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

[blackspider]

It seemed pretty comparable to IM3's Saturday which lordmandeep said would be 52-53m.

[Magic]

TDKR is in danger.

 

Pfffft. Who cares about that. 

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Come on make over 160m. I wish it would beaten Iron Man 3 OW. 

[ecstasy]

you mean TDKR 2D record? That likely won't happen as Sunday drop should be sizable but November record is taken

 

November record is what 142m? That was long gone. Now its on to bigger and better.

[riczhang]

I wouldn't be surprised if 175-185 is what Lionsgate internal was hoping for.

[ecstasy]

Pfffft. Who cares about that. 

 

Nolanites.

[riczhang]

you mean TDKR 2D record? That likely won't happen as Sunday drop should be sizable but November record is taken

 

This. I think 155 is probably reasonable. 

[iceroll]

 

Nikki Finke ‏@NikkiFinke33s

UPDATE 'Catching Fire' Box Office: Huge Saturday in low $50sM trending $160M-ish weekend for all-time November record. Global also huge.

15-20% non-previews increase is pretty great

 

No fucking way, that would be amazing.  CF would be LESS FRONTLOADED that THG???

[Magic]

Nolanites.

But the shooting...

[TLK]

Low 50s Saturday will translate to high 150s weekend.

[Chewy]

Pfffft. Who cares about that. 

 

ED

[Magic]

It will probably drop a little and land in the low 150's.

 

They need to fudge it so it beats THG. 

[riczhang]

No fucking way, that would be amazing.  CF would be LESS FRONTLOADED that THG???

 

November tends to be less frontloaded, at least pre-thanksgiving. After that it's like a black hole. 

 

 

And we're suddenly all back on topic, lol. So, about that cold Vancouver weather. 

[Gokai Red]

I wouldn't be surprised if 175-185 is what Lionsgate internal was hoping for.

Of course they would hope for that. But there is a difference between what they would hope and what they would expect. As far as LG's expectations go, a 160 OW is more than enough.

[TLK]

No fucking way, that would be amazing.  CF would be LESS FRONTLOADED that THG???

 

For some reason all new movies have had huge Saturdays this year. Fronloadedness can only be measured after we see its second weekend drop.

[riczhang]

Of course they would hope for that. But there is a difference between what they would hope and what they would expect. As far as LG's expectations go, a 160 OW is more than enough.

 

Oh, I'm sure there was an internal memo flurry last night as Lionsgate panicked. There's definitely a discrepency between Internal and External expectation. 

[riczhang]

Also this is gonna sound really odd, but any Philomena numbers?

[blackspider]

Lionsgate probably was hoping around 160-165m. A bump over THG but nothing earth shattering huge like attendance record big (180m+)

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Nolanites.

I don't 

[ecstasy]

Also this is gonna sound really odd, but any Philomena numbers?

 

Did it open this weekend?