Weekend Estimates (pg49): Mockingjay 101M | Spectre 14.6M | Night Before 10.1M | SITE 6.63M

[Kvikk Lunsj]

13 minutes ago, water said:

 

titanic is an amazing movie and deserves its success but a disaster like that is a gimmick. but if you don't see that as a gimmick that means mj1 and titanic are the only ones, what kind of elite club...

Both mockingjay 1 and mockingjay 2 had a gimmick. Mockingjay 2 is an imax and the whole two part thing for a movie is a gimmick to make more money. 

[Kvikk Lunsj]

6 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

I'm also missing something: why is Rogan a troll?

I really want to The Night Before. It looks good and I almost always enjoy Rogan. 

[grim22]

7 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

Water's flying his Loonie flag hard tonight.

 

You mean to say MJ1 and MJ2 are not the generation defining, YA boundary breaking, awesomely spectacular movies everyone else knows them as?

[Ozymandias]

44 minutes ago, Spidey Freak said:

 

That Toy Story trilogy is truly one of its kind.

 

Being the best animation trilogy is a low bar to cross.

[Travod]

3 minutes ago, Tau Ceti said:

 

It's on Deadline. 62K is for the weekend with four theatres estimated at $249K for the weekend. (A 62K Friday for a single theatre would be completely boffo!)

 

Of course, take all this with a grain of salt... Steve Jobs is sitting on the record PTA for the year and look how that turned out.

 

No update on Spotlight.

 

 

 

Ew, 62k isn't that good xD Grand Budapest had a 65k Friday average in four theaters.

[filmlover]

3 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

I'm also missing something: why is Rogan a troll?

Seth Rogen is completely harmless, at least when he's not antagonizing evil dictators.

 

But I suppose The Night Before always had work cut out for it. JGL and Anthony Mackie are non-draws, while R-rated Christmas movies (and even PG-13 ones) tend to pale heavily in comparison gross-wise to family-friendly ones.

[Tau Ceti]

4 minutes ago, Travod said:

 

Ew, 62k isn't that good xD Grand Budapest had a 65k Friday average in four theaters.

 

Shit, yes it did. But that's a top ten all time PTA according to Mojo, which sets a pretty high bar. Wes Anderson fans are the very definition of dedicated. Carol is looking to come out somewhere around where Sicario and Spotlight were at and I'd call it a win.

[Tau Ceti]

4 minutes ago, Travod said:

 

Ew, 62k isn't that good xD Grand Budapest had a 65k Friday average in four theaters.

 

Shit, yes it did. But that's a top ten all time PTA according to Mojo, which sets a pretty high bar. Wes Anderson fans are the very definition of dedicated. Carol is looking to come out somewhere around where Sicario and Spotlight were at and I'd call it a win.

[water]

4 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

Water's flying his Loonie flag hard tonight.

 

the fact that you're making me do this

 

