Saturday #s pg 19 ROAE 16.4,MRP 14.4,NS 7.1,LM 5.4

[rockNrollaDIM]

Anyone calling 302 OW a disappointment is a troll.

[Incarnadine]

Is there 3D nudity? If so, that probably helps...

That scene should have been filmed like Dr. Tongue's 3D House of Stewardesses, where he just leans in close and backs away with the camera over and over.

[Donald]

Nikki Finke @ NikkiFinke 44sInt'l Box Office: '300: Rise Of An Empire' $132.8M cume from 59 territories. With $45M domestic wkd that's $177.8M.You guys is nikki high on cocaine!!

[TLK]

Lessons Learned -

 

1. Don't underestimate sequels.

 

2. March is a good release month for movies that may get overwhelmed in summer months. You can say the same for any non-summer or non-holiday month though.

[TLK]

Nikki Finke @ NikkiFinke 44sInt'l Box Office: '300: Rise Of An Empire' $132.8M cume from 59 territories. With $45M domestic wkd that's $177.8M.You guys is nikki high on cocaine!!

 

Rentrak misreported the $177 million number.

[CJohn]

And Ride Along will pass the 130M sometime tomorrow. January, February, October, March and April are the new Summer/Christmas.

[John Marston]

And Ride Along will pass the 130M sometime tomorrow. January, February, October, March and April are the new Summer/Christmas.

 

 

January is still only for smaller films, don't expect any big  tentpoles opening there anytime soon 

[The Panda]

January is still only for smaller films, don't expect any big  tentpoles opening there anytime soon 

 

Yeah two 100m films isn't bad, but compare January's box office to December, June, May, July, November, etc. it just isn't there, nor will it ever be.  (because honestly, you aren't going to see Iron Man open in January any time)

[mcclaine]

Yes, January is still the weaker month, but this January is the first time a movie crosses the 100M mark since Star Wars especial edition in 97. Not bad.

[Impact]

Ride Along is only the 3rd January release that is not a reissue or a film from the year before to make 100M-the only other 2 are Paul Blart and Taken.

[raniE]

Yeah two 100m films isn't bad, but compare January's box office to December, June, May, July, November, etc. it just isn't there, nor will it ever be.  (because honestly, you aren't going to see Iron Man open in January any time)

Why is that? Here in Sweden, you get January releases in the yearly top ten fairly often (2013, 2012 and 2010 all had one January release in the top ten).

[Jack Nevada]

Speaking of Nicolas Cage I just saw Bringing Out The Dead. Has to be Scorsese's most underrated movie.

[CJohn]

Yeah two 100m films isn't bad, but compare January's box office to December, June, May, July, November, etc. it just isn't there, nor will it ever be.  (because honestly, you aren't going to see Iron Man open in January any time)

Wolf of Wall Street, 12 Years a Slave will be top 10 movies of the year in Portugal and opened in the first 2 weekends of January.

[Jack Nevada]

Wolf of Wall Street, 12 Years a Slave will be top 10 movies of the year in Portugal and opened in the first 2 weekends of January.

Wolf and 12 Years are monsters at the Finnish box office. American Hustle opened on Friday and I'm sure it's going to do great as well.

[CJohn]

Wolf and 12 Years are monsters at the Finnish box office. American Hustle opened on Friday and I'm sure it's going to do great as well.

American Hustle also did very well and also opened in January. It didn't come close to 12 Years/Wolf, but it surely did some strong business. 

[Michael Gary Scott]

Starsky & Hutch and Hidalgo opened this weekend 10 years ago! Saw both of 'em in theaters. DID YOU?

yep

[Gokai Red]

Is it the lack of major holidays that stop studios from releasing tentpoles during January and October and the like? Would Iron Man 3 still have made the amount of money it did, or close to it, if it had been released in January, with the exact same marketing push it had?

[raniE]

Wolf and 12 Years are monsters at the Finnish box office. American Hustle opened on Friday and I'm sure it's going to do great as well.

Frozen opened on January 31st here in Sweden. It is definitely going to be in the top ten of 2014, most likely the top five.

[Heretic]

Saw The Grand Budapest Hotel today. VERY weird. But a good weird. Ralph Fiennes fucking owned.

[ChD]

Saw The Grand Budapest Hotel today. VERY weird. But a good weird. Ralph Fiennes fucking owned.

 

I don't understand why they didn't release it during awards season =/