WEEKEND THREAD | B.O numbers Page 28: Final Divergent movie opens at $29m, Zoo: $38m

[Mockingjay Raphael]

5 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Two great instalments and one okayish instalment

 

I'm going to watch Zoo tonight, is it overrated like BH6 and Frozen?

[Nutterbutter]

5 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Harry Potter helped kick off the literary movement on the big screen and showed that book franchises can have massive big screen potential too. 

 

Yes, this. I really don't think HP can be included in the YA subset because it really wasn't a YA series. It didn't kick off the "YA trend" so much as the "book series adaptation trend." Twilight was the YA that started the YA trend in my opinion. And Divergent will be the one that buries it.

Edited March 19, 2016 by Nutterbutter

[Ethan Hunt]

Just now, Mockingjay Raphael said:

 

I'm going to watch Zoo tonight, is it overrated like BH6 and Frozen?

I thought it was absolutely wonderful and way way way better than the super mediocre Big Hero 6.

[TalismanRing]

7 minutes ago, SchumacherFTW said:

The fact that a mystery drama, no matter how massive the book is, opened to $70m still baffles the hell out of me! 

 

The book sold tens of millions of copies.  It had a good hook and was easy action packed reading with short chapters - ideal for beaches, commutes and a few pages before bed.  People who said "they don't read" read it.

 

 

 

 

Edited March 19, 2016 by TalismanRing

[sfran43]

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT earned an estimated $11.9M on opening day Friday. #Allegiant #Divergent

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

March 19, 2016

[CJohn]

37 minutes ago, Mockingjay Raphael said:

 

Shut up! I can't wait to see Marvel being humiliated next week, I'm a HUGE Marvel fan, but I can't handle two humiliations in a row, first, A2 being destroyed by F7 last year, now, CW being killed by BVS, I'm definitely leaving the fandom once that CW ends being a disappointment 

What the fuck  ?

[cookie]

2 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

 

The book sold tens of millions of copies.  It had a good hook and was easy action packed reading with short chapters - ideal for beaches, commutes and a few pages before bed.  People who said "they don't read" read it.

 

 

 

 

 

The book and the movie were also centers of great controversy which if anything drove up interest even more.

[SchumacherFTW]

Currently have an internal dilemma raging. I promised a friend that I would see Zootopia with her next week, but it's on this weekend, and a start time fits really well with when I get out of High Rise. Do I go? Do I not? Decisions decisions. 

[BoxOfficeFangrl]

1 minute ago, TalismanRing said:

 

The books sold tens of millions of copies.  It had a good hook and was easy action packed reading with short chapters - ideal for beaches, commutes and a few pages before bed.  People who said "they don't read" read it.

 

 

I never understood why The da Vinci Code was ever taken seriously and so controversial, because the writing/plotting of the actual book was so goofy and stupid.

 

 

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT earned an estimated $11.9M on opening day Friday. #Allegiant #Divergent

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

March 19, 2016

[TalismanRing]

2 minutes ago, SchumacherFTW said:

Currently have an internal dilemma raging. I promised a friend that I would see Zootopia with her next week, but it's on this weekend, and a start time fits really well with when I get out of High Rise. Do I go? Do I not? Decisions decisions. 

 

What's the dilemma if it fits in your schedule?   Do you have other plans, do you not want to see it?

[TalismanRing]

Jeff Nichols' MIDNIGHT SPECIAL earned an estimated $61,000 from 5 locations on opening day Friday. The... https://t.co/f26oxO8Exz

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

March 19, 2016

[sfran43]

Jeff Nichols' MIDNIGHT SPECIAL earned an estimated $61,000 from 5 locations on opening day Friday. The... https://t.co/f26oxO8Exz

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

March 19, 2016

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, BoxOfficeChica said:

I never understood why The da Vinci Code was ever taken seriously and so controversial, because the writing/plotting of the actual book was so goofy and stupid.

 

 

Considering how uptight religious people can be, of course they would get upset over something that caught on with the public with heavily blasphemous implications.

[Bishop54]

18 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Alright we'll say THG kick started the dystopian YA trend then

Have you seen the Twilight films? I thought my world was ending while they played before my very eyes. 

[Mockingjay Raphael]

11 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

I thought it was absolutely wonderful and way way way better than the super mediocre Big Hero 6.

 

I think you need watch it a second time before saying it, because, you know......  

[Mockingjay Raphael]

6 minutes ago, SchumacherFTW said:

Currently have an internal dilemma raging. I promised a friend that I would see Zootopia with her next week, but it's on this weekend, and a start time fits really well with when I get out of High Rise. Do I go? Do I not? Decisions decisions. 

 

Did you watch The Forest?

[Alpha]

2 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Considering how uptight religious people can be, of course they would get upset over something that caught on with the public with heavily blasphemous implications.

 

Yeah, it was so blasphemous. You had to have the mark of the beast on your palm if you wanted to buy a ticket to see it.

[sfran43]

ZOOTOPIA earned an estimated $9.63M on Friday. Domestic total is now $173.4M. #Zootopia

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

March 19, 2016

[department store basement]

23 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Alright we'll say THG kick started the dystopian YA trend then

 

Fun fact, the film rights to Divergent were actually sold before the first THG started filming.

Edited March 19, 2016 by department store basement

[WrathOfHan]

Allegiant's officials are back to Deadline's early estimates, daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn.