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

[lab276]

I don't think this counts as an OW because the movie is expanding. It was already in limited release.

It's the wide OW.

Reposting this also, because it was at the bottom of the page:

Top 10 74.1m, last year 63.7m, 2009 63.2m. This is a big weekend.

Edited January 18, 2015 by lab276

[The Stingray]

AS Sat 35m

 

Hopefully this will lead to more big budget R-rated movies...

 

Edited January 19, 2015 by The Stingray

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Says who?

 

You just have to be 17 to buy a ticket for yourself, which would put you squarely in the under 18 demo.

plus teens might go with families to see this see. 

[Mango]

Seriously. Who ever would have thought American Sniper would open to $80-90 million? A non-franchise, non adaptation R-rated 2D film is about to open on par with the biggest franchise openers of 2014 in the middle of January. It is the telling of a true story, but if that were a guarantee for a huge opening there would be a ton of films opening higher than they do.

This is nothing short of incredible. Not only that but this HAS to be taking the "original film" (not a sequel or adaptation) OW record, right?

[Empire]

Seriously. Who ever would have thought American Sniper would open to $80-90 million? A non-franchise, non adaptation R-rated 2D film is about to open on par with the biggest franchise openers of 2014 in the middle of January. It is the telling of a true story, but if that were a guarantee for a huge opening there would be a ton of films opening higher than they do.

This is nothing short of incredible. Not only that but this HAS to be taking the "original film" (not a sequel or adaptation) OW record, right?

It is adapted from a book about Chris Kyle though.

[Mango]

It is adapted from a book about Chris Kyle though.

Eh, yeah I guess. Still, I highly doubt that book had anywhere near the hype the YA novels and such have.

Basically I'm just saying this is hugely fucking unprecedented but it's so awesome it's happening. This is going to go down as a hell of a box office story.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

It is adapted from a book about Chris Kyle though.

Unbroken was adopted from huge best seller and didn't nearly open as much . Think about this OW could outgross X-Men: DOFP OW. 

[bartonfink]

Well I guess contemporary Americans are really fascinated by heroism and patriotism.

[LexJoker]

 

Hopefully this will lead to more big budget R-rated movies...

 

Blackhat suggests its still risky business.

 

Atleast with Pg-13 spectacles, you know that OS will save it.

[Asyulus]

Good for Hobbit, 2.2mln. Its now higher than DOS again.

[The Futurist]

A movie like AS making bank on MLK week end when a movie like Selma is in theaters.

Isn t the definition of irony ?

[baumer]

American Sniper should have a large male audience and a lot of those people will be watching football tomorrow. Lone Survivor experienced a 50% sunday drop

 

That was in its third of fourth week.  Ride Along had a 37% drop.  No way this drops more than 40% on Sunday.

[keysersoze123]

with all the sellouts its having I doubt it will drop more than 30%. it will have spillover audience for sure.

[eXtacy]

That was in its third of fourth week.  Ride Along had a 37% drop.  No way this drops more than 40% on Sunday.

 

Actually it was in its 2nd week wide release

[MonstersandRoy]

American Sniper's numbers are freaky. So huge. To think, a month ago, people would have thought $40m was high end for this.

 

Impressed by Paddington, but not surprised. If it has legs like it has had in some of the international markets already, it could stay steady for a few weeks and easily go past $100m. Has very good WOM.

[miketheavenger]

35 Saturday for AS?

 

Eastwood to the January record:

 

Edited January 18, 2015 by miketheavenger

[Clef Ment]

 

 

 

 

[baumer]

Actually it was in its 2nd week wide release

K. And this is AS first. Huge difference.

[Heretic]

I hadn't even heard of American sniper until like a month ago. What the actual fuck? Probably the most shocking opening ever.

[Elessar]

All i know about AS is a scathing review i read on slash film a while back. I haven't been wasting any thought on it since. And here we are now, it doing gangbusters. Good for it, i guess.