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We should be getting a revised estimate from Nikki soon too, no?

My guess is that it lands somewhere between at around $135M

With $70m, the Friday looks to be around $40m.With New Moon's IM:30.3 Midnights40.0 Friday36.4 Saturday24.0 Sunday130.7 OWDH1's IM:30.3 Midnights40.0 Friday40.6 Saturday26.6 Sunday137.5 OW

This has got to be the shortest thread ever for a $50+ OD estimate

NoVA/DC Friday Sellout Update: 34 sellouts as of 7:40PM EST in the Northern VA and DC area

If it follows New Moon's trajectory, then it will fall below its OW

So, let's take that Friday number: $42mNew Moon's IM:30.3 Midnights42.0 Friday38.2 Saturday25.2 Sunday135.7 OWDH1 IM:30.3 Midnights42.0 Friday42.6 Saturday27.9 Sunday142.8 OW

NoVA/DC Friday Sellout Update: As of 6:15 PM EST, 28 sellouts in the NoVA/DC area

It was around this time of day that we got the first report from Variety saying that DH2 was about 55% ahead of TDK during the day, with $19 million.Should we expect any reports for this soon?

$24 million

I think this did a good job of creating the festive atmosphere that the book did

17 sellouts now, its almost keeping pace with DH2. I'm expecting that number to start shooting up once all the schools are out.

So I guess these films just do better on the West than the East.On the flip side, Potter always had phenomenal sellouts on the East, but tended to be overestimated because the later west showings were not up to pace.

Following New Moon's trajectory:30.25 Midnights53.5 Friday48.7 Saturday32.0 Sunday164.5 OWFollowing New Moon's post-Midnight Numbers:30.25 Midnights46.4 Friday42.3 Saturday27.9 Sunday146.8 OWThe first scenario is impossible, and the second is near the high side

Can this hit 50 today?

That's fantastic, way above what I was expecting.I'll start doing a Friday sellout report as well

9:30 ET/PT on ABC

WB is pulling DH2 DVDs and Blu Rays out of production on December 29th

Most of this stuff was even shot (excluding the funeral), it just didn't make the final cut

Thoughts on Tick Tick Tick....

Ted stopped being the main character after Season 3

Happy Endings is excellent. Gets more laughs out of me than anything else on TV right now. If you're going to start from the beginning, I'll warn you that the first episode is easily the weakest. It really picks up past that.

OOTP suffered from being shot as a 3 hour 5 minute film and then being cut to 2 hours and 20 minutes. http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2006/10/27/ootp-director-david-yates-i-ve-shot-a-movie-that-s-probably-over-three-hours

DH2:Opening (Parallel with In Noctem)Hogwart's ShieldSnape's DeathPrince's TaleForest AgainA New BeginningDH1:ObliviateSnape to Malfoy ManorLocket Scene in the courtroomGodric's Hollow GraveyardForest of DeanSilver DoeDobby's DeathHBP:Opening TitleHarry and HermioneSlughorn's Confession (Better than the book version)In Noctem (best scene in the film)OOTP:Ministry of Magic sceneGOF:OpeningForeign Visitors ArriveSnape's cockblock scene (deleted)POA:Buckbeak's FlightHarry wanders the castle after seeing Pettigrew on the mapHelping Sirius escapeCOS:Diary sceneReunion of FriendsSS:Invisibility Cloak sceneMirror of Erised

Yeah, they had a lot of room to work with that one, and I was surprised at the runtime. I caught Maximum Movie mode earlier today, and Yates emphasized a few times that he really wanted to maintain a brisk pace with this one. He just wanted to avoid anything that may slow the story down.