Harpospoke Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 32 minutes ago, Talkie said: Fewer females in the audience has nothing to do with "geek sexism." Male fans didn't scare women and girls off and the producers have actively courted them. It may be that the most dedicated fans are male, and they were the ones motivated to see it first. There is an alternate reading, however. Perhaps women are the ones being sexist. Maybe female filmgoers have dismissed SW because it's a traditionally male-oriented franchise. Rey's inclusion and Leia's enhanced role obviously weren't enough to overcome women's bias against the film. Fancy that. Interesting idea. Similar to how many males automatically discount any movie that women like? "Chick flick" is used as an insult to a movie. I recently read that Paul McCartney suffered with male Beatles fans because the girls liked him the most. So many automatically rushed to proclaim John the "genius" to spite Paul. So it makes sense that it would work the same way in reverse. Some females probably immediately dismiss anything seen as "for boys". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Really rough Friday sellout/showtime count for the LA area: 95 sellouts / 1322 showtimes I simply don't have the time to check theaters with reserved seating, so I'm simply going off official sellouts as reported to Fandango/MovieTickets. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Quote “It looks like Avengers did,” said one rival distribution chief, “and it’s the best that tracking can offer.” Force Awakens is strong across all men and women under/over 25 with males a tad higher. Overall first choice is 21%, total awareness is 89%, definite awareness is 64% and unaided awareness –that part of B.O. polling that doesn’t lead respondents toward naming a specific film — is a very strong 25%. This is the first tracking released showing the female fans ARE there....just waiting to see it. http://deadline.com/2015/11/star-wars-the-force-awakens-box-office-opening-estimate-1201636913/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 6 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said: If it came out in mid-July like TDK/DH2 with all high school and college kids out of school, it might have hit $70m in previews. As it stands we are looking at incredible preview number with a bit more backloading over the coming holidays at Christmas and New Year's. And remember only 40M of the 139M presales were used last night. We're in for a historic run. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggestgeekever Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 $57 million is PHENOMENAL. Am I personally disappointed it didn't hit the 60 I predicted? Sure, a little. But this is such an unprecedented number; I feel like we're truly in for a special run, and I plan to sit back and enjoy the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumos Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Congrats SW fans! That is a stunning Thursday preview number. I'm a little sad to see DH2 lose the record....but it was kind of expected. DH2 will always have the biggest midnights in my mind! #5extrahours 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Just now, Biggestgeekever said: $57 million is PHENOMENAL. Am I personally disappointed it didn't hit the 60 I predicted? Sure, a little. But this is such an unprecedented number; I feel like we're truly in for a special run, and I plan to sit back and enjoy the ride. Showcase Showdown. I predicted $55m, you predicted $60m. Official number is $57m. Gimme da car and vacations, Drew! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 13 minutes ago, Cochofles said: Whether you find a film trashy or not is not the point. What riles me up is calling their fandom "trashdom." You are going from attacking a film to attacking people for liking that film, which is incredibly pretentious. The funny thing is that no matter how cool Star Wars fans like to think they are, lots of people still consider them "poor, pathetic nerds." Whether you like SW or Twilight, more power to nerds, geeks, and dorks everywhere. We should be defending each other, not bashing and dumping on each other, youknow? The internet was made for defenders of Slave Leia to call Twilight "trashdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Actually I think BlackSpider gets BOTH Showcases since he predicted $57m. Great job dude! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey ghost Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 James after seeing Thursday's preview numbers: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggestgeekever Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 7 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said: Showcase Showdown. I predicted $55m, you predicted $60m. Official number is $57m. Gimme da car and vacations, Drew! But WAIT... what is that on the horizon to save the day... can it BE? Spoiler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 This is what I see best and worst case. It could, higher and lower, but this is my opinion. Worst: 62m Friday (117m OD) 65m Saturday (+5% from Fri) 52m Sunday (-20%) 234m OW Best: 74m Friday (131m OD) 81.5m Saturday (+10% from Fri) 71.7m Sunday (-12%) 284.2m OW 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 My schools "airhead star athlete" has been going around the school announcing spoilers because he saw it with a school field trip this morning. As a matter of fact, he actually started telling people in the lineup for the next show thinking he's funny until the chemistry teacher told him to get his butt on the bus. If someone deserves to be in the Sarlacc Pit it's him. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 11 minutes ago, MJL said: This is the first tracking released showing the female fans ARE there....just waiting to see it. http://deadline.com/2015/11/star-wars-the-force-awakens-box-office-opening-estimate-1201636913/ Of course women are going to watch it. But most women fans of SW fall in the casual or new fanbase who are less likely to rush for opening night is all. LMAO at the trolling insinuating the franchise is sexist because of opening night audience breakdown or that women are sexist for not watching it ASAP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 12 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said: Showcase Showdown. I predicted $55m, you predicted $60m. Official number is $57m. Gimme da car and vacations, Drew! What about spizzer and me saying double-Ultron? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 1 minute ago, Obi-Wan Telemachos said: What about spizzer and me saying double-Ultron? BlackSpider knocked us all out with $57m on the nose. He gets BOTH showcases. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 "he actually started telling people in the lineup for the next show" If someone did this to me, I'd legit hit them. I'd probably go to jail and have to ask the mods here to start a gofundme account for my bail. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 26 minutes ago, Cochofles said: Whether you find a film trashy or not is not the point. What riles me up is calling their fandom "trashdom." You are going from attacking a film to attacking people for liking that film, which is incredibly pretentious. The funny thing is that no matter how cool Star Wars fans like to think they are, lots of people still consider them "poor, pathetic nerds." Whether you like SW or Twilight, more power to nerds, geeks, and dorks everywhere. We should be defending each other, not bashing and dumping on each other, youknow? Well said. I think the Twilight films are pretty terrible. But that's just me. If someone enjoys them then I'm glad they do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackspider Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 7 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said: Actually I think BlackSpider gets BOTH Showcases since he predicted $57m. Great job dude! Thanks buddy. Now I just hope the rest of the weekend plays out in similar fashion. It's a tad overzealous I'll admit, but when it comes to Star Wars, it's go big or go home! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 The first Friday estimate is gonna be fucking epic and then RTH will lead us. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
