XXR vs XXR Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 7 minutes ago, Shaldun said: Disney marketing will make the GA care, be sure of that. Also they arguably put the most interesting of all their spin-off projects first so that helps Agreed that Disney marketing will make sure everyone knows about it but I think Darth Vader needs to be in it for the hook. Even if it's only a handful of minutes ala The Joker in Dark Knight or Hannibal in Silence of the Lambs. He's arguably the greatest movie villain ever and perhaps also the most iconic figure in cinema history. There is no one who doesn't know Darth Vader. Not having him in the film to some extent would be foolish I think. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23IsEverywhere Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 The Force Awakens has lost a little ground on Avatar compared to Monday where if it followed it would have hit $1.894B If it follows Avatar with the Monday-Wednesday numbers multiplier it will hit $1.836B If it follows Avatar with just the Wednesday numbers multiplier it will hit it is at $1.8057 Unfortunately the holidays messed with ROTK and Hobbit 3 comps. To be leggier than those for Christmas Eve, TFA needs a 39.5% and a 38.6% drop respectively. If it can out leg ROTK it will likely break $1B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyxx Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 13 minutes ago, eddyxx said: On the thread when this beats Avatar,, can this please be posted on the first page? And this one when it hits 1B domestic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSoxRox Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I'm probably high off the numbers, but I'm going to say $31M for today (~18%). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerfy01 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Alright everyone, let's play: Who Got The Better Deal? Our contestants are: The Dodge Brothers, who turned a loan of $700 in parts and $500 in cash into not only millions of Ford stock dividends in the early 20th century, but then took those returns and created the Dodge brand vehicle. Disney, who took the Star Wars franchise and ripped it out of George Lucas' lifeless, soulless hands for a meager $4 billion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTUS 2020 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 1 hour ago, GiantCALBears said: The record for non opening Thursday gross is $29.094m unadjusted from TF2 (2nd day of release), probably way too much to ask for given Christmas Eve. 2nd place is Despicable Me 2 w/ $24.547m (also 2nd day out). 50/50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Totally bought a kylo ren lightsaber 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire of Themyscira Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) 16 hours ago, MrPink said: I told this to my GF to but it doesn't respond back. The perks of talking to the hand. I can help with that. Edited December 24, 2015 by Rey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryoj Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 23 minutes ago, smerfy01 said: Alright everyone, let's play: Who Got The Better Deal? Our contestants are: The Dodge Brothers, who turned a loan of $700 in parts and $500 in cash into not only millions of Ford stock dividends in the early 20th century, but then took those returns and created the Dodge brand vehicle. Disney, who took the Star Wars franchise and ripped it out of George Lucas' lifeless, soulless hands for a meager $4 billion. I'll go with Apple Computers buying Ronald Wayne's 10% stake in the company back in 1976 for $800. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkshop36 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 3 hours ago, Jawa said: 16 minutes ago, Michael Gary Scott said: Totally bought a kylo ren lightsaber Which one. The $200 force fx or the $30 Disney store one? I got the one from the Disney store. It lights up and makes all the sound fx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) 2 hours ago, terrestrial said: as several ppl asked about 2nd weekend results Rank Title (click to view) Studio Weeknd Gross* % of Total Theaters / Avg. Total Gross^ Date** 1 Jurassic World Uni. $106,588,440 16.3% 4,291 $24,840 $652,270,625 6/12/15 2 Marvel's The Avengers BV $103,052,274 16.5% 4,349 $23,696 $623,357,910 5/4/12 3 Avengers: Age of Ultron BV $77,746,929 16.9% 4,276 $18,182 $459,005,868 5/1/15 4 Avatar Fox $75,617,183 10.1% 3,456 $21,880 $749,766,139 12/18/09 5 The Dark Knight WB $75,166,466 14.1% 4,366 $17,216 $533,345,358 7/18/08 6 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire LGF $74,179,601 17.5% 4,163 $17,819 $424,668,047 11/22/13 7 Iron Man 3 BV $72,525,615 17.7% 4,253 $17,053 $409,013,994 5/3/13 8 Shrek 2 DW $72,170,363 16.4% 4,223 $17,089 $441,226,247 5/19/04 9 Spider-Man Sony $71,417,527 17.7% 3,615 $19,755 $403,706,375 5/3/02 it's interesting that the top three all have extremely consistent second weekend percentages of total (16.3, 16.5, 16.9). so if TFA has a 178m weekend and even if it follows those (lol) it will do ~178/0.165 = 1.079b dom total. Edited December 24, 2015 by water 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxmoser3 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 This has been so far a good way to end 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantCALBears Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 23 minutes ago, fryoj said: I'll go with Apple Computers buying Ronald Wayne's 10% stake in the company back in 1976 for $800. This & nothing else comes close. Well played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerfy01 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 2 minutes ago, GiantCALBears said: This & nothing else comes close. Well played. I disagree. Dodge Bros. deal was ridiculous. They were the exclusive supplier for Ford's engines for like 15 years, on top of reaping millions in dividends and then when they were bought out (in 1917), they walked off with $32 million. At the same time, they started Dodge, which immediately became the #2 vehicle brand and Ford's main competitor. It was sold to Chrysler in 1928 for $160 million. Now it generates about 1/3rd of Chrysler's total revenue per year. Which is like $28 billion. A year. Pretty sure the birth of that far outweighs a 10% buyback for dirt cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accursed Arachnid!™ Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 1 hour ago, VenomXXR said: Agreed that Disney marketing will make sure everyone knows about it but I think Darth Vader needs to be in it for the hook. Even if it's only a handful of minutes ala The Joker in Dark Knight or Hannibal in Silence of the Lambs. He's arguably the greatest movie villain ever and perhaps also the most iconic figure in cinema history. There is no one who doesn't know Darth Vader. Not having him in the film to some extent would be foolish I think. Only if Vader is the hook does this become more interesting to Joe(or Josie) Schmo movie goer than Han Solo-anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantCALBears Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Rth Claus was spotted in the international forum. HO HO hoping he brings us some jolly Christmas (Eve) numbers for SW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rthmessiah Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 2 hours ago, GiantCALBears said: The man loves to make an entrance, he'll be here. 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyLL Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 So @Rth... is the sold out movies here in Colorado indicative of how it's going today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 5 hours ago, smerfy01 said: I just had a realization... After this weekend, TFA is gonna be past TDK for #5 all-time domestic. Just...wow. In just two weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart360 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I see Mojo has predicted 178mil Christmas weekend, is that even possible and woukld that pretty much gaurantee a 100+mil 3rd weekend?. I was thinking 150-160mil Christmas weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
