Weekend Estimates: The Hobbit - 73.6M | Frozen - 22.2M | Madea - 16M

[Jack Nevada]

I don't think there's any sort of sleepwalking here. If anything, he's trying too hard.

You are such a self-hating DoS fan, Tele. 

[Dementeleus]

You are such a self-hating DoS fan, Tele. 

 

What, me?

 

My enjoyment of the movie doesn't mean I can't see flaws.

Edited December 15, 2013 by Telemachos

[babz06]

isnt 16m still solid for Madea? Sure its not a huge opening like the other Madea films but they only had a 25m budget. The studio will still make money of this. 

Edited December 15, 2013 by babz06

[Ozymandias]

Its not often we get mega hyped, big budget sequels opening to less than the first film, its really making me wonder how low DOS will finish in the US, overseas it will probably be huge regardless.

Jackson is getting to that 'sleepwalking' age that a lot of directors tend to go through at some point (Scott, arguably Speilberg) and i wonder how much Jackson really wanted to make the Hobbit trilogy, he wasn't signed on to direct at the start after all.

The films certainly don't come anywehere close to the LOTR trilogy in any way.

 

The only thing lazy about The Hobbit movies is the CGI overload.  Seriously, Legolas was riding a CGI horse in DOS because real horses are expensive and rare yo.  Everything else about them you could argue are "too much"

Edited December 15, 2013 by Ozymandias

[baumer]

I find that Saturday number to be really suspect.  RTH and Nikki both seemed to have the number at less than 24 and they both reported fairly late.  So 24.5 seems a bit high.

Edited December 15, 2013 by baumer

[Jack Nevada]

I'd also say the general look of DoS is lazy. The Lake Town and the elf place sets were horrible and then add some ugly digital photography and godawful CGI to that. 

[babz06]

But why wouldn't the same logic apply to Madea as it does to other December films?  Maybe people are just waiting to see this over the holidays.  If it finishes between 50-60 then it's in line with most of his films.

I agree. I dont really see a cause for concern yet. It's a lower opening than usual but not terrible.

[Dementeleus]

I'd also say the general look of DoS is lazy. The Lake Town and the elf place sets were horrible and then add some ugly digital photography and godawful CGI to that. 

 

I disagree pretty much entirely with that.

[JohnnyGossamer]

With an estimated $13.15M fourth weekend haul, where's CF tracking to finish now?

[CJohn]

I'd also say the general look of DoS is lazy. The Lake Town and the elf place sets were horrible and then add some ugly digital photography and godawful CGI to that. 

The only bad CGI was the lava or whatever the fuck was that.

 

The rest you have to be trolling. Plain and simple. You account was hijacked or you are trolling.

[stuart360]

I'd also say the general look of DoS is lazy. The Lake Town and the elf place sets were horrible and then add some ugly digital photography and godawful CGI to that. 

I haven't seen DOS yet but i did think that the first Hobbit did look worse than the LOTR films in terms of sets and lighting etc, i thought it was rather weird to be honest.

[Jack Nevada]

The only bad CGI was the lava or whatever the fuck was that.

 

The rest you have to be trolling. Plain and simple. You account was hijacked or you are trolling.

I am not. The effects in ROTK ten years ago were better than the ones in DoS.

[baumer]

I am not. The effects in ROTK ten years ago were better than the ones in DoS.

 

I'm with you.  The CGI for DOS are quite bad imo.  Smaug was great the rest was poop.

[#ED]

So were expecting good holdovers next weekend or is it the weekend after?

[FTF]

I am not. The effects in ROTK ten years ago were better than the ones in DoS.

 

Either go see an optometrist or there's no way you're serious.  The cgi/sfx in the original LOTR trilogy are incredibly dated and unless you're talking about the practical orcs, etc. you are just wrong.

[Dementeleus]

I'm with you.  The CGI for DOS are quite bad imo.  Smaug was great the rest was poop.

 

I bet most of the "bad CG" in the movie you guys didn't even notice.

