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

[The Futurist]

Yep. I agree. I said this would be at 204 and I stand by it.

How big is Puerto Rico anyway ???

[baumer]

How big is Puerto Rico anyway ???

Not sure if you are kidding, but PR here is a joke that dates back to Transformers 2. Check this out:* Note: Revenge of the Fallen's weekend gross fell $3 million short of Paramount's Sunday estimate, which would have put the five-day opening at $198.2 million. Though shy of $200 million, it would have still ranked second among the all time five-day starts. However, Paramount revised its grosses from Wednesday and Thursday upward, and that's what pushed the total past $200 million. Wednesday went from $60.6 million to $62.0 million, and Thursday went from $28.6 million to $29.1 million. Paramount reported that the differences came from unreported showings from the movie's midnight openings on Wednesday night, which went from the previously reported $16 million at around 3,000 theaters to $16.8 million at close to 3,300 theaters, as well as late reports from institutional IMAX locations and theaters in Puerto Rico and some Caribbean islands (which the studio counts in its domestic numbers), which accounted for $1.1 million of the difference.http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2601&p=.htm

[stuart360]

Anything over $190mil and it will be fudged to $200mil anyway.

[redfirebird2008]

With 200 mill, there is so much Peurto Rico that can be done to keep it over this number. And if you look at the Sunday drop they have it projected at 28%. IMHO (maybe not so humble,,,lol) there is no chance in the world it drops 28% today. It will probably drop Spiderman 3 or maybe even less..

The sellouts I'm seeing in my area do not support anything other than actuals going up. Would be stunning to me if the actuals drop. I honestly think sellouts here right now are pretty much as strong as yesterday.

[Chewy]

If it can get to 205.5 it'll have outgrossed BB in 3 days

[Gideon]

That happens and I will shoot everyone at Disney and Marvel. Just saying.

lolYour new sig is nice!(but already missing the ship in the sea )

[riczhang]

How big is Puerto Rico anyway ???

Not very big, about 4 million people.Though if the figure comes up to be like 197.5 or something, I'm sure Disney will magically discover an entire state to push it over to 200M. :P

[redfirebird2008]

If it can get to 205.5 it'll have outgrossed BB in 3 days

[Kvikk Lunsj]

If it can get to 205.5 it'll have outgrossed BB in 3 days

I will outgross Iron Man by next sunday.

[Harpospoke]

Man, your complaints about Nolan's Batman are exactly the same as mine. Don't take me as a Marvel fan, I' a comic book fan firs and foremost. I think in some sense I'm even more extremist than you, since I think that besides Batman Begins is the best live action outing, Mask of the Phantasm is THE Batman adaptation of all time so far. I give Nolan credit, but TDK is horribly overrated, same for Inception. BB and The Prestige are the best movies Nolan has ever done imo, and not always having complete comtrol over a movie direction is the best thing it could happen for it.I give Nolan credit, but knowing that Batman can and should be so much more pisses me off.

You sound like me when I talk about the Hulk. I continue to wait for the comic version to make it to the screen. The Hulk was "the best Hulk yet" in Avengers...but still he's basically a mute with little personality and no character development. That works when he's surrounded by interesting characters like Iron Man, Thor, and Capt America...but I say it bombs again in a solo film.At least the watered down Batman makes money at the box office. I would love to see a comic Batman at some point....genius master detective type character. ...And maybe lose the body armor so he can actually move and have amazing action scenes? You know it's bad when Black Widow has better actions scenes than Batman.

[Gideon]

If it can get to 205.5 it'll have outgrossed BB in 3 days

I want to read more stuff like that.In 3 days, TA grossed more than "insert film title"

[Gideon]

You sound like me when I talk about the Hulk. I continue to wait for the comic version to make it to the screen. The Hulk was "the best Hulk yet" in Avengers...but still he's basically a mute with little personality and no character development. That works when he's surrounded by interesting characters like Iron Man, Thor, and Capt America...but I say it bombs again in a solo film.

At least the watered down Batman makes money at the box office. I would love to see a comic Batman at some point....genius master detective type character. ...And maybe lose the body armor so he can actually move and have amazing action scenes? You know it's bad when Black Widow has better actions scenes than Batman.

Yes!

A more shaping-body suit.

Is a yellow belt totally impossible on big screen?

[chaos]

$204m would be incredible. I'm just nervous that someone is fudging to get the press rounds going today about $200m, but we actually end up with something like $198.5m tomorrow. I don't really think that's happening, but, its totally a realistic scenario.

198.5mio would be an incredible good number, to sell a 200+feet superyacht..

The final number will be 205+

[filmscholar]

Little late to the party eh?

Not really, been posting in this thread since Friday, i've always been a Summer Box Office poster, about 50 of my comments to date are in this thread since the summer movie season has begun. I follow box office year around but I really follow the summer months most, even back during the BOM Days. This morning I had a lot to do and was offline all day since about 10am when no new numbers were reported. I also forgot my phone at home so I could not check numbers, but I knew the OW record was gone when I left the theater Friday night, the movie was too good and just my box office knowledge from over the years it just felt like the feel good movie of the summer. Like people are saying Josh didn't shy away from the Comic Genre, he embraced it and that's why the response is what it is. It's funny cause The Avengers felt so colorful and bright while TDKR Seems dark and gloomy. It really is a contrast in styles but The Avengers seems way more family friendly which is why I can honestly say it will win the Summer of 2012. I'm not just saying that cause it did 200 Million even though that's huge, I'm saying it cause of my feeling after leaving the theater. I've been fully converted by my personal experience with the movie. Dare I say it's the perfect summer blockbuster?, it just hit all the right notes. As for 500 Million, let's just say it's cleaning up the next 2 weeks and won't lose until MIB3, it will clean up all the way through Memorial Day. 400 Million is Locked, I think 450 is pretty much assured also, everything after that will be determined by it's legs. Edited May 6, 2012 by filmscholar

[Caboose]

I