ralph holds, it just lost all hope of reaching $200m. Considering the history of animated November openers, though, it'll be just fine as long as it reaches around 165 (and, coincidentally, makes its money back domestically).Flight looks headed for at least $75m, Taken 2 will get within $10m of Taken, Cloud Atlas won't reach 30, and I can't believe someone would downplay the Skyfall number. It tied with Fast Five for the record OD for a straight action film while being in 150 fewer theaters, will improve on QoS by 20% on OD and OW and will almost certainly cross The Bourne Ultimatum to become the highest grossing spy action film domestically. Anybody expected more from it, it's their problem, not the movie's.

How to Train Your Dragon was the most impressive to me, followed by TF3, Hugo, Avatar and Dredd.

I don't think Spielberg is fighting for anything at this point. 93% on RT for Lincoln? He's in.

Zodiac

Even two years ago I would somewhat agree, but apparently that's not true anymore? She looks full-bodied enough in those set pics.

After Ratcatcher and We Need to Talk About Kevin, I'll watch anything Lynne Ramsay makes. And if it's a western with Portman and Fassbender, I'll also call it hands-down one of my most anticipated films of the near future.

The Godfather - A strong story very well written, directed and acted, but The Godfather Part II one-ups its predecessor on practically every level. Scope, acting, subtlety, dialogue, dramatic power, cinematography, you name it.The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - I wasn't invested emotionally in 2 of the 3 main characters, which made it much harder to care about the outcome of the final duel. I also couldn't stand plot contrivances which enabled Eastwood's character magically escape death in the last possible moment... at least twice. A very good film overall, but Once Upon a Time in the West is Leone's masterwork.The Dark Knight - Nolan's direction makes it a gripping, powerful, atmospheric and unrelenting thriller for the entirety of its running time, but after a few viewings, the numerous story issues are impossible to ignore.All the others deserve it IMO.

1. Pulp Fiction2. Chinatown3. Once Upon a Time in the West4. Apocalypse Now5. Lawrence of Arabia6. Goodfellas7. The Godfather: Part II8. Five Easy Pieces9. Heat10. Memento

Wasn't the OW $8.3m? I'm not sure how it could have dropped 47% to over $5m from that. In any case, hopefully the cume is correct because it's going to at least outgross QoS and cross $20m now.

I'll side with Baumer here. For $1b WW Skyfall would need to blow past $700m OS which no 2D film has done since ROTK. That includes every single pre-DH2 Harry Potter film, TDKR, DMC and AWE. Until I see it, I won't believe it for a second. Not that I won't be busy being happy with $800m it's guaranteed to make now.

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice SKYFALL debuts: GERMANY - $23.9M, ITALY - $7.9M, SPAIN - $6.7M, SWITZ - $5.3M, INDIA - $5.1M, HOLLAND - $4.4M, AUSTRIA - $3.4M

Good thing I didn't have a drink in my mouth the moment I read that.This thing is fucking monstrous.

Gitesh Pandya ‏@giteshpandya #Flight opens w/ stellar $25M from only 1884 thtrs for huge $13k avg. Will be another $100M+ hit for bankable #Denzel.

It needs to be noted that the only big animated non-Christmas-themed film that ever opened November with more than $20m and achieved 4x multi is Monsters Inc. back in 2001. The Incredibles, Chicken Little, Bee Movie, Madagascar 2 and Megamind all couldn't get past 3.75, which makes me think Ralph won't as well. The drops in the weekends before and after Thanksgiving are just too hard.

I'm thinking 170-185m final range for WIR.

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice It's on like Donkey Kong! Disney's WRECK-IT RALPH is #1 w/ $49.1M.

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice WB's ARGO had the best hold in the Top 10, easing just 15% w/ $10.2M. Total is now $75M.

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice RZA's THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS booted up $8.2M in its 4th place debut. Expand [*] Reply [*] Retweet [*] Favorite