CA2: $10.2m Thursday Night (beats Thor2's $7.1m) | $100m+ coming?

[Lordmandeep]

My point is people can watch what they want.If people want to see films about the metaphysical meaning of life or see transformers blow things up.Just remember some people like watching both.

[ddddeeee]

Fun fact about the comic book moves.  Only three comic book movies have ever won any type of Oscar. 

Batman, Spider-Man 2 and TDK right?

[FilmBuff]

Go CA. Joins the list as an A-list superhero.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

I am just saying film snobs say comic book films are trash for simplistic people.However many Oscar films are nothing special and are only praised because they have certain actors in them or they have sort of message.As 2012 clearly showed us the most popular movies of the year are sometimes the best ones.

I disagree with that.

The Master and Holy Motors did did not do well in America. 

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Batman, Spider-Man 2 and TDK right?

Yes unless I am missing some small comic book movie So Burton won the first Oscar for a comic book movie. He gets rare credit for what has done for the genre.  I am not trying to hate on the genre but I thought more comic book movies would have won tech awards. 

[Lordmandeep]

2012 was a year where films like skyfall,ta,tdkr life of pi reigned at the box office and it was a delight to lovers of cinema as well.

[Dementeleus]

My point is people can watch what they want.If people want to see films about the metaphysical meaning of life or see transformers blow things up.Just remember some people like watching both.

 

Hollywood aims a huge percentage of its budgets and focus on basically the 12-25 demo. If you're in it, great! If not, it's kinda slim pickings for a lot of the year.

 

Look, it's not like I hate genre movies or action movies or whatever. It's just that, from a movie standpoint, I can't remember the last time I was shocked or stunned or surprised by anything in CBMs.

[Ent]

Captain America 2 is seen more as a sequel to the Avengers and not Cap 1. 

Not really, its really  sequel to CA1 but also kinda of a prequel to AOU.

[4815162342]

Yes unless I am missing some small comic book movie So Burton won the first Oscar for a comic book movie. He gets rare credit for what has done for the genre.  I am not trying to hate on the genre but I thought more comic book movies would have won tech awards. 

 

Road to Perdition won Cinematography

[Kvikk Lunsj]

My point is people can watch what they want.If people want to see films about the metaphysical meaning of life or see transformers blow things up.Just remember some people like watching both.

Not possible everything is black and white

You like MCU or Nolan

You like Star Wars or Star Trek

You Twilight or Harry Potter

You like Michael Bay or P.T. Anderson

[Lordmandeep]

You can't blame Hollywood.For every original film like gravity that becomes a huge hit many others flop.Also its very unpredictable ...So as a student of finance I can see why they make sequels to ensure steady cashflow.If they really like an idea they try to make a new idea into film.

Edited April 4, 2014 by Lordmandeep

[Shawn Robbins]

My point is people can watch what they want.If people want to see films about the metaphysical meaning of life or see transformers blow things up.Just remember some people like watching both.

 

Totally.

[John Marston]

1 NOAH
Paramount

3,567 $3,105,382

-71.6% / $871
$46,825,854 / 4 $3,604,455

+16.1% / $1,011
$50,430,309 / 5 $2,610,467

-27.6% / $732
$53,040,776 / 6 $2,300,385

-11.9% / $645
$55,341,161 / 7 2 DIVERGENT
Lionsgate/Summit

3,936 $1,663,074

-72% / $423
$96,042,660 / 11 $1,941,597

+16.7% / $493
$97,984,257 / 12 $1,560,425

-19.6% / $396
$99,544,682 / 13 $1,484,458

-4.9% / $377
$101,029,140 / 14 3 GOD'S NOT DEAD
Freestyle Releasing

1,178 $730,208

-74% / $620
$22,480,892 / 11 $811,735

+11.2% / $689
$23,292,627 / 12 $771,172

-5% / $655
$24,063,799 / 13 $731,785

-5.1% / $621
$24,795,584 / 14 4 THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Fox Searchlight

977 $696,162

-68.7% / $713
$24,867,772 / 25 $805,846

+15.8% / $825
$25,673,618 / 26 $711,709

-11.7% / $728
$26,385,327 / 27 $695,100

-2.3% / $711
$27,080,427 / 28 5 MUPPETS MOST WANTED
Buena Vista

3,194 $672,614

-79.6% / $211
$33,789,431 / 11 $774,170

+15.1% / $242
$34,563,601 / 12 $651,948

-15.8% / $204
$35,215,549 / 13 $641,902

-1.5% / $201
$35,857,451 / 14 6 MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN
Fox

3,299 $605,547

-76.4% / $184
$95,084,995 / 25 $680,674

+12.4% / $206
$95,765,669 / 26 $576,658

-15.3% / $175
$96,342,327 / 27 $559,598

-3% / $170
$96,901,925 / 28 7 SABOTAGE (2014)
Open Road Films

2,486 $437,536

-67.9% / $176
$5,709,980 / 4 $472,538

+8% / $190
$6,182,518 / 5 $365,442

-22.7% / $147
$6,547,960 / 6 $310,625

-15% / $125
$6,858,585 / 7 8 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE
Warner Bros.

