kayumanggi Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) http://www.deadline....m-in-australia/ SATURDAY 9:45 PM, 8TH UPDATE… EXCLUSIVE: My sources say this opening weekend’s North American grosses for Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games are likely a humongous $150 million after making $68.2M Friday and $49M Saturday. That would be a record-setter: the 4th all-time biggest opening three-day weekend, beating all the Twilight Saga films but not 2008′s The Dark Knight, and the highest non-sequel opening weekend ever, and the highest March opening weekend ever. The Twilight Saga: New Moon debuted to $142.8M in November 2009, and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 opened to $138.1M in November 2011. Numbers refined later tonight. Edited March 25, 2012 by kayumanggi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film2kz Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 outstanding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 TDK might be going down!!!! Lord have mercy!!!! :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggestgeekever Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 And just like that, I start getting SQL errors again. I hope we have a server upgrade for The Dark Knight Rises. :PAnd an obviously huge number for Hunger Games. I can't help but hope it goes up above $50m, but it's already a monster # and ensures $150m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedarpoint1111 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 OMG!!!!!!! INCREASE?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Great number. Love that it beat all the Twilight flicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I can see that increasing once West Coast numbers come in. It's only 10:17PM on the WC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 155M looking very strong now. An increase from estimates and sub 15% drop would put this at 160 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldenfirefly Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 It increased! Omg if actuals are even higher... TDK's OW is now in mortal danger from Katniss! . Go THG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Reynolds Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 150m for a 1st in a franchise is insane 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 We're pretty much all sold out for the night and walk ups can get those almosts to sold outs so please, please, please, please, increase. (null) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 An opening just above 150m means Hunger Games sells more tickets than DH2 because of 3D (my estimates have HG at 19m admissions and Potter just below 18m). It's only behind TDK and SM3 in terms of total OW admissions by a few million. Domestically, we can settle one argument- what's more popular, Potter or Twilight. The answer is The Hunger Games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Could this do a DH2 size Sunday drop, around 18%?(null) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vc2002 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 WTF? We're talking about a non-sequel having the possibility of beat TDK's OW??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Lightning Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 An opening just above 150m means Hunger Games sells more tickets than DH2 because of 3D (my estimates have HG at 19m admissions and Potter just below 18m). It's only behind TDK and SM3 in terms of total OW admissions by a few million.Domestically, we can settle one argument- what's more popular, Potter or Twilight. The answer is The Hunger Games.Noctis won't be happy with that post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Could this do a DH2 size Sunday drop, around 18%?(null)No. SM3's -22.2% Sunday decline is the best case scenario. This is still March, less people are free next week than in the summer, so late shows won't be as crowded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 This opening weekend is the most insane this past decade. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggestgeekever Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Could this do a DH2 size Sunday drop, around 18%?(null)We're in March with far fewer schools off, so no. 25-30% is what we're likely to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Harry Potter's domestic grosses seem kind of disappointing in hindsight seeing that series that sold far fewer books are able to match its grosses (Hunger Games and Twilight) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
