becca85 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 ...and its certainly not 'better'. Its a horrible movie on every level in a way even Eclipse didnt manage.It all depends what you're looking for, they tried to entice male fans into Eclipse with the promise of more action and lost the heart of the movie. Breaking Dawn finally returns to the foundation of the saga...Edward and Bella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 (edited) It all depends what you're looking for, they tried to entice male fans into Eclipse with the promise of more action and lost the heart of the movie. Breaking Dawn finally returns to the foundation of the saga...Edward and Bella.That`s why non-fans avoid this like a plague. Eclipse pulled through $300 mio thnaks to non-fans checking it out for action. Edited November 26, 2011 by fishnets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbowtrout Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 It all depends what you're looking for, they tried to entice male fans into Eclipse with the promise of more action and lost the heart of the movie. Breaking Dawn finally returns to the foundation of the saga...Edward and Bella.I enjoyed Breaking Dawn, but Eclipse was the superior movie in every respect. It deserves to be the highest grossing film in the series.And at at least David Slade could film an action scene, unlike Bill Condon, who made everything so dark, blurred and confusing that it was nearly impossible to figure out what was going on. And that does not bode well for the next installment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Plus Eclipse is a superior book in every way so no surprise that the movie is the best of the series cause the book certainly is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trixie99 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 It all depends what you're looking for, they tried to entice male fans into Eclipse with the promise of more action and lost the heart of the movie. Breaking Dawn finally returns to the foundation of the saga...Edward and Bella.I enjoyed Eclipse more than BD1 personally. I'm not huge into the romance aspect of Edward and Bella though so that could be why. It will be interesting to see what BD2 does though because it will be closer to Eclipse I think. I can see them adding a bunch of action to get the interest of non fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 (edited) Eclipse is easily the best in the franchise. I went with three friends to BD1 and we all thought it was the worst in the series. Fishnets, I don't know what the hell you were smoking by thinking this would do 380m because of the sex scene and wedding? It never made any sense. Edited November 26, 2011 by Noctis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becca85 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I enjoyed Eclipse more than BD1 personally. I'm not huge into the romance aspect of Edward and Bella though so that could be why. It will be interesting to see what BD2 does though because it will be closer to Eclipse I think. I can see them adding a bunch of action to get the interest of non fans. I think I'm just a hopeless romantic, my poor boyfriend stresses too much about birthdays and anniversaries because I set the bar too high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Official studio estimates: BD1: 17 mill Muppets 12"@ERCboxoffice: FRIDAY RESULTS: #1 BREAKING DAWN - $17 mil, #2 MUPPETS - $12 mil, #3 HAPPY FEET TWO - $5 mil, #4 ARTHUR XMAS & HUGO - $4.5 mil" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBrennan Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Hugo is, for all practical intents and purposes, in wide release, right? So how is a $15m OW - on Thanksgiving! - good? Isn't the budget well past $100m? Unless it gets Polar Express-style WoM and Holiday boon, recouping even half its budget in the US is basically impossible. What am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 BD1 corrects itself from Wednesday, 16.9m will get it to 40.5m for the 3-day, down 71%. Muppets will do 30m for the 3-day and break its budget in five days. Happy Feet 2 will make 12m, down 43%, continuing its terrible domestic run. Hugo is doing as well as Arthur Christmas in a third of its theater count. Descendants is well outperforming Up in the Air and is on its way to 100m+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 So it still managed to get a 40m 5-day. Not bad for a film that was going to have solid WOM for its success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Hugo is, for all practical intents and purposes, in wide release, right? So how is a $15m OW - on Thanksgiving! - good? Isn't the budget well past $100m? Unless it gets Polar Express-style WoM and Holiday boon, recouping even half its budget in the US is basically impossible. What am I missing?Like I just said, it's in a third of the theaters AC and Muppets are in. It has recovered a lot from Wednesday, indicating that word of mouth is strong. And on the 9th its supposed to double its theater count. That doesn't mean it'll be recouping that budget anytime soon, but with Polar Express legs or better, it'll make a valiant effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 (edited) And finally, give Muppets a 50% drop and BD1 a 64% drop and Muppets will win next weekend. By my projections it will finish with 130m-135m, a solid result, IMO. Edited November 26, 2011 by Gopher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravon80 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Wow for Hugo and The Descendants. Amazing numbers!The Muppets looks solid too. Can't wait to see where it finishes. Holidays should give it late legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted November 26, 2011 Founder / Operator Share Posted November 26, 2011 Solid numbers for Twilight and Muppets, even if the latter wasn't quite was I hoping for the weekend. Still, relative to recent years, this weekend is overall a bit disappointing. Like I said a few days ago though, don't write off Hugo yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 There's something about Hugo, it's really the only release this weekend I really want to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 BD1 increased by about 117%, NM went up 92%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ithil Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 You're right it isn't Eclipse, it's much better than Eclipse, and it will be a shame if it doesn't make more money than the clusterfuck that was New Moon. I only watched that once and still won't buy the DVD.That isn't an opinion that many people hold, and I hope you're not using it as evidence that it'll do 300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ithil Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Hugo is, for all practical intents and purposes, in wide release, right? So how is a $15m OW - on Thanksgiving! - good? Isn't the budget well past $100m? Unless it gets Polar Express-style WoM and Holiday boon, recouping even half its budget in the US is basically impossible.What am I missing?it's in a third of the theaters the others are in, and had a strong increase after a weak start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 That isn't an opinion that many people hold, and I hope you're not using it as evidence that it'll do 300.Why is there an obsession with it making 300? Fourth movies usually lose business and they certianly don't increase from the last one. A 8% drop is likely and if it makes more than 280, that would be quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
