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Exactly. And the big drop isn't as big as it could have been, either.

Considering people are comparing it to Twilight and Potter, and that is a drop better than those, I'd say it's not bad. Is it great compared to other non-similar films? No. But did any reasonable person actually expect it to be?How is it that people say 60% is good, but add 1.6% and all of a sudden it's bad? I don't get that. When it's off of a $30m OW sure, but an extra 1.6% off of a $152m OW? Okay.

And Noctis, stop making up #'s you little brat.

That's still not bad. I think under a 65% drop is pretty damned good considering a $152m OW. We'll just have to see what happens now. I was expecting it to END where it is right now, so anything more it makes is fine by me. :)Everyone keep their perspectives on what the film actually IS before you freak out.

500k, not too bad considering the others.

Well, "not that great" was probably a bad choice of words. I meant more "not what people were expecting." And I was talking about the other films too. I'm sure even WotT was affected a bit.

Actually got HBO yesterday about 3 hours before the premiere. Was so happy. :)Action is coming, guys. Don't expect it in the first episode. Has to set things up first. Just like Season 1 the first couple eps will probably feel a bit slow before shit hits the fan.I was surprised they had the Night's Watch get to Crastor's Keep so quickly. But I guess them finding a bunch of empty villages would be redundant and boring. That's all I'm remembering they skipped.Gotta remember there are only 10 episodes and they'll want to leave a lot of time for the rest to really shine.LOVED the added Robb/Jaime/Grey Wind scene. The added Littlefinger scene bugged me a bit because, as you guys have said, Petyr wouldn't be that stupid. But I guess they wanted to show how quick Cersei was to go batshit on someone.I do get kind of peeved by the out-of-the-blue, not necessary gratuitous sex scenes like the one with Ros. It's one thing if it's actually in the book or serves a purpose, but those kind just seem like they're putting it in just because they can because it's HBO. They could have set it up that it was at the brothel without that. We all know Ros is a whore and where she was. But a GoT ep without nekkid people and/or sex wouldn't be GoT now, would it?The ending was pretty awesome with the music along with the horribleness of what was going on.

I didn't read all of this thread, but did anyone mention the fact that the Final Four games were on Saturday night as to maybe why films didn't do that great on Saturday?People tend to watch the Final Four games like crazy whether they're a fan of the four teams or not. And those four teams have a massive fan base in themselves.

Nothing wrong with 61M. Remember also the IMAX loss. Looking at WotT's abysmal IMAX #s, I bet they're regretting that contract with WB right about now.

$61m from a $20m Friday?

Um NO. They would still be estimates from the 4pm hour on the East Coast, good or bad. And everyone says the same thing whenever she's given estimates so early before for ANY film.

These not even end-of-business-day in the East Coast estimates are SO effing stupid. Have they *ever* been remotely correct?

Wait... "too dumb to miss the obvious points" ? I'm confused.

Whenever I click on that "View it anyway" link on a post, I'm reminded as to why I ignored someone to begin with. Geesh, lol.

I had put this in the Wednesday thread, but it can go in here too:Weekend predictions for THG:BO.com - 72mGuru - 69BOM - 71Weekend Warrior - 68xiayun - 68I'm guessing 65+

But I guess ignoring the other non-BOM predictions suit some people more? BO.com - 72m Guru - 69 BOM - 71 - since people don't like that one Weekend Warrior - 68 xiayun - 68

I saved it on my laptop, Noctis. I'll put in somewhere this weekend.

Well yeah. That happens when you open to $152 million. No matter what the movie.I don't think it will be quite as bad as HP or TW though.

I love how Guru says "Big 22% tumble." Like that wasn't exactly the drop that was expected.

Read the rest of the post and you'll find out.

I think what was there was plenty terrifiying. Giant fast & vicious dog-like things. That's pretty friggin scary. Why? That would have deviated from the main plot line and distracted the viewers from what and whom the filmmakers wanted you to care about the most. Sure, it would have been okay if they would have at least explained what Avoxes were to further demonstrate the cruelty of the Capitol. But that particular Avox girl is about as important to the plot of the movie as Madge would have been. Which is to say basically not at all.It just would have added another minor character that they couldn't spend very much time on making people care about therefore giving non-readers something else to complain about.

No, haven't had time. Been crazy busy at work and too tired to even try when I get home.

Or maybe that's actually the way they feel and don't think it kind of sucked. A person can think a movie is great without being blown away by it, ya know.You don't have a clue what would make any other person be "blown away" by anything. So it's not really fair to question their grades and opine that they just don't want to admit that it sucked.

There are signs and posters and more ALL over New York City for this. They were also showing the "Seven Devils" promo inside the AMC in Times Square and even in the theater before the movie.