Wednesday Official: Interstellar 1.35M (1st time in a decade #1 movie is a limited release)

[#ED]

Ahead of the weekend, Interstellar is playing for two days at 249 theaters: all of these theaters are showing the movie on film only (no digital projection). Paramount is estimating that the movie will earn at least $1.5 million on Wednesday, which will be enough for first place at the box office. From what we can tell, this will be the first time in over a decade that a movie took first place while in limited release (Chicago did it for three days in January 2003).

 

http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3953&p=.htm

 

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RTH - 1.2M

Edited November 6, 2014 by #ED

[#ED]

FYI, it looks like Tuesday previews will be included into Wednesday total gross. Similar to all movies who do Thursday night previews.

[redfirebird2008]

Paramount fudging again.

[ZappBrannigan]

So is the trend for this weekend going to be that Paramount is fudging numbers if any Interstellar numbers are good?  I can't wait for the endless Puerto Rico jokes.

[James]

Paramount fudging again.

That makes no sense. This is not an OW, to make headlines. It's a simple preview number. They have no reason to inflate it.

[#ED]

It's only fudging if it's a Michael Bay movie.

 

Fudging for a Nolan movie shall not be called "Fudging".

 

We're just getting the gross we deserve, but not the one we need right now.

[Sal]

That makes no sense. This is not an OW, to make headlines. It's a simple preview number. They have no reason to inflate it.

 

They've fudged other numbers in the past too, not just OW.

 

The trouble is that this gives them the reputation of being dishonest and makes people reluctant to trust their stated numbers regardless of whether they're for previews, OW or overall.

[James]

It's only fudging if it's a Michael Bay movie.

 

Fudging for a Nolan movie shall not be called "Fudging".

 

We're just getting the gross we deserve, but not the one we need right now.

You're a relative of Bilbo, aren't you?

[redfirebird2008]

That makes no sense. This is not an OW, to make headlines. It's a simple preview number. They have no reason to inflate it.

 

We have RTH's number and it is probably very close to the truth. They are fudging.

[Empire]

That makes no sense. This is not an OW, to make headlines. It's a simple preview number. They have no reason to inflate it.

That is what would make it even funnier if they did fudge. Unless Rth changes his #, then it looks like they fudged.

[La Binoche]

Paramount is truly shameless. 

 

[James]

That is what would make it even funnier if they did fudge. Unless Rth changes his #, then it looks like they fudged.

Tu/We it should go over 1m atm go with 1.1-1.2m,  not sure how i'tll get to 1.5 but it is odd collection of theaters LOL so..

 

So even Rth admitted it's more of an estimate. Let's chill and wait for Friday before we jump at Paramount's throat.

[eXtacy]

I dont think paramount has reported any updates numbers, maybe boxofficemojo is just taking what has been said before

[grim22]

Official OD numbers - 1.4M 

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/11/06/wednesday-box-office-chris-nolans-intersteller-earns-1-4m-in-limited-release/

[LexJoker]

Official OD numbers - 1.4M 

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/11/06/wednesday-box-office-chris-nolans-intersteller-earns-1-4m-in-limited-release/

So does it top the daily chart?

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Official OD numbers - 1.4M

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/11/06/wednesday-box-office-chris-nolans-intersteller-earns-1-4m-in-limited-release/

Lol fudgestellar by paramount.

[#ED]

Lol fudgestellar by paramount.

 

RTH stated that he wasn't sure about estimates due to certain theaters being used in the limited release.

[ACCA]

Rth was wrong. Official numbers are in. The resident cynics and "class clowns" of these forums now look like fools for jumping to conclusions and making jokes off of said conclusions .

Edited November 6, 2014 by ACCA

[#ED]

So, with margins of error established, let’s use last night’s $1.4m as the comparative number to Skyfall‘s $2.2m IMAX-only debut. If the films perform similarly, then the Matthew McConaughey/Jessica Chastain/Anne Hathaway/Michael Caine adventure will earn around $57m by Sunday night. Now keeping in mind that the Thursday numbers will go into the till and Interstellar is debuting on nearly half as many screens as Skyfall did before the weekend, I would imagine a push to cross the $60m mark would be in order over the traditional weekend. But of course Interstellar is 169 minutes long and is less of a known entity than Skyfall, which is why frankly I’m pretty comfortable using them as comparison points.

[druv10]

We have RTH's number and it is probably very close to the truth. They are fudging.

 

To be fair, 1.2M or 1.4M isn't going to make or break Interstellar. Plus Rth already said theater release was very weird so he could have been off by 200K. I really doubt Paramount is fudging with this number.