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

[Batman]

No, Avengers 2 is in May 2015. And no, MJ2 won't break any records either (apart from 2D, which isn't really an official record like Highest OW and shit like that)

But MJ2 is the finale

[filmnerdjamie]

Rth confirmed what we suspected. Lionsgate was fudging those estimates. I just didn't imagine they would be that fudged.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Morris and Gore better play good tonight. Both QB sucks so that helps my chances.

[#ED]

Fuck Gore. I already lost.

[baumer]

I said this on page 75 or 92 or 106 lol but with Brady Manning...the weather and for us Canadians tge Grey Cup I figured estimates for Sunday were over by about 2-3 mill. Looks like i along with everyone else were a bit low in that number.

[4815162342]

So, Jack has continued to vacillate on writing an incredibly short essay and complain about tiny amounts of words, and TDKR has reclaimed its 2D throne.

[ChD]

But MJ2 is the finale

 

Until it's in 3D, it doesn't stand a chance at any records. This is the second movie and it barely increased over the first one. This has to be a home video hit in order to give MJ1 some propulsion for it's OW. If MJ1 is good, then we might talk about 180-185M OW, but no chance at record.

 

+ Avengers 2 will probably increase it.

[Batman]

Until it's in 3D, it doesn't stand a chance at any records. This is the second movie and it barely increased over the first one. This has to be a home video hit in order to give MJ1 some propulsion for it's OW. If MJ1 is good, then we might talk about 180-185M OW, but no chance at record.

 

+ Avengers 2 will probably increase it.

Yeah, but MJ2 will take TDKR's 2D record!

[redfirebird2008]

Yeah, but MJ2 will take TDKR's 2D record!

 

 

Not necessarily. It's very possible that the Hunger Games phenomenon has peaked. First movie opened huge, had pretty good legs for such a big opener, had great home video sales (better than Avengers), and yet here we are looking at a sequel that barely increased in opening weekend gross compared to the first one. Hell, the increase appears to only be due to an increase in screens for previews and IMAX, plus a little bit of ticket price inflation.

[JohnnyGossamer]

Unless it's in 3D, I'm still not convinced Mockingjay Part 2 will open bigger than Catching Fire. Let's remember New Moon opened higher than Breaking Dawn Part 2 by $1.7M. Hunger Games may have indeed reached full saturation with Catching Fire.

Edited November 25, 2013 by JohnnyGossamer

[Biggestgeekever]

Yikes.

 

It's Iron Man 2 all over again.

[Heretic]

The only difference here is that IM2 is the dullest, least memorable blockbuster in years.

[htall90]

Hunger games may of peak in popularity at the first move rather then gaining millions of fans that loads of people where saying on here it had.

[alisson23]

Unless it's in 3D, I'm still not convinced Mockingjay Part 2 will open bigger than Catching Fire. Let's remember New Moon opened higher than Breaking Dawn Part 2 by $1.7M. Hunger Games may have indeed reached full saturation with Catching Fire.

Breaking Dawn Part 2 didn't open higher because Kristen betrayed Robert kkkkk

[alisson23]

Rth is that who saied CF was doing the same DH1 number? HUMMM 

[MrPink]

So, Jack has continued to vacillate on writing an incredibly short essay and complain about tiny amounts of words, and TDKR has reclaimed its 2D throne.

 

 

Rise.

[#ED]

 

Rise.

Mr. Pink, we did it!

[Michael Gary Scott]

Tdkr>CFhowever I love both films

[MrPink]

Mr. Pink, we did it!

 

You can call me by my legal name

 

....Robin.

[redfirebird2008]

The only difference here is that IM2 is the dullest, least memorable blockbuster in years.

 

I won't see the film until tomorrow, so I can't comment on the quality comparison yet. But the box office situation is eerily similar between the two. Catching Fire's opening weekend was just a bigger version of IM2's, both in expectations and actual performance.

 

IM2 - Expected to make $150-160m, made $128m

THG2 - Expected to make $180-190m, made $155-160m

 

I am hoping that the holidays this week will help THG2 hold a lot better than IM2 did.