stuart360 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Its just a shame Saturday was the biggest shopping day of the year. If it was a normal Saturday and had that tiny Sunday drop, the coming days could be extraordinary. They still could be and probably will be. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdevidem01 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 33 minutes ago, superduperm said: Well, it's been a long run, but good-bye Spider-Man 2. Your last record falls today. Oh but what a great film that was. Wonder if TFA will beat its attendance for monday though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthWalker Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 how funny would it be though if it did it then 3 weeks later episode IX took it back The 'Finale Factor' is exaggerated. For every Potter there's a Twilight or Hunger Games which disproves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 There's no other dormant franchise quite like Star Wars. It will happen eventually but it won't be 6 months later like this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayhawk the Hutt Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 This December record has the potential to hold for decades. Eventually inflation will probably do it in, but this thing almost tripled the record. The weather was perfect for this weekend as well, which is another obstacle that everyone talked about. That won't happen every December. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx93 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 So, where are those people who said that Disney will ruin Star Wars???? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 4 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said: So what do y'all think the floor is for the 10-day total? I ran the numbers and came up with about $490m. Could go above $500m, but I'll say $480m seems to be the floor. That's pretty amazing, especially since it has another holiday inflated weekend right after that. I think it crosses 500m pretty easily. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthOpeningGross Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 2 hours ago, redfirebird2008 said: Yeah, the guy who made a very cynical killing on numerous home video re-releases, each one advertised as more "special" than the previous one. He pretty much invented double dipping. Fair point - the amount of re-releases on DVD and other formats is shameful. But an exclusively money-grubbing guy doesn't let his cash cow go dormant for 16 years and then another 10 years. He's a complicated guy, in some ways. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 2 minutes ago, darthdevidem01 said: Oh but what a great film that was. Wonder if TFA will beat its attendance for monday though. Doubt it. 2D inflation alone would put that Monday at high 30Ms, then add in 3D. TFA Monday would have to be close to 50M to match it's attendance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashMaster659 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Imagine if history repeated itself and an E.T. sequel came and broke all of TFA's records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Just now, stuart360 said: Its just a shame Saturday was the biggest shopping day of the year. If it was a normal Saturday and had that tiny Sunday drop, the coming days could be extraordinary. They still could be and probably will be. It's sort of a trade-off though. If it came out a week earlier, Saturday would have been stronger but Sunday would have dropped harder due to the fact people aren't off work and school Monday (which makes Sunday evening shows more difficult to attend). A mid-July release is the perfect release date to go for maximum weekend potential because kids are out of school and your Sunday evening shows get the benefit of that plus your Thursday evening preview shows benefit from it too. But I think over the long haul, this pre-Christmas weekend is brilliant. All kinds of holiday boost throughout the next two weeks including both weekends with huge boosts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayhawk the Hutt Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) 8 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said: So what do y'all think the floor is for the 10-day total? I ran the numbers and came up with about $490m. Could go above $500m, but I'll say $480m seems to be the floor. That's pretty amazing, especially since it has another holiday inflated weekend right after that. I got $475m as a floor so right around yours. Another 7 days of holidays after that will seal the DOM title. Unless the weekend are really fooling us, I have $615m through New Year's weekend as a floor. Edited December 21, 2015 by Jayhawk the Hutt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 My final OW prediction in the SW prediction contest thread was 248M, so I love this OW result! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babz06 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I doubt the Christmas films will put a dent into Star Wars but the January films will be much more competitive: The Hateful Eight, The Revenant, Ride Along 2, and Kung Fu Panda 3 to name a few. This is why Avatar-like holds are unrealistic. Avatar only had to contend with a Denzel Washington film and some horror flicks. It only really started losing steam towards the end of February/ early March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 3 minutes ago, Boxx93 said: So, where are those people who said that Disney will ruin Star Wars???? Some are in my French class, a few are in my math class, and one of them (my uncle) is seeing the movie right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 So, how many days to a billion? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) I'm shit at predictions, and the only one I made for this film was about 5 weeks ago saying we'd probably all wonder how we ever doubted this film come opening weekend. Which gives me a perfect record as far as TFA goes. Edited December 21, 2015 by Hatebox 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 1 minute ago, Jayhawk the Hutt said: I got $475m as a floor so right around yours. Another 7 days of holidays will seal the DOM title. Unless the weekend are really fooling us, I have $615m through New Year's weekend as a floor. Yeah, Jurassic World had a 1.62 multiplier from its 10-day total. If we end up around $490m with TFA through 10 days, that would mean a floor of $794m total and that doesn't really account for the holiday boost on New Year's weekend. JW dropped 49% on its third weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Just now, DAJK said: So, how many days to a billion? Domestic or WW? (If domestic than never) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 $74,412 mor and the average per theater would have been $60,000 Btw, in case no one pointed that little detail out: the OS was also underestimated: BoxOffice @BoxOffice 59 secs60 seconds ago With a domestic start of $248M & an overseas start of $281M, the global launch for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS is a record $529M. #StarWars 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
