BO Germany/Austria: Dune first 2024 blockbuster (3mil admissions)

[Fullbuster]

TASM passed $20m in Germany, I'm satisfied :)Good start for Ted, that's great

[lab276]

TASM passed $20m in Germany, I'm satisfied

Germany and Austria.

[Fullbuster]

Germany and Austria.

Whatever, these 2 countries are so similar, they should merge

[Rudolf]

Whatever, these 2 countries are so similar, they should merge

that has never worked before

[Olive]

that has never worked before

what's the official language of Austria?

[Fullbuster]

what's the official language of Austria?

German

[Rudolf]

what's the official language of Austria?

German and Croatian,Hungarian and Slovenian recognized locallyshort history: Austria started as part of Bavaria, a German dukedom; we became a seperate dukedom 996; the ruling Austrian dynasty the Hapsburgs were German Emperors most of the time from 1273 to 1806(Napoleon); from 1804-1918 Austria was a seperate Empire (Vienna was the 4th largest city in the world 1913);1938-1945(Hitler) we were part of the 3rd Reich; since 1955 we are independant again Edited August 8, 2012 by Rudolf

[IndustriousAngel]

From the film industry's POV they are very similar, that's why I do the merged list - same distributors, start dates, demographics, most holidays and so on. The main difference is that Austrians buy a few more tickets per year; so while Austria has about 10% of Germany's population, the admissions are about 15% of Germany's.

[Fullbuster]

Question to German-speaking members there : It's said English has German roots, can you see the similarities? I don't see them, and German grammar is so different, I don't know the language because I don't study it but the ressemblance isn't obvious in my opinion :unsure:But I guess these similarities exist because Germans are amongst the best in English proficiency with Netherlands, Sweden,Finland, Norway...All these languages have common roots with English.

Edited August 8, 2012 by Fullbuster

[lab276]

As an English speaker, I can recognise that some words are similar.

[Rudolf]

Dutch and English are nether-German dialects that developped into seperate languages

English grammar is much simpler than German; the other big advantage of Engish is vocabulary (lots of words with Latin and French roots)

for modern expressions most people only know the English word and would be hard pressed to give the word in their mother languange.

example: German word for "woman" is "Frau", old English "frow" http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/frow

and old German "Weib" http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Weib

lots of words are similar even those you would not think so

Edited August 8, 2012 by Rudolf

[Fullbuster]

As an English speaker, I can recognise that some words are similar.

As a French speaker learning Spanish I can see the 2 languages have many similarities, it's crazy

[Fullbuster]

Dutch and English are nether-German dialects that developped into seperate languages

English grammar is much simpler than German; the other big advantage of Engish is vocabulary (lots of words with Latin and French roots)

for modern expressions most people only know the English word and would be hard pressed to give the word in their mother languange.

That would explain much.I recognize some French words in English too, or closed to French words.

[Rudolf]

German for "female" is "weiblich" clearly derived from "femina","femme" and "Weib"I found a nice source for etymoloy http://starling.rine...345&root=config

Edited August 8, 2012 by Rudolf

[Fullbuster]

German for "female" is "weiblich" clearly derived from "femina","femme" and "Weib"

I think female comes from "Femelle" it's a French word to describe the gender of a female animal, and for a male animal we use "Mâle", it's clearly from French language. Edited August 8, 2012 by Fullbuster

[pinocchio]

Weekend trend Germany: Ted 575'000 admissions and number one again, Prometheus 400, TDKR 250k.

[John Marston]

Weekend trend Germany: Ted 575'000 admissions and number one again, Prometheus 400, TDKR 250k.

is that a good opening for Prometheus? What about TDKR hold?

[CJohn]

That doesn't sound very good for Prometheus.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Terrible for PROM. It could not even win Ted's 2nd weekend.

[IndustriousAngel]

I think it's ok for Prometheus, it was never going to be a blockbuster, plus the market is really crowded atm, plus the olympics (athletics transmissions start at 8pm every evening) keep many people at home while weather is ok so outdoors is also an alternative. Let's see how Prometheus does next weekend before declaring it a disappointment.