Weekend#s: Neeson wins. Non Stop 30M | Son of God 26.5M | Lego 21M | Frozen crosses 1B WW

[narniadis]

Good early reports - not surprised at all by the SOG #'s my Facebook feed is filled with people talking about going this weekend (or tonight).

 

Would be awesome if Non-Stop could duplicate OHF from last year - March needs a good kick off

[narniadis]

can Non Stop reach 30m with that Friday?

 

Should be close - really depends on Sunday but I would be safe and say 28.5-29 especially if it doesnt go up from the 10.5 #

[a2k]

can Non Stop reach 30m with that Friday?

If it behaves like,

Pompeii - 31.5m

Grey - 31.86m

Unknown - 34.05m

 

EDIT: Even with Oscar Sunday it can touch 30m if 10.5m Friday holds...10.5 + 13.23(+26%) + 6.35(-52%) = 30.08m

Edited March 1, 2014 by a2knet

[John Marston]

yeah it looks normally 30m would be possible but Oscar Sunday will prevent this. Not sure why they chose this weekend for release

[Impact]

Son of God should win Sunday easily though, given the fact that its the type of film that has great Sunday, tons of people I know want to see this anyway.

The only film in March I want to see really is Muppets.

(On another note-February is the 2nd hardest month to break the record for-use to be the hardest, but since I don't see March being broken in the next decade...though who would of thought Alice go down so fast? Still it wont be broken anytime soon, February, maybe if an animated film that is big enough comes out...)

[The Panda]

yeah it looks normally 30m would be possible but Oscar Sunday will prevent this. Not sure why they chose this weekend for release

 

Non-Stop and Son of God's target audience aren't necessarily people who care about the Oscars.

[Impact]

Yes Oscar Sunday really hits films, BIG TIMEhttp://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=aliceinwonderland10.htmOh wait.

[Impact]

People don't care about award shows as they use to really, I could get into this but rather not.

[Impact]

Also-Sunday nights are just not crowded for films as Friday or Saturday nights. The Oscars are late enough in the evening that it wont make a difference for any movie.

[John Marston]

Yes Oscar Sunday really hits films, BIG TIME

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=aliceinwonderland10.htm

Oh wait.

 

 

last  year everything had harsh drops

 

 

