CoolioD1 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Is that varible?I thought the upped it to 10They did but they changed it from anywhere between 5-10 this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiennaMillerNr1Fan Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Is that varible?I thought the upped it to 10This year it can be any number from 5 to 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Okey.. Interesting... But agree.. It could be 7-9 if they go that high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Contraband does much better than it should. We get this kind of movie all the time and they usually open to about half this much. When people are coming out to see anything (not naming names (The Devil Inside)), I guess everything does really well. Beauty and the Beast isn't The Lion King but even in the 90s TLK doubled Beauty's gross. It's still doing extremely well for a re-release. An underwhelming hold for MI4 considering it loses IMAX next weekend. Still, it should reach MI2's total, which is stellar. Joyful Noise, whatever, I just learned it existed this week. Sherlock is still holding on, 200m is unrealistic but it'll certainly get close. Dragon Tattoo should end near 110m after Oscar nominations give it a slight boost. TDI falls just as much as everyone expected and won't break 60m. Alvin will end around 135m, maybe not quite enough for a fourth movie. War Horse is still doing just okay and probably won't pass 90m. Nothing unexpected from Zoo or Tintin, Iron Lady expands well but probably won't do much better after this weekend. Carnage expectedly flops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted January 15, 2012 Founder / Operator Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) Interestingly enough, this 3-day weekend is on par with 2010's. Its certainly a good sign that people are coming out to see movies that otherwise look like better choices for Redbox/Netflix/OD ... but I think its also crucial to remember that at this time last year we had a ton of Oscar films doing really well. This year couldn't be much different with such an unappealing slate of awards contenders, so general audiences seem to be finding other options.With the $116m estimated top 12 gross this weekend, that's only about $500-600k more than the same 3-day weekend last year. Interesting. Better than dropping, though. Edited January 15, 2012 by ShawnMR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Interestingly enough, this 3-day weekend is on par with 2010's. Its certainly a good sign that people are coming out to see movies that otherwise look like better choices for Redbox/Netflix/OD ... but I think its also crucial to remember that at this time last year we had a ton of Oscar films doing really well. This year couldn't be much different with such an unappealing slate of awards contenders, so general audiences seem to be finding other options.With the $116m estimated top 12 gross this weekend, that's only about $500-600k more than the same 3-day weekend last year. Interesting. Better than dropping, though.Agree.. Its really different this year.. Small movies breaking out and Oscar movies laying really low on the radar..Nice that it's still unpredicable some times.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted January 15, 2012 Founder / Operator Share Posted January 15, 2012 BOT's Weekend Wrap-Up http://boxofficetheory.com/2012/01/15/box-office-wrap-january-13-15-2012/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrestomanci Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) I'm amazed that Contraband did that well, but I guess that I shouldn't be -- it has been nearly a month since the relases of MI4 and SH2, after all, so action audiences were probably hungry for something new. Well, they should get their fill over the next few weeks.I do wish Beauty and the Beast had done better, since I think it's really a much better movie than The Lion King, but it still did quite respectably. I'm afraid the 3-day number will drop with the next set of estimates tomorrow, though -- that 8.3% Sunday drop seems highly optimistic. But, hey, if TLK could manage a 22% drop on a non holiday weekend, maybe it's not out of the question after all.Joyful Noise did fine for what it is.MI4 and SH2 are still holding well, but I admit that I was hoping for slightly better holds from both. Apart from each other, they've had pretty much a clear field for the action-adventure audience since they opened -- I don't think War Horse, TGWTDT and TTSS fit into quite the same category or appeal to quite the same audience, though I'm sure there is some overlap. I'm glad, though not surprised, that Contraband didn't hurt them too badly, but with the next two weeks featuring six movies which can be categorized as action in one way or another, I'm afraid the late legs won't be quite as good.And it's really too bad that TTSS couldn't hold better. I suspect the culprit there was a combination of Iron Lady and Contraband (probably more the former than the latter). It makes me sad, though, since TTSS is easily one of my favorite movies of last year. Edited January 15, 2012 by Chrestomanci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Very good weekend considering the new movies.Contraband and BatB3D doing very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyevenstar22 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 i don't think i saw beauty and the beast when it came out in theatre ,so i'm def looking forward to seeing it on the big screen, i knew all the dialogue songs included when i was younger, which happens when you leave a kid watch a movie at least once a day or more on weekends, that VHS got played to no end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Strong weekend in general hopefully this continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Only 20% Saturday increase for BatB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattrek Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Only 20% Saturday increase for BatB? Very odd indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Will we be getting 4-day estimates or actuals today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Only 20% Saturday increase for BatB? Frontloaded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Will we be getting 4-day estimates or actuals today?4 days i think.. No actuals.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Frontloaded?Not too surpsining. TLK went up 34% on Saturday. Both of these re-releases attracted more teens/college-age kids who grew up watching these movies than kids, so weekend numbers were adjusted for each one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 4 days i think.. No actuals..Thats right acutals (4-day/3-day) will be out Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Where are those estimates BTW? Shouldn't we have started getting them by now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiennaMillerNr1Fan Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
