Samson

Nolan films, from Insomnia to Inception, have averaged 26% of their grosses from OW. They've been very consistent, and the late July release has always helped, as the competition have been minimal (this year is no different).The legs on TDKR are really the last thing WB should be concerned about.

Unquestionably. You'll have your lovers of BB (which I sometimes count myself apart of), but many are hard pressed to say that TDKR isn't one hell of a film, if just not consistent for them.

Funny to think that Star Trek 2 was going to be added into the mix at one point too.

Your posts have been the most depressing of them all, LOL. Take it eassssy. This is still a MAJOR weekend, no matter what some flippant posters will say otherwise. Without Hunger Games & Avengers this year, this board would be rabid with posts right now. Expectations are funny around here.

Goes to show that women are a far greater "first see" crowd than any comic book / star wars men in their tents and week long lines.

"Boring" is the last thing I would classify this weekend as. Horrifying, more like.

This is good projecting too!Hancock having it's 4th of July land of its 1st Friday makes for some problems, but nothing major. The weekends so far have looked eerily similar.TASM is running $35 million ahead of Hancock right now. If it can maintain that gap, a $263 million+ closing is in the works.

Agreed, 65% makes perfect sense. Spider-Man is a bigger brand, no question, and TASM was better received if the RT user score is anything to go off of (HB2: 70%, TASM 84%). TASM is also working off more theaters and 3D. It has an edge.

Sequel.Comic Book Movie.Same Demographics.And the kicker...$34 million weekend before the release of a Nolan Batman film.We aren't talking multipliers here. We're talking about drops. Hellboy 2 gives us a flawless look into the coming weeks for TASM.

The precedent is Hellboy II. No recovery.And yes, actuals are going to kick TASM in the ass. Just like last Monday.

Debatable. This would be more apt for a well-handled and less expensive sequel. But Sony doesn't really know how to do less expensive unless the baby is thrown out with the bathwater.

Now look whose avoiding questions.What happens if someone doesn't automatically bow to your every response and question?Nothing. We go on and actually talk numbers.Speaking of numbers, I expected the Friday TASM numbers to go down. Looks like the Sunday numbers went down instead. What are we expecting for Monday?

Read again. Not in numbers like this, and not at breakneck speeds like this. Its been overload, and folks are cracking. ... Or what?

Excellent baiting. Very mature.Attack with facts. Not emotions.

Do you want the real answer, or do you want to keep up this persecution complex? Because the real answer is that there were loads more making high and low predictions for Spidey and then changing the goal posts. Every. Single. Day. Spider-Man is the first movie on these boards that has had some oddball bias going on with more than just a loud mouthed member or two, and I'm talking about both the advocates and detractors on this one.