Weekend Estimates: The Lego Movie - 31.5M | 3 Days to Kill - 12.3M | Pompeii - 10M

[seduh]

Good number for LEGO! a $31 thrid weekend is on play.

Frozen will make $4,5!

[LexJoker]

Chances of Frozen topping THG? IM3????

[chuck0]

Chances of Frozen topping THG? IM3????

 

IM3 maybe... THG very unlikely... so Katniss should be save

[Jack Nevada]

Pompeii: $3.4m

[The Stingray]

 

C'mon, did anyone really expect great things from Pompeii?

[a2k]

A 4.25 multiplier, like G&J had, gives Lego 31m (-36.6%), 4.5 gives it 33m (-32.5%).

Considering last Friday was inflated and it was a 4-day weekend, those holds are great.

Edited February 22, 2014 by a2knet

[LexJoker]

IM3 maybe... THG very unlikely... so Katniss should be save

IM3 made more than THG(2012)

[ban1o]

IM3 made more than THG(2012)

lol he probably thought they were talking about CF. 

[chuck0]

IM3 made more than THG(2012)

 

ah... sorry didnt think about the first one... yes, THG might be beat, but CF will in all likelihood stay no1 DOM for 2013

[Incarnadine]

Chances of Frozen topping THG? IM3????

I'll say

 

65% it pierces the armor of  IM3

5% it catches Fire.

[a2k]

Kudos to NF for posting a correction.

 

Nikki Finke ‏@NikkiFinke  9m

Friday Box Office: No surprise 'Lego' still #1: murders '3 Days To Kill', buries 'Pompeii', with $7.2M targeting $31M wkd and $182.7M cume.

[Ezen Baklattan]

C'mon, did anyone really expect great things from Pompeii?

With a $100m budget, clearly someone at Sony was.

[chuck0]

With a $100m budget, clearly someone at Sony was.

Thougts of an executive: pompeii is a combination of gladiator and titanic!!!!! This will make a billion!!!!

[Taylor]

With a $100m budget, clearly someone at Sony was.

Sony didn't finance it, Constantin (same company that financed Mortal Instruments) did.

 

From BOM:

 

Sony is handling domestic distribution through their TriStar label, though they have fairly low exposure: Pompeii was financed by Constantin Film, and FilmDistrict covered the marketing costs. Based on pre-release tracking, Sony is expecting $12 to $15 million for the weekend.

Edited February 22, 2014 by Taylor

[Ezen Baklattan]

Sony didn't finance it, Constantin (same company that financed Mortal Instruments) did.

 

From BOM:

 

Sony is handling domestic distribution through their TriStar label, though they have fairly low exposure: Pompeii was financed by Constantin Film, and FilmDistrict covered the marketing costs. Based on pre-release tracking, Sony is expecting $12 to $15 million for the weekend.

Well, one flop deserves another. 

[BadAtGender]

Definitely a big weekend for Frozen. It topped Sith yesterday, will top Nemo and Potter 8 today. Crazy.

 

Will also become second highest-grossing non-sequel animation ever today. The Lion King is probably safe at #1 thanks to its 3D re-release.

 

Yeah. Frozen will top it with its own eventual re-release, though.

[kitik]

Yeah. Frozen will top it with its own eventual re-release, though.

 

Will Frozen get a re-release next Christmas?

[ban1o]

It will also pass DM2 for biggest animated film WW 2013 

[BadAtGender]

Will Frozen get a re-release next Christmas?

 

Rumors, but nothing certain. I kinda feel that this year is pretty packed as far as the holiday season is concerned. BH6, Home, Annie, and NatM3 all cover that market. (And both September and October have animated entries as well.)

 

They might just let it sit a few years and then slot it in somewhere.

[Incarnadine]

Rumors, but nothing certain. I kinda feel that this year is pretty packed as far as the holiday season is concerned. BH6, Home, Annie, and NatM3 all cover that market. (And both September and October have animated entries as well.)

 

They might just let it sit a few years and then slot it in somewhere.

Hard to say. The Polar Express (different studio of course) came out in 2004 and got a re-release every year from 2005-2012. Of course those were all pretty small re-releases, less than 21m combined.

 

I could easily see it getting a re-release around x-mas, but I could also see Disney waiting for the 5th or 10th anniversary. I could also see both if Disney wants to get greedy, a re-release this year to push it past 442m then let it sit until the 10th anniversary.