Dementeleus Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 2 minutes ago, The Panda Menace said: Excel is going to be denying the mainstream appeal of Star Wars even if it hits 1b domestic. He'll say Disney shoved it down the audiences throats and made them go see it, that the box office is only because the geeks bought 100 tickets each, not that, you know, Star Wars might actually be extremely popular. Yep, it's not popular, fanboys just went to see it 10+ times each to make sure it got the record. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey ghost Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 6 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said: Surprised by that considering the average prediction on the forum is $800m. There are a lot more than 1 person expecting it to beat Avatar by at least $50m. There are a number of them predicting over $1 billion. No, I meant that only one person took the bet against me. Meaning only one person was willing to bet TFA would make under 810 m DOM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Just now, grey ghost said: No, I meant that only one person took the bet against me. Meaning only one person was willing to bet TFA would make under 810 m DOM. Oh, damn!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Wang Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 2 minutes ago, The Panda Menace said: Excel is going to be denying the mainstream appeal of Star Wars even if it hits 1b domestic. He'll say Disney shoved it down the audiences throats and made them go see it, that the box office is only because the geeks bought 100 tickets each, not that, you know, Star Wars might actually be extremely popular. I bet he stays far away until March, and if/when he comes back, he will conveniently avoid all Star Wars discussions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 3 minutes ago, Obi-Wan Telemachos said: Yep, it's not popular, fanboys just went to see it 10+ times each to make sure it got the record. Aren't you going 3 times this weekend? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 1 minute ago, Darth Rallax said: I bet he stays far away until March, and if/when he comes back, he will conveniently avoid all Star Wars discussions. He is discussing it quite a bit on KJ. Surprised that he is still so adamant about this supposed lack of interest from the general audience. I'm with Spizzer on the fact that it made $57m in previews and probably $40m of that was pre-sales. That means we still have $90m in pre-sales that will apply to other days through the film's run. Pretty strong evidence pointing to record-shattering performance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantCALBears Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 11 minutes ago, BKB IS CAPTAIN AMERICA said: But.. But... But.. That would make my 230M OW Club a (GASP) Success??? I never get box office right.. This would be amazing if true.. Looking really good so far, will be happy to have been wrong/out ;). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Wang Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 1 minute ago, redfirebird2008 said: He is discussing it quite a bit on KJ. Surprised that he is still so adamant about this supposed lack of interest from the general audience. I'm with Spizzer on the fact that it made $57m in previews and probably $40m of that was pre-sales. That means we still have $90m in pre-sales that will apply to other days through the film's run. Pretty strong evidence pointing to record-shattering performance. Oh totally. The fact that we had about 500 tickets sold already for today by the end of business yesterday is just crazy. I think the last I checked we had about 850 tickets sold for the 18th-31st is pretty crazy for us down here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdevidem01 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) I think people are seriously lowballing Friday daytime business. I can see $65 Million + giving us a OD of almost $130 Million (absolutely insane that a few years ago that would be around the OW week record!) I would be happy though with anything over $55 Million for the Friday daytime figure Edited December 18, 2015 by darthdevidem01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 9 minutes ago, #ED2-D2 said: Aren't you going 3 times this weekend? Three times by end of Saturday. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75Live Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Finally saw the numbers for this and holy crap at the crazy figures so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 7 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said: He is discussing it quite a bit on KJ. Surprised that he is still so adamant about this supposed lack of interest from the general audience. I'm with Spizzer on the fact that it made $57m in previews and probably $40m of that was pre-sales. That means we still have $90m in pre-sales that will apply to other days through the film's run. Pretty strong evidence pointing to record-shattering performance. I assume he'd just say that the presales are fanboys. Only walkups count as general audience, because no one buys tickets on the internet except fans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Just quickly popping in (I don't care if the thread says No Spoilers, I'm staying away until after I see it tomorrow) to say daammmmmmmnnnnnnn. I'd say Harry Potter's number is more impressive despite being significantly smaller (since that movie started at midnight on the clock, whereas this had a 5 hour jumpstart), but still, hooray! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 13 minutes ago, Obi-Wan Telemachos said: Yep, it's not popular, fanboys just went to see it 10+ times each to make sure it got the record. Well, you know, no one really likes Titanic, just maybe about 1 million teenage girls who took out 10 million dollar loans to go see it as often as possible. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travod Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 1 minute ago, Obi-Wan Telemachos said: I assume he'd just say that the presales are fanboys. Only walkups count as general audience, because no one buys tickets on the internet except fans. I went to bed last night, what did you think of it? Spoiler tag/PM/whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 9 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said: He is discussing it quite a bit on KJ. Surprised that he is still so adamant about this supposed lack of interest from the general audience. I'm with Spizzer on the fact that it made $57m in previews and probably $40m of that was pre-sales. That means we still have $90m in pre-sales that will apply to other days through the film's run. Pretty strong evidence pointing to record-shattering performance. Someone earlier said that CBS reported $139M in presales yesterday. So could be even higher. Even if all 57M was from presales (it wasn't), we've got 82M and counting. Considering the old total presale record was considerably smaller, it bodes for record weekend business over the next 72 hours. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdevidem01 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 1 minute ago, Baumer Fett said: Well, you know, no one really likes Titanic, just maybe about 1 million teenage girls who took out 10 million dollar loans to go see it as often as possible. Pwahaha whenever someone says that I just roll my eyes so much. In my friendship group it's often the guys who go to all the comic book movies religiously and rave about Avenger/TDK's box office. It's so fun to shut them up by actually evidencing titanics epic box office run....truly nothing may ever come close to that ship that stole the hearts of the world. Further to this saying since Titanic the other highest ticket seller is TPM doesn't go down well but gets hilarious reactions!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I had this at 190 OW ... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travod Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao5wiaze1TQ rip how do you embed i always forget Edited December 18, 2015 by Travod idk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cochofles Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 10 minutes ago, Baumer Fett said: Well, you know, no one really likes Titanic, just maybe about 1 million teenage girls who took out 10 million dollar loans to go see it as often as possible. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love you!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