1	Avatar	Fox	$760,507,625	2009^ aliens
2	Titanic	Par.	$658,672,302	1997^ disaster
3	Jurassic World	Uni.	$652,198,011	2015 dinosaurs
4	Marvel's The Avengers	BV	$623,357,910	2012 superheroes
5	The Dark Knight	WB	$534,858,444	2008^ superheroes
6	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Fox	$474,544,677	1999^ scifi, magic, aliens, etc.
7	Star Wars	Fox	$460,998,007	1977^ scifi, magic, aliens, etc.
8	Avengers: Age of Ultron	BV	$459,005,868	2015 superheroes
9	The Dark Knight Rises	WB	$448,139,099	2012 superheroes
10	Shrek 2	DW	$441,226,247	2004 cartoon
11	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial	Uni.	$435,110,554	1982^ aliens
12	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	LGF	$424,668,047	2013 hunger games
13	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	BV	$423,315,812	2006 pirates
14	The Lion King	BV	$422,783,777	1994^ cartoon
15	Toy Story 3	BV	$415,004,880	2010 cartoon
16	Iron Man 3	BV	$409,013,994	2013 superheroes
17	The Hunger Games	LGF	$408,010,692	2012 hunger games
18	Spider-Man	Sony	$403,706,375	2002 superheroes
19	Jurassic Park	Uni.	$402,453,882	1993^ dinosaurs
20	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	P/DW	$402,111,870	2009 robots
21	Frozen	BV	$400,738,009	2013 cartoon
22	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	WB	$381,011,219	2011 magic
23	Finding Nemo	BV	$380,843,261	2003^ cartoon
24	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Fox	$380,270,577	2005^ scifi, magic, aliens, etc.
25	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	NL	$377,845,905	2003^ fantasy
26	Spider-Man 2	Sony	$373,585,825	2004 superheroes
27	The Passion of the Christ	NM	$370,782,930	2004^ religion
28	Despicable Me 2	Uni.	$368,061,265	2013 cartoon
29	Inside Out	BV	$356,158,534	2015 cartoon
30	Furious 7	Uni.	$352,786,830	2015 death of main character's actor
31	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	P/DW	$352,390,543	2011 robots
32	American Sniper	WB	$350,126,372	2014 racism
33	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	NL	$342,551,365	2002^ fantasy
34	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	LGF	$337,135,885	2014 ???? a character-driven look at a girl's complex emotions
35	Spider-Man 3	Sony	$336,530,303	2007 superheroes
36	Minions	Uni.	$335,517,165	2015 cartoon
37	Alice in Wonderland (2010)	BV	$334,191,110	2010 fantasy, remake/sequel to classic
38	Guardians of the Galaxy	BV	$333,176,600	2014 fantasy, scifi, aliens, etc
39	Forrest Gump	Par.	$330,252,182	1994^ american history, but this one could maybe join the club
40	Shrek the Third	P/DW	$322,719,944	2007 cartoon
41	Transformers	P/DW	$319,246,193	2007 robots
42	Iron Man	Par.	$318,412,101	2008 superheroes
43	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	WB	$317,575,550	2001 magic
44	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Par.	$317,101,119	2008 treasure hunting
45	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	NL	$315,544,750	2001^ fantasy
46	Iron Man 2	Par.	$312,433,331	2010 superheroes
47	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Fox	$310,676,740	2002^ scifi, magic, aliens, etc.
48	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	BV	$309,420,425	2007 pirates, fantasy
49	Return of the Jedi	Fox	$309,306,177	1983^ scifi, magic, aliens, etc.
50	Independence Day	Fox	$306,169,268	1996^ aliens
51	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	BV	$305,413,918	2003 pirates, fantasy
52	Skyfall	Sony	$304,360,277	2012 spy, olympics, 50th anniversary, etc.
53	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	WB	$303,003,568	2012 fantasy
54	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	WB	$301,959,197	2009 magic
55	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Sum.	$300,531,751	2010 vampires, fantasy, etc.

 

[Travod]

You are an absolute lunatic and you need to stop tbh if you really think that MJ1/2 do not fall into any of your incredibly loose "gimmick" categories

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Based off that list The Hunger Games would be sci-fi. 

[Empire]

Never go full Water. 

[water]

this place provides twofold entertainment, i do like 50% believe that mj1 is the only movie over 300m with no gimmick, but also you guys are so easy to rile up and kind of deserve it if that would bother you so much 

 

[Travod]

Why the fuck is cartoon a gimmick 

[The Panda]

With a 105m weekend, MJ2 will be hardpressed to even reach 300m.

[DAJK]

MockingJay was pretty great.

[The Panda]

54 minutes ago, water said:

i just checked and of the FIFTY-FIVE movies that have ever made over 300m, mj1 (and soon mj2) are the ONLY ones without a gimmick. wow 

 

A single book being split into two parts is a gimmick in my books.

[water]

1 minute ago, The Panda said:

 

A single book being split into two parts is a gimmick in my books.

 

that has nothing to do with the content of the movie itself?

[Ryan Reynolds]

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[DAJK]

4 minutes ago, The Panda said:

With a 105m weekend, MJ2 will be hardpressed to even reach 300m.

That's the thing: any other franchise (other than Avengers and Star Wars I guess) and these would be considered great numbers.