Noctis Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 It's astonishing to me how 5 hours of Thursday gets lumped into the Friday number which gives films an unfair advantage over ones that had a proper 24 hour cycle. AoU, if it does around 93m for its opening "day", would trump DH2 even though it had a five hour head start. DH2 would have hit $100m if it had an extra 5 hours of previews. I just don't know why BOM isn't counting the preview numbers separately.
Hatebox Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 No idea but, as I said in the other thread, counting 5 hours worth of a Thursday towards weekend BO is a weasel move. Maybe in a few years Hollywood will just say 'fuck it' and include Wednesday evenings too. 3
spizzer Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 It's because the studios aren't reporting them separately. These previews have a midnight gross mixed in as well so ideally we'd want to separate pre-12AM shows and post-12AM shows, but think about it from the perspective of the studio. Why would you want to make your grosses look less impressive? 1
Blankments Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Only if it had a fucking Star Wars trailer attached to it
Avatree Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 I'm not convinced it would change much. The people who would have gone to see it on Thursday evening likely just ended up seeing it on Friday or going to the midnight showing, and since all three are counted in the same number, it doesn't really matter. 1
CJohn Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Automatic generated message This topic has been closed by a moderator. Reason: You need to let Potter go, you create a new thread about it every week or something No need for this. If you disagree with this action, please report this post and a moderator or administrator will reconsider it. Kind regards, Box Office Theory Forums Staff
Neo Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Automatic generated message This topic has been closed by a moderator. Reason: Already to many Potter threads. If you disagree with this action, please report this post and a moderator or administrator will reconsider it. Kind regards, Box Office Theory Forums Staff
grim22 Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Automatic generated message This topic has been closed by a moderator. Reason: You need to let Potter go, you create a new thread about it every week or something No need for this. If you disagree with this action, please report this post and a moderator or administrator will reconsider it. Kind regards, Box Office Theory Forums Staff Automatic generated message This topic has been closed by a moderator. Reason: Already to many Potter threads. If you disagree with this action, please report this post and a moderator or administrator will reconsider it. Kind regards, Box Office Theory Forums Staff Why do I feel that this topic is not closed though? 5
ChD Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) Why do I feel that this topic is not closed though? You have unique powers! Edit: Oh, look, I DO AS WELL. Edited May 1, 2015 by ChD
AndyLL Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Maybe a majority of Mods is needed to close a topic now? I'm not convinced it would change much. The people who would have gone to see it on Thursday evening likely just ended up seeing it on Friday or going to the midnight showing, and since all three are counted in the same number, it doesn't really matter. This
Jim Shorts Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Last Avengers showing in the area was midnight. Potter had showings all the way up to 6AM. If you ask me, that's SIX EXTRA HOURS! 4
druv10 Posted May 2, 2015 Posted May 2, 2015 Last Avengers showing in the area was midnight. Potter had showings all the way up to 6AM. If you ask me, that's SIX EXTRA HOURS! AoU's going to make 70M on proper Friday compared to 47M for DH2 so yeah 100M wouldn't happened even with the 7 PM start on Thursday.
nitro514 Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 in my area the last potter had showtimes thurday night/friday morning from 7pm to 3am
