Kalo Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 The Hobbit is pretty much doing what it could have at this point. AUJ peaked through curiosity of returning to Middle Earth, but it and DOS weren't strong enough on their own to keep growing. On the other hand, god damn, we need something to break out NOW. I'm starting to think that Into The Woods might be our savior. If not, I wonder if we could get another strong January with Selma, American Sniper, The Wedding Ringer, and maybe even Paddington. I think it's more about momentum, everyone thought 2014 was going to fall short compared too previous years, so it did, and now a sort of domino effect has caused movies to be underwhelming this year. but 2015 on the other hand, most people have been talking about 3 movies for months now: Star Wars 7, Avengers 2 and Batman V Superman. lets just hope 2015 lives up to the hype. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Why not? the bigger the opening is, the smaller the multiplier will be. We have seen it many times before (i.e, Mockingjay will have a better multiplier than Catching Fire) It will be easier for BOTFA to reach that multiplier, given that its OD was 10M lower. Because it is 11 years later and frontloading is much worse today. And because ROTK had Oscar buzz, which helped fuel its legs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketheavenger Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I think it's more about momentum, everyone thought 2014 was going to fall short compared too previous years, so it did, and now a sort of domino effect has caused movies to be underwhelming this year. but 2015 on the other hand, most people have been talking about 3 movies for months now: Star Wars 7, Avengers 2 and Batman V Superman. lets just hope 2015 lives up to the hype. Batman v Superman is coming out in 2016, but I agree with your point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I thought this movie was getting "best of the trilogy" reception and now I'm hearing fans and critics hate it, what happened? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 With some nice rounded day-to-day shifts. 11.2 M Previews 12.8 M Wednesday (lol) 9.6 M Thursday (-25.0%) 12.2 M Friday (+27.5%) 15.0 M Saturday (+22.5%) 11.3 M Sunday (-25.0%) 72.1M 5-Day 60.9M without previews Ehh, Friday jump will probably be stronger, it'll still get into the expected range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I thought this movie was getting "best of the trilogy" reception and now I'm hearing fans and critics hate it, what happened? It's actually a good film. Eons better than the other two hack jobs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 the only hope now is that casual audiences are waiting until the weekend to see it. Otherwise it is going to make less than Smaug and that is extremely disappointing considering the finale factor and the fact they were really pushing the marketing this time around 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) Batman v Superman is coming out in 2016, but I agree with your point. yeah, I know it does. 2016 looks to be a huge year as well. Edited December 18, 2014 by KaloVisor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 It's actually a good film. Eons better than the other two hack jobs. it is good, but I liked the previous too better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keysersoze123 Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 With some nice rounded day-to-day shifts. 11.2 M Previews 12.8 M Wednesday (lol) 9.6 M Thursday (-25.0%) 12.2 M Friday (+27.5%) 15.0 M Saturday (+22.5%) 11.3 M Sunday (-25.0%) 72.1M 5-Day 60.9M without previews Ehh, Friday jump will probably be stronger, it'll still get into the expected range. That would be absolutely horrible. I doubt it will be that low. Also sunday drop will be in teens rather than 25%. I am thinking 85M 5-day at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Just so beautiful knowing the finale of the Hobbit trilogy is going to take 6 days to do what DH2 did in 1. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I think varieties tracking number are gonna be right! :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asyulus Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 The reason why BOFA only did 24.4mln opening is because it was released on Wednesday, unlike the AUJ and DOS, which both of them were released in friday. BOFA will significantly increase in Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 With some nice rounded day-to-day shifts. 11.2 M Previews 12.8 M Wednesday (lol) 13.2 Wednesday (less lol but still lol) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Just so beautiful knowing the finale of the Hobbit trilogy is going to take 6 days to do what DH2 did in 1. Good, I still don't even know why this trilogy exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keysersoze123 Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I think Guru has summarized it very well. $24.5M opening day for #HobbitBattleOfFiveArmies w/ almost half coming from TUE night. Frontloaded debut week ahead. — Gitesh Pandya (@giteshpandya) December 18, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I think box office is going to be Blah until Fast Seven and TA2 hit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) Good, I still don't even know why this trilogy exists. I dunno , maybe to make Money? Edited December 18, 2014 by Elessar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I dunno , maybe to make Money? One would have been enough, two at most. And I'm not biased- I root for THG but Mockingjay is getting the same fate at the box office and deservedly so for splitting an unsplittable book. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clef Ment Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 It really is pathetic for a franchise finale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
