Friday, Dec. 26 Box Office: Hobbit 15.6, Unbroken 12.3, ITW 12.2, NATM 7.4 (full BOM weekend #s on p14)

[rockNrollaDIM]

Agree and this limited opening while solid ain't exactly scorching. Especially when you look at American Sniper next to it. Gonna be a beast.

[Moviedweeb]

BOTFA

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic: $168,522,000 29.4%

+ Foreign: $405,100,000 70.6%

= Worldwide: $573,622,000

[John Marston]

BOTFA

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic: $168,522,000 29.4%

+ Foreign: $405,100,000 70.6%

= Worldwide: $573,622,000

 

 

hmmm, that overseas number is lower than I expected. 

[iceroll]

12 Years a Slave was too violent/hard to watch for a lot of people. Selma's only rated PG-13 so it can be a lot more widely appealing.

 

Plus Queen Oprah, do not underestimate ha.

 

[eXtacy]

That foreign number would be quite poor, its falling behind DOS

[CoolioD1]

Was just on this page. My favorites are "Vagina flash" "Child Molester Director" "Bush" "Gay Cowboys" "Feminism"

 

http://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=controversy.htm

[BoxOfficeFangrl]

12 Years a Slave was too violent/hard to watch for a lot of people. Selma's only rated PG-13 so it can be a lot more widely appealing.

 

Plus Queen Oprah, do not underestimate ha.

 

 

Being that Selma will expand nationwide around the MLK holiday it's bound to get that "school field trip" money like Lincoln...

[iceroll]

Was just on this page. My favorites are "Vagina flash" "Child Molester Director" "Bush" "Gay Cowboys" "Feminism"

 

http://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=controversy.htm

Kind of sad that "Global Warming" has to be on a controversial issues list. I can't believe climate change deniers are actually a big movement in the US.

[riczhang]

Plus Queen Oprah, do not underestimate ha.

You mean No-prah Win-free?

[paul75]

Being that Selma will expand nationwide around the MLK holiday it's bound to get that "school field trip" money like Lincoln...

 

Selma will have American Sniper in second weekend. And American Sniper is going to be a massive hit. And Oprah? Really? Oprah wasnt able to get na oscar nomination last year when she is friend with every single AMPAS member.

 

Selma needs Pitt to start promoting it. But since he doesnt even wanted a producer credit for the movie I am not sure he will do something to promote it.

Edited December 28, 2014 by paul75

[Warhorse]

Kind of sad that "Global Warming" has to be on a controversial issues list. I can't believe climate change deniers are actually a big movement in the US.

Eh, there are people in the US that still believe JFK was killed by one man with a magic bullet.

[Frozen]

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice  3m3 minutes ago

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING: $4.5M Overseas Total / $26.8M Global Total #TheoryOfEverything

 

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice  36s36 seconds ago

GONE GIRL: $191M Overseas Total / $357M Global Total #GoneGirl

 

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice  11s11 seconds ago

PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR: $160.5M Overseas Total / $231.5M Global Total #PenguinsOfMadagascar

[Frozen]

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice  1m1 minute ago

EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS: $97M Overseas Total / $149.5M Global Total #ExodusMovie

 

 

It will be interesting to see if this can make back the money.

[CJohn]

Exodus with a terrible WW result. No way around that.

[Jandrew]

Exodus with a terrible WW result. No way around that.

Fox's own fault.

Edited December 28, 2014 by Jandrew

[Jack Nevada]

I heard there's a Selma backlash brewing. Something about historical inaccuracies.

[CJohn]

Fox's own fault.

What could have they done more? Marketing was great, IMO. 

[MrPink]

What could have they done more? Marketing was great, IMO.

Put a muzzle on Ridley Scott, cast a more diverse set of actors

[Jandrew]

What could have they done more? Marketing was great, IMO.

1. Not make God a human child.

2. Not make everyone white.

3. Make the actual sea part.

4. Basically make it how people who believe in it were expecting.

Its not a coincidence that the 2 major religious movies this year have bombed, while all the smaller, more FAITHFUL movies have been successes. Who saw Heaven is for Real making $91M? Nobody. HIFR will beat Exodus. Thats not supposed to happen, but it will happen when one movie alienates its audiences while the other gives them what they want to see.

Edited December 28, 2014 by Jandrew

[4815162342]

1. Not make God a human child.

 

Wait, so in Exodus an all-powerful being controlling forces that affect the lives of a multitude of people by causing a cascade of disasters killing untold numbers and wrecking the lives of many others as part of an ultimate plan to "save" some people is represented by a child avatar?

 

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Who the fuck let Casey Hudson and Mac Walters in that writing room?

Edited December 28, 2014 by 4815162342