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

[Kvikk Lunsj]

161m is a nice OW. 

[DAR]

Great opening for CF. I see anywhere from 365-380. Not too bad. Ouch at that Thor drop but somewhat expected. 200 million is likely gone

[Dementeleus]

But it's not like she's the only female managing editor in LA.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

this guy being funny again ...

http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/weekend-bo-nov-22-24-like-as-if-its-a-surprise

 

Of course The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was going to be No.1 this weekend - as if it was going to be a big surprise.

But the question b.o. analysts were asking was whether the film could beat the $174 million weekend b.o. opening that Iron Man 3 made back in May, which still holds the record for the biggest opening for any film this year.

Predictions were all over the place. Most said the film would come in around the $150 million mark, though some early predictions said it could do as much as  $175 million, while on Saturday there were predictions of somewhere around a “disappointing” $135 million.

Only in a bizarre place such as Hollywood would any film making $135 million in a single weekend be considered a disappointment.

But in the end, Catching Fire made a stupendous $161 million (and another $141 million overseas), not beating Iron Man’s record, but does it really matter? That’s a spectacular opening no matter how you slice it for any film regardless and well put Catching Fire well on its way to being one of the highest grossing films of the year even opening so late in the year

Of course THE more important question you’re probably most wondering is how did The Best Man Holiday hold up?  Well for you fans out there, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news, is that the film dropped big over58% making $12.5  million. As I suspected my b.o. report last Sunday, the “fanboys” (or more accurately“fangirls”) who really wanted to see the film went out last week. After that it was more of a “wait and see” attitude among the rest of the film going audience.

The good news however though is that it’s still going to be a big moneymaker, though the film is not going to reach the $100 million mark as some thought it would. At this stage it’s looking to top out past $70 million which is twice what the film first made and is considering its very modest $17 million production budget that puts the film well into the black. And also remember that a third Best Man movie has already been greenlit by Universal.

As for the other main studio release this weekend, the dismal $8.2 million take for the Dreamworks’ comedyDelivery Man proves once the lackluster appeal of "how-in-the-hell-did-this-guy-ever-become-a-movie-star?" Vince Vaughn. His one tone, fast talking. clueless boor shtick is wearing very thin, if it hasn’t worn out by now. In the real world he would be tending a bar somewhere in some dive somewhere, not getting lead roles in movies.

[Batman]

Who the heck is Nikki? 

[John Marston]

Great opening for CF. I see anywhere from 365-380. Not too bad. Ouch at that Thor drop but somewhat expected. 200 million is likely gone

 

 

200m can still happen since next weekend should remain flat. But it might have to be carried over the mark. 

[bballman24]

But it's not like she's the only female managing editor in LA.

But she is the one and only Nikki. There is only one Nikki. Like there is one ring to rule them all, there is only one Nikki to rule all of us.So we need to take her to a volcano and.......

[Jack Nevada]

Who the heck is Nikki? 

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Who the heck is Nikki? 

The queen of box office

Nikki Finke created Deadline. They fired her now she is starting her own site. She is usually one first to report on the numbers of OW and OD. 

[SchumacherFTW]

Who the heck is Nikki?

Our Queen, Muse, Goddess and Mistress

[Talon]

200m can still happen since next weekend should remain flat. But it might have to be carried over the mark. 

Here come Frozen fuge! Guess dis will make double feature in theaters.  

[Jack Nevada]

Here come Frozen fudge! Guess dis will make double feature in theaters.  

[dashrendar44]

Who the heck is Nikki? 

 

 

Her bitchin' will kick your behindShe'll show U no mercyBut she'll sho'nuff, sho'nuff show U how 2 grind

 

Darling Nikki.

[Goffe]

159m (actuals)

62m -61%

27.2m -56%

14.4m -47%

8.0m -44%

6.5m -18%

3.9m -39%

2.3m -41%

1.5m -35%

0.8m -47%

0.5m -41%

around 378-380m total

[LexJoker]

On another note, unless the latter goes berserk in Japan(unlikely), MOS WW > THOR2 WW

[starkster]

finally they took thor's imax screens. now I can see catching fire in imax

 

also damn tumblr so many gifs of the movie from that cam rip. they are too fast

[CaptainJackSparrow]

On another note, unless the latter goes berserk in Japan(unlikely), MOS WW > THOR2 WW

Yes! The better movie actually won out this time!

[Jack Nevada]

finally they took thor's imax screens. now I can see catching fire in imax

 

also damn tumblr so many gifs of the movie from that cam rip. they are too fast

Tumblr.. ah, ah.. finds a way.

[Dementeleus]

Tumblr.. ah, ah.. finds a way.

 

And just like the dinosaurs, they did it by spontaneously switching genders.

[Jack Nevada]

Yes! The better movie actually won out this time!

To me that's like saying the turd that has pieces of corn in it is better than the turd that doesn't. 

Edited November 24, 2013 by Jack Nevada