2,601 $394,139

-65.4% / $152
$101,448,843 / 25 $460,143

+16.7% / $177
$101,908,986 / 26 $363,259

-21.1% / $140
$102,272,245 / 27 $285,407

-21.4% / $110
$102,557,652 / 28 9 NEED FOR SPEED
Buena Vista

2,705 $339,302

-68.8% / $125
$37,983,539 / 18 $434,000

+27.9% / $160
$38,417,539 / 19 $318,740

-26.6% / $118
$38,736,279 / 20 $267,306

-16.1% / $99
$39,003,585 / 21 10 NON-STOP
Universal

2,515 $301,800

-67.5% / $120
$85,392,860 / 32 $364,675

+20.8% / $145
$85,757,535 / 33 $301,755

-17.3% / $120
$86,059,290 / 34 $251,500

-16.7% / $100
$86,310,790 / 35 11 THE LEGO MOVIE
Warner Bros.

2,001 $249,284

-71.4% / $125
$248,466,064 / 53 $283,183

+13.6% / $142
$248,749,247 / 54 $232,465

-17.9% / $116
$248,981,712 / 55 $224,591

-3.4% / $112
$249,206,303 / 56 12 BAD WORDS
Focus Features

842 $207,979

-67.7% / $247
$3,686,855 / 18 $251,517

+20.9% / $299
$3,938,372 / 19 $206,315

-18% / $245
$4,144,687 / 20 $183,717

-11% / $218
$4,328,404 / 21 13 CESAR CHAVEZ
Lionsgate

664 $301,283

-64.7% / $454
$3,162,811 / 4 $203,757

-32.4% / $307
$3,366,568 / 5 $136,285

-33.1% / $205
$3,502,853 / 6 $133,242

-2.2% / $201
$3,636,095 / 7 14 SON OF GOD
Fox

1,277 $94,108

-73.8% / $74
$57,949,051 / 32 $109,792

+16.7% / $86
$58,058,843 / 33 $95,753

-12.8% / $75
$58,154,596 / 34 $85,050

-11.2% / $67
$58,239,646 / 35 15 TYLER PERRY'S THE SINGLE MOMS CLUB
Lionsgate

1,139 $83,442

-68.2% / $73
$15,083,377 / 18 $100,817

+20.8% / $89
$15,184,194 / 19 $83,175

-17.5% / $73
$15,267,369 / 20 $67,913

-18.3% / $60
$15,335,282 / 21 - THE MONUMENTS MEN
Sony / Columbia

501 $37,725

-61.1% / $75
$76,625,973 / 53 $45,931

+21.8% / $92
$76,671,904 / 54 $43,363

-5.6% / $87
$76,715,267 / 55 $41,224

-4.9% / $82
$76,756,491 / 56 - FROZEN
Buena Vista

387 $35,045

-65.7% / $91
$398,426,656 / 130 $38,463

+9.8% / $99
$398,465,119 / 131 $35,843

-6.8% / $93
$398,500,962 / 132 $38,051

+6.2% / $98
$398,539,013 / 133 - THE NUT JOB
Open Road Films

294 $27,211

-67.7% / $93
$63,133,469 / 74 $35,918

+32% / $122
$63,169,387 / 75 $31,248

-13% / $106
$63,200,635 / 76 $32,186

+3% / $109
$63,232,821 / 77 - RIDE ALONG
Universal

360 $25,200

-63.1% / $70
$133,684,465 / 74 $25,295

+0.4% / $70
$133,709,760 / 75 $25,350

+0.2% / $70
$133,735,110 / 76 $21,705

-14.4% / $60
$133,756,815 / 77 - 3 DAYS TO KILL
Relativity

340 $18,423

-62.1% / $54
$30,252,401 / 39 $27,619

+49.9% / $81
$30,280,020 / 40 $21,481

-22.2% / $63
$30,301,501 / 41 $19,724

-8.2% / $58
$30,321,225 / 42 - VERONICA MARS
Warner Bros.

