Wknd Estimates: Nolan = 50M | BH6 = 56M+(pg 72) (who cares, our forum lives!)

[Frozen]

All government employees are off and many schools are out.

[ecstasy]

Is that a holiday for everyone or only for (Vietnam?)veterans?

 

Not everyone (like me). But schools, government and banks are closed as well as other businesses.  That's a huge chunk of the U.S. population.

[JohnnyGossamer]

How many people are even off for Veterans Day? My company doesn't give us that day off. Is it just government and bank employees?

I'm off tomorrow. That's why I'm seeing Big Hero 6 tonight and then either St. Vincent or Dear White People tomorrow. Anyone here see Dear White People? Looks more intriguing than St. Vincent so I'm leaning in that direction.

[Deep Wang]

@giteshpandya 3m3 minutes ago

2nd source also telling me #Interstellar wknd ended up just under $47M. SUN dropped 34%, not 21% as Par predicted. $49M cume since WED.

Parafraud is truly shameless.

They are just the estimates. Thst happens almost every weekend.

Let's wait until the actuals come in to call them shameless.

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

That is a pretty bold overestimate from Paramount though… all for the sake of, "IT GROSSED $50 MILLION OW!" 

 

That said, I'm disappointed that it didn't get higher, if only to have two top grossers in the $50 million range. Interested to see how good the legs are, if it plays like a typical Nolan film.

 

BH6 is so much love though. Wish it could've broken $60 million, but it increased from WIR and likely on track for $200 million plus. 

Edited November 10, 2014 by WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

[JohnnyGossamer]

They are just the estimates. Thst happens almost every weekend.

Let's wait until the actuals come in to call them shameless.

Just glad you didn't put the words "Paramount" and "actuals" in the same sentence. Would've been an oxymoron after the TransFudgers incident earlier this summer...

[Noctis]

As if anyone believed that Interstellar wouldn't fall from its $50m estimate. LOL. 

 

But this is funny. 

[JohnnyGossamer]

As if anyone believed that Interstellar wouldn't fall from its $50m estimate. LOL. 

 

But this is funny. 

I think the estimated Saturday to Sunday drop of just over 20% growing to an actual drop of just under 35% is what caused some commotion. But, as you said, it was to be expected.

Edited November 10, 2014 by JohnnyGossamer

[redfirebird2008]

 

That said, I'm disappointed that it didn't get higher, if only to have two top grossers in the $50 million range. Interested to see how good the legs are, if it plays like a typical Nolan film.

 

 

It's not a typical Nolan movie and I'll be surprised if it plays like one. Expecting poor legs. I loved the movie but will be shocked if audiences turn it into a domestic hit.

[Dark Jedi Master 007]

I've heard a few convos about it today. Not enough to convince me that legs will be good, but enough to hope for that. I think a lot of people want to talk about the experience even if they didn't like it. It's just not the type of film you normally see.

[kitik]

That is a pretty bold overestimate from Paramount though… all for the sake of, "IT GROSSED $50 MILLION OW!" 

 

Let's wait until the actuals come in to call them shameless.

 

 

So it looks like the 5-day is actually under 50M.

 

Will Paramount dare announce that, or will they borrow a little bit from Tuesday and Thursday to claim 50.1?

[Ezen Baklattan]

Big Hero 6 will easily be number 1 next weekend. Dumb and Dumber To just won't click enough with today's audiences to get much past $30m. It should beat Interstellar though. As far as I see ATM:

 

1. Big Hero 6 - $37m

2. Dumb and Dumber To - $29m

3. Interstellar - $25m

[4815162342]

#ethicsinboxofficereporting

[Deep Wang]

That is a pretty bold overestimate from Paramount though… all for the sake of, "IT GROSSED $50 MILLION OW!"

That said, I'm disappointed that it didn't get higher, if only to have two top grossers in the $50 million range. Interested to see how good the legs are, if it plays like a typical Nolan film.

BH6 is so much love though. Wish it could've broken $60 million, but it increased from WIR and likely on track for $200 million plus.

22JS did the same thing this summer to get $60m. Then the actuals came in way under. But since that wasn't Paramount nobody seemed to care much.

Most of the population doesn't even notice this. We are just part of that community that does.

[John Harris]

Not everyone (like me). But schools, government and banks are closed as well as other businesses.  That's a huge chunk of the U.S. population.

 

Public schools here in Maryland are open on Veterans Day.  So it varies depending where you live.

[ecstasy]

22JS did the same thing this summer to get $60m. Then the actuals came in way under. But since that wasn't Paramount nobody seemed to care much.

Most of the population doesn't even notice this. We are just part of that community that does.

 

22JS did the same thing this summer to get $60m. Then the actuals came in way under. But since that wasn't Paramount nobody seemed to care much.

Most of the population doesn't even notice this. We are just part of that community that does.

 

Oh yeah. They do it all the time. Universal did it for Bourne Legacy to get to 40m headlines. The actuals came in at 38m.

 

Studios overestimate the weekends all the time. I think Paramount gets on the hot seat for fudging actuals. They've done it twice already.

[The Futurist]

 

Look at our little cupcake.

[Orestes]

 

Look at our little cupcake.

 

That is not a cupcake, that is a human female /drax.

[Rthmessiah]

BH6

F

15,809,055

S 24,050,595

S 16,356,239

WE 56,215,889

[La Binoche]

‏@giteshpandya  2m2 minutes ago

Final opening wknd gross on #BigHero6 came in at $56,215,889, exactly what Disney projected yesterday. No inflating of #s here.

 

Lmao, poor Nolan, poor Paramount.