Star Wars Tuesday - 37.3M (Tele/baumer bet for Wednesday drop is on page 24...much to learn one of them still has)

[RamblinRed]

8 minutes ago, terrestrial said:

 

Saw it once in the original language, will watch it again earliest 28 December, when I'll have finally enough time to drive to a cinema and also enjoy it releaxed enough.

Don't underestimate the family members involved in Christams preperation, send the children with dad / mom,... into the cinema whilst wrapping presents or do other things where the children are not wanted / needed. Plus visits...

Here nearly all neighbour countries do not speak our language, a lot of people tend to take vacations in those countries = at least some of those on vacation (in my stae today was the last day of school), will watch it for the first time after their return = usually ~ 2 weeks X-Mas school holidays here. I am pretty sure that will be the same for at least some of the US population too.

 

No questions: repeat viewer make a certain percentage, but do not underestimate the people without the time, energy, or nerves to stand in line....

 

 

Hmmm maybe other users here should take that as an example for their arguments?

Like take a bet, the looser pays for an account for himself/herself or for the winner for one month or two, or donates.

Might help with the costs. Since it's the traffic that causes them to be so high, those often endless discussions are a reason too for them being that high, or?

 

 

 

I think your calculations are wrong, see AMC reaction about 30% more ticktes would have been possible during OW via reserved seatings.

The 19h report was not only by Deadline, the source usually correct as far as I remember

I remember that article about the $100M in 24 hours. Don't remember if it was Deadline or somewhere else (I think it was DL though). It was $100M in 21 hours from 7 pm EST Thur to 1 PM PST (4 pm EST) Fri.

[Ash Skywalker]

With an estimated $41.3M overseas on Tuesday, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS has grossed $364.0M overseas / $689.4M globally. #TheForceAwakens

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

December 23, 2015

[smerfy01]

If you only knew the power of the dark side of TFA box office numbers

(hint: it brings servers to their knees)

[Ryan Reynolds]

So will this be at 1 billion WW by Monday?

[smerfy01]

1 minute ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

So will this be at 1 billion WW by Monday?

at this rate, it's gonna be at 1 billion by the end of Saturday.

[grey ghost]

16 minutes ago, The Stingray said:

The correct opinion:

 

Titanic > The Force Awakens > Avatar > The Avengers
 

 

TFA > Avengers > Avatar > Titanic

 

My proud SW/MCU fanboy ranking.

[MovieGuyKyle17]

So I was planning on going to see The Big Short today, looking up the movie listings and its not even playing within 40 miles of me. I call massive BS because I swore I saw it was going to be playing at my local regal earlier in the week. I hate that my local theaters can pick some low budget crappy made religious movie that I never even heard of, but god forbid we actually get some indie film or possible Oscar contenders. RANT OVER.

[Deathlife]

I don't really follow the Xmas box office but it does seem this movie will take down Avatar in the US.

 

International will be a lot more complicated because Avatar's 3-D share was pretty much 100% in many territories (there weren't any 2-D showings in my corner of South Africa at all).

 

The Force Awakens doesn't have that advantage.

[SteveJaros]

34 minutes ago, eXtacy said:

 

You say that but Avatar was an cinematic experience. For most it will be their first good 3D live action film that immersed people into it another world. Outside of that its just a decent film. I enjoyed Avatar more in theater than Force Awakens but I will probably enjoy TFA at home more than I would Avatar.

 

I just don't like Avatar, IMO it is a boring movie with a ham-handed political message and lousy story. And it was Green. Lots of Green on the screen. And that's coming from a BIG James Cameron fan, I love his work, well all of it save for that.  It's really the only top box office film I don't like. E.g., I didn't think JW should have exploded like it did, it didn't have any depth to it at all, but I enjoyed it for the slick roller-coaster thrill ride that it was and actually appreciated its simplicity coming after the convoluted plot of Ultron.

 

 But Avatar, bleh. 

Edited December 23, 2015 by SteveJaros

[grey ghost]

Of the top 40 films WW only one is a non-franchise movie (Titanic).

 

Building franchises is the name of the game because they bring in the most money.

 

Studios don't gamble 200 million per movie to make artistic statements. That's a good way to end up going bankrupt.

[Ethan Hunt]

1 hour ago, FilmBuff said:

Why wouldn't it gross 1 bil? It has incredible wom right now.

 

 

[ecstasy]

1 hour ago, wildphantom said:

Mendelson at it again. Click bait of the very highest order. We already knew you weren't fussed. Doesn't mean you have to write telling everybody every single day. It's embarrassing. 