210 $15,713

-60.5% / $75
$3,198,289 / 18 $17,441

+11% / $83
$3,215,730 / 19 $16,643

-4.6% / $79
$3,232,373 / 20 $16,225

-2.5% / $77
$3,248,598 / 21 - PHILOMENA
Weinstein Company

202 $11,255

-59.6% / $56
$37,336,379 / 130 $16,606

+47.5% / $82
$37,352,985 / 131 $15,038

-9.4% / $74
$37,368,023 / 132 $15,765

+4.8% / $78
$37,383,788 / 133 - 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Fox Searchlight

228 $12,068

-64.4% / $53
$56,390,478 / 165 $17,313

+43.5% / $76
$56,407,791 / 166 $14,767

-14.7% / $65
$56,422,558 / 167 $12,509

-15.3% / $55
$56,435,067 / 168 - GRAVITY
Warner Bros.

135 $13,049

-57.6% / $97
$273,325,688 / 179 $13,915

+6.6% / $103
$273,339,603 / 180 $12,106

-13% / $90
$273,351,709 / 181 $11,599

-4.2% / $86
$273,363,308 / 182 - AMERICAN HUSTLE
Sony / Columbia

188 $10,899

-53.2% / $58
$150,028,320 / 109 $12,872

+18.1% / $68
$150,041,192 / 110 $12,558

-2.4% / $67
$150,053,750 / 111 $11,266

-10.3% / $60
$150,065,016 / 112 - HER (2013)
Warner Bros.

110 $6,361

-53.7% / $58
$25,466,048 / 104 $7,696

+21% / $70
$25,473,744 / 105 $7,472

-2.9% / $68
$25,481,216 / 106 $10,208

+36.6% / $93
$25,491,424 / 107 - THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
Warner Bros.

185 $10,147

-62.2% / $55
$258,216,400 / 109 $10,032

-1.1% / $54
$258,226,432 / 110 $9,964

-0.7% / $54
$258,236,396 / 111 $10,197

+2.3% / $55
$258,246,593 / 112 - LONE SURVIVOR
Universal

165 $9,970

-55.2% / $60
$124,974,446 / 97 $9,975

+0.1% / $60
$124,984,421 / 98 $9,055

-9.2% / $55
$124,993,476 / 99 $9,145

+1% / $55
$125,002,621 / 100 - THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
Paramount

134 $7,557

-61.9% / $56
$116,874,284 / 97 $9,220

+22% / $69
$116,883,504 / 98 $9,172

-0.5% / $68
$116,892,676 / 99 $8,018

-12.6% / $60
$116,900,694 / 100 - JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT
Paramount

107 $6,224

-61.5% / $58
$50,555,331 / 74 $7,344

+18% / $69
$50,562,675 / 75 $7,158

-2.5% / $67
$50,569,833 / 76 $7,579

+5.9% / $71
$50,577,412 / 77 - THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE
Lionsgate

158 $5,175

-68.8% / $33
$424,650,752 / 130 $6,040

+16.7% / $38
$424,656,792 / 131 $5,382

-10.9% / $34
$424,662,174 / 132 $5,873

+9.1% / $37
$424,668,047 / 133 - THAT AWKWARD MOMENT
Focus Features

68 $3,903

-53% / $57
$26,052,985 / 60 $5,820

+49.1% / $86
$26,058,805 / 61 $4,673

-19.7% / $69
$26,063,478 / 62 $5,477

+17.2% / $81
$26,068,955 / 63 - DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Focus Features

99 $4,564

-63.6% / $46
$27,196,230 / 151 $6,411

+40.5% / $65
$27,202,641 / 152 $5,277

-17.7% / $53
$27,207,918 / 153 $5,262

-0.3% / $53
$27,213,180 / 154 - 50 TO 1
Ten Furlongs

18 $3,502

-72.2% / $195
$150,239 / 11 $3,913

+11.7% / $217
$154,152 / 12 $4,203

+7.4% / $234
$158,355 / 13 $4,654

+10.7% / $259
$163,009 / 14 - DOM HEMINGWAY
Fox Searchlight

4
N/A
N/A $5,499

-- / $1,375
$5,499 / 1 $3,953

-28.1% / $988
$9,452 / 2 - ERNEST & CELESTINE
GKIDS

12 $2,898

-73.7% / $242
$131,767 / 32 $2,108

-27.3% / $176
$133,875 / 33 $3,032

+43.8% / $253
$136,907 / 34 $3,400

+12.1% / $283
$140,307 / 35 - AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Weinstein Company

81 $2,890

-67.8% / $36
$37,674,988 / 95 $5,124

+77.3% / $63
$37,680,112 / 96 $3,986

-22.2% / $49
$37,684,098 / 97 $3,234

-18.9% / $40
$37,687,332 / 98 - GLORIA (2014)
Roadside Attractions

36 $2,726

-54.3% / $76
$2,028,112 / 67 $3,415

+25.3% / $95
$2,031,527 / 68 $3,010

-11.9% / $84
$2,034,537 / 69 $2,910

-3.3% / $81
$2,037,447 / 70 - WINTER'S TALE
Warner Bros.

