May 4, 2012 Weekend (AVENGERS Opening Discussion): ACTUAL 207.4 mill!!!!

[Chewy]

UPDATE

FRIDAY 7:45 PM… REFRESH FOR LATEST… Rival studios tell me they expectMarvel’s The Avengers from Disney to open to $67M (within a range of $60M and $70M) today and around $160M (within a range of $157M-$165M) its first weekend in North America. No records going down yet. More later.

lol @ the ranges here

We aren't going to see anything close to useful for at least 3-4 hours

[Noctis]

I'm out of likes, or this too, would have been a hefty like.

Yay! Glad you're not leaving for a week.

[RTX]

I'll stake my reputation this movie doesn't gross less than 70 mil on Fri. The theaters were lined up when I drove by.

So did the theaters for DH2 and it only made 47M in Friday daily sales.

[rockNrollaDIM]

LOL love this range..Also, I doubt it going to increase much on Saturday, if it's going to increase at all. There are clear signs of frontloading.

Increase from OD total or from FRI sans MID? I think a slight increase, 2-3% from the FRI number is likely...

[rockNrollaDIM]

Yay! Glad you're not leaving for a week.

Yes... I forgot too, it's not just THG it has to beat, it's THG + 10mil... so it needs 162m for me to lose. We'll see. It'll be close.

[BoxOfficeZ]

I think it'll stay flat on saturday. It'll be a big increase on saturday if you discount midnights*edit* Didn't even realize what I was saying. Discount it.

Edited May 5, 2012 by BoxOfficeZ

[Chewy]

I'll stake my reputation this movie doesn't gross less than 70 mil on Fri. The theaters were lined up when I drove by.

Not the riskiest of wagers

[Olive]

UPDATE

FRIDAY 7:45 PM… REFRESH FOR LATEST… Rival studios tell me they expectMarvel’s The Avengers from Disney to open to $67M (within a range of $60M and $70M) today and around $160M (within a range of $157M-$165M) its first weekend in North America. No records going down yet. More later.

I can give this range a month ago.

[spizzer]

I think it'll stay flat on saturday. It'll be a big increase on saturday if you discount midnights

No. That won't happen

[rockNrollaDIM]

I think it'll stay flat on saturday. It'll be a big increase on saturday if you discount midnights

You think it'll have a close to 70m SAT? :lol:Come on.

[Noctis]

I think it'll stay flat on saturday. It'll be a big increase on saturday if you discount midnights

Impossible.

[Derpity]

$67m is going to translate to around $155m OWRival studios tend to overestimate to build up expectations

[FilmBuff]

So did the theaters for DH2 and it only made 47M in Friday daily sales.

I don't need you to tell me anything dipshit. Your arguments are null and void.

[MovieGuyKyle17]

UPDATE

FRIDAY 7:45 PM… REFRESH FOR LATEST… Rival studios tell me they expectMarvel’s The Avengers from Disney to open to $67M (within a range of $60M and $70M) today and around $160M (within a range of $157M-$165M) its first weekend in North America. No records going down yet. More later.

Well I see that vacation she had really helped her out.

[rockNrollaDIM]

You're seeing it Sunday, Noctis? I was gonna see it tonight but plans fell through.. I might see it Sunday or early next week.

[Accursed Arachnid!™]

So a 7:45pm update and still doesn't have it breaking the OW record.

No, it's becoming increasingly clear that the record is nowhere near as in jeopardy as it seemed this morning.

[RTX]

I don't need you to tell me anything dipshit. Your arguments are null and void.

I'm not talking to you.

[Lumos]

YAYHAW! IF these estimates turn out to be true, Potter should hold onto the OW record. Now I just need TDKR to underwhelm slightly and it'll have fended off all of 2012's mighty blockbusters....fantastic!!!

Edited May 5, 2012 by Mr Potter

[FilmBuff]

I'm not talking to you.

Good, GTFOH.

[RTX]

Increase from OD total or from FRI sans MID? I think a slight increase, 2-3% from the FRI number is likely...

Likely, but not locked. This is not behaving like a typical Marvel film. Assuming that 67M estimate holds, It already sold less tickets than IM2 on Friday after midnights.