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I should've known Jay Z would help this movie, just as much as Jay Z helped out American Gangster. To be fair, No Church in the Wild is an awesome song. Although did anyone notice that the marketing kinda phased out Ryan Reynolds.I'm more so curious about the legs; will it fall short of $100M like The Book of Eli?
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...Damn Denzel. The others don't surprise me but...DAMN Denzel. One of the more stunning openings in a LONG time. I wouldn't have thought that Phantom Menace would get $33M and be the THIRD one of the weekend.
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Great results, here's hoping next weekend does well too. Not expecting three $25M+ openers but weirder stuff has happened,
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Incidentally this is only going to fuel the Potter/Twilight war..."Haha Twitards, OUR leading actor's first lead role opened higher than YOUR leads' feature debuts!!"Still great that both are matching, and in the case of Woman in Black exceeding, expectations.
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...What on Earth are we talking about?
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Exactly. I'm still perplexed that the release stragety not only worked but probably contributed to it breaking out like it did. It sold itself as an IMAX event and it worked perfectly. I'm not sure with The Hobbit coming out these two seasons if we'll see another company try the same thing but for what it was, Paramount was right on the money.Considering all the hubbub about its release date (some of that courtesy of myself), it's impressive that both it and Sherlock Holmes have somehow come out in the black.
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In a more positive development, Mission Impossible has now officially grossed more than $200M and has become the highest grossing film of the franchise internationally. Inflation-wise it won't match the first two but this is still a great accomplishment.Now if only Brad Bird's fellow Pixar mate Andrew Stanton can have as much luck with his live-action debut.
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At least over $90M, which would make it Alexander Payne's highest grossing adjusted.If Descendants can hold steady through the Oscars it might be able to leg itself to $100m.
I'm more curious where Artist and Hugo end up in the sense that one film already grossed over its tiny budget and the other...well...is it a cheap shot to called such a critically acclaimed movie a bomb? It hasn't even grossed half it's budget internationally!
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Sssh, don't give them any ideas.Meh weekend for sure, but hey it could be worse.I have a funny feeling that's going to be the box-office theme this whole year..."hey, could be worse, could be 2011...".So was The Babysitters Club
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To be fair, I think we're just surprised at the fact the films aren't doing awful which has been the tendency for these kind of films. Especially considering how dreadful the first few weeks of 2011 was.
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How is it compared to 2010 though? Unfair comparison because of Avatar but still curious...Also, est. ticket sales so far:2012: 80.9m2011: 74m
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She oughta fire her PR agent for not making a bigger deal out of that; an SNL hosting gig or SOMETHING.On another note, I should point out that both War Horse and TINTIN have had some sneaky legs as of late...so is that good for Tintin or not? Would YOU make a sequel or not? Some people, like myself, have issues with the film but some people love the heck out of it.Kate Beckinsale is number one for back to back weeks...Wooohooo.
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Don't worry, I get where you going at. It's like a script with ten writers...too many cooks in the same kitchen.I suppose this is a good weekend...not jaw-dropping but could be worse. MUCH better than the post-MLK weekend last week.Moe intrigued by next week; it's possible all openers could open above The Rite's #1 spot last year. I've seen The Grey and let's just say a Taken-like run is in the cards; it's sheer badassery at work.Right, forgot about them. It's just when I hear of 2 directors, I get an image of conflicts on set, the initial director getting fired and replaced by another. This or Strause brothers. Dunno which is worse.
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So could Sherlock actually make it to $200M after all??Good numbers all around of course.
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Well a supernatural drama where the main character is murdered in the first act was never going to sell ($93M to a $65M budget isn't nothing to sneeze at). Of course the most messed-up aspect of this season is that Tintin might not even make MORE than Lovely Bones...S-J directed-produced TLB also bombed. Jackson is only Tolkien-related draw.
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The only condolence I can think of is that Christmas Eve may have just legitimately deflated the weekend to abnormal levels, even in comparisons to other Christmas Eves.But still...in what universe have we entered into when a Speilberg-directed Jackson-produced action-adventure can't open over $10M?
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As long as we're bringing up disappointing performances...TINTIN. A sub $10M opening? That's barely more than Mars Needs Moms....JESUS CHRIST, Tintin barely did better than F****ING MARS NEEDS MOMS.
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It was one of the first films to turn a profit off of DVD sales; it and, of all things, Deuce Bigalow were considered the first real "DVD hits".Infinitely depressing weekend.Fight Club became such a cult classic after, I've read about that, they probably ended up making a ton of money off that movie.
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Last I heard The Snow Queen, which was and may still be a traditionally animated film, was cancelled even though it was aligned for Winter 2013.So if Frozen IS the revived version of Snow Queen, then that's great news. The concept art for it look great.
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Does anyone think the million or so people who saw Mission Impossible would've gone to Sherlock Holmes?That would've brought the total closer to $50M; I think everyone just really didn't take into account that Mission Impossible was going after the EXACT same audience and it wasn't going to have the Christmas Day boost.Christmas Day was on a Friday for God's sake! The BEST day for it to have been on. There was always going to be a dropoff; in context, a third drop from a film that opened on Christmas isn't THAT bad.$170M+ total is definitely in the cards.
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...*sigh*Least next December will be much more entertaining.
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To be the devil's advocate for New Year's Eve...it's a film that'll play over the weekend because it's really the ONLY romantic option for the holidays. And when your film's called New Year's Eve, I imagine New Line's going to push it heavily the closer we get to that date. A $80M+ total is likely in spite of reviews.At this rate I'm seeing Hugo pushing itself past $60M, Arthur Christmas barely past $50M, and Muppets managing itself to $100M; at least, I really really hope so. If Alvin 3 shows any sign of weakness, that'll only help the other films.
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One of the Christmas movies really would've done better to have opened on this weekend. Mission Impossible or We Bought A Zoo comes to mind...
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Interesting article but likely an accurate one.
I see...eight nominees.
The Artist
Hugo
War Horse
The Tree of Life
The Descendants
Moneyball
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Friday Numbers (The Vow: 15.4M; Safe House: 13.8M; Star Wars 3D: 8.7M; Journey 2: 6.6M)
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