Nov 22-24 #s CF: $158,074,286 actual | Dark Knight triumphant after all

[Gopher]

looking more like CF 55-57 may be less depending on WC bc turnout doesn't seem as strong TTDW 4 DM 3.1 BMH 3

[Dementeleus]

Oh Gopher, you tease....

[ban1o]

no more of the meltdown is in the midnight thread when rth said that it was following DH1. It was the first time peopl realized it was underperforming. IT was hilarious. It starts on page 28 of the Thursday preview thread. 

[Mojoguy]

looking more like CF 55-57 may be less depending on WC bc turnout doesn't seem as strong TTDW 4 DM 3.1 BMH 3

That's a nice Rth impression.

[senmitsuji]

aaaand he's gone again.

[The Stingray]

Yes.

 

Right here, in the 20s and 30s mostly I believe.

 

Hmm... I'll check both.

 

Btw, you can't call it "epic" unless someone gets banned.

[Krissykins]

Wow! Didn't see that coming! Quite a shock.People really blaming weather? Lol. Who's gonna blame Puerto Rico next?

[Talkie]

He's just mind-fucking ya'll now. It's almost 4AM on the east coast, so the numbers should be known by now. When I come back at midday I suppose the second wave of meltdowns will be over. That's sad. I've had so much fun watching people unravel.

[spizzer]

Wow! Didn't see that coming!Quite a shock.People really blaming weather? Lol. Who's gonna blame Puerto Rico next?

 

No one "blames" Puerto Rico.  Puerto Rico is the savior.

[The Stingray]

I guess this year has shown you never know when it comes to box office... And that's what makes it so damn exciting.

Edited November 23, 2013 by The Stingray

[forg]

I guess this year has shown you never know when it comes to box office.

 

Yeah better manage expectations for franchise movies

[Jack Nevada]

Errr, what does the cannibalism bit in the topic name mean?

[The Stingray]

Errr, what does the cannibalism bit in the topic name mean?

Don't you watch the news?

[Jack Nevada]

Don't you watch the news?

I just woke up, give me a break.

[baumer]

Soooo..

 

67 OD and a 140-150 OW is not disappointing.  Tracking and expectations here don't trump history and the fact is no film that has made 400 million in it's first film has ever increased for the second film.  People went apeshit because the first blew up but as the saying goes, what goes up must come down.  In this case, it's true for both gravity and humongous grossing first films to their second film.  I;m not trying to be smug here because you all know I've had some terrible predictions before but when there were thoughts of 80 mill OD, 180 OW and so on, they were completely unrealistic.  

 

Now back to the OD.  67 mill OD is enormous.  Have we all really gotten that detached from reality when a 67 mill OD is disappointing?  It's massive and there are few films that have done more and for the most part the ones that have are in 3D.  I know the loonies feel let down right now, but blame that on unrealistic expectations, not on some ridiculous perceived disinterest in a film.  

Edited November 23, 2013 by baumer

[Talkie]

Errr, what does the cannibalism bit in the topic name mean?

 

A few distraught fans were gnawing their own limbs off earlier, like wild animals caught in traps. It was quite horrifying. And hilarious. 

[Accursed Arachnid!™]

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[SchumacherFTW]

While it's disappointing, $67m means that day business was bigger than TDKR. $160m isn't completely dead, just a bit more difficult now.

[Magic]

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[Jack Nevada]

A few distraught fans were gnawing their own limbs off earlier, like wild animals caught in traps. It was quite horrifying. And hilarious.

But whyyyyyy