[Jack Nevada]

I watched ROTK the other night and there was nothing wrong with the FX.

Edited December 15, 2013 by Jack Nevada

[CJohn]

That is just trolling, IMO. I completely disagree. The movie was beautiful in IMAX HFR 3D.

[#ED]

Trolling? lol...Fuck DoS!

[wileECoyote]

1	THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG Warner Bros. 3,903	$31,235,000 -- / $8,003 $31,235,000 / 1	$24,515,000 -21.5% / $6,281 $55,750,000 / 2	$17,925,000 -26.9% / $4,593 $73,675,000 / 3	N/A
2	TYLER PERRY'S A MADEA CHRISTMAS Lionsgate 2,194	$5,740,000 -- / $2,616 $5,740,000 / 1	$6,330,000 +10.3% / $2,885 $12,070,000 / 2	$3,930,000 -37.9% / $1,791 $16,000,000 / 3	N/A
3	FROZEN (2013) Buena Vista 3,716	$5,105,000 +197.6% / $1,374 $147,309,000 / 22	$10,202,000 +99.8% / $2,745 $157,511,000 / 23	$6,877,000 -32.6% / $1,851 $164,388,000 / 24	N/A
4	THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE Lionsgate 3,563	$4,100,000 +126.6% / $1,151 $347,932,000 / 22	$5,780,000 +41% / $1,622 $353,712,000 / 23	$3,270,000 -43.4% / $918 $356,982,000 / 24	N/A
5	THOR: THE DARK WORLD Buena Vista 2,264	$796,000 +96.1% / $352 $196,222,000 / 36	$1,207,000 +51.6% / $533 $197,429,000 / 37	$697,000 -42.3% / $308 $198,125,000 / 38	N/A
6	OUT OF THE FURNACE Relativity 2,101	$753,000 +101% / $358 $7,901,000 / 10	$978,000 +29.9% / $465 $8,879,000 / 11	$589,000 -39.8% / $280 $9,468,000 / 12	N/A
7	DELIVERY MAN Buena Vista 2,041	$607,000 +101.6% / $297 $26,730,000 / 22	$817,000 +34.6% / $400 $27,547,000 / 23	$447,000 -45.3% / $219 $27,995,000 / 24	N/A
8	PHILOMENA Weinstein Company 835	$563,000 +94.1% / $674 $9,826,000 / 22	$702,000 +24.7% / $841 $10,528,000 / 23	$491,000 -30.1% / $588 $11,019,000 / 24	N/A
9	THE BOOK THIEF Fox 1,158	$537,000 +91.9% / $464 $13,739,000 / 36	$690,000 +28.5% / $596 $14,429,000 / 37	$448,000 -35.1% / $387 $14,877,000 / 38	N/A
10	HOMEFRONT Open Road Films 2,103	$500,000 +57.1% / $238 $17,301,000 / 17	$689,000 +37.8% / $328 $17,990,000 / 18	$448,000 -35% / $213 $18,438,000 / 19	N/A
11	DALLAS BUYERS CLUB Focus Features 574	$334,000 +103% / $582 $13,461,000 / 43	$502,000 +50.3% / $875 $13,963,000 / 44	$294,000 -41.4% / $512 $14,257,000 / 45	N/A
12	THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY Universal 922	$332,000 +91.4% / $360 $68,296,000 / 29	$424,000 +27.7% / $460 $68,720,000 / 30	$249,000 -41.3% / $270 $68,969,000 / 31	N/A
-	AMERICAN HUSTLE Sony / Columbia 6	$207,000 -- / $34,500 $207,000 / 1	$268,000 +29.5% / $44,667 $475,000 / 2	$215,000 -19.8% / $35,833 $690,000 / 3	N/A
-	SAVING MR. BANKS Buena Vista 15	$126,000 -- / $8,400 $126,000 / 1	$163,000 +29.4% / $10,867 $289,000 / 2	$132,000 -19% / $8,800 $421,000 / 3	N/A

 

Isn't that Sunday drop estimate for DoS too optimistic as compared to the others?