4-Day Wknd Est: AS - 105.3M, Pad - 25.2M, TWR - 24.5M,Taken 3 - 17.44M (pg 109)

[John Marston]

300m + could happen. I can't see any reason for this to drop hard any week. 

[Ozymandias]

Is it possible for Sniper to be #1 Domestic of 2014??

 

Small chance but I wouldn't say completely impossible which is fucking insane...

[Moviedweeb]

Is it possible for Sniper to be #1 Domestic of 2014??

The fact that this or a $300m DOM cume is even being entertained at all is just astonishing. This is an incredible box office feat. Truly stunning.

[redfirebird2008]

With an A+ Cinemascore and the usual Oscar boost, all bets are off. Could hit $350+ million.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

With an A+ Cinemascore and the usual Oscar boost, all bets are off. Could hit $350+ million.

American Sniper was hired by the Capitol to take Katniess out. 

[druv10]

I guess I'd have to agree with you and Snoopy. Guardians, while opening to 94M, was still predicted to do around 70, so the change isn't quite as drastic. American Sniper is set to do 2 or 3 times as much as anyone was willing to guess. I have to say, while it is yet to be seen how good of legs this film has (and if it can surpass the relatively outstanding holds by Guardians) American Sniper has to be one of the most shocking Opening Weekends I have ever experienced in my short time following the box office (I missed out on Avengers by a few monthes).

 

Personally, Passion of the Christ OW had similar shock value to AS. No question Avengers had shock value but this is bigger.  

[The Panda]

I'm hoping this can achieve #1 domestic of 2014 that way hunger games doesn't break the trend of no franchise winning two years in a row. And even if you made the excuse of it didn't make its money in 2014, you can bring up Guardians made the most in 2014 not Mockingjay.

[Avatree]

I'm hoping this can achieve #1 domestic of 2014 that way hunger games doesn't break the trend of no franchise winning two years in a row. And even if you made the excuse of it didn't make its money in 2014, you can bring up Guardians made the most in 2014 not Mockingjay.

Yeah, if this won (very unlikely) and someone were to argue that it doesn't count, then they would have to admit that Mockingjay doesn't win either.

[grim22]

American Sniper may end up being a box office game changer like 300. March used to be a box office dead zone till 300 opened to 70M there leading to big franchise pics and blockbusters opening in March. Sniper may do the same for January.

[DAR]

Shouldn't we just pump the brakes a tad on 300 million talk?

[Yandereprime101189]

American Sniper may end up being a box office game changer like 300. March used to be a box office dead zone till 300 opened to 70M there leading to big franchise pics and blockbusters opening in March. Sniper may do the same for January.

 

God I hope so, that way they can spread some of these blockbusters out more

[#ED]

300M?

 

[Avatree]

American Sniper may end up being a box office game changer like 300. March used to be a box office dead zone till 300 opened to 70M there leading to big franchise pics and blockbusters opening in March. Sniper may do the same for January.

That would be really nice. I'm sick of January/February being full of shit movies.

 

There's nothing inherently bad about January - people do not steer clear of the cinema in the winter. If appealing films release in January, they will make money. It's currently just a circular argument from studios - they don't release major films in January, January therefore has low BO, therefore they don't release major films in January, etc.

 

The same thing went for August last year. The reason August doesn't make money is because no one releases films there - Guardians of the Galaxy proved that August didn't have to be a dead month. No month has to be dead.

Edited January 17, 2015 by treeroy

[DAJK]

Shouldn't we just pump the brakes a tad on 300 million talk?

It's always fun to speculate, but I have to admit that 280 is more likely. I don't think we should expect 300, but we shouldn't be surprised either if it makes it.

[DAJK]

I'm just so excited that I can say "I was around for American Snipers opening weekend!"

And hopefully (the day that January stopped being a dumping ground).

[Neo]

If Sniper hits 350M would make the top 5 most impressive box office stories of all-time.

[John Marston]

American Sniper is easily the most impressive box office performance of all time that I have seen. 

[babz06]

Hemsworth doesn't deserve those 10m dollar pay checks he's getting. There is no way black hat would have broken out this weekend because if the competition but 5million weekend is pathetic.

[kayumanggi]

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Opening*	% of Total	Theaters	Avg.	Total Gross^	Date**
1	The Matrix Reloaded	WB	$91,774,413	32.6%	3,603	$25,471	$281,576,461	5/15/03
2	The Hangover Part II	WB	$85,946,294	33.8%	3,615	$23,775	$254,464,305	5/26/11
3	The Passion of the Christ	NM	$83,848,082	22.6%	3,043	$27,554	$370,274,604	2/25/04
4	300	WB	$70,885,301	33.7%	3,103	$22,844	$210,614,939	3/9/07
5	Hannibal	MGM	$58,003,121	35.1%	3,230	$17,957	$165,092,268	2/9/01
6	22 Jump Street	Sony	$57,071,445	29.8%	3,306	$17,263	$191,719,337	6/13/14
7	Sex and the City	WB (NL)	$57,038,404	37.4%	3,285	$17,363	$152,647,258	5/30/08
8	Watchmen	WB	$55,214,334	51.4%	3,611	$15,291	$107,509,799	3/6/09
9	Ted	Uni.	$54,415,205	24.9%	3,239	$16,800	$218,815,487	6/29/12
10	Paranormal Activity 3	Par.	$52,568,183	50.5%	3,321	$15,829	$104,028,807	10/21/11

 

[CJohn]

I'm just so excited that I can say "I was around for American Snipers opening weekend!"

And hopefully (the day that January stopped being a dumping ground).

I don't think it will ever happen really. The 2nd half of January, the 2nd half of February, the 2nd half of August, 1st half of September and the last weekend of April (even with Fast Five opening huge there a few years ago, the movie was put there because the Summer opener was weak enough) seem to be stuck forever in the dumping ground zone.