Titanic | James Cameron | Pretend it's 1997 all over again (The pure awe of Titanic's run)

[JJ-8]

^{wow .. what a 2nd weekend!}

^{an increase... yeah ok it's christmas but even then i expected a small drop or flat at best.  (like how bond dipped on a still small 19%)...}

 

^{hmmm where too from here... 150m is looking very good now... 200m to me a very strong possibility... but will temper things with a 180m finish ...}

 

^{and it posted it's biggest day yet @ 9m (not on opening weekend which is all but unheard of today.)} 

^{big opening followed up by an even bigger weekend..}

 

^{oh and it's 2nd weekend is now the biggest weekend ever in december... biggger than all the other opening weekends (given we broke it only 2 weeks back that is just .... wow)}

[JJ-8]

sadly i won't have any reports from australia for next 2 weeks as nothing is reported until after new years

 

but from what i'm hearing it's going massive here too ... no numbers but attendance appears to be about even possibly higher..

[RobinHood26]

I think the highest this could go would be Lost World numbers, but thats gonna be a challenge. 

[riczhang]

How long away is Oscar noms? If it does as well as it did with the Globes we could see it get further good legs. The announcement's probably too far off though.

[MovieMan89]

Talking 2013 here in regards to As Good As It Gets... Wtf happened to Helen Hunt in the 2000s and later. She was a huge star for a few years in the 90s

People realized she had no talent and said "wait a minute, why am I giving her my money?" 

Edited May 14, 2013 by IronMan89

[stripe]

Wow It has broken the best weekend gross IN its 2nd weekend!! Amazing! 250M here we go!

 

WTF? Here in Spain I sae it OW and theater was half empty.... I went with my mom and she was disappointed. My friends also are zero interested in Titanic.

 

But, I don't know why, I can't stop thinking about this movie, talking about it with everyone...

 

And the score... I bought it last week and its whimsically amazing. Let's hope it wins some Oscars, specially for Horner's score. It still hurts me he didn't win for Braveheart's score. He's the new John Williams!!

[stripe]

Any updates about OS numbers ? should be interesting to watch ...

 

Here in Spain it seems like it will be a mild success. The theater I went to was half empty, and it was the OD! Also, this holydays I've also seen Alien Resurrection (what an awful screenplay by Joss Whedon, sure he won't do anything more in Hollywood) and the line for Titanic was not too encouraging.

 

I expect Titanic to top 15 million of pesetas max (around 9m euros)

Edited May 14, 2013 by stripe

[Punishment]

From boxofficeguru.com

 

#	Title	Dec 26 - 28	Dec 19 - 21	% Chg.	Weeks	AVG	Cumulative	Dist.
1	Titanic	$ 35,455,673	$ 28,638,131	23.8	2	$ 13,078	$ 88,425,009	Par.
2	Tomorrow Never Dies	20,480,931	25,143,007	-18.5	2	7,296	62,211,421	MGM
3	As Good As It Gets	12,606,928			1	8,020	16,164,889	Sony
4	Mouse Hunt	9,702,770	6,062,922	60.0	2	4,428	21,505,569	Dream.
5	Jackie Brown	9,292,248			1	6,783	12,888,609	Miramax
6	Scream 2	9,085,992	13,921,565	-34.7	3	3,403	71,100,014	Miramax
7	An American Werewolf in Paris	7,600,878			1	4,399	10,985,777	BV
8	Flubber	5,407,445	4,277,276	26.4	5	2,693	73,056,808	Dream.
9	The Postman	5,260,324			1	2,383	6,814,391	WB
10	Mr. Magoo	5,233,631			1	2,818	6,471,459	BV

 

[Punishment]

Is there really any movie opening in the next few weeks that can slow the Titanic down?  Still can't see it keeping this pace though; this weekend should be pretty good again with New Years, but it should start dropping in the high 20% or low 30% range after that.

[lab276]

That's a fucking crazy increase. More than Scream 2's OW! I can't see it not getting to at least 200m now.

[baumer]

It will slow down after the holidays.  I think it will have a good chance at 200, but it will slow down....but then again, the WOM is insane right now.

[wileECoyote]

A little off topic but did anyone watch Mouse Hunt yet? It's by that new studio with Spelberg and company and for a family movie I thought it was ok but nothing memorable. But why did they pick an unknown for their first family film? Who the hell is Gore Verbinski?

[75Live]

It will slow down after the holidays. I think it will have a good chance at 200, but it will slow down....but then again, the WOM is insane right now.

Agreed. I saw it a second time and the crowd was bigger. They seemed more into it too. I already have plans to see it a third time on its third Friday.By the way, anyone know where to buy the soundtrack? I hear it is selling like crazy Edited May 14, 2013 by 75live

[RichWS]

I was hoping Mouse Hunt would take off.

[Hiccup]

God! Scream 2 was so good! I hope it can hit 100m!

[wileECoyote]

I was hoping Mouse Hunt would take off.

It was a safe first attempt but that's it. Well it's a new studio so their just testing the waters I guess. I wonder how their animated films will do?

[RichWS]

It was a safe first attempt but that's it. Well it's a new studio so their just testing the waters I guess. I wonder how their animated films will do?

 

But Peacemaker didn't do very well. It's not a great start. We'll see.

[baumer]

A little off topic but did anyone watch Mouse Hunt yet? It's by that new studio with Spelberg and company and for a family movie I thought it was ok but nothing memorable. But why did they pick an unknown for their first family film? Who the hell is Gore Verbinski?

 

I think studios like to give unknowns a shot when they are kind of just feeling their way around at the beginning.  I've never heard of Verbinski but who knows, he could go on to be a good director.

[Michael Gary Scott]

Flubber was such a good flick I loved it and will see it many more times.

[wileECoyote]

I think studios like to give unknowns a shot when they are kind of just feeling their way around at the beginning.  I've never heard of Verbinski but who knows, he could go on to be a good director.

Yeah but it's SKG! It arrived with a lot of fanfare and it looks like their taking very measured steps. Which is not a bad thing but as RichWS said Peacemaker was a none event. Ok film but that's it. MH looks like it'll make money at least so it won't bankrupt the Dreamworks. I'm expecting big things from them.