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

[ecstasy]

How's it compare to yesterday?  And thanks for the updates actual discussion about the movie is hard to find in the last few dozen pages.

 

That's good and we will better than yesterday if the sell outs continue through the evening. Those sell outs are for matinees which were non existent yesterday.

[narniadis]

The Hobbit was a bore.... Only movie I have ever fallen asleep in while watching in the theater....

[Lordmandeep]

Radagast lol 

 

Me and my friend watching the film

 

"Yoh Dawg, does that mofo have bird shit in his hair? " 

[Jack Nevada]

Alright, I'm off. Good night you beautiful bastards.

[CJohn]

Still, the visual in my head is making me sick.

Feel it.

 

 

Now I am truly going to bed

[Captain Craig]

that 70m number does seem suspect. Though it is possible LionsGate added the money themselves

Right, reminds me of the initial daily tinkering Warners did on MoS is all I'm saying. They shifted things to get to that 70M or it's overestimated like last weeks numbers on the films. 

[ecstasy]

You're so dedicated. Thank you E.

 

You're welcome Sam. But I have to have admit this is fun to me. I love watching the box office. We don't get a good run like this one often.

[4815162342]

But I don't understand why they used Azog instead of Bolg, Azog's son who takes over after Dain killed Azog in the Moira battle waged in retaliation for Azog murdering Thror (this is all the LOTR Appendices canon, not the movie version).

 

It'd have been thematically/storywise better if Azog had killed Thror, then Thorin had killed Azog, so now Bolg wants to kill Thorin as an example of an endless cycle of hate and revenge between races.

Edited November 24, 2013 by 4815162342

[ecstasy]

Yes she is. She been wonderful. I gave up on the twin cities. 

 

Thank you Dex.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

You're welcome Sam. But I have to have admit this is fun to me. I love watching the box office. We don't get a good run like this one often.

Thank You : ) 

[Jack Nevada]

Feel it.

 

 

Now I am truly going to bed

Oh god why.

[John Marston]

But I don't understand why they used Azog instead of Bolg, Azog's son who takes over after Dain killed Azog in the Moira battle waged in retaliation for Azog murdering Thror (this is all the LOTR Appendices canon, not the movie version).

 

It'd have been thematically/storywise better if Azog had killed Thror, then Thorin had killed Azog, so now Bolg wants to kill Thorin as an example of an endless cycle of hate and revenge between races.

 

 

Jackson said in the commentary he didn't want to introduce another character and have the guy be the same throughout

[grey ghost]

that 70m number does seem suspect. Though it is possible LionsGate added the money themselves

The Futurist bought 100,00 tickets.Wal-Mart sold 100,00 tickets......to Puerto Rico.boom, 70.5 m.

[4815162342]

Jackson said in the commentary he didn't want to introduce another character and have the guy be the same throughout

 

Ah. Haven't done the commentaries yet since my current re-watching is with someone who hadn't seen the theatrical cut.

[ecstasy]

Thank You : ) 

 

[Jack Nevada]

I got about a 100 likes tonight. Thanks for that.

 

Still wont like your posts, though.

[Shawn Robbins]

But I don't understand why they used Azog instead of Bolg, Azog's son who takes over after Dain killed Azog in the Moira battle waged in retaliation for Azog murdering Thror (this is all the LOTR Appendices canon, not the movie version).

 

It'd have been thematically/storywise better if Azog had killed Thror, then Thorin had killed Azog, so now Bolg wants to kill Thorin as an example of an endless cycle of hate and revenge between races.

 

Having listened to about half of the commentary from Jackson/Boyens so far, they acknowledge the same thing and say that it would have been overload to introduce a separate villain for Thorin after establishing Azog. For all the flack they get about not restraining themselves, I kinda agree with that.

 

EDIT: John beat me to it.

 

But I still disagree with the last minute decision to make him entirely mo-cap instead of the originally-planned idea to use a physical rendition.

Edited November 24, 2013 by ShawnMR

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Oh god why.

Sleep typing? 

[Jack Nevada]

Sleep typing? 

CRACK IS WHACK.

Edited November 24, 2013 by Jack Nevada

[ecstasy]

Well of course the 70m is suspect. But what can you do?

 

I remember Bourne Legacy  opening weekend estimate was 40m. When actuals rolled in it was down to 38m.

 

It's all smoke and mirrors and a couple mil is no big deal in reality. But 40 looks so much better than 38 in print, just like 70 looks much better than 68m.