Clones just is the least popular Star Wars movie. TPM has the benefit of being the first one to come out in 3D so it will get curious viewers. And Sith is by far the most well liked of the prequels and has a lot of sequences that will look great in 3D. Clones is just the odd man out.
Plus no one even expected TPM to even come close to that so why even bring it up? Hell even ESB only sold half of ANH re-release and ROTJ only made a third. ANH is in its own league.
I think his music can just make things look epic. Jarhead with "Jesus Walks" was an amazing trailer and made the movie look like it was going to be a lot better than it actually was. Both Social Network and Limitless used "Power" very effectively as it showed the protagonist become well, powerful. And Safe House using "Church in the Wild" has been working since I first saw an add for it on Christmas during the Laker game. Just shows that great marketing can do wonders.
It's not even 2 pm here in California. I'm taking these numbers with a grain of salt until a more updated version later tonight with more data. But still impressive openings for Safe House, The Vow, and TPM. Meh at Journey 2.
I thought Phantom Menace was "huge." Doesn't that mean its performing better than "strong" performers Safe House and The Vow? I haven't read the article, just going by what Chrestomanci posted.
70%? This isn't Twilight. Valentines Day dropped 70% because it had Valentines Day on a Sunday that year which spiked its OW. I can buy 60% but not 70%.
We have no idea what it will do. Where did this 50m number come from that you're standing by? We don't even have Friday numbers yet. People need to cool their jets and wait for the numbers before jumping to conclusions about this and The Vow.
Mattrek you've made the mistake of overestimating a films potential before, so let's not jump the gun on these 150m predicts until we at least get a Friday number.