Weekend #s | 50SOG 81m, (RTH Sunday puts it at about 84M) Kings 35.6, AS 16m, JA 9.43m (official) | all #s on p1

[miketheavenger]

Whether 50 Shades cracks 100m 3-day or not, 2015 box office as a whole continues to steamroll over the last years and that's what matters to me the most.

Edited February 13, 2015 by miketheavenger

[Avatree]

The fact that Gray could open that high is ugh...

Anyway-hope Sniper returns next week somehow.

Huh? Why would it?

 

Even if it only dropped 30% for this weekend and next, that means that next weekend it's doing 11.4M. If Fifty Shades opens to 75M, then it would have to drop by 85% 2nd weekend. Lol... American Sniper has had a great run but it's not getting #1 again.

[Fancyarcher]

Lol you're scraping the bottom of the barrel there.

 

Why are you so negative about this film? What's it done to upset you? It's just a dumb romance movie.

 

Ando being Ando. No surprise there. 

[James]

This still has a very big chance of hitting 100M for the 3 day weekend. The fact that less than 15% of the presales were for the midnight and it still made 8.6 M just goes to show the VD (which accounts for around 45% of the presales will be huge). Plus, there will be much better walk-ins on the VD than for the midnight shows, obviously.

[Fancyarcher]

1.4m for Kingsman would be above Exodus and Jupiter Ascending. A mid 20s 3-day weekend seems about right.

 

I'm currently predicting a 30m 3 day opening weekend. Hope I'm right, though I imagine my prediction will fall a little short. 

[Aplandg]

F it! I'm going to double feature Kingsman and 50 Shades by myself today.

[The Futurist]

And if does 99,4 m on ow, what gives ?

[Fancyarcher]

15m isn't considered a bomb

 

Only to people who expected 100m+ opening weekends. 

[Fancyarcher]

This thread is more becoming annoying to read than hilarious. Come on yall, this is not what we agreed on.

 

The meltdowns are not as funny as I expected. 

[JohnnyGossamer]

I don't expect much in regards to funny meltdowns. Unlike Fault, Twilight, Hunger Games, Potter, etc., not many here are invested in this one.

[Fancyarcher]

Sometimes I don't understand you guys. For a movie like 50 Shades, 8.6m is a great number. Friday and Saturday are gonna be mind-blowing. I still think $85m+ for the 3-day weekend is likely.

 

Expectations were just way too high for some people. 

[Fancyarcher]

I don't expect much in regards to funny meltdowns. Unlike Fault, Twilight, Hunger Games, Potter, etc., not many here are invested in this one.

 

The Interstellar meltdowns were hysterical. 

[Intensive]

I honestly wouldn't doubt 50SoG staying flat or even possibly increasing on Saturday. That's what is going to give this OW an edge over any other book movie/blockbuster.

[La Binoche]

$100m is still within sights. The Sunday drop will be most telling. 

[Dementeleus]

I can't wait for early (wild) estimates.

[Empire]

This still has a very big chance of hitting 100M for the 3 day weekend. The fact that less than 15% of the presales were for the midnight and it still made 8.6 M just goes to show the VD (which accounts for around 45% of the presales will be huge). Plus, there will be much better walk-ins on the VD than for the midnight shows, obviously.

The hopes for a 100M 3-day are slim now. People are just trying really hard to convince themselves it is possible because they want their predictions to come true.

[John Marston]

They were marketing this heavily as a Valentines Day movie so it should do extremely well tomorrow

[The Panda]

I don't get the breakdowns, 50 Shades isn't twilight and it's not going to perform like twilight and its on a weekend where Valentine's Day is Saturday. You can't tell anything from previews unless it's a franchise where you know how previews work already like Hunger Games.

[The Panda]

This still has a very big chance of hitting 100M for the 3 day weekend. The fact that less than 15% of the presales were for the midnight and it still made 8.6 M just goes to show the VD (which accounts for around 45% of the presales will be huge). Plus, there will be much better walk-ins on the VD than for the midnight shows, obviously.

If 45% of the sales were for V-Day then you could see an increase Saturday.

[Jonwo]

TBH Universal are likely thrilled with how it'll do regardless if it hits $100m for the four days or not, it cost $40m so it's profitable already. Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed probably be dated by Tuesday although I don't expect Fifty Shades Darker next year since Universal already has an Illumination film scheduled for February 12th so maybe February 2017?