FRIDAY NUMBERS DHD | FOCUS - 7.5M-8M | THE LAZARUS EFFECT - 3.8M | FIFTY SHADES - 3.65M | KINGSMAN - 3.1-3.3M | SPONGEBOB - 1.98M

[TServo2049]

I was around then, no national fast food chains actually changed the name. I believe it was just a dumb political gesture on the U.S. Capitol commissary menu, and then it was picked up by some mom-n-pop restaurants. I never experienced it firsthand because I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. And the whole kerfuffle was over within a month at the most.

I honestly heard the phrase more from comedians like Jon Stewart using it mockingly, than I heard of it being used seriously. (And the likes of Stewart seemed to keep using the term for years, long after everybody else had forgotten and moved on. In Clerks II, it appears on a poster in Mooby's, and that was 2006, when even the people who would have used it in 2003 weren't using it anymore. Kevin Smith obviously thought he was still being clever to use it derisively...)

Edited March 1, 2015 by TServo2049

[Ozymandias]

Y'all don't remember "freedom fries" and pouring all the French wine down drains during the early days of the Iraq War?

 

No, in the early days of the Iraq War all I remember was Saddam Hussein being involved with 9/11 and that Mesopotamia wanted to be democratic with freedom fries and was gonna be used as a model for the rest of Middle Earth thanks to media malpractice. 

 

And who would waste great bottles of booz like that?  Lawdy.

Edited March 1, 2015 by Ozymandias

[The Futurist]

French Fries or not, France was right, there was no WMD in Iraq and the second Iraq War is the most monumental geostrategic error of the US foreign policy of the 21 st century.

The Monster it created, ISIS, will maybe lead us to WWIII...

[K1stpierre]

So I didn't miss anything interesting? As predicted. (walks away)

[John Marston]

So I didn't miss anything interesting? As predicted. (walks away)

No but tune in next week to see the American Sniper end Katniss's reign of terror.

Edited March 1, 2015 by John Marston

[DAR]

Sees discussion, later

[DeeCee]

Wedges

[Warhorse]

Smith hasn't been the biggest star for a few years now, Leonardo Dicaprio took that over and has widened the gap massively over #2 (RDJ but only as Iron Man?)

What kind of movies has he been in as of late? It seems to me if he's not in an all out balls to the wall action/comedy flick, then his movies aren't going to do so well. I think people just miss the wisecracking action movie star they fell in love with beginning with Independence Day.

[TLK]

88% of the audience for Focus was over 25. This is a terrible stat.

[Harpospoke]

I'm pretty sure nobody uses the word retarded in reference to those who are mentally handicapped anyways. It's evolved into a completely different meaning.

Honestly it's be more offensive to use the word in the context of a special needs person than as an insult.

For example, the word gay was never originally meant to mean homosexual,it was simply a different term for happy. Meanings and usages change, words become acceptable and non-acceptable and acceptable again through time.

In the end I think people shouldn't be looking at the words people use but the meaning behind what they are saying. Nobody had any meaning of being derogatory towards somebody with special needs and it was obvious. I understand certain people find different words offensive but the fact that a word used (not even the intent behind it) could offend so much is one of the problems with language.

It may just be me but I think the context and intent of what somebody said is way more important than the words themselves because the words themselves are simply a large combination of phonemes.

My Grandmother is still bent out of shape that she can't use the word "gay" to mean "happy" any more.   Now some people are upset that it is being used to mean "lame".   Can't stop language evolution.

 

There just aren't a lot of box office draws left. At the moment, famous characters are drawing more than famous actors and actresses. That's why studios concentrate so much on franchises. Those are the movies that the majority of people want to pay to see.

 

It's certainly an interesting trend. James Bond used to be the exception. Now, James Bond is becoming more like the template to follow.

I read that John Wayne was the top box office draw for 20 years in a row.   Wow....we won't see that again.

 

Who isn't convinced that foreign is way more important to a movies profitability these days? Fifty Shades domestic is collapsing but it's irrelevant due to the overwhelming overseas reception. You have to think low $100m TOTAL domestic on each of the two sequels but it won't matter when the WW gross locks in the huge gains the studio needs to justify rising costs.

That didn't seem to save Sony with Spider-Man.   (thank god)

 

Smith hasn't been the biggest star for a few years now, Leonardo Dicaprio took that over and has widened the gap massively over #2 (RDJ but only as Iron Man?)

Someone called Smith "bland".....Leo has always struck me that way.    I like him and all....but don't have a clue why he would be a huge BO draw.

 

Y'all don't remember "freedom fries" and pouring all the French wine down drains during the early days of the Iraq War?

I don't remember any of that.    Pouring wine into anything but a glass...followed by my throat does not compute.

[eXtacy]

Gitesh Pandya ‏@giteshpandya 58m58 minutes ago

#Focus final lower at $18.7M wknd. $5629 avg barely above $5385 of 7Pounds which was worst #WillSmith debut of past 13yrs.

