terrestrial Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 The U.K. leads overseas with $133.5 million, one of the best showings of all time, followed by Germany ($73.9 million), France ($61.4 million), Australia ($47.1 million), Japan ($46.1 million), Spain ($24.7 million), Italy ($23.3 million) and Mexico (23.1 million). It's not seeing the same big numbers in some parts of Asia, such as South Korea ($21.8 million). However, Force Awakens is counting on being a huge player in China, where it rolls out Jan. 9. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-star-wars-rings-851635?utm_source=twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 You dont have to take my word for it. Wehave a 2500 page SW thread. Go find any predictions on there of taking down avatar. Anything after p resales comes out doesnt count. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood26 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 After Jurassic World some predicted it. I did. I knew if JW could do 650m, SW was gonna rule the world. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXRDJisDoctorDoom Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Just now, terrestrial said: The U.K. leads overseas with $133.5 million, one of the best showings of all time, followed by Germany ($73.9 million), France ($61.4 million), Australia ($47.1 million), Japan ($46.1 million), Spain ($24.7 million), Italy ($23.3 million) and Mexico (23.1 million). It's not seeing the same big numbers in some parts of Asia, such as South Korea ($21.8 million). However, Force Awakens is counting on being a huge player in China, where it rolls out Jan. 9. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-star-wars-rings-851635?utm_source=twitter Here are my conservative predictions for the final totals in these countries. UK - $180 million Germany - $105 million France - $90 million Australia - $70 million Japan - $90 million Spain - $35 million Italy - $32 million Mexico - $30 million South Korea - $28 million China - WHO KNOWS!! $150 million let's sat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 5 minutes ago, VenomXXR said: China - WHO KNOWS!! $150 million let's sat I have no idea about a few of those end result predictions as I am for the moment not following a lot of OS countries. Out of curiousity: did you discuss those numbers in the International Forum? Do they agree, if you did? China = wholeheartedly agree (and the last time I chescked our China mod wrote that number too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXRDJisDoctorDoom Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 11 minutes ago, terrestrial said: I have no idea about a few of those end result predictions as I am for the moment not following a lot of OS countries. Out of curiousity: did you discuss those numbers in the International Forum? Do they agree, if you did? China = wholeheartedly agree (and the last time I chescked our China mod wrote that number too) I haven't asked in any of the international forums, but I've been following them a bit. Some are more optimistic, some less. I know some are saying $200 million in the UK and $100 million in Australia, France and Germany. We shall see though I'm still hoping for Jurassic World numbers in China ($228 million). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxmoser3 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Despite Star Wars breaking records, I'm surprised how Daddy's Home holds are, it should end it's run with 145 million domestic. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 1 minute ago, Maxmoser3 said: Despite Star Wars breaking records, I'm surprised how Daddy's Home holds are, it should end it's run with 145 million domestic. Will we get a sequel? A shared daddy universe? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantCALBears Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 1 minute ago, Maxmoser3 said: Despite Star Wars breaking records, I'm surprised how Daddy's Home holds are, it should end it's run with 145 million domestic. It's done shockingly well after how meh The Other Guys was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killimano3 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 43 minutes ago, DamienRoc said: Avatar's DOM run will only be impressive until Tuesday or so. At which point it's automatically crap. Because clearly once another film has earned more in some way (DOM, OW, OS, etc.) it automatically makes a film's run worse. People don't seem to understand the difference between a comparison and a competition. Case in point: What? I wasnt saying Harry Potter is unimpressive now... I was just saying it was interesting that in 3 years it only dropped 1 spot and this year it dropped another 4. Shows how strong this year's been WW compared to the last couple 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 Looks like SW will barely hit 700M. /Pessimistic BOT users. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 7 minutes ago, NCsoft said: A lot of people simply ... There is a big difference between the IMDb message boards (also have a very loud group of wandering from one new released blockbuster movie to the next to show their cultural superioty via dismissing blockbusters - you can check by their posting chronik) and people writing reviews there. The mentioned low-lifes are not only for SW 7 there, they are for a lot of movies /and people) there. Not all of them even hate the movie they are 'dissing' about, they seem more into stirring up people, getting heard, matter via vote,.... I write the rest in spoiler tags as it is too lengthy and it's OT too Spoiler Seemingly a certain percentage of people feel better about themself, when able to stand above things, like if they look down on things other like they are superior or so = again = not especially for SW 7 counting, you can go to nearly all RECENT (not older than maybe 15 years?) blockbuster review parts there and will find a lot of negativism. Yes, there are people with reasons for writing in such a way. But I think they are the minority at IMDb (and Yahoo movies it seems, as people at IMDb wrote ther it is even worse) There are a high percentage of 10 voters for SW 7, yes. But they are not the majority. I know for sure btw, that quite a lot of those 'review' writers are people with way more than one account (and use them, incl my example I gave earlier = steel reviews or parts of those from reviewers working for a magazin or...) About the rating: if the rater has not done a certain number of votes (preferably regularyly) the rating will not event taken into the calculation. The same count for more or less general 10 or 1 voters. The most weight have the top 1000 voters, to be one of those you really have a lot to vote, more or less constantly (too long a break = out) Also maybe interesting to know (generally speaking, not SW 7 in especial): there are groups of people with agendas that organize down votes (or try to do so) religious groups (partly even their priest telling the 'coffee meeters' which ones...) fandoms (I read myself in threads where they wrote openly how to do that the best, with lists who will do what where, organized not only within and at IMDb) political groups, racists... Are you aware about SW 7 got calls to boycott it based in in their opinion (started a long time before the release) missing white (younger than Harrison) lead male role = in the way they meant a hero to be? Those too littered the threads... too for a time at least (I didn't do a follow up based on no time) not sure why you think 20 out of 316 reviews are a lot, but the movie stand at 94% there, but the percentage doesn't stay for the rating, only for the 'enjoyability' see the raing = a rather good 8.2/10 Reviews Counted: 316 Fresh: 296 Rotten: 20 Metascore (by the critics) is 81%. Users are mostly seemingly rather young gamers. If they are similar to my pupils then a lot of them will have seen the movie only on their mobiles... and seem to expect in general (not for SW 7 counting, those reactions I'll get earliest around mid January) movies having a similar pace... than games. What I kind of think is strange: you picked only examples they might imply bad things, hinting suspiciousness.... I prefer pro and contra here the actual split of IMDb voters, as mentioned the top 1000 voters (known for being VERY critical btw) weight the most in relation to their votes. As in way more than you might imagine Votes Average Males 212433 8.5 Females 29090 8.6 Aged under 18 5768 9.1 Males under 18 4945 9.1 Females under 18 762 9.0 Aged 18-29 120198 8.6 Males Aged 18-29 103353 8.6 Females Aged 18-29 15591 8.7 Aged 30-44 82672 8.4 Males Aged 30-44 73207 8.4 Females Aged 30-44 8175 8.6 Aged 45+ 16437 8.3 Males Aged 45+ 13953 8.2 Females Aged 45+ 2221 8.6 IMDb staff 40 8.7 Top 1000 voters 323 8.2 US users 43397 8.6 Non-US users 118305 8.4 IMDb users 317113 8.5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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terrestrial Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 39 minutes ago, VenomXXR said: I haven't asked in any of the international forums, but I've been following them a bit. Some are more optimistic, some less. I know some are saying $200 million in the UK and $100 million in Australia, France and Germany. We shall see though I'm still hoping for Jurassic World numbers in China ($228 million). I asked not only bcs curiousity of their reactions, but also as you are rather new here and I wasn't sure if I already you to that area of the forum too (and to do so too often might be obstrusive) It's a very interesting area - at least to me, but I understand you like/love it too So many new members here, I already mix up user names (and I am bad with names anyway) And so many changed nemas, I have no idea who some of them even are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 BO.com's next long range forecast is up http://pro.boxoffice.com/featured_stories/2016-01-long-range-forecast-gods-of-egypt-triple-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 52 minutes ago, Maxmoser3 said: Despite Star Wars breaking records, I'm surprised how Daddy's Home holds are, it should end it's run with 145 million domestic. It was too late though for Paramount to steal the 6th spot from Lionsgate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) 22 minutes ago, NCsoft said: My impression is that it is well liked but not overwhelmingly so. It may be true that most people in really life like the movie (I'm sensing more like than love though), but certainly you would not expect people who do written reviews on imdb are representative of general population, that doesn't means they're trolls necessarily; as you know,film fans can be passionate, star wars fans can be passionate (the prequel hate), and you'd expect some sort of backlash against one of the most anticipated film in history. I don't think they are all trolls, but some definitely are, and some are just burthurt fansboys who can't aceept a fun movie for what it is. I knew the moment there was going to be another star wars movie that a lot of people were going to hate it no matter what. Edited January 2, 2016 by Kalo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantCALBears Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 16 minutes ago, Baumer Fett said: i know @GiantCALBears is going to be shocked by this but idont know anyone irl that didnt like TFA. Cool story man, nice use of bold too. I'm not shocked at all as I've said previously. You love saying absolutes that have zero to do w/ my previous points. Oh and again this has NOTHING to do with the numbers, good job setting an example, moderator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Moderation: Guys, what did I say about this Star Wars and Avatar talk? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 It is time to clean this legendary mess. Great job guys. Chewy would be proud, I am sure. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
