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

[Lordmandeep]

Bro chill this is underestimated like yesterday

[Chewy]

Should I change the title?

Yes let people know about the hefty per screen averages

[druv10]

Another record of 2 60M days in the bag.

[filmscholar]

I liked Fury towards the end when he had a chat with that evil committee or whatever those fuckers with faces in shadows are.

Sam killed it as Fury in this, he character set the tone of the whole film right from the beginning. I really think Marvel did a great job with those "After Credit" scene's in all the films to bring this thing together. It was basically a 4 year project and this is the climax of the whole thing.

[riczhang]

Sam killed it as Fury in this, he character set the tone of the whole film right from the beginning. I really think Marvel did a great job with those "After Credit" scene's in all the films to bring this thing together. It was basically a 4 year project and this is the climax of the whole thing.

And it's been a surprisingly well mapped out 4 year project.

[Accursed Arachnid!™]

SATURDAY PM… REFRESH FOR LATEST… Sources tell me that Marvel’s The Avengers is looking at $60M for today and is now on track for 160M domestic weekend opening. No record yet.

[GiantCALBears]

Anyone ever see the Entourage episode where they deal with Aquaman coming out and it's box office OW? I'm sure Nikki Finke is the one feeding Ari the #s

[Chewy]

Did she take the weekend estimate down, really? 20M Sunday? :lol:

[riczhang]

Another record of 2 60M days in the bag.

And it may turn out to be 2 70M days in the bag when Nikki stops pulling numbers out of her ass, and actually report something accurate-ish. :D

[Chewy]

And it may turn out to be 2 70M days in the bag when Nikki stops pulling numbers out of her ass, and actually report something accurate-ish. :D

She just doesn't have more accurate numbers. No one will for at least a few hours now

[spizzer]

Lemme bump this before ya'll start ripping our Darling Nikki a new one

Guys it's not her fault. Her extrapolations suck, but it's clear that Disney's been lowballing in their early extrapolations. We saw that yesterday, as it wasn't Nikki alone spouting mid 60s, it was everyone. Same deal today. Gitesh will come out with a ~60M figure as well, because it's what Disney's reporting. Tomorrow morning, when they can make a more accurate estimate, it'll go up, and that's guaranteed. Then, they'll give a Sunday projection, based off historical trends. If this weekend's reporting is something to go by, they'll estimate a drop of just around 30%, maybe a tad bit higher, again, to stay conservative. The actual on Monday will end up being 45-50M.

[Deep Wang]

Maybe now Whedon can bring back firefly

I loved Firefly, but that had its time. I want original stuff from him.

[Hiccup]

60M+ is what she should say instead of saying 60M

Edited May 6, 2012 by Andrew the Alien

[filmscholar]

I'm visiting Family, I'm away from NY and I'm in Norther VA and DC area and a majority of the theaters have been sold out since 1PM, I'm not buying a huge drop for Saturday so again sorry Nikki, I'm waiting till tomorrow. Go on Twitter, all of the major cities are reporting Sell-outs all across the country.

[druv10]

Look at the top 20 posters. 11 people with over 100 posts.

Edited May 6, 2012 by druv10

[riczhang]

Lemme bump this before ya'll start ripping our Darling Nikki a new one

True, but I think that the 60M number, and especially that new revised 160M prediction just demonstrates a lack of logic. If that figure is at like 65M, and 175M, I wouldn't complain, because that's a conservative estimate, but having it at 60M is just crazy.

[Robertron]

With a $60m Saturday, looking at around $185m for the weekend.

[Hiccup]

72 posts in one day isn't impressive for me. I use to get 150-200 posts per day lol

[filmscholar]

Oh yea, Can Hollywood PLEASE LEAVE NEW YORK ALONE. They stay trying to blow us up and destroy us. LOL.

[riczhang]

Today's Top 20 Posters Member Joined Total Member Posts Posts Today % of today's posts fmpro 08-November 11 11,648 181 4.67% redfirebird2008 08-November 11 1,593 162 4.18% Lordmandeep 24-March 12 421 155 4.00% spizzer 08-November 11 1,678 145 3.74% Fake 08-November 11 4,687 135 3.48% Jack Nevada 13-November 11 1,434 127 3.27% Magic 08-November 11 2,947 121 3.12% ECSTASY 08-November 11 2,321 118 3.04% ShawnMR 05-November 11 2,633 107 2.76% druv10 08-November 11 2,975 106 2.73% The Iceroll Games 08-November 11 2,537 105 2.71% Chewy 04-February 12 1,532 92 2.37% Gideon 10-November 11 90 90 2.32% Noctis 08-November 11 4,239 78 2.01% baumer 05-November 11 4,546 73 1.88% Andrew the Alien 09-November 11 4,113 72 1.86% fishnets 08-November 11 5,632 70 1.80% Neo 08-November 11 7,940 62 1.60% riczhang 08-November 11 376 61 1.57% Heretic 08-November 11 1,753 58 1.50% Look at the top 20 posters. 11 people with over 100 posts.

And by the end of the night, it'll probably be 15 people, still 6 hours left in the day.