a2k Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) Remember the rollercoster the forums and the title of the thread went through when DoS released last year - Apocalypse! => Apocalypse Cancelled! => Apocalypse back again! It was fun. We might be in for that again this weekend. Edited December 19, 2014 by a2k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 @BoxOffice: THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES took in an estimated $9.96M on Thursday. 2-Day domestic total stands at $34.41M. #TheHobbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) To be frank, the Hobbit movies look amazing but the plotting & story are not quite there. Compare Frodo's dramatic soul-crushing journey in the original Trilogy to Bilbo's bumbling happy-go-luckiness. The audience is not that easily impressed anymore. I actually like Bilbo a lot more as a character than Frodo. He has vastly more depth and personality. Frodo is basically a stock, personality-less heroic figure. Sam is a stock, totally selfless and self-sacrificing sidekick. Bilbo is an actual person. I agree that the Hobbit trilogy is a little disappointing overall, but I think the acting is actually pretty good. McKellan is brilliant as always as Gandalf, and Freeman is terrific as well. The failing, imo, rests with the film making choices. Edited December 19, 2014 by Wrath 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonstersandRoy Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) ‘Hobbit’ Finale Blowing Past Projections After $10 Million Thursday at Box Office - The Wrap TheWrap still think the film could do north of $85 million for 5 days. Night at the Museum 3 bought in $491,000 from 2,531 locations in night showings. Edited December 19, 2014 by MonstersandRoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Are those numbers good or bad for NATM3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) 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. So far we're looking at: 11.2M Previews 13.3M Wednesday 10.0M Thursday (-24.8%) Let's say 40% Friday increase, high teens Sunday drop 14.0M Friday (+40.0%) 16.8M Saturady (+20.0%) 13.9M Sunday (-17.5%) 79.2M 5-day 68.0M w/o previews 44.7M 3-day It might break 210M with that. Edited December 19, 2014 by Spizzer - Manav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Are those numbers good or bad for NATM3? Ehhhh. Mostly crap. Like almost everything these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood26 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) I will say this. I saw the last 2 Hobbit movies opening night so did my best friend and roommate... but we are all seeing this one tonight. I expect the jump to be bigger, all 3 LOTR movies opened on a Wednesday. This is the first Hobbit movie to open mid week. I think awareness of a mid week release wasn't as known/expected. Edited December 19, 2014 by Jay Hollywood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 @BoxOffice: THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES took in an estimated $9.96M on Thursday. 2-Day domestic total stands at $34.41M. #TheHobbit At least it went up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 NATM can't be that bad of numbers; I mean 500k isn't great, but it's a family film opening in December... was anyone expecting big numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Are those numbers good or bad for NATM3? Expected, NATM3 isn't exactly a preview showing type of movie. It will mainly play with families over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS took in $1.22M on Thursday. 7-Day domestic total stands at $30.84M. #ExodusGodsAndKings PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR took in $0.502M on Thursday. Domestic total stands at $60.65M. #PenguinsOfMadagascar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1 took in $1.09M on Thursday. Domestic total stands at $281.48M. #Mockingjay I think that +7% 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Lightning Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Slightly below CF's 9.7% increase. Pretty good overall. Lets see how it holds up this weekend though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Wide (1000+) # Title Thu, Dec. 18 2014 Locations Avg. Total Wks. Dist. 1 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies $9,955,093 -59% 3,875 -- $2,569 $34,407,210 0 Warner Bros. / New Line 2 Exodus: Gods and Kings $1,224,317 -7% 3,503 -- $350 $30,836,511 1 Fox 3 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 $1,086,893 6% 3,731 -323 $291 $281,476,689 4 Lionsgate 4 Penguins of Madagascar $502,280 9% 3,312 -463 $152 $60,647,461 3 Fox / DreamWorks Animation 5 Horrible Bosses 2 $412,381 -9% 2,502 -898 $165 $45,574,692 3 Warner Bros. / New Line 6 Big Hero 6 $403,711 8% 2,776 -392 $145 $186,878,423 6 Disney 7 The Theory of Everything $279,437 1% 1,220 394 $229 $18,232,573 6 Focus 8 Dumb and Dumber To $144,395 -18% 2,073 -1015 $70 $82,909,160 5 Universal 9 St. Vincent $62,457 -14% 1,012 -420 $62 $42,163,686 10 Weinstein Company Limited (100 — 999) # Title Thu, Dec. 18 2014 Locations Avg. Total Wks. Dist. 1 Wild (2014) $146,788 -8% 116 95 $1,265 $3,060,737 2 Fox Searchlight 2 Birdman $129,143 -6% 541 -197 $239 $21,339,047 9 Fox Searchlight 3 Gone Girl $86,472 -10% 696 -509 $124 $164,827,458 11 Fox 4 Nightcrawler $60,394 -14% 798 -471 $76 $31,367,692 7 Open Road 5 Fury (2014) $53,346 -9% 726 -226 $73 $84,535,224 9 Sony / Columbia 6 The Homesman $41,849 -8% 222 68 $189 $1,824,667 5 Roadside Attractions 7 The Pyramid $31,967 -21% 540 -49 $59 $2,580,586 2 Fox 8 Citizenfour $20,426 9% 105 1 $195 $1,982,852 8 RADiUS-TWC 9 The Maze Runner $18,556 16% 221 -54 $84 $101,692,018 13 Fox 10 Beyond the Lights $16,761 -16% 459 -368 $37 $14,415,523 5 Relativity Media 11 The Judge $15,409 -11% 236 -162 $65 $46,822,601 10 Warner Bros. 12 John Wick $13,150 -15% 260 -147 $51 $42,477,358 8 Lionsgate / Summit 13 The Book of Life (2014) $12,912 11% 207 -38 $62 $48,800,182 9 Fox 14 The Boxtrolls $10,372 28% 223 -21 $47 $50,260,371 12 Focus 15 Rosewater $8,037 -3% 115 -87 $70 $3,073,125 5 Open Road 16 Ouija $7,485 -2% 168 -186 $45 $50,856,010 8 Universal 17 Annabelle $2,601 20% 101 -48 $26 $84,273,813 11 Warner Bros. / New Line Platform (1 — 99) # Title Thu, Dec. 18 2014 Locations Avg. Total Wks. Dist. 1 The Imitation Game $81,045 1% 25 17 $3,242 $2,296,961 3 Weinstein Company 2 Inherent Vice $28,572 -1% 5 -- $5,714 $452,705 1 Warner Bros 3 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar $6,625 -17% 40 0 $166 $8,326,333 37 Warner Bros. / IMAX 4 Dear White People $4,012 7% 29 -14 $138 $4,342,912 9 Roadside Attractions 5 The Best of Me $3,681 7% 90 -33 $41 $26,601,180 9 Relativity Media 6 The Good Lie $3,614 9% 35 6 $103 $2,667,178 11 Warner Bros. 7 Dolphin Tale 2 $2,806 208% 66 -46 $43 $42,024,533 14 Warner Bros. 8 The Skeleton Twins $473 -4% 7 -2 $68 $5,281,613 14 Roadside Attractions 9 Keep On Keepin' On $240 41% 3 -3 $80 $163,745 13 RADiUS-TWC 10 Hector and the Search for Happiness $153 -19% 22 -35 $7 $1,124,445 13 Relativity Media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
