wboxoffice Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Guys the 2 new movies that are out right now suck. Point blank. To me, New Year's Eve looked like some pointless movie where they threw random stars together and labelled it "new year's eve" in hope to cash in for the holidays. I just don't even see what the story is, the whole movie trailer looks like they are just showing us star after star for no reason. They failed big time as the public isn't stupid. As for The Sitter, it looks dumb and rude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Guys the 2 new movies that are out right now suck.Exactly, that's the main reason why numbers aren't hot right now. Had they released the same movies last year they wouldn't have fared any better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) That's not true. Around Thanksgiving people have a few days off (i assume, i don't live in the USA), that's why numbers are inflated, and as previously said in the last third of December, leading up to Christmas and New Year. Otherwise box office behaves ordinary.As far as Holiday Season goes, i meant the time when people actually don't have to work or go to school.ok Edited December 13, 2011 by ECSTASY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) Guys the 2 new movies that are out right now suck. Point blank. To me, New Year's Eve looked like some pointless movie where they threw random stars together and labelled it "new year's eve" in hope to cash in for the holidays. I just don't even see what the story is, the whole movie trailer looks like they are just showing us star after star for no reason. They failed big time as the public isn't stupid. As for The Sitter, it looks dumb and rude.Right. You get no argument from me. Somebody has a post on Speakeasy addressing this very issue. Edited December 13, 2011 by ECSTASY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 We'll see what happens when schools are completely out. Not college, but K-12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Exactly, that's the main reason why numbers aren't hot right now. Had they released the same movies last year they wouldn't have fared any better.Most likely, but I bet if they were released in 2002, they'd be selling twice as many tickets as they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 On the contrary, the BO climate was so good at the time that pretty much everything sold more tickets then they would have in any normal year.This weekend says more about the climate than the movies themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) Yeah but twice the amount of tickets is crazy talk, maybe 20-30%. I disagree, this weekend says more about the movies.2002 (year) 1,575.7 (tickets sold) 478 (number of movies)2010 (year) 1,339.1 (tickets sold) 534 (number of movies) Edited December 13, 2011 by Elessar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 This weekend says more about the climate than the movies themselves.It's both. The box office is fluctuating more as of late, but people are growing sicker of seeing the same old garbage. New Year's Eve opening to a measly 13 million is the biggest slap in the face I can think of to the Hollywood machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 That's over 200m tickets difference. The gap will only be wider this year.And I don't think that it's the fault of the movies, which are as good as ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 We are not talking about movies in general but last week's openers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 But then the question is, why aren't people seeing the holdovers? Apparently Arthur Christmas, The Muppets and Hugo are all brilliant. People should be flocking to them in droves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 But then the question is, why aren't people seeing the holdovers? Apparently Arthur Christmas, The Muppets and Hugo are all brilliant. People should be flocking to them in droves. Because they don't have much mainstream appeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I'm sure there ware movies in 2002 considered brilliant that didn't do gangbusters. Did Aardman Animations ever had a big movie? I believe no Muppets movie was ever a blockbuster. Hugo seems like an acquiered taste. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Wow, what a weak Monday. BD1 continues to show negative growth rate against New Moon for the second straight day. Following New Moon from here would result in $287.2 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariadne Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Really bad for BD1. Dismal time at the box office for pretty much everything - bring on the weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 So in the end, it was NYE which ended BD1's chances of passing DH1. I like the movie. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) Good. DH1 had to face a $63m 5-day opener five days into its release. BD1 had such lofty competition it's actually shocking.Plus, this makes me more impressed with DH2's domestic performance. It managed to get a 2.24 multiplier after having an OW that was 20% higher than DH1 in admissions. Plus, it received STIFF competition.DH2 would have passed $400m in its sleep had it had the minimal competition BD1 has had so far. Edited December 14, 2011 by Noctis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) Not only that, but if you take the midnights out of the equation, both DH1 and DH2 had the exact same multiplier, 2.69, which is phenomenal because even then DH2 is $25 million ahead Edited December 14, 2011 by spizzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
