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

[baumer]

I really dont want to sound like a broken record but I really don't see this as a disappointment at all. I see it as another film that drops from its first film just like many other films in history. Empire Temple Jaws 2 Superman Rocky Back 2 the Future Potter Spidey.

[Ent]

Fans overeacte too much too quickly. 

 

It didn't even drop that much.  I mean it had more chances to drop anyway considering past trends and the rule of thumb of sequels following  movies that open with a $350+ M opening weekend.

 

Spider Man2 opened with $88 M following Spider man with $114M...that's a 23% drop !  It just had even more terrific legs than its predecessor to minimize the bleeding and ended up reducing that percentage to a less than 8% drop ultimately !

 

If CF had to open at 77% from its predecssor, it will open at ....$117M ! 

 

So everything is fine.  It's more a case of THG overgrossing helped by ideal circumstances with no real competition for two months.

Things are now balancing itself a little bit.

[druv10]

Twitter is the best thing to ever happen to the Queen.

 

Yep, I love following her on Twitter. There is absolutely no filter, she says what she feels. Long live the Queen. 

[CoolioD1]

Fans overeacte too much too quickly. 

 

It didn't even drop that much.  I mean it had more chances to drop anyway considering past trends and the rule of thumb of sequels following  movies that open with a $350+ M opening weekend.

 

Spider Man2 opened with $88 M following Spider man with $114M...that's a 23% drop !  It just had even more terrific legs than its predecessor to minimize the bleeding and ended up reducing that percentage to a less than 8% drop ultimately !

 

If CF had to open at 77% from its predecssor, it will open at ....$117M ! 

 

So everything is fine.  It's more a case of THG overgrossing helped by ideal circumstances with no real competition for two months.

Things are now balancing itself a little bit.

Spider-Man 2 opened on a wednesday tho, right?

[keysersoze123]

Fans overeacte too much too quickly. 

 

It didn't even drop that much.  I mean it had more chances to drop anyway considering past trends and the rule of thumb of sequels following  movies that open with a $350+ M opening weekend.

 

Spider Man2 opened with $88 M following Spider man with $114M...that's a 23% drop !  It just had even more terrific legs than its predecessor to minimize the bleeding and ended up reducing that percentage to a less than 8% drop ultimately !

 

If CF had to open at 77% from its predecssor, it will open at ....$117M ! 

 

So everything is fine.  It's more a case of THG overgrossing helped by ideal circumstances with no real competition for two months.

Things are now balancing itself a little bit.

 

SM2 opened on a wednesday over  6 day long weekend. So its 3 day OW is not comparable considering it burned out 60M over wed/thu. Had it opened on friday it would have broke OW record(though not by much).

[Lordmandeep]

Bigger opening? You mean OD? I guess with a Friday release would have done 120M+ Aren't most expecting this? I can't believe the recent 200M OW and sub-200M OW I have seen today. With 225M+ OW beating TA I would say is a 70% lock and anything above 240M and TA is going down.

 

 

Its normal when TF2 made 200 million in 5-days people thought IM2 would make TDK no problem. 

[druv10]

 

Fans overeacte too much too quickly. 

 

It didn't even drop that much.  I mean it had more chances to drop anyway considering past trends and the rule of thumb of sequels following  movies that open with a $350+ M opening weekend.

 

Spider Man2 opened with $88 M following Spider man with $114M...that's a 23% drop !  It just had even more terrific legs than its predecessor to minimize the bleeding and ended up reducing that percentage to a less than 8% drop ultimately !

 

If CF had to open at 77% from its predecssor, it will open at ....$117M ! 

 

So everything is fine.  It's more a case of THG overgrossing helped by ideal circumstances with no real competition for two months.

Things are now balancing itself a little bit.

 

SM2 had a 5-day opening or otherwise it probably gets close if not beat SM1's OW record. 

Edited November 23, 2013 by druv10

[lab276]

Spider-Man 2 opened on a wednesday tho, right?

Yeah not directly comparable. I believe it's Blackspider who's got a way of converting a 5-day weekend to a 3-day, but I can't remember what it is.

[druv10]

lol, we all posted the same thing within 1 min of each other. 

[ZattMurdock]

I really dont want to sound like a broken record but I really don't see this as a disappointment at all. I see it as another film that drops from its first film just like many other films in history. Empire Temple Jaws 2 Superman Rocky Back 2 the Future Potter Spidey.

I agree. And if it's as good as people are saying, eventually it'll find its audience. 

[Lordmandeep]

Spiderman2 did 88 on days 3,4,5 after a 40 million opening day and made 27 million on its 6th day.

 

It would have blown the opening weekend record wide open.

Edited November 23, 2013 by Lordmandeep

[Jack Nevada]

I really dont want to sound like a broken record but I really don't see this as a disappointment at all. I see it as another film that drops from its first film just like many other films in history. Empire Temple Jaws 2 Superman Rocky Back 2 the Future Potter Spidey.

He's got a point. 

[redfirebird2008]

Yeah not directly comparable. I believe it's Blackspider who's got a way of converting a 5-day weekend to a 3-day, but I can't remember what it is.

 

I tend to take the average of the weekend and 5-day. In SM2's case, the average was $120m. So it very likely would have beat SM1's $114.8m weekend if it came out on a Friday.

[druv10]

I really dont want to sound like a broken record but I really don't see this as a disappointment at all. I see it as another film that drops from its first film just like many other films in history. Empire Temple Jaws 2 Superman Rocky Back 2 the Future Potter Spidey.

 

Thanks for bringing some rationality to this thread. 

[LexJoker]

Spiderman2 did 88 on days 3,4,5 after a 40 million opening day and made 27 million on its 6th day.

 

It would have blown the opening weekend record wide open.

No, it made 11 on its first monday.

[BoxOfficeZ]

I really dont want to sound like a broken record but I really don't see this as a disappointment at all. I see it as another film that drops from its first film just like many other films in history. Empire Temple Jaws 2 Superman Rocky Back 2 the Future Potter Spidey.

 

I find it completely ironic that you predicted one of the lower end OWs and you're the sole voice of sanity at the moment. 

[Lordmandeep]

No, it made 11 on its first monday.

 

 

 1 

 1

$27,661,137

$115,817,364

26% / -

- / -

4,152 / $6,662

$27,894

$180,072,888 / 

 

 

 

Adjusted

$35,857,000

$150,133,600

26% / -

- / -

4,152 / $8,600

$36,200

$233,427,800 / 6

[redfirebird2008]

 1 

 1

$27,661,137

$115,817,364

26% / -

- / -

4,152 / $6,662

$27,894

$180,072,888 / 

 

 

 

Adjusted

$35,857,000

$150,133,600

26% / -

- / -

4,152 / $8,600

$36,200

$233,427,800 / 6

 

 

National holiday, so a bit misleading.

[Michael Gary Scott]

I dont see this as a disappointment at all its increasing alot internationally do it may make more WW than the first

[cookie]

I was gone all of Friday so I missed the chaos. Can anyone summarize?

 

Thought for sure that CF would do 160m+. :/

Edited November 23, 2013 by Half Eaten C00k13