2015 40M OWs - 23 down, 1 to go (The Force Is Not Quite Strong Enough With 2015)

[Blankments]

Last year we broke the record of 40M OWs, taking 23 OWs! Will this year beat the new record? Discuss!

 

1. American Sniper
2. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
3. Fifty Shades of Grey
4. Cinderella
5. The Divergent Series: Insurgent
6. Home
7. Furious 7
8. Avengers: Age of Ultron
9. Pitch Perfect 2
10. Mad Max: Fury Road
11. San Andreas
12. Jurassic World
13. Inside Out
14. Minions
15. Ant-Man
16. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
17. Straight Outta Compton
18. Hotel Transylvania 2
19. The Martian
20. Spectre
21. The Peanuts Movie
22. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
23. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Edited December 22, 2015 by Blan Solo

[DAJK]

For MlK weekend, if say (for example) Wedding Ringer opens to 37M 3-day and 46M 4-day, is that counted as a 40M OW? Or does it have to be 3-day?

Still, I think we may get 2 in January (Tak3n, Wedding Ringer and American Sniper all have chances, but at least 1 will fall short).

[Neo]

For MlK weekend, if say (for example) Wedding Ringer opens to 37M 3-day and 46M 4-day, is that counted as a 40M OW? Or does it have to be 3-day?

Still, I think we may get 2 in January (Tak3n, Wedding Ringer and American Sniper all have chances, but at least 1 will fall short).

3-day only.

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Movies I think that can make it:

Taken 3

Spongebob 2

Mad Max

Insidious 3

Pixels

Maze Runner 2

[mahnamahna]

1. Avengers 2: $230 million 
2. Mockingjay Part 2: $167 million 
3. Star Wars Episode VII: $124.5 million 
4. Furious 7: $124 million 
5. Jurassic World: $118 million 
6. 50 Shades of Grey: $115 million 
7. Minions: $94.5 million 
8. Spectre: $92.5 million 
9. Cinderella: $84 million 
10. Ant-Man: $77 million 
11. Inside Out: $72 million
12. Tomorrowland: $70.5 million 
13. Ted 2: $67.5 million 
14. The Good Dinosaur: $66 million 
15. Insurgent: $63 million 
16. The Jungle Book: $60.5 million 
17. Get Hard: $54 million 
18. Pitch Perfect 2: $52 million 
19. Crimson Peak: $50 million 
20. Mission Impossible 5: $48 million 
21. The Peanuts Movie: $46.5 million 
22. The Fantastic Four: $44.5 million 
23. Pixels: $43 million 
24. Paper Towns: $42 million 
25. Terminator Genysis: $41.5 million 
26. SpongeBob 2: $41 million 
27. The Wedding Ringer: $40.5 million 
28. The Maze Runner - The Scorch Trials: $40 million 

Edited January 5, 2015 by mahnamahna

[Blankments]

Putting the disclaimer here: To avoid controversy, American Sniper's opening won't be counted here or for 2014 as it is an expansion technically

[kowhite]

Putting the disclaimer here: To avoid controversy, American Sniper's opening won't be counted here or for 2014 as it is an expansion technically

I'm not sure I like this...

[The Panda]

Putting the disclaimer here: To avoid controversy, American Sniper's opening won't be counted here or for 2014 as it is an expansion technically

But then Frozen's shouldn't have counted last year.

It should be 40m+ OW within the year.

[kowhite]

The Panda...give that man some bamboo, then listen to his advice. Count it!

[Blankments]

But then Frozen's shouldn't have counted last year.

It should be 40m+ OW within the year.

I didn't run Frozen's year lol

 

I pretty sure I didn't put it as an opening if I did

[kowhite]

You liked my post Blankments...

Rule change? I just...how can you not count this. How?

If a limited release movie can go wide to 40m plus, seriously...it can't be ignored.

Edited January 21, 2015 by kowhite

[Blankments]

Fuck it, I'm putting up to a poll; will check the results tomorrow

 

I don't think it should count but whatever

[The Panda]

I didn't run Frozen's year lol

I pretty sure I didn't put it as an opening if I did

I'm just going to call BS on that. When we talk about OW we mean the wide opening, technically it did expand, but it went from 5 theaters to a massive wide release. It's not like Grand Budapest which added and lost and added theaters throughout its run, it's pretty evident that this weekend was its opening.

I don't really care if AS counts as 2014 or 2015 but it counts as an over 40m OW, there is no controversy in that.

[kowhite]

Blankments is not only administering a poll, but overriding his personal opinion based on fucking democracy (fuck yeah American Sniper!)

God bless you Blank,ents, I salute you.

[grim22]

I'm just going to call BS on that. When we talk about OW we mean the wide opening, technically it did expand, but it went from 5 theaters to a massive wide release. It's not like Grand Budapest which added and lost and added theaters throughout its run, it's pretty evident that this weekend was its opening.

I don't really care if AS counts as 2014 or 2015 but it counts as an over 40m OW, there is no controversy in that.

 

Tell that to Chasmmi and the Winter Game.

[Empire]

Tell that to Chasmmi and the Winter Game.

Yep.

[babz06]

Everyone else counts Sniper as 2015 January opening movie, so i see no reason why it shouldnt be counted in this poll. 

Edited January 21, 2015 by babz06

[unbidj]

Putting the disclaimer here: To avoid controversy, American Sniper's opening won't be counted here or for 2014 as it is an expansion technically

 

BOM listed it on top January opening week end chart

[Walt Disney]

It's a 2014 movie. It was released in 2014 to be eligible for the Oscars honoring the 2014 movies. People can count it however they want, but it opened in 2014. It had to or else it wouldn't be eligible for the Oscars.

[stripe]

The real opening weekend for AS was last weekends. It only went to platform theaters (4 theaters) through Holidays. An expansion is what films like Wild have done. Look at Opening weekends rank: it has been already counted as best January and Winter opening ever.