WKND BO: Frozen $20.7M/$297.8M, Paranormal 18.2, Hobbit 16.3/229.6, Wolf 13.4 (new Sun #s pg 83)

[4815162342]

Well, Wrath of Khan, Voyage Home, Undiscovered Country, First Contact, ST09, and STID can be put in the same sporting conference as the Middle-Earth films.But yes the others are not playing the same sport.

[Warhorse]

There is never anything disappointing about a film that makes 900 to a billion dollars.

And that's just for it's initial run. With these movies, there will be EE releases (I know, I've gone to them and they are sold out) the merchandise (I've collected every Legolas doll, poster, plate, figurine I can get my hands on, and I know for damn sure I am not the only one) then of course, the DVD's/BluRay, (I skipped getting AUJ on regular DVD and just waited for the EE) so yeah, studio could care less where it is on the top 10, as long as that movie is making money.

[ShadowGuardian]

 

This is an actual photo from a WB party, taken in their New Zealnad studio:

 

 

And then later than evening:

 

 

Which reminds me i saw wolf yesterday finally done with 2013 slate (sorry frozenites i judge wether i want to see films based on footage i see not their hype and snowmen and [insert w/e the hell the plural for moose is here] fighting over a carrot doesnt impress me) i overall enjoyed the film most like b/c it was so out there bout 25% full no walkouts even sone laughter during ceirtain scene s felt the runtime unlike smaug but was never really bored

[Mango]

Can you tell us what prequels you are referring to?  And just for the record, 99% of the big films today pale in comparison in attendance to big films from the 70's and 80's.  No DVD's, no netflix, no burning.  

 

The X-Men prequels (the two Wolverine movies and First Class) and Rise of the Planet of the Apes were the ones particularly on my mind.

[chuck0]

... sorry frozenites i judge wether i want to see films based on footage i see not their hype and snowmen and [insert w/e the hell the plural for moose is here] fighting over a carrot doesnt impress me...

 

Simply saying to not be interested in a movie is perfectly fine for me, but uhm arguing your point like this is not exactely helping to make it (also its not a moose its a reindeer... that behaves like a dog )

Edited January 5, 2014 by chuck0

[ecstasy]

People are excited about the Lego movie? Seriously?

 

Hey. Live and let live.

[fmpro]

There is never anything disappointing about a film that makes 900 to a billion dollars.

Unless your name is Avatar2 or TA2 Edited January 5, 2014 by fmpro

[Leyla]

well to me DoS run IS disappointing 

esp the decreases OS 

not for the studio obv cause the film's release immediately sparks additional selling of loads of the LOTR movies ceparately, LOTR box sets, AUJ dvd's, OSTs probably too, not to mention SEEs,  bluerays, WETA items & even toys probs 

Really hard to feel sorry for them

 

rewatched a Frozen that i actually like   

Edited January 5, 2014 by Tauriel

[Heretic]

There is never anything disappointing about a film that makes 900 to a billion dollars.

So, if say Star Wars 7 made under a billion, you wouldn't be disappointed?

[Olive]

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice3m

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG took in an estimated $16.25M this weekend. Domestic total now stands at $229.63M.

[ChD]

 

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice3m

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG took in an estimated $16.25M this weekend. Domestic total now stands at $229.63M.

 

It's having better holds than the first one, and is now closing in on weekend numbers. The first one had 17M for this weekend last year, if I'm not mistaken.

 

Still, chances of it catching up to the first are impossible. I'm quite disappointed in the movie and it's run, too

[Dark 33Legend of the Sith]

People have definitely been way too hard on DoS. Ever since AUJ failed to gross $400 million people have labeled The Hobbit movies as disappointments despite the fact that prequels have never done better. Even the SW prequels paled in comparison to the original films as far as attendance goes, the only reason it didn't seem like it thanks to 20 years worth of inflation. DoS is a moderate hit and will churn plenty of profit once international grosses, home releases, and merchandising is put into the equation.

The hobbit films have done fine enough imo, but comparing levels of success to the star wars prequels is not a fair fight for the hobbit films.

[Jessie]

DOS run is far from disappointing, it's expected. Why was everyone expecting a miraculous increase after the first movie didn't exactly blow people away.

[K1stpierre]

well to me DoS run IS disappointing 

esp the decreases OS 

not for the studio obv cause the film's release immediately sparks additional selling of loads of the LOTR movies ceparately, LOTR box sets, AUJ dvd's, OSTs probably too, not to mention SEEs,  bluerays, WETA items & even toys probs 

Really hard to feel sorry for them

 

rewatched a Frozen that i actually like   

 I love Within Temptation

[Ozymandias]

DoS numbers are disappointing because it is a drastically better movie than AUJ.  It deserves much more but the damage was done by AUJ.  Hopefully TABA increases a lot.

Edited January 5, 2014 by Ozymandias

[John Marston]

And DOS has an below average hold this weekend. Oh well

[tonicjr]

Can 47R get above 150M WW? It's marketed pretty good here

Edited January 5, 2014 by tonicjr

[Krissykins]

PA4 $18.5m. Saturday was $6.5 not $7.

[LexJoker]

It's having better holds than the first one, and is now closing in on weekend numbers. The first one had 17M for this weekend last year, if I'm not mistaken.

 

Still, chances of it catching up to the first are impossible. I'm quite disappointed in the movie and it's run, too

I hope it ends up with 280,000,001 just to mess up Baumer's club.

[druv10]

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice4m

FROZEN took in an estimated $20.72M this weekend. Domestic total now stands at $297.84M. #Frozen