Weekend Actuals (Page 93): TFA 42.35M | The Revenant 39.83M | Daddy's Home 15.02M | The Forest 12.74M | Sisters 7.19M

[WrathOfHan]

2 minutes ago, Baumer said:

I realized the Oscar nominations have not come out yet but what do you guys think is the frontrunner for Best Picture this year?

The Big Short, I can't see anything else winning.

[CoolioD1]

2 minutes ago, Baumer said:

I realized the Oscar nominations have not come out yet but what do you guys think is the frontrunner for Best Picture this year?

I'd say judging by all the awards noms so far The Big Short.

[DAJK]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

The Big Short, I can't see anything else winning.

Big Short is the one I'm cheering for so far.

[The Gotham Bank]

5 minutes ago, Mockingjay Raphael said:

Congrats baby Tommy Hardy for your third hit in a row 

 

[MovieMan89]

TBS for sure. The Martian and Spotlight are not going to inspire the passion needed among voters to win anything. Fury Road has a better chance at that, but won't since it's a genre film so we come back to TBS. 

[CJohn]

5 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Schumer has that locked IMO.

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

The Big Short, I can't see anything else winning.

That is funny because Paramount put that on the schedule in September or something like that 

[Gumby]

10 minutes ago, Mockingjay Raphael said:

 

I'm so ready to see my Queen JLaw winning her third GG 

And tripping over her gown for the 100th time.

[terrestrial]

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice 3 secs3 seconds ago

THE FORCE AWAKENS officially stomped over JURASSIC WORLD, becoming the #3 movie of all-time w/ $1.73B worldwide.

[bladels]

5 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Yeah, that's a really great OW for it. It basically followed Krampus' pattern. Interesting that we've had two horror films in a row increasing on their first Saturday (The Visit also did it too in September). Wonder if this is a new pattern for the genre, less frontloaded? 

[WrathOfHan]

2 minutes ago, CJohn said:

That is funny because Paramount put that on the schedule in September or something like that 

Million Dollar Baby 2.0

[terrestrial]

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS: $921.4M Overseas Total / $1.733411B Global Total #StarWars #TheForceAwakens

[shruth]

Just now, terrestrial said:

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS: $921.4M Overseas Total / $1.733411B Global Total #StarWars #TheForceAwakens

Daaaaaaaaym. That's a huge jump with MLK weekend coming up gonna be around $1.9B within 1 and a half weeks

[JeepCSC]

Spotlight got hurt when it didn't get director at BAFTA. It's also missed a few guilds, most notably the editing one. The Big Short seems to be the likely beneficiary of Spotlight being dimmed.

[MovieMan89]

I'm sure Paramount had a lot of hesitation about trying to push TBS as a big awards contender given its director's previous filmography. Not exactly an easy Oscar sell as "from the guy who brought you Anchorman and Step Brothers." But once you see the film, it is clear as day it is right up the Academy's alley. They will totally love it. 

[Jandrew]

Dont underestimate Ride Along 2 or 13 Hours next week.

 

Most of you here probably wont be seeing RA2, but you cant deny it'll have an audience. $50M OW is pretty possible.

[terrestrial]

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice

China delivered a 2-day debut of $53M for THE FORCE AWAKENS--highest Sat/Sun opening of all-time there.

 

(still not good WOM...)

 

DL had again shot too early:

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice

STAR WARS: TFA became the 1st film to top $800M+ domestically as it grossed $41.6M this weekend, $812M total.

[MrPink]

27 minutes ago, CJohn said:

I hope The Revenant reaches the 100M.

 

Insane opening for The Forest. I don't care what anybody else says, that is crazy. It is gonna end up with 35M+ on a 10M budget and they basically spent 0 on marketing. And Sony covered part of that budget (or all of it) when they bought the international rights. 

 

Would be really surprised if it misses. Oscar recognition will guarantee it'll have theaters to play in till end of February and it'll get people's curiosity for a while.

[The Gotham Bank]

I'm really happy with those The Revenant numbers. 2016 already interesting.

[terrestrial]

even slightly better:

Star Wars 7

$41,630,000

-54%

4,134

0

$10,070

$812,011,043

[WrathOfHan]

Marvel should have locked up McKay for Inhumans while he was still cheaper, because after next month he'll have an Oscar (maybe 2) under his belt.

Edited January 10, 2016 by WrathOfHan