Weekend Estimates: LS - 38.5M | FZ - 15.1M | WoWS - 9M | Hercules - 8.6M | AH - 8.6M | Her - 5.4M

[grim22]

Way too early, almost sure to be off numbers

 

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Nikki Finke ‏@NikkiFinke19m
Friday Box Office Matinee Trends: 'August Osage County' (TWC) Fri $3.M/Wkd $10M, 'Hercules' (LGF/Summit)$3M/$9M, 'Her' (WB) $2M/$6M.
 
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Nikki Finke ‏@NikkiFinke24m

Friday Box Office Matinee Trends: 'Lone Survivor' (Uni) over-performing for $10.5-$11.5M today and $28M-$30M wkd.

 

 

http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2014-01-08-will-lone-survivor-be-2014s-first-box-office-hit

 

NORTH AMERICA: Early Friday Projections: 'Lone Survivor' Eyes $28-30M Weekend; 'Legend Of Hercules' Looking At Sub-$10M Weekend; 'August: Osage County' Pacing To Top 'Her'
 

Friday Update: Sources tell BoxOffice that Lone Survivor is on track to pull in around $11 million today based on early business. That puts the film on course for a $28-30 million weekend debut.

By comparison, last year's Zero Dark Thirty pulled $9.03 million in its first day of wide release, going on to a $24.4 million weekend. Following strong Fandango sales throughout this week and positive reviews, Lone Survivor looks well poised to top that mark.

Meanwhile, The Legend of Hercules is looking at less than $3 million today and will easily fall short of a $10 million weekend unless evening business significantly picks up.

August: Osage County is looking to pull a solid $2.5 million today as it expands into 905 theaters. The adult-skewing flick should hold up well throughout the weekend for an $7-8 million expansion frame. Meanwhile,Her is off to a soft wide expansion with less than $2 million expected from its 1,729 locations. Please caution that these projections are early, and both August and Her should benefit from stronger evening business and some awards buzz in the days and weeks to come.

 

Edited January 12, 2014 by CJohn

[Impact]

Nice for Lone Survivor.

@Hercules.

[Impact]

Wait August really that high? Wow.

[Killimano3]

Lol numbers already?

[iceroll]

That's actually awful for Her, it would be doing less than Hercules.

[Impact]

Since I'm sure the audience of Her and Lone Survivor are still at work

[Empire]

I hope that early # for Lone Survivor sticks. 28-30m weekend would be great for it!

[75Live]

This is probably better than the whole Hercules movie

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxYQQoYfMtQ

[Impact]

To be honest-Her is such a odd plot to break out.

[Impact]

And it looks like I was right about TLS doing well.

[Impact]

BTW-looks like the director is having a great turnaround.Remember not all directors start out great, quite a few great directors had some stinkers at the start.

[CJohn]

August high right now. Hercules overperforming. Her flopping. WOW LONE SURVIVOR! Wahlberg = Money.

[CoolioD1]

 Wahlberg = Money.

Always. That's why Broken City kicked so much ass last year.

[Fancyarcher]

Remember these are early numbers (really early numbers).

 

I hope Hercules does a lot worse, when actuals come out. Either way it's a flop, unless it actually manages to do well overseas.

 

Shame for Her.

Edited January 10, 2014 by Fancyarcher

[CJohn]

Always. That's why Broken City kicked so much ass last year.

That had a shitty marketing campaign. No push. Nothing. Until today, I still don't know what that movie is about. That is how good the trailer was. When Walhberg is on an appealing movie, he helps it a lot. He is one of the most reliable stars working right now.

Edited January 10, 2014 by CJohn

[Plain Old Tele]

Great for LS and shows my LS>BHD club is alive. I wouldn't say HER is flopping... it's a niche movie (with an appropriately low-ish budget) and it'll do well on the art-house circuit, but that's about it.

[CoolioD1]

I never really expected HER to make much anyway.

 

Oh well, looks like we're not gonna get HER 2 any time soon.

[Krissykins]

Variety are saying August Osage County more like $3.5m Friday. That's great.

[Impact]

Aww but I wanted to see Her 2: Son of Her

[Plain Old Tele]

HER 2 is THE MATRIX.