Incarnadine Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 It's sucking alright--VAMPIRE DIARIES had a dismal debut biting into just $1.4M on Friday. It's all about context. VA doing 1.4m is an epic failure, another nail in the coffin of YA franchise attempts. Frozen doing 1.4 is an amazing success against direct competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted February 8, 2014 Founder / Operator Share Posted February 8, 2014 Yes, but not underwhelming at all when you consider most pundits predicted between 50-55 mill OW. Those 20 mill projections were made before any theaters on the west coast were open for business. If not lower. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 If not lower. Yes, no doubt lower. I'm just going by what Ray and Gitesh predicted. But I know, not too long ago, many had this not opening to 40 mill. It's only recently that the numbers trended upwards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Wang Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 If not lower.Yeah, I seem to remember most people claiming it would be lucky to hit $40m or so about a week ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyevenstar22 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I'm just about quaking in my boots right now , just watched helix episode 01-02 premiere , been meaning to for past 3 weeks or so Pretty scary ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Amazing number for Lego movie. 60M+ is locked with a shot at 65M. Noway to crap on that number, it'll destroy most people's OW predictions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 If the Lego movie had been released in the early 90's, it would have made Titanic numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forg Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Happy Birthday RTH! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 If the Lego movie had been released in the early 90's, it would have made Titanic numbers. Yeah if it had the same effects as it did now, it would have been like Avatar for SFX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted February 8, 2014 Founder / Operator Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) If the Lego movie had been released in the early 90's, it would have made Titanic numbers. Would it though? I think the brand has gotten progressively stronger since the 90s. Largely thanks to video games and their massive success with Star Wars, Harry Potter, LOTR, etc. branding. Edited February 8, 2014 by ShawnMR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 What's funny is, two months ago if somebody told you out of the movies released this weekend one will have 33% on RT and then other a 96%, pretty much anybody would have thought the Monuments Men would have the 96%. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 What's funny is, two months ago if somebody told you out of the movies released this weekend one will have 33% on RT and then other a 96%, pretty much anybody would have thought the Monuments Men would have the 96%. What? MM has 96% on RT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 What? MM has 96% on RT? No. Lego has Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted February 8, 2014 Founder / Operator Share Posted February 8, 2014 Also unexpected: Monuments Men has a 57% rating on Flixster already... Vampire Academy is 83%. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Also unexpected: Monuments Men has a 57% rating on Flixster already... Vampire Academy is 83%. From what I have read, the movie follows the book very well, and since the only persons that saw the movie were the book fans, that rating is kinda normal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 From what I have read, the movie follows the book very well, and since the only persons that saw the movie were the book fans, that rating is kinda normal... True, but it shows that the audience is going to agree with the critics on Monuments Men (which from the reviews saying that it was overly boring, I am not surprised), I might put up a bet that Monuments Men has over a 50% drop next weekend except it's Valentines Day weekend so I dont want to put points on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Would it though? I think the brand has gotten progressively stronger since the 90s. Largely thanks to video games and their massive success with Star Wars, Harry Potter, LOTR, etc. branding. Well, I was exaggerating for effect, but Lego was like the best toy back in the days. Nowadays the best toy is video games. But I might be wrong, maybe the brand is stronger now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) Get used to seeing The LEGO Movie at #1 until Non-Stop opens. In 3 weeks. Edited February 8, 2014 by filmnerdjamie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) [*] BoxOffice @BoxOffice 4m LONE SURVIVOR took in an estimated $1.4M on Friday. Domestic total now stands at $108.69M. #LoneSurvivor [*] BoxOffice @BoxOffice 7m RIDE ALONG took in an estimated $2.6M on Friday. Domestic total now stands at $98.32M. #RideAlong Edited February 8, 2014 by druv10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incarnadine Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 True, but it shows that the audience is going to agree with the critics on Monuments Men (which from the reviews saying that it was overly boring, I am not surprised), I might put up a bet that Monuments Men has over a 50% drop next weekend except it's Valentines Day weekend so I dont want to put points on it. Technically it's Presidents' Day long weekend, with the added bonus of Valentine's Day falling on the Friday. Could be an unusually good weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