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/12/23/star-wars-the-force-awakens-why-its-box-office-victory-may-be-bad-news-for-hollywood/

 

This is a long running rant that started way back. Star Wars taking a big giant dump on that guy. How many Ls is he gonna take?

 

Oct 23, 2015 @ 10:02 AM 60,065 views

Why I Don't Want 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' To Be The Biggest-Grossing Movie Ever

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/10/23/why-i-dont-want-star-wars-the-force-awakens-to-be-the-biggest-grossing-movie-ever/

 

Nov 20, 2015 @ 10:00 AM 23,303 views

For 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' Record Pre-Sales Doesn't Mean A Record Opening Weekend

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/11/20/star-wars-the-force-awakens-box-office-record-pre-sales-doesnt-mean-a-record-opening-weekend/

 

 

 

Dec 11, 2015 @ 10:00 AM 132,397 views

For 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' Breaking The Opening Weekend Record Just Got Less Likely

 

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/12/11/box-office-star-wars-the-force-awakens-breaking-the-opening-weekend-record-just-got-less-likely/

 

 

 

 

[GiantCALBears]

That's right in the middle of the range predicted yesterday, nice going guys. Fantastic drop for the level this is performing at. Yet another record(s) added to the war chest.

[FlashMaster659]

That $140M-$180M second weekend being predicted by Variety would mean only a 27%-43% drop! Crazy!

[#ED]

10 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

So will this be at 1 billion WW by Monday?

 

NOT A RECORD.

[grey ghost]

Just now, ecstasy said:

 

This is a long running rant that started way back. Star Wars taking a big giant dump on that guy. How many Ls is he gonna take?

 

Oct 23, 2015 @ 10:02 AM 60,065 views

 

Why I Don't Want 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' To Be The Biggest-Grossing Movie Ever

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/10/23/why-i-dont-want-star-wars-the-force-awakens-to-be-the-biggest-grossing-movie-ever/

 

Nov 20, 2015 @ 10:00 AM 23,303 views

 

For 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' Record Pre-Sales Doesn't Mean A Record Opening Weekend

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/11/20/star-wars-the-force-awakens-box-office-record-pre-sales-doesnt-mean-a-record-opening-weekend/

 

 

 

Dec 11, 2015 @ 10:00 AM 132,397 views

 

For 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' Breaking The Opening Weekend Record Just Got Less Likely

 

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/12/11/box-office-star-wars-the-force-awakens-breaking-the-opening-weekend-record-just-got-less-likely/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lol, he gave up on predicting SW box office (cause he sucks) and resorted to straight up bashing the movie.

 

Did LucasFilm sleep with his wife or something.

[Jandrew]

Are people going on about $1 billion? Do yall realize how many tickets that is? Cuz, its like 100,000,000. 30 million more than our last 3 big hitters.

 

The $800 dream is real, but we need to be cautious with $1b. Still way too early in the run.

Edited December 23, 2015 by jandrew

[ecstasy]

So I guess Mendelson is just gonna ignore the fact that Jurassic World is not something new and is a sequel/reboot of a successful franchise.

[Dementeleus]

7 minutes ago, ecstasy said:

 

This is a long running rant that started way back. Star Wars taking a big giant dump on that guy. How many Ls is he gonna take?

 

Oct 23, 2015 @ 10:02 AM 60,065 views

 

Why I Don't Want 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' To Be The Biggest-Grossing Movie Ever

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/10/23/why-i-dont-want-star-wars-the-force-awakens-to-be-the-biggest-grossing-movie-ever/

 

Nov 20, 2015 @ 10:00 AM 23,303 views

 

For 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' Record Pre-Sales Doesn't Mean A Record Opening Weekend

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/11/20/star-wars-the-force-awakens-box-office-record-pre-sales-doesnt-mean-a-record-opening-weekend/

 

 

 

Dec 11, 2015 @ 10:00 AM 132,397 views

 

For 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' Breaking The Opening Weekend Record Just Got Less Likely

 

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/12/11/box-office-star-wars-the-force-awakens-breaking-the-opening-weekend-record-just-got-less-likely/

 

 

 

 

 

Good sleuthing, E!  

[GiantCALBears]

Just for the record so someone puts this out there, that small drop from estimates to low $37s means Amazing Spider-Man still holds the record for tickets sold on any Tuesday (which was its 1st day of release as opposed to 5th for TFA).