DHD Friday (03.23) 68.25 M | THE HUNGER GAMES (Crow-serving on-going :))

[iceroll]

And this has a lot more appeal than the Twilight movies and the recent Harry Potters for middle school kids so the Saturday bump will be higher.

[blackspider]

Spider-Man 1 type increase in the works? 10%+?

[Chewy]

55M+ SaturdayThere. I said it.

[rockNrollaDIM]

Maximum heftiness obtained

Can this please be the new BOF slogan? I love it!

[spizzer]

I don't know about a 55M Saturday yet.However, TDK's OW is definitely the closest comparison we have for this in terms of dollars (not attendance). It basically played it even on Friday

[rockNrollaDIM]

I know I posted these already, but here are my theaters numbers with today's updated. Midnights - 1201Friday - 1984Saturday - 1385 as of 12:51 includes presalesWe also added 4-5 extra shows after 4 to help with the crowds tonight.

Holy fuck, so you're gonna see increase today? What's the total capacity possible?

[FTF]

Most impressive opening of ALL TIME!!!!!!!!

...It may just very well be. And only TDKR hitting $200m could take that title away. What an insane year so far.

[Chewy]

...It may just very well be. And only TDKR hitting $200m could take that title away. What an insane year so far.

TA breaking 170 won't impress me as much. TDKR breaking 200 won't impress me as much.This takes the cakeWowowowowow

[spizzer]

All Time OD minus Midnights ($45+ million)

Spider-Man 3 - $49.8 million

The Dark Knight - $48.6 million

The Hunger Games - $48.5 million (estimated)

Deathly Hallows 2 - $47.6 million

Dead Man's Chest - $46.8 million

New Moon - $46.4 million

Revenge of the Fallen - $46.0 million

Below:

Iron Man 2 - $43.7 million

Breaking Dawn 1 - $41.4 million

[rockNrollaDIM]

...It may just very well be. And only TDKR hitting $200m could take that title away. What an insane year so far.

Right. It's insanely impressive on its own. Then we have to take a step back and realize this is all happening in MARCH. WTF?!?!!!$20m+ Friday matinees... In.... MARCH!!!! holy fuckballs.

[Shawn Robbins]

Most impressive opening of all-time is a little exaggerated IMO, but still, this is an incredible opening for a new franchise.

Edited March 24, 2012 by ShawnMR

[friendofnarnia]

Yeah, and we can expect the fans to come back for the sequels no matter what, and as for WOM out of the non-fans I've talked, I've got 1 negative, other than that, it's been all positive.

That's good...assuming of course you've talked to more than one person about it. Edited March 24, 2012 by friendofnarnia

[spizzer]

Right. It's insanely impressive on its own.Then we have to take a step back and realize this is all happening in MARCH. WTF?!?!!!$20m+ Friday matinees... In.... MARCH!!!! holy fuckballs.

I don't think it did $20 million in matinees, remember that figure that THR quoted included presales for the entire day. The matinee figure is probably <$15 million. This did $33M+ in evening shows. Today's business will obviously be a lot more spread out Edited March 24, 2012 by spizzer

[riczhang]

Holy fuck, so you're gonna see increase today? What's the total capacity possible?

My theatre's capacity for dollars is around: $120 000 today, and yesterday we took in around $15 000 from midnights, and maybe a good $80 000 for the rest of the day with slightly less showings. Estimate for today, I have no idea, maybe $90 000+ based on how the morning is looking. Edited March 24, 2012 by riczhang

[friendofnarnia]

Most impressive opening of all-time is a little exaggerated IMO, but still, this is an incredible opening for a new franchise.

It's an incredible opening for any film, and probably a tie with Spiderman for the most impressive non-sequel opening.

[Shawn Robbins]

Already five sellouts at my theater today. Could see a strong Saturday hold, but at the same time, this is a teenage/young adult-heavy theater so I won't get to ahead of myself just yet.

[Shawn Robbins]

It's an incredible opening for any film, and probably a tie with Spiderman for the most impressive non-sequel opening.

In your opinion, sure. Edited March 24, 2012 by ShawnMR

[Dementeleus]

What would be the other contenders?

[friendofnarnia]

In your opinion, sure.

Of course. :)So what are some other non-sequel openings that you think are more impressive?

[spizzer]

This is the most impressive OD as far as I'm concerned. Probably OW as well. We'll see how it does.

Edited March 24, 2012 by spizzer