Chewy Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I missed this part of Ray's report when I skimmed through it on Sunday: http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3896&p=.htm "Finally, it's worth considering whether or not the first Sin City was actually as well-liked as it appears to be. The movie received good reviews and has a spot on IMDb's Top 250 list, but that sampling could be inconsistent with more general views on it." He's not wrong. Although idk why he'd assume a spot on IMDB's top 250 would be consistent with general views in the first place 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accursed Arachnid!™ Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 He's not wrong. Although idk why he'd assume a spot on IMDB's top 250 would be consistent with general views in the first place Just three years ago, a dissenting opinion on Sin City was pretty rare. Now I'm hearing them all over the place. I'm not saying you've changed your opinion or never voiced it before, but the "vocal minority" is coming out of the woodwork after SC2 bombed. It's flat annoying. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Just three years ago, a dissenting opinion on Sin City was pretty rare. Now I'm hearing them all over the place. I'm not saying you've changed your opinion or never voiced it before, but the "vocal minority" is coming out of the woodwork after SC2 bombed. It's flat annoying. It's annoying to consider that Sin City was a niche movie that was only really loved by its niche audience? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Niche, lol.Neech in Arabic means fuck.Makes me giggiru. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 GotG -42% to last week TMNT -54% Let's Be Cops -51% Giver -55% Expendables 3 -57% 100-Foot -36% Lucy -44% Into The Storm -61% Apes -53% 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Walt Disney Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Lucy is really hanging in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Wait... is LEGO Movie still playing somewhere? It's been out on DVD since June! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Disney Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Wait... is LEGO Movie still playing somewhere? It's been out on DVD since June! I hope so for WB's sake. It's not going to catch CA:TWS at the BO by just being on DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rthmessiah Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 If Doctor Who Season premiere had been reported it would rank #2 for yesterday 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Disney Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 If Doctor Who Season premiere had been reported it would rank #2 for yesterday Wow. That's impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Lucy is really hanging in there. Oversees: Luc Besson’s Lucy continued flexing its muscle overseas this weekend with an additional $34M in its 4th session. Of that, $28.5M was earned across 38 territories where Universal is releasing. The international total for Universal is now $65M and the overall offshore take is $103M. The Scarlett Johansson-led sci-fi actioner has now bested the $81.8M overseas box office of 2008’s Taken. Besson co-wrote and produced, but did not direct, that pic which established Liam Neeson as an international action draw and spawned a lucrative franchise. It’s also surpassed comp title Limitless ($82.6M). With 22 markets still to roll out through September, it will continue to grow. Next weekend, Lucy opens in nine territories including Brazil, Mexico, Thailand and Japan where Besson has a strong track record. Among the new opening markets this frame, Lucy debuted at No. 1 in Israel, New Zealand, Portugal, Serbia/Montenegro, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Ukraine and the UK/Ireland. It also held first place for the second week in Germanywhere its 11-day total is $10.1M. With a huge $6.3M at 69 dates, Taiwan had Universal’s 2nd biggest opening behindFast & Furious 6 and the best bow ever for Besson. It was also worth a massive $91,300 per screen. Besson’s recent publicity tour in Taipei paid off. In theUK/Ireland, Lucy earned $5.2M at 482 dates and 26% of the market. That’s Universal’s 4th No. 1 opening this year and, as with many other markets, is the biggest-ever opening of a film directed by Besson. Spain had 44% of the market with $3.5M at 335 dates. The debut gives Universal its biggest opening of 2014 and Besson’s biggest opening ever in the country. Across Chile, Israel, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Serbia/Montenegro, Singapore, Sweden and Ukraine, Besson also notched his biggest openings ever. Ahead of the weekend, Lucy was running as the No. 7 film of the year in France where it’s released by Besson’s EuropaCorp. Source: Deadline Lucy sells over 72000 tickets here in the first 4 days. Insane debut. Easily the biggest of the year. Previous holder of that record was TF4 with 60000 tickets sold. It also beats the openings of last year's The Hunger Games 2, Frozen, World War Z and every single Marvel movie from the Avengers Universe (yes, it had a bigger OW than The Avengers!). Doubled the OWs of Man of Steel and CA2. It will pass the totals of Godzilla and Edge of Tomorrow today! Final OW number of tickets sold here: 73150. It keeps getting bigger The movie is jumping from yesterday. Crazy performance. Just crazy. A bigger first Monday than first Sunday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accursed Arachnid!™ Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 It's annoying to consider that Sin City was a niche movie that was only really loved by its niche audience? Actually, I didn't care for the SC graphic novels, but the movie won me over. If that makes me "niche", I guess I'm "niche". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Wait... is LEGO Movie still playing somewhere? It's been out on DVD since June! This week still in 7 places (Sunday and Minday av. theaters = $8). Was never out, but sloooowly decreasing theaters Might be a Labor Day thingie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketheavenger Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I hope so for WB's sake. It's not going to catch CA:TWS at the BO by just being on DVD. They want to keep it in theaters longer than Frozen. Good luck with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Disney Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 They want to keep it in theaters longer than Frozen. Good luck with that. I know Frozen. Frozen was a friend of mine. And The Lego Movie is no Frozen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jandrew Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 If Doctor Who Season premiere had been reported it would rank #2 for yesterdayThats TV though. TV is still way bigger than movies. In 2007 when High School Musical 2 premiered to 17M viewers, it would have equated too a $118M opening day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TServo2049 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Are you sure Rth is not referring to the NCM Fathom theatrical screening of the premiere? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rthmessiah Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Are you sure Rth is not referring to the NCM Fathom theatrical screening of the premiere? Yep was in over 650 theatres last night also had a a few on Sat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ando918 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Terrific legs for Guardians. Top 3 at the U.S. box office for 2014 now have an average RT score of 90%. Top 11 at the U.S. box office for 2014 have an average RT score of 75%. Transformers 4 is the mind-boggling outlier at #4 with only an 18%. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
