8M TFA Rth Monday number!!! SW7 has surpassed TA1 & F7 for 4th alltime WW!!!

[Accursed Arachnid!™]

Reigns by Domestic Box Office Champs since the advent of the "Event" Film*:

(*Feel free to correct me on any mistakes I may have made)
 

Jaws (1976(?) – 1978) 260m, Length on throne: Over 2 years/ Rank on Chart Now: 82nd(7^th Adj)

Star Wars(1978 - 1983) 309-322m, Length on throne: Around 5 years/ Rank on Chart Now: 8th(2^nd Adj)

E.T.(1983-1997) 359-399m, Length on throne: Just over 14 years/ Rank on Chart Now: 12th(4^th Adj)

Star Wars(1997-1998) 460m, Length on throne: Just 1 year/ Rank on Chart Now: 8th(2^nd Adj)

Titanic(1998 – 2010) 600m, Length on throne: Nearly 12 years/ Rank on Chart Now: 3rd(5^th Adj)

Avatar(2010-2016) 750-760m, Length on throne: Nearly 6 years/ Rank on Chart by 1/6: 2nd(15^th Adj)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens(2016 - ????)

 

Also of note: All reigns(that I know of) started in the first three months of the year.

 

By Length of Reign(rounded):

 

1. E.T.: 14 Years

2. Titanic: 12 Years

3. Avatar: 6 Years

4. Star Wars: 6 Years

5. Jaws: 2 years

6. Star Wars: The Force Awakens: ? Years

 

 

[XXR vs XXR]

So TFA did 80% more OS than domestic yesterday. Is that a trend that holds for the weekdays or was yesterday an "international market" kind of thing (similar to how Christmas day was 40% bigger here that OS)?

[terrestrial]

The-Numbers from today

Before Star Wars: The Force Awakens came out there had only been one film to reach the $750 million milestone. That film was Avatar, and it took the film 253 days, and a late summer re-release, to get there. The Force Awakens reached the milestone in just 18 days. The latest Star Wars installment earned $8.02 million on Monday for a running tally of $750.23 million. Avatar finished with $760.51 million, a figure The Force Awakens will top in two days, at the most. Meanwhile, it should have no problem becoming the first film to ever hit $800 million domestically and will do so over the weekend.

 

that one I hadn't seen there before

 

PLEASE do not quote! Depending on how it bleeds the graphs as text out!

 

Day	Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Day: 0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Day: 1	$119.119.282	$28.542.349	$254.809	$50.013.859	$6.219.629	$30.141.417	$1.333.305	$6.228.973
Day: 2	$187.413.486	$40.850.267	$493.774	$83.543.472	$10.640.780	$54.546.174	$2.341.114	$11.248.417
Day: 3	$247.966.675	$59.317.780		$124.237.232	$17.077.785	$85.799.792	$3.738.470	$14.611.273
Day: 4	$288.076.417	$83.731.903		$158.449.700	$25.220.293	$110.169.231	$5.473.664	$15.977.803
Day: 5	$325.438.146	$105.661.237	$2.048.249	$172.802.507	$30.490.619	$120.829.572	$7.244.308	$17.315.825
Day: 6	$363.460.329	$116.542.509		$182.710.218	$41.131.399	$128.332.368	$8.756.918	$18.394.914
Day: 7	$390.856.054	$124.723.784		$191.363.169	$45.311.004	$134.869.203	$9.612.663	$19.337.598
Day: 8	$440.181.717	$132.475.660		$200.442.739	$49.147.393	$141.305.821		$20.932.935
Day: 9	$496.913.249	$140.005.822		$216.022.081	$52.810.693	$154.093.732		$23.311.016
Day: 10	$540.058.914	$153.537.561		$236.940.421	$57.995.112	$172.654.396		$24.999.054
Day: 11	$571.420.943	$172.868.341		$255.648.711	$64.841.280	$189.186.353		$25.576.195
Day: 12	$600.949.526	$191.405.863		$270.489.794	$70.040.387	$201.309.716		$26.079.598
Day: 13	$629.034.583	$207.099.058		$274.896.433		$204.853.362		$26.493.966
Day: 14	$651.967.269	$212.558.695		$278.901.370		$208.049.645		$26.908.022
Day: 15	$686.361.421	$217.854.543		$282.804.625		$211.321.468		$27.578.764
Day: 16	$720.729.671	$222.866.471		$289.880.802	$89.685.511	$216.685.004		$28.684.185
Day: 17	$742.208.942	$231.211.000		$300.336.979		$225.836.515		$29.619.167
Day: 18	$750.230.824	$245.100.000		$307.892.961		$232.324.769		$30.672.432
Day: 19		$255.758.124		$310.314.752	$101.680.575	$234.539.896		$30.845.729
Day: 20		$259.677.495		$312.659.891		$236.818.608		$30.964.105
Day: 21		$263.679.744		$314.971.587		$238.923.059		$31.060.544
Day: 22		$267.491.901		$317.257.697		$241.094.639		$31.358.904
Day: 23		$271.332.050		$321.263.036	$110.348.602	$245.003.718		$32.238.558
Day: 24		$278.007.000		$327.531.977		$250.707.578		$32.752.889
Day: 25		$288.532.000		$332.109.171		$255.106.352		$32.821.058
Day: 26		$296.964.911	$12.943.513	$333.797.980	$121.566.148	$256.589.660		$32.893.998
Day: 27		$299.990.176		$335.384.779		$258.244.336		$32.965.880
Day: 28		$303.061.673		$336.736.523		$259.739.622		$33.037.851
Day: 29		$306.030.682		$338.102.187		$261.313.870		$33.181.538
Day: 30		$309.213.848	$15.628.913	$340.685.003	$129.911.354	$263.723.314	$36.492.546	$33.600.698
Day: 31		$314.019.000		$344.628.653		$267.443.605		$33.919.298
Day: 32		$321.399.000		$348.140.685		$270.752.477		$33.963.634
Day: 33		$328.072.869	$20.514.376	$349.270.153	$141.039.269	$271.762.423	$47.332.853	$34.004.108
Day: 34		$330.443.466		$350.346.885		$272.791.043		$34.045.559
Day: 35		$332.861.798		$351.390.871		$273.751.826		$34.083.901
Day: 36		$335.088.273		$352.356.148		$274.677.683		$34.159.322
Day: 37		$337.557.762	$24.704.369	$354.058.518	$145.796.032	$276.072.969	$55.686.501	$34.344.189
Day: 38		$341.328.000		$356.548.035		$278.180.432		$34.477.361
Day: 39		$347.103.000		$358.469.219		$279.828.712		$34.497.337
Day: 40		$351.669.681	$32.157.349	$359.298.932	$157.834.658	$280.490.131	$64.904.375	$34.515.516
Day: 41		$353.780.085		$360.143.707		$281.192.572		$34.534.603
Day: 42		$356.021.057		$360.797.421		$281.883.605		$34.554.944
Day: 43		$357.760.813		$361.471.114		$282.585.540		$34.590.283
Day: 44		$359.875.311		$362.667.481	$162.872.277	$283.568.484	$73.648.233	$34.679.263
Day: 45		$362.775.000		$364.172.243		$285.027.816		$34.742.666
Day: 46		$366.595.000		$365.553.264		$286.253.833		$34.752.477
Day: 47		$373.166.970	$42.129.994	$366.502.577	$170.210.203	$286.907.955	$81.958.005	$34.767.389
Day: 48		$373.166.970		$367.113.992		$287.529.134		$34.776.933
Day: 49		$374.889.918		$367.688.930		$288.161.397		$34.786.432
Day: 50		$376.272.871		$368.219.089		$288.846.743		$34.801.083
Day: 51		$377.692.976	$46.970.900	$368.984.475	$175.931.858	$289.679.904	$87.643.508	$34.832.920
Day: 52		$379.718.000		$370.076.860		$290.580.041		$34.853.585
Day: 53		$382.793.000		$370.819.889		$291.297.397		$34.857.512
Day: 54		$385.184.373	$53.777.851	$371.154.119	$184.202.708	$291.583.685	$94.296.366	$34.861.596
Day: 55		$386.249.482		$371.504.532		$291.908.000		$34.865.517
Day: 56		$387.465.405		$371.863.119		$292.217.226		$34.871.515
Day: 57		$388.525.146		$372.222.826		$292.535.647		$34.877.557
Day: 58		$389.553.609	$58.886.919	$372.677.022	$188.511.867	$292.873.443	$98.993.000	$34.888.635
Day: 59		$390.979.000		$373.390.631		$293.401.552		$34.897.507
Day: 60		$393.354.000		$373.926.219		$293.817.404		$34.903.540
Day: 61		$395.201.250	$65.887.563	$374.151.313	$195.751.286	$293.997.301	$105.714.000	$34.905.652
Day: 62		$396.049.197		$374.377.483		$294.202.767		$34.907.733
Day: 63		$396.935.225		$374.599.161		$294.394.454		$34.910.438
Day: 64		$397.748.777		$374.829.666		$294.600.919		$34.939.535
Day: 65		$398.573.626	$71.089.049	$375.119.603	$195.751.286	$294.884.828	$111.180.568	$34.981.621
Day: 66		$399.614.000		$375.550.971		$295.293.148		$35.011.371
Day: 67		$401.344.000		$375.876.648		$295.621.557		$35.019.106
Day: 68		$402.770.726	$77.323.425		$201.411.234	$295.766.805	$118.310.568	$35.026.609
Day: 69		$403.357.141				$295.924.810		$35.033.587
Day: 70		$404.005.833				$296.067.735		$35.041.472
Day: 71		$404.573.895		$376.507.594		$296.205.413		$35.053.379
Day: 72		$405.176.312	$83.089.132		$205.157.200	$296.415.496	$124.241.211	$35.074.877
Day: 73		$406.086.000				$296.732.351		$35.089.551
Day: 74		$407.551.000		$377.080.716		$296.976.568		$35.092.486
Day: 75		$408.597.032	$90.284.705		$209.656.205	$297.089.926	$130.000.000	$35.095.362
Day: 76		$409.084.394				$297.222.027		$35.098.020
Day: 77		$409.590.536				$297.348.841		$35.101.475
Day: 78		$410.076.929		$377.441.286		$297.480.499		$35.104.604
Day: 79		$410.551.953	$95.562.173		$213.114.618	$297.651.841	$134.515.285	$35.117.699
Day: 80		$411.147.000				$297.898.652		$35.129.959
Day: 81		$412.032.000		$377.864.535		$298.104.822		$35.132.054
Day: 82		$412.775.151	$102.267.928		$216.873.917		$139.069.964	$35.135.825
Day: 83		$413.078.199						$35.137.655
Day: 84		$413.454.282						$35.139.759
Day: 85		$413.789.230		$378.130.477		$298.496.955		$35.142.050
Day: 86		$414.126.705	$107.122.524		$219.455.574	$298.596.080	$141.572.707	$35.149.199
Day: 87		$414.542.000				$298.738.344		$35.154.336
Day: 88		$415.182.000		$378.461.703		$298.843.836		$35.156.494
Day: 89		$415.645.312	$113.031.275		$222.489.243		$145.893.923	$35.160.210
Day: 90		$415.859.856						$35.160.805
Day: 91		$416.112.048						$35.161.554
Day: 92		$416.349.911		$378.650.106		$299.075.298
Day: 93		$416.579.492	$117.336.520		$224.537.134	$299.172.192
Day: 94						$299.309.889
Day: 95				$378.977.117		$299.401.811
Day: 96		$417.800.897	$122.576.055		$227.100.205
Day: 97		$417.969.425
Day: 98		$418.165.536
Day: 99		$418.337.535		$379.144.487		$299.602.067
Day: 100		$418.513.721	$125.989.616		$228.747.532	$299.693.041

 

 

Release Date	Movie	Production Budget	Domestic Opening Weekend	Domestic Box Office	Worldwide Box Office
May 25, 1977	Star Wars IV	$11,000,000	$1,554,475	$460,935,665	$786,535,665
May 21, 1980	Star Wars V	$23,000,000	$4,910,483	$290,158,751	$534,058,751
May 25, 1983	Star Wars VI	$32,500,000	$23,019,618	$309,125,409	$572,625,409
May 19, 1999	Star Wars I	$115,000,000	$64,810,970	$474,544,677	$1,027,044,677
May 16, 2002	Star Wars II	$115,000,000	$80,027,814	$302,181,125	$648,200,000
May 19, 2005	Star Wars III	$115,000,000	$108,435,841	$380,270,577	$848,998,877
Aug 15, 2008	Star Wars Clone Wars	$8,500,000	$14,611,273	$35,161,554	$68,695,443
Dec 18, 2015	Star Wars VII	$200,000,000	$247,966,675	$750,230,824	$1,536,330,824
Dec 16, 2016	Star Wars Rogue One			$0	$0
May 26, 2017	Star Wars VIII			$0	$0
May 25, 2018	Unt. Han Solo Spinoff			$0	$0
Dec 31, 2019	Star Wars Ep. IX			$0	$0
	Totals	$620,000,000		$3,002,608,582	$6,022,489,646
	Averages	$77,500,000	$68,167,144	$375,326,073	$752,811,206

 

 

[Accursed Arachnid!™]

22 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

If we look at A NEW HOPE, TITANIC, and AVATAR, though, all three were original movies. That carries a lot of weight, I think... perhaps enough that FORCE won't get the nom.

 

The Two Towers and Return of the King were not "original" movies, yet the former was nominated and the latter won. The Academy is more open to giving sequels nods these days. Toy Story 3 was nominated and historically sequels have gotten attention as well. I mean Godfather Part III(Yeah the THIRD one) was nominated.

[langer]

9 minutes ago, ForcedForward said:

Basically TFA has already passed Avatar if you don't count re releases.  I think the records should not count re releases, that's always bothered me, should be a separate record.

 

So the people who paid to see the special edition of Avatar didn't pay to see Avatar?  What about Titanic? E.T.? A New Hope? TPM? Lion King?  Jurassic Park? 

 

When Michael Jordan came out of retirement to play for the Wizards, did his points count?  okokok, enough with the sports analogies!

[incognitoo]

1 hour ago, RamblinRed said:

As of Monday TFA has effectively a $131.3M cushion compared to Avatar gross to make $1B.

To put that in perspective. There are 87 days between now and March 31. If TFA was to make $1.5M below Avatar's daily gross all 87 days, it would hit $1B on 3/31.

 

FWIW, there are 27 days out of those 87 where Avatar didn't even make $1.5M for its daily gross. So there are 27 days during that period where it is physically impossible for TFA to make $1.5M less than Avatar. 

 

 

That's just.. well... wow.

[RichWS]

Imma be real: Anybody who thinks TFA is getting a Picture nomination is outta their goddamn minds. 

[Dementeleus]

Just now, DarthArachnid!™ said:

 

The Two Towers and Return of the King were not "original" movies, yet the former was nominated and the latter won. The Academy is more open to giving sequels nods these days. Toy Story 3 was nominated and historically sequels have gotten attention as well. I mean Godfather Part III(Yeah the THIRD one) was nominated.

 

The LOTR movies were seen as one giant collective effort. Sure, GODFATHER III was nominated, but that had an incredible pedigree of acclaim before it -- far more than SW7 does. I'm not saying it doesn't have a chance -- I think it has a pretty decent chance, actually. But it's not a shoo-in, and the lack of a PGA nomination is a clear indicator of that (the PGA nominated both AVATAR and TREK in 2009).

[rustyspoons89]

I think today could increase. All theaters in my area are much busier than yesterday for SW. Screens were 20-30% full yesterday. Today they are 80-90% full.

It is 5 dollar Tuesday ... And almosy EVERYONE HERE usually waits to see movies on Tuesday. $1.00 popcorn plus a $5.00 movie... No beating that.  

[terrestrial]

12 minutes ago, spizzer said:

snip

 

I  think he/she meant the charts as they get used

 

8 minutes ago, VenomXXR said:

So TFA did 80% more OS than domestic yesterday. Is that a trend that holds for the weekdays or was yesterday an "international market" kind of thing (similar to how Christmas day was 40% bigger here that OS)?

 

I havent checked, but here the majority of our states here has school holidays till Wednesday

 

Plus in some regions / countries the cheap Tuesday is a cheap Monday (or even a cheap Monday and cheap Tuesday)

[#ED]

When will this billion dollar talk stop? Do we need a 4M Weds? I'd  be for it.

[stuart360]

By the way, AVATAR was still in cinemas when the special edition was released. it was more of an expansion that a re-release. Its silly to argue about it anyway as TFA is going to blow by it by 200mil, maybe more.

[MonstersandRoy]

13 minutes ago, VenomXXR said:

So TFA did 80% more OS than domestic yesterday. Is that a trend that holds for the weekdays or was yesterday an "international market" kind of thing (similar to how Christmas day was 40% bigger here that OS)?

Still some countries on school holidays internationally on Monday, so not massively surprising.

[stuart360]

TFA doesn't deserve an oscar nomination anyway. Its a good film, nothing more. It would be nice for the academy to take into avccount mega blockbusters and what us peons like to watch but TFA would never win anyway.

[Dementeleus]

5 minutes ago, stuart360 said:

By the way, AVATAR was still in cinemas when the special edition was released. it was more of an expansion that a re-release. Its silly to argue about it anyway as TFA is going to blow by it by 200mil, maybe more.

 

True enough, although since it had additional footage it's technically a different movie.

[MikeQ]

In regards to The Force Awakens potentially receiving a Best Pic nom at the Oscars, I think it's chances are pretty slim at this point. Speaking as an Oscar/awards nerd and follower, The Force Awakens didn't get a PGA nomination, which is a big hit against its chances as the PGA is arguably the most important precursor. If any group is likely to recognize big blockbusters like The Force Awakens, it's the PGA. So I'm pretty doubtful of it's chances at this point. 

 

I'm not sure it would matter in terms of it's box office anyway, as the film has had an exceptional run so far.

 

Peace,

Mike

[stuart360]

1 minute ago, Telemachos said:

 

True enough, although since it had additional footage it's technically a different movie.

 

What i mean is its not a Titanic or Star Wars situation where the re-releases were years later,, AVATAR was still in cinemas.

[RichWS]

4 minutes ago, stuart360 said:

It would be nice for the academy to take into avccount mega blockbusters and what us peons like to watch but TFA would never win anyway.

 

I never understood this "they should nominate a big mega-hit cause we spent money on it" thought. American Sniper made $350M. The Martian has made $226M. Mad Max made over $150M. They've nominated numerous other big hits since expanding the field. 

[IronJimbo]

2 minutes ago, stuart360 said:

 

What i mean is its not a Titanic or Star Wars situation where the re-releases were years later,, AVATAR was still in cinemas.

 

It only made 20m from the re-release anyway, that's less than 1% of it's total.

 

On another note, here is a graph I made.

[stuart360]

1 minute ago, RichWS said:

 

I never understood this "they should nominate a big mega-hit cause we spent money on it" thought. American Sniper made $350M. The Martian has made $226M. Mad Max made over $150M. They've nominated numerous other big hits since expanding the field. 

Yeah for sure. Its just the old thinking of how the blockbusters always used to get ignored and the $5mil grossing film would win, a filn no one saw.