Weekend Numbers Smaug 31.4, AM2 26.7 Frozen/AH 19.1

[CJohn]

Cloudy with A Chance of Metballs 2 was originally supposed to open this weekend. It would probably have made more money had it stuck to that date

It opened on this weekend on Spain and Portugal and in both flopped. I would say Sony did the right thing in America by releasing it in September.

[kitik]

This is just the beginning of Catching Fire's nice holiday bump. I still think it wins the year. 

 

CF should pass IM3, but IM3 will probably still be ahead on the 1st of January, won't it?

[grim22]

CF should pass IM3, but IM3 will probably still be ahead on the 1st of January, won't it?

Probably, but it is based on when the movie released. Like we say Avatar was the highest grossing movie of 2009 and not Transformers 2.

[tonytr87]

I don't see how CF beats IM3. I hope it does, but I see the Christmas competition being too fierce for it to hang around enough. 

[CoolioD1]

Well, I like both quite a bit so I can't say I'd be that bothered by the outcome. I'm just glad both have such a major audience.

[Dementeleus]

It's hard to fuck up A Christmas Carol (it's such an indestructible story) but the 1984 version has to be one of the best I've seen. Absolutely brilliant.

Yep, that and the Alistair Sims one are the best traditional versions.

[Michael Gary Scott]

My point is why not watch a dvd why watch an edited movie on tv with commercials

[Jack Nevada]

My point is why not watch a dvd why watch an edited movie on tv with commercials

Here they never edit movies for TV. 

[Elessar]

After Deathly Hallows 2 the same channel started immediately Sherlock Holmes 2: Game of Shadows. I can say this was a fucking good day.

 

I would not have turned on the TV.

[Dementeleus]

My point is why not watch a dvd why watch an edited movie on tv with commercials

Because you may not own the DVD. And sheer laziness comes into play: why go get the DVD and put it in when you don't necessarily want to commit to watching the whole movie?

[CoolioD1]

My point is why not watch a dvd why watch an edited movie on tv with commercials

If the movie's edited I usually can't tell unless it's something really obvious and I don't mind ads too much,  not all channels got 'em anyway.

[Elessar]

UA 571-C Automated Sentry Gun [...] from the Colonial Marines

 

Nerd.

[kitik]

Probably, but it is based on when the movie released. Like we say Avatar was the highest grossing movie of 2009 and not Transformers 2.

 

no shit, sherlock

 

 

End of December, beginning of January is when a lot of publications publish "biggest of the year" lists though, and IM3 should still be ahead at that time.

[CoolioD1]

Here they never edit movies for TV. 

Same, for the most part. I think the US TV absolutely insane censorship rules comes into MGS's argument. Which I get.

[Jack Nevada]

Commercial breaks aren't an issue when you have a laptop.

[CoolioD1]

Or if you've recorded the movie on your tv, I guess. Did that with The Searchers the other day. Will hopefully get around to finally watching it. There are movies that have been recorded on my tv for almost three years and haven't been watched.

[CJohn]

Movies are not edited for TV here.

[kitik]

I don't see how CF beats IM3. I hope it does, but I see the Christmas competition being too fierce for it to hang around enough. 

 

 

I do wonder how many screens Catching Fire will lose on Wednesday. I have a feeling it's going to lose a ton. There aren't that many other high screen count movies out there, once you eliminate the movies that just opened 2 days ago. It's just Hobbit, Frozen, CF, and Madea Christmas, and obviously the last 2 should lose far more theaters than the first 2.

[Jandrew]

My point is why not watch a dvd why watch an edited movie on tv with commercials

 

Because youre already paying $$ for cable/satellite. Not everyone wants to shell out $20+ for DVD/BR's that theyll end up just not watching. Plus theres a thing called DVR. Thats alot easier than trying to stack up a huge DVD collection. Movies on TV is fine and commercials are commercials. Plus thats only basic cable. Premium networks dont edit or air commercials. Yeah its annoying when they over-edit these R rated movies like Hangover, otherwise its no big deal.

[BoxOfficeFangrl]

Spike TV has been running The Departed recently. The TV edits are kind of amusing. The mouths and words don't remotely match at times.

Edited December 22, 2013 by BoxOfficeChica