1	SNITCH Lionsgate/Summit 2,511	$4,162,673 -- / $1,658 $4,162,673 / 1	$5,621,840 +35.1% / $2,239 $9,784,513 / 2	$3,383,094 -39.8% / $1,347 $13,167,607 / 3
2	IDENTITY THIEF Universal 3,222	$4,092,850 +169.4% / $1,270 $83,695,380 / 15	$6,668,780 +62.9% / $2,070 $90,364,160 / 16	$3,255,455 -51.2% / $1,010 $93,619,615 / 17
3	ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH Weinstein Company 3,353	$2,359,750 +172% / $704 $26,490,412 / 8	$5,183,226 +119.7% / $1,546 $31,673,638 / 9	$3,139,061 -39.4% / $936 $34,812,699 / 10
4	A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD Fox 3,555	$2,821,694 +109.3% / $794 $44,623,958 / 9	$4,730,506 +67.6% / $1,331 $49,354,464 / 10	$2,613,433 -44.8% / $735 $51,967,897 / 11
5	SAFE HAVEN Relativity 3,223	$3,545,935 +182.3% / $1,100 $41,007,578 / 9	$4,763,346 +34.3% / $1,478 $45,770,924 / 10	$2,145,433 -55% / $666 $47,916,357 / 11
6	DARK SKIES Weinstein / Dimension 2,313	$3,094,178 -- / $1,338 $3,094,178 / 1	$3,493,614 +12.9% / $1,510 $6,587,792 / 2	$1,601,374 -54.2% / $692 $8,189,166 / 3
7	SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK Weinstein Company 2,012	$1,535,102 +176.6% / $763 $102,960,248 / 99	$2,913,477 +89.8% / $1,448 $105,873,725 / 100	$1,302,287 -55.3% / $647 $107,176,012 / 101
8	WARM BODIES Lionsgate/Summit 2,644	$1,443,438 +187.1% / $546 $54,861,491 / 22	$2,269,720 +57.2% / $858 $57,131,211 / 23	$1,112,230 -51% / $421 $58,243,441 / 24
9	BEAUTIFUL CREATURES (2013) Warner Bros. 2,950	$1,047,323 +145.2% / $355 $14,009,588 / 9	$1,644,437 +57% / $557 $15,654,025 / 10	$916,573 -44.3% / $311 $16,570,598 / 11
10	SIDE EFFECTS (2013) Open Road Films 2,070	$1,000,002 +99.6% / $483 $22,742,518 / 15	$1,621,034 +62.1% / $783 $24,363,552 / 16	$736,003 -54.6% / $356 $25,099,555 / 17
11	ZERO DARK THIRTY Sony / Columbia 1,197	$575,720 +120.1% / $481 $89,884,711 / 66	$1,145,769 +99% / $957 $91,030,480 / 67	$508,595 -55.6% / $425 $91,539,075 / 68
12	HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS Paramount 1,425	$424,675 +63% / $298 $51,685,229 / 29	$775,339 +82.6% / $544 $52,460,568 / 30	$484,518 -37.5% / $340 $52,945,086 / 31
13	LIFE OF PI Fox 572	$362,429 +107.4% / $634 $112,282,189 / 94	$841,790 +132.3% / $1,472 $113,123,979 / 95	$401,147 -52.3% / $701 $113,525,126 / 96
14	ARGO Warner Bros. 802	$479,475 +178.5% / $598 $128,305,812 / 134	$956,546 +99.5% / $1,193 $129,262,358 / 135	$391,144 -59.1% / $488 $129,653,502 / 136
15	LINCOLN Buena Vista 875	$353,976 +121.3% / $405 $177,476,466 / 106	$762,841 +115.5% / $872 $178,239,307 / 107	$364,264 -52.2% / $416 $178,603,571 / 108
16	MAMA Universal 1,163	$337,525 +114.9% / $290 $69,394,195 / 36	$569,430 +68.7% / $490 $69,963,625 / 37	$266,945 -53.1% / $230 $70,230,570 / 38
17	QUARTET Weinstein Company 356	$319,481 +101.5% / $897 $8,038,545 / 43	$550,115 +72.2% / $1,545 $8,588,660 / 44	$256,290 -53.4% / $720 $8,844,950 / 45
-	DJANGO UNCHAINED Weinstein Company 659	$262,854 +69.5% / $399 $158,074,629 / 60	$476,736 +81.4% / $723 $158,551,365 / 61	$232,065 -51.3% / $352 $158,783,430 / 62
-	WRECK-IT RALPH Buena Vista 402	$147,216 +126.9% / $366 $186,177,757 / 113	$315,601 +114.4% / $785 $186,493,358 / 114	$183,053 -42% / $455 $186,676,411 / 115
-	THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Warner Bros. 388	$130,205 +64.8% / $336 $300,532,101 / 71	$265,168 +103.7% / $683 $300,797,269 / 72	$155,110 -41.5% / $400 $300,952,379 / 73
-	LES MISERABLES (2012) Universal 462	$163,780 +67.1% / $355 $146,225,645 / 60	$316,470 +93.2% / $685 $146,542,115 / 61	$154,575 -51.2% / $335 $146,696,690 / 62
-	KAI PO CHE UTV Communications 110	$139,527 -- / $1,268 $139,527 / 1	$248,243 +77.9% / $2,257 $387,770 / 2	$134,995 -45.6% / $1,227 $522,765 / 3
-	BLESS ME ULTIMA Arenas Entertainment 263	$138,848 -- / $528 $624,074 / 1	$198,714 +43.1% / $756 $822,788 / 2	$132,547 -33.3% / $504 $955,335 / 3
-	RISE OF THE GUARDIANS Paramount (DreamWorks) 305	$84,616 +146.1% / $277 $101,731,563 / 94	$173,647 +105.2% / $569 $101,905,210 / 95	$111,913 -35.6% / $367 $102,017,123 / 96
-	PARENTAL GUIDANCE Fox 381	$78,073 +93.1% / $205 $75,553,856 / 60	$147,170 +88.5% / $386 $75,701,026 / 61	$71,707 -51.3% / $188 $75,772,733 / 62
-	THE IMPOSSIBLE Lionsgate/Summit 273	$79,915 +69% / $293 $17,843,398 / 64	$142,786 +78.7% / $523 $17,986,184 / 65	$66,576 -53.4% / $244 $18,052,760 / 66
-	A HAUNTED HOUSE Open Road Films 302	$49,011 +127.7% / $162 $39,710,715 / 43	$92,001 +87.7% / $305 $39,802,716 / 44	$61,004 -33.7% / $202 $39,863,720 / 45
-	THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 2 Lionsgate/Summit 223	$56,725 +143.3% / $254 $291,967,156 / 99	$97,418 +71.7% / $437 $292,064,574 / 100	$58,647 -39.8% / $263 $292,123,221 / 10

[iceroll]

Fuck. I don't want SOG to win the weekend.

 

Slay that movie, Non-Stop!

Liam Neeson better snatch Jesus's wig!

 

[Impact]

Most of those drops were normal for those films-remember the Oscars are late enough at night on Sunday, which is not a night people go crazy to the movies for unless if it's the Summer or a holiday.

[Fancyarcher]

Non-Stop and Son of God's target audience aren't necessarily people who care about the Oscars.

 

Will see, will see.

[The Dark Rock]

Very good numbers for Non Stop....Neeson is getting so consistent and stable as action star

[The Panda]

Shameless plug, I have started my top 250 movies of all time list down in the A Few of My Favorite Things board.

[Empire]

Shameless plug, I have started my top 250 movies of all time list down in the A Few of My Favorite Things board.

Cool, will have to go take a look at it. 

[Claire of Themyscira]

Liam Neeson better snatch Jesus's wig!

 

And on the third day, he rose again and threw that wig aside as he proclaimed the word of the Lord.

 

 

[MrPink]

Watched Gravity with the parents. First time they saw anything in 3D. They were amazed and didn't bother me with the usual stuff that Asian parents do.

 

 

It's all downhill from there.

Edited March 1, 2014 by MrPink

[BadAtGender]

I'm like... super buzzed at the moment and all I can think of is a song from youth group jesus camp from when I was young: Our God is an awesome god.

 

Whether your god is Liam or Jesus, this weekend is going to be awesome.

[a2k]

Nikki Finke ‏@NikkiFinke  7m

Friday Box Office: two strong starters - #1 'Non-Stop' (Uni - 3090 runs) $9M, Wkd $27M; #2 'Son Of God' (Fox - 3256) $8.5M, Wkd $26M.