WKND BO: #StarTrek $70.6M/$84.1M, IronMan3 $35.2M/$337.1M, Gatsby $23.4M/$90.2M

[Impact]

Its a VERY exclusive club then.

[Jandrew]

I take it they still teach Gatsby in school or at least in America they do

 

Yeah. They don't "teach" it, but its apart of our curriculum to read. I remember in 10th and 11th grade we read that, Scarlet Letter, Huck Finn, Hamlet, the Crucible, and a few others.

[ecstasy]

There is a club. I know firedeep is in it and probably Cjohn.

 

Better dig that one up then. LOL

[Impact]

In the end Trek 2 does look to drop from the first, but when you compare it to most major films that have had drops, it is not as big.

[Gopher]

After Trekking Into Darkness myself today.. well, I just hope Iron Man 3 has a decent hold this weekend. 

[Dementeleus]

People are also going on about Robocop being in it?

Well, he was.

[Mojoguy]

You KNOW Rth is laughing it up while reading all our posts in this topic.

[Jandrew]

Forget abt Trek Mythos. As far as this movie is concerned, isn't that true?

 

I'm not sure. I'm not seeing Trek, but I read on wikipedia that the

blood

thing happens, but I don't know it if translate to that.

[Impact]

You know the 3rd week of May does not seem to be as good as it use to be. Then again tons of finals right now.

[tonytr87]

How on earth are people predicting an 80-85 mil 4-day? 

 

Thurs - 13

Fri - 27

Sat - 32

Sun - 26

 

= 99mil 4-day 

[Impact]

How on earth are people predicting an 80-85 mil 4-day? 

 

Thurs - 13

Fri - 27

Sat - 32

Sun - 26

 

= 99mil 4-day 

No clue.

[Dementeleus]

How on earth are people predicting an 80-85 mil 4-day? Thurs - 13Fri - 27Sat - 32Sun - 26= 99mil 4-day

Gitesh is saying a 20-23 Friday.

[zenithtim]

How on earth are people predicting an 80-85 mil 4-day? 

 

Thurs - 13

Fri - 27

Sat - 32

Sun - 26

 

= 99mil 4-day 

 

 

Guru says 21-23M Friday.

[grim22]

Now THESE are disapointments when compared to the first in terms of a gross:

 

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=kungfupanda2.htm

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=narnia2.htm

 

And while it did have a better OW, it was considered a disapointment even if it had the biggest OW of the year:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ironman2.htm

 

 

(I don't consider it one, but yeah)

 

KFP2 is the weirdest movie ever in terms of box office. The first was a really well received movie that some of my friends quote to this day, it received good reviews (on par with KFP1), the word of mouth was good (anectodal evidence, but everyone I know who saw it liked it) and it was released on a good date, and despite all of this going for it - it underperformed completely. This is something most BO analysts are still trying to make sense of even 2 years after the fact.

[Impact]

KFP2 is the weirdest movie ever in terms of box office. The first was a really well received movie that some of my friends quote to this day, it received good reviews (on par with KFP1), the word of mouth was good (anectodal evidence, but everyone I know who saw it liked it) and it was released on a good date, and despite all of this going for it - it underperformed completely. This is something most BO analysts are still trying to make sense of even 2 years after the fact.

Yeah that and Cars 2 were just odd.

And really a TH2 excuse is strange since the 2 are diffrent audiences.

[John Marston]

Family films in general did weakly in 2011. 

[Impact]

Family films in general did weakly in 2011. 

While Smurfs of all films did well....

[Biggestgeekever]

Gitesh is saying a 20-23 Friday.

 

21! 

[Impact]

Sequels tend to decrease. A few years back when I was looking over sequels I noticed that only in 1999 did I find a more major sequels to increase instead of decrease. On the flipside in 1997 only Tomorrow Never Dies increased.

[tonytr87]

Guru says 21-23M Friday.

 

Interesting, We'll see. Why are you smiling?