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Wow, really uneventful....

China's run is coming to an end. Must have legs in Australia now that the big movies are all out in that country, meaning no more competitions. After that, tt all depends on Brazil & Japan to lift this beyond $400M.

Actually, a more thoughtful scifi like STID shouldn't be making this kind of money OS When it did :

Russia & Germany are hopeless France is not bad, not enough lift What are China & Australian numbers?

China numbers =

With China, it can reach $750M easily. Look at EX2 & GIJ2, so-so action movies for me but big success in China, how did that happen? FF6 is miles better than those junks.

These territories would add up to $50-60M at least

I think the success of this movie is beyond the fact that it is a zombie movie, or any other specific genre. Those swarming scenes shot in a realistic world gives the audience something edgy, contemporary and genuinely frightening. One look at the Jerusalem scene from the trailer is enough to drive curious folks out of the comfort of their PG rated TV shows. My only criticism is the lack of any real story. The movie is just one long chase. And other than the intense siege in the Middle East, the movie is lacking in other stand-out scenes. I am excited by what the makers would come up with in the sequel.

SMURFS was a surprise hit in Europe. I think this one will be bigger than MU

Where do you get this chart? Thanks in advance !

Reboot =/= non-sequel?

Maybe $125M is not out-of-reach after all

Predicted total after Monday?

I wish MoS coulda moved passed $30M mark.

It will be interesting if FF6 could do $800M WW. This will outdo both MoS & MU...

With scattershot release pattern, it's very difficult to make predictions for this one, yea? MU opens much later in certain territories....But $300M WW after 2 weeks are very good

3. The Heat (Fox) Week 1 [Runs 3,181]Wednesday $5.2M, Thursday $6.3M, Friday $8.6M, Saturday $9.2M3-Day Weekend $24.8M, Domestic Cume $86.3M ================================================================ This should do around $140M. Don't really like it, other movies deserve more viewership, but anything for 2013 $100M club.

GROWN UPS 2 will dash that $100M dream. But TITE is very original, I really want this to be successful...

TLR WTF? Seriously?

At this point IMAX is no longer a huge factor anyway.

Pixar has been steadily making hit after hit for 18 years. Illumination is an upstart. They do exceptionally well with Gru/Minions but what else they can do? Did Pixar release a "SqueezeToy Aliens" spin-off after the wild success of TOY STORY? Illumination got talent but a spin-off is a sign that they have nothing else under their sleeves.

They only have one concept with Gru/Minions. Let's see if they can prove themselves beyond the title of "another one hit wonder." LORAX is based on a previously published work, a popular one. Pixar is all original stuff, folks. They have been an inspiration to many animation houses in Hollywood. And they have been making animations for almost 20 years. Consistency, something that Illumination needs to show.

NYSM, the movie that never dies

The box office seems to be against traditional heroes. MoS, a nice guy superhero is great but underperforms. WHD, an old-fashioned DIE HARD movie flops hard. LR an even more traditional hero is flopping around. BTW I was at a screening of MoS, and some of the audience actually cheered when Zod's army beat up the US army and went "Oh no!" (followed by a burst of Minions' giggles) when Zod dies in the hands of Supe. I mean I am not a sentimental guy but the world may be truly f-ed-up.