[Heat Vision]

Gitesh Pandya ‏@giteshpandya 58m58 minutes ago

#Focus final lower at $18.7M wknd. $5629 avg barely above $5385 of 7Pounds which was worst #WillSmith debut of past 13yrs.

 

Is a 50 million dollar film. I would be worried if it was a 100 million dollar film.

[DAJK]

It'll be fine, because it will make (either) close to (or) over 100M OS. So 150-160 WW will (at the very least) allow it to break even.

[terrestrial]

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice 51 secs52 seconds ago

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY took in $10.56M this weekend. Domestic total stands at $147.39M. #FiftyShadesOfGrey

 

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice 1 min1 minute ago

THE DUFF took in an estimated $6.87M this weekend. Domestic total stands at $19.77M. #TheDUFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 2, 2015 by terrestrial

[terrestrial]

Sunday details will be updated at BO.com as they come in here

 

http://pro.boxoffice.com/statistics/bo_numbers/daily/2015-03-02?force_kind=true

 

 

 

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice 1m1 minute ago

KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE took in $11.88M this weekend. Domestic total stands at $85.83M. #Kingsman #TheSecretService

[The Futurist]

It'll be fine, because it will make (either) close to (or) over 100M OS. So 150-160 WW will (at the very least) allow it to break even.

Will Smith movies used to not do just fine. They were big money makers that made everybody involved in his films richer than they were.

[terrestrial]

Will Smith movies used to not do just fine. They were big money makers that made everybody involved in his films richer than they were.

 

Agree.

 

Sorted by OW (#8 was a voice only role...)

 

Will Smith

• Actor
• Producer

Row	Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Lifetime Gross / Theaters		Opening / Theaters		Date
1	2	I Am Legend	WB	$256,393,010	3,648	$77,211,321	3,606	12/14/07
2	4	Hancock	Sony	$227,946,274	3,965	$62,603,879	3,965	7/2/08
3	7	MIB 3	Sony	$179,020,854	4,248	$54,592,779	4,248	5/25/12
4	10	I, Robot	Fox	$144,801,023	3,494	$52,179,887	3,420	7/16/04
5	5	Men in Black II	Sony	$190,418,803	3,641	$52,148,751	3,557	7/3/02
6	3	Men in Black	Sony	$250,690,539	3,180	$51,068,455	3,020	7/2/97
7	1	Independence Day	Fox	$306,169,268	2,977	$50,228,264	2,882	7/3/96

[terrestrial]

The DUFF $6,866,102 -36% 2,622 47 $2,619 $19,769,077 2 CBS Films / Lionsgate

 

A la Mala $1,402,118 -- 384 -- $3,651 $1,402,118 1 Lionsgate / Pantelion

 

The Theory of Everything $634,562 15% 611 66 $1,039 $35,035,090 17 Focus

 

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 $253,292 56% 257 67 $986 $336,717,292 15 Lionsgate

 

Old Fashioned $109,235 -67% 147 -151 $743 $1,824,944 4 Freestyle Releasing

 

 

small releases

 

Maps to the Stars $143,422 -- 66 -- $2,173 $143,422 1 Focus World

 

Song of the Sea $80,588 26% 45 -3 $1,791 $593,871 11 GKIDS

 

'71 $55,761 -- 4 -- $13,940 $55,761 1 Roadside Attractions

 

to avoid too lengthy posts before all details are out:

 

weekend results, especially quite a few small releases are updated

http://pro.boxoffice.com/statistics/bo_numbers/actual_estimate/2015-03-02/

 

 

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice 28 secs28 seconds ago

MCFARLAND, USA took in $7.84M this weekend. Domestic total stands at $22.02M. #McFarlandUSA

[terrestrial]

Fifty Shades of Grey $10,555,195 -53% 3,383 -272 $3,120 $147,391,785 3 Universal / Focus

 

McFarland, USA $7,835,205 -29% 2,765 10 $2,834 $22,019,186 2 Disney

 

The Wedding Ringer $579,668 -55% 542 -408 $1,069 $62,991,034 7 Sony / Screen Gems

 

Big Hero 6 $520,039 -4% 348 56 $1,494 $220,876,780 17 Disney

 

Seventh Son $322,085 -67% 339 -680 $950 $16,711,970 4 Universal

 

Into the Woods $234,233 42% 233 36 $1,005 $126,969,892 10 Disney

 

The Boy Next Door $155,110 -69% 217 -286 $715 $35,246,140 6 Universal

 

Unbroken $98,355 -33% 148 -43 $665 $115,490,780 10 Universal

 

 

Annie (2014) $95,277 -39% 157 -49 $607 $85,706,021 11 Sony / Columbia

 

 

Interesting which ones of the longer released movies made a + and which ones made - and how much

Edited March 2, 2015 by terrestrial

[terrestrial]

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice

FOCUS opened with $18.69M this weekend. #Focus

 

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice

AMERICAN SNIPER took in $7.39M this weekend. Domestic total stands at $330.80M. #AmericanSniper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 2, 2015 by terrestrial