85 $1,573

-52% / $19
$12,593,233 / 46 $1,829

+16.3% / $22
$12,595,062 / 47 $2,371

+29.6% / $28
$12,597,433 / 48 $2,798

+18% / $33
$12,600,231 / 49 - STALINGRAD (2014)
Sony / Columbia

66 $2,037

-49.5% / $31
$1,006,179 / 32 $2,149

+5.5% / $33
$1,008,328 / 33 $1,988

-7.5% / $30
$1,010,316 / 34 $2,052

+3.2% / $31
$1,012,368 / 35 - WALKING WITH DINOSAURS
Fox

42 $1,687

-73.2% / $40
$36,053,507 / 102 $2,020

+19.7% / $48
$36,055,527 / 103 $2,238

+10.8% / $53
$36,057,765 / 104 $1,997

-10.8% / $48
$36,059,762 / 105 - VAMPIRE ACADEMY
Weinstein Company

24 $567

-62% / $24
$7,786,523 / 53 $645

+13.8% / $27
$7,787,168 / 54 $662

+2.6% / $28
$7,787,830 / 55 $723

+9.2% / $30
$7,788,553 / 56 - BLOOD TIES (2014)
Roadside Attractions

5 $230

-69.6% / $46
$41,459 / 11 $353

+53.5% / $71
$41,812 / 12 $415

+17.6% / $83
$42,227 / 13 $245

-41% / $49
$42,472 / 14 - ALPHAVILLE (2013 RE-RELEASE)
Rialto

- $427

+186.6% / $427
$26,431 / 53
N/A $214

-- / $214
$26,645 / 55
N/

 

drops for everything as expected but I am surprised Noah did not drop harder

Edited April 4, 2014 by John Marston

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Hollywood aims a huge percentage of its budgets and focus on basically the 12-25 demo. If you're in it, great! If not, it's kinda slim pickings for a lot of the year.

 

Look, it's not like I hate genre movies or action movies or whatever. It's just that, from a movie standpoint, I can't remember the last time I was shocked or stunned or surprised by anything in CBMs.

I am sorry that you are in your 80s and the nursing home only takes to see CMB or blockbuster since that is what the staff wants to see.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Road to Perdition won Cinematography

I should have said superhero movies.

[Shawn Robbins]

You can't blame Hollywood.For every original film like gravity that becomes a huge hit many others flop.Also its very unpredictable ...So as a student of finance I can see why they make sequels to ensure steady cashflow.If they really like an idea they try to make a new idea into film.

 

(In bold): That's often because studios greenlight films that shouldn't be greenlit, and/or they don't allow for as much creative control as they should. Original movies don't bomb inherently, just as franchise movies don't succeed inherently.

 

Movies are a business, so franchises are naturally part of that. But they don't have to be the driving force. Hollywood survived for decades without the over-reliance it now has on them.

Edited April 4, 2014 by ShawnMR

[Biggestgeekever]

Look, it's not like I hate genre movies or action movies or whatever. It's just that, from a movie standpoint, I can't remember the last time I was shocked or stunned or surprised by anything in CBMs.

 

That surprised you and you know it... GEEZER!

 

I can't believe that was nearly 6 years ago. God, now I feel like a geezer.

Edited April 4, 2014 by Biggestgeekever

[Dementeleus]

2012 was a year where films like skyfall,ta,tdkr life of pi reigned at the box office and it was a delight to lovers of cinema as well.

 

There are runs and streaks occasionally. But even here, the fact that you're using a Bond film as evidence of some sort of variety is kinda funny. Even more telling is despite the big successes of many mid-budget, adult-oriented movies, studios refuse to actually make them, and rely on the occasional outside producer to do it.

[redfirebird2008]

Hollywood aims a huge percentage of its budgets and focus on basically the 12-25 demo. If you're in it, great! If not, it's kinda slim pickings for a lot of the year.

 

Look, it's not like I hate genre movies or action movies or whatever. It's just that, from a movie standpoint, I can't remember the last time I was shocked or stunned or surprised by anything in CBMs.

 

Ledger's performance was every bit as stunning as anything DDL or others have done in the last 20 years.

[Dementeleus]

So as a student of finance I can see why they make sequels to ensure steady cashflow.If they really like an idea they try to make a new idea into film.

 

Hollywood runs on fear. Absolutely. Execs used to bank on producing, directing, and acting talent. Now they do not -- they bank on "name recognition".