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[lab276]

[lab276]

Very strong start for Madagascar, it has a chance of getting 6m admissions.

[IndustriousAngel]

Very strong start for Madagascar, it has a chance of getting 6m admissions.

I doubt 6mil:- It opened lower than IA4 despite having a kind of 5-day-weekend (Holiday on October 3rd)- The IA-films tend to have better multipliers than MAD.

[Rudolf]

Very strong start for Madagascar, it has a chance of getting 6m admissions.

insidekino thinks differently: "Mögliches Endergebnis in Tsd. 5000" = "Possible final total 5m"

[lab276]

I doubt 6mil:- It opened lower than IA4 despite having a kind of 5-day-weekend (Holiday on October 3rd)- The IA-films tend to have better multipliers than MAD.

Possibly, but it's legs were better than expected pretty much everywhere because it's supposedly a good film. I wouldn't discount the possibility of a quality film drawing more people in.

insidekino thinks differently: "Mögliches Endergebnis in Tsd. 5000" = "Possible final total 5m"

They tend to be conservative with their final totals. Edited October 10, 2012 by lab276

[Olive]

Hope it could hit 5M.

[Rudolf]

at the moment the Russians with $49m are the highest OS marketit would be nice if Germany could win this

[JCS]

at the moment the Russians with $49m are the highest OS market

Probably helped by Russian Tiger character.

[IndustriousAngel]

Germany + Austria Top 12 October 4-7

TW	LW	Movie	Studio	Weekend	Change	Gross	Week
1	N	Madagascar 3	PPI/UPI	$ 9.979.691	-	16.444.245	1
2	2	Schutzengel	WB	$ 1.547.740	-14,7	4.637.763	2
3	3	Hope Springs	WildBunch	$ 1.299.674	+4,5	3.721.062	2
4	N	A.L. Vampire Hunter	Fox	$ 1.201.835	-	1.705.242	1
5	1	Resident Evil 5	Constantin	$ 1.064.242	-49,1	9.378.030	3
6	N	Looper	Conc./Const.	$ 1.041.503	-	1.348.612	1
7	4	The Bourne Legacy	UPI	$ 528.748	-48,6	7.556.109	4
8	5	Step Up Revolution	Constantin	$ 417.689	-48,3	13.572.580	5
9	6	That's My Boy	Sony	$ 375.501	-44,2	1.416.220	2
10	8	DiaryOaWK 3	Fox	$ 362.457	-22,6	1.827.754	3
11	13	Der Kleine Rabe Socke	Universum	$ 296.101	-9,5	2.656.146	5
12	10	Amour	X	$ 257.009	-28,0	1.647.455	3

Long weekend here (German Holiday on October 3rd), some very good holds - "Hope Springs" even with an increase after a slight expansion.

This weekend, Taken 2 ("96 Hours 2"), german comedy "Mann tut was Mann kann" and "Savages" are the biggest openers. Taken2 should take place 2 as the name suggests, Savages should end up in the Top 10. It's a safe bet Madagascar3 will rule the weekend again.

[efialtes76]

Trend-1Mad 3:625K-725KTaken 2:400KSavages:85K

[IndustriousAngel]

Very strong for Taken2, will have nearly as many admissions on opening weekend as Taken1 had in its entire run.

[JCS]

So where is Madagascar 3 looking to finish up? Anywhere near IA4?

[IndustriousAngel]

5 million admissions would be my guess, not bad at all but nowhere near IA4.

[SchumacherFTW]

No offence Germany, but what is with you guys going ape shit for the crap animated franchises?

[SchumacherFTW]

No offence Germany, but what is with you guys going ape shit for the crap animated franchises?

[IndustriousAngel]

No offence Germany, but what is with you guys going ape shit for the crap animated franchises?

Can't answer that one, apart from the fact that taking your children to the movies (or putting them there while you do some serious shopping or whatever) is still the major income for movie theaters. As witnessed by the low number of tickets sold per capita, Germany still doesn't believe films are a fitting evening entertainment for adults. Same goes for comic strips (or graphic novels).So, to conclude: Maybe the Germans don't go ape-shit for kiddie films, maybe it's just they care even less about adult fare.In Austria and german-speaking Switzerland, numbers are a bit better, but cinema as a whole is far from the popularity it enjoys in France.

[SchumacherFTW]

I don't mean a generalisation as a whole, I just find it astounding that Madagacar and Ice Age are consistently beating the better quality animated titles.

Edited October 13, 2012 by Schumacher FTW

[IndustriousAngel]

Don't know about Madagascar but the IA films depend on very popular dubbing actors.

[SchumacherFTW]

Last Madagascar won the year didn't it?

[IndustriousAngel]

Yep, about 6 mil admissions ... smallest number ever to win a year apart from 2009 I think.