rhsn Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 2 minutes ago, ecstasy said: You're gonna have to come to terms with the way things are done. It's not changing. If you go down this road with TFA you'll have to do the same with other blockbusters that benefitted from the same. The way things are done is always changing. They open movies on Wednesdays in France. A 5 day opening is not the same as 4 day opening which isn't the same as a 3 day opening. I am impressed by SW7's opening but it isn't as impressive if it had made $120 million with a midnight opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 13 minutes ago, Obi-Wan Telemachos said: Welcome. Friday's actual won't jump around that much. At most, probably 1m in either direction. So sure you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmBuff Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Kinda a funny picture. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 1 minute ago, Obi-Wan Telemachos said: SoCal seems to be representing pretty well too. I just didn't check on JW's Saturday, so I have no point of comparison. I haven't seen many sell outs today. I did see the oddest thing at Irvine Spectrum. 7 sold out shows beginning at 2:25 am and ending at 5:55 am. Graveyard shift? Never seen that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 12 minutes ago, ecstasy said: Not in SoCal. East coast is doing gangbusters. San Diego at quick look is pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 2 minutes ago, FilmBuff said: Kinda a funny picture. Breaking Bad takes place in Star Wars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 22 minutes ago, jandrew said: Watching the Grinch cartoon. Forgot the movie was #1 for 2000 and adjusts to $401 today without 3D. Crazy. Probably second only to Three Men and a Baby for most "WTF?" #1 movie of the year since the 80's. I guess there's Sniper too, but I still hate calling that a 2014 film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayhawk the Hutt Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Hopefully walk ups fuel the WC. Still not the evening yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 2 minutes ago, rhsn said: The way things are done is always changing. They open movies on Wednesdays in France. A 5 day opening is not the same as 4 day opening which isn't the same as a 3 day opening. I am impressed by SW7's opening but it isn't as impressive if it had made $120 million with a midnight opening. People give un-due weight to the midnights-only concept. SW probably had a slight edge, but it's not nearly as dramatic as you might think. For mega-openers like Harry Potter, theaters finished their contractual evening runs and then put HP on every screen, starting at 12:01. The total number of showtimes is pretty similar to movies that open earlier, they're just spread out more over the evening. The benefit from earlier shows isn't necessarily that there's tons more of them, but that it's an easier time to see a movie for non-diehard fans (the diehards would show up at any hour). 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) 7 minutes ago, junkshop36 said: Yep. It's about how the Rebels acquired the Death Star plans before the events of ANH. There's been rumors that Vader might be in the movie; though it would probably be in a small role. Christ, that far back? Surprised they're even entertaining the notion of a SW prequel after George's attempts. Edited December 20, 2015 by Hatebox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 8 minutes ago, Obi-Wan Telemachos said: SoCal seems to be representing pretty well too. I just didn't check on JW's Saturday, so I have no point of comparison. I can't read the word "SoCal" without reading SoDoSoPa lmao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I need Saturday updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Just now, Salacious Tree Crumb said: I can't read the word "SoCal" without reading SoDoSoPa lmao. I... don't have a clue what that is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayhawk the Hutt Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 If it opened at midnight it probably still would have done close to what it did OD. 110m would have been probable with that level of demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerfy01 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 1 minute ago, Obi-Wan Telemachos said: I... don't have a clue what that is. SOuth of DOwntown SOuth PArk. SODOSOPA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 3 minutes ago, CJ Ren said: I need Saturday updates It's not collapsing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) It would have definitely lost some gross starting at midnight because it was a school night. Plenty of parents weren't going to allow even high schoolers to be out until 3am on a school night, especially since some may have been finishing up tests yesterday. However, DH2 opened in a time of year that's not a problem, so it had that advantage over TFA. So the way I see it, that evens out the advantage TFA got by starting at 7. Both were basically on a level playing field Edited December 20, 2015 by MovieMan89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 2 minutes ago, Obi-Wan Telemachos said: I... don't have a clue what that is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miXMWJyOdgw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 2 minutes ago, rhsn said: The way things are done is always changing. They open movies on Wednesdays in France. A 5 day opening is not the same as 4 day opening which isn't the same as a 3 day opening. I am impressed by SW7's opening but it isn't as impressive if it had made $120 million with a midnight opening. They don't change that much, jmo. The earlier shows become a big thing after a major tragedy occurred in the U.S. I can't speak on what you find impressive or not. That's your opinion. I just know that even the most impressive midnight numbers still had to do it with a boatload of showings and all of a theater's screens available for use. So to me it's all the same. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTF Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Obi-Wan Telemachos said: I... don't have a clue what that is. lol Also Tele, how about you throw an ! at the end of that $120.5m # in the title…beating the OD record by $30m deserves some emphasis! Edited December 20, 2015 by FTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
