WKND Est. - Hobbit 56M, NATM 17M, Annie 16M, Exodus 8M, Mockingjay 7M, John Wick 115K, Interview 0M

[Blankments]

20th Century Fox unspooled Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb in 2,531 theaters, posting $491K. Keep in mind, kids were still in school as of Thursday night with only 7% k-12 out for break and 72% out for college per Rentrak. Distribs are anticipating a reversal of fortune as kids break from school today, with those percentages moving up to 81% for kids k-12, and 92% for college by tonight.

 

http://deadline.com/2014/12/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies-opening-day-box-office-interview-cyberterrorist-threat-1201329354/

Edited December 21, 2014 by Blankments

[grim22]

Annie 360k previews

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-third-night-at-757332

[Frozen]

Only $15 for Annie? That would be disappointing. 

[fmpro]

Only $15 for Annie? That would be disappointing.

Why? It looks like crap and are getting horrible reviews.

Its going to tank

Edited December 19, 2014 by fmpro

[babz06]

Per Fandango weekend sales, they are seeing Night at the Museum and Annie neck-in-neck this weekend. Annie is outpacing The Muppets  ($29.2M FSS), another family musical while director Shawn Levy’s Museum is outselling his fall production Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day ($18.4M weekend bow) at the same point in those films’ sales cycles on Fandango.

[Frozen]

No way Annie opens higher than the Muppets.

[grim22]

Threadplug, if you haven't read this week's Fact or Fiction, go here: http://forums.boxofficetheory.com/index.php?/topic/17158-box-office-fact-or-fiction-week-16-w-mgs-4815162342-and-chd-sony-hack-hobbit-star-wars-and-more/

 

Numbers, MGS and ChD provide their inputs on topics from the Sony Hack, Night at the museum, Annie, Hobbits, Star Wars and more.

[babz06]

No way Annie opens higher than the Muppets.

online sales have risen greatly in the past few years? Y/N These Fandango reports really dont tell much of anything. I wonder why sites still report on it.

[Ando918]

Wild is going to do well this weekend in its expansion to 800 theaters.  Looks like indie favorites Birdman and Theory of Everything will both finish their runs at about 30 domestic, but I can see Wild finishing at about 50 domestic.

[La Binoche]

Wild won't hit 50M. Imitation Game will hit $100M though. 

Edited December 19, 2014 by Boogie Nights

[DAJK]

I would be pleasantly surprised if NATM and Annie could open above 30 and 20M respectively

[Yandereprime101189]

Please let Night at the Museum beat Annie this week. I was never a huge fan of Annie to begin with and I don't really want to see an Annie 2 advertised two years from now.

[Noctis]

I hope Annie flops so Quafflevanicious won't sing in a film again.

There's something about her that is just so annoying...

[Jandrew]

Will someone please explain how Annie "looks like crap" ? How does it look like crap by looking at it? You can look at Seventh Son and tell its crap. You could look st Oogieloves and tell its crap. You could look at all low-budget R rated sex comedies and tell theyre all crap. How does Annie? It looks typical. You guys think if its not for you, its not for anyone, thats wrong and so subjective.

Edited December 19, 2014 by Jandrew

[CJohn]

Will someone please explain how Annie "looks like crap" ? How does it look like crap by looking at it? You can look at Seventh Son and tell its crap. You could look st Oogieloves and tell its crap. You could look at all low-budget R rated sex comedies and tell theyre all crap. How does Annie? It looks typical. You guys think if its not for you, its not for anyone, thats wrong and so subjective.

Annie looks like an epic turd. At least Seventh Son looks like stupid fun with cool special effects. 

[Frozen]

Will someone please explain how Annie "looks like crap" ? How does it look like crap by looking at it? You can look at Seventh Son and tell its crap. You could look st Oogieloves and tell its crap. You could look at all low-budget R rated sex comedies and tell theyre all crap. How does Annie? It looks typical. You guys think if its not for you, its not for anyone, thats wrong and so subjective.

 

Because Annie doesn't make sense in modern day. Everything about it is symbolic of the Great Depression. When you put it in 2014, it loses all those themes. There are certain classic plays and books that you can do in modern day and have them make sense. Like Emma being made into Clueless. But not when the whole point of it to represent a certain time period. Like Gone With The Wind wouldn't make sense in 2014 either.

[ecstasy]

Because Annie doesn't make sense in modern day. Everything about it is symbolic of the Great Depression. When you put it in 2014, it loses all those themes. There are certain classic plays and books that you can do in modern day and have them make sense. Like Emma being made into Clueless. But not when the whole point of it to represent a certain time period. Like Gone With The Wind wouldn't make sense in 2014 either.

 

Is that why the first Annie flopped hard and got bad reviews?

[Plain Old Tele]

  @KimJongNumberUn

On a more positive note, I loved "Annie."

12/19/14, 12:46 PM

[Ethan Hunt]

Will someone please explain how Annie "looks like crap" ? How does it look like crap by looking at it? You can look at Seventh Son and tell its crap. You could look st Oogieloves and tell its crap. You could look at all low-budget R rated sex comedies and tell theyre all crap. How does Annie? It looks typical. You guys think if its not for you, its not for anyone, thats wrong and so subjective.

Annie looks fantastic.

[TalismanRing]

Is that why the first Annie flopped hard and got bad reviews?

 

I think it's because John Huston had some hallucination that he was the new Vincent Minelli. 

 

The only great American film musicals in the last three decades have been animated.  Other than that only handful are even good.

 

Sad since this used to be a genre at which Hollywood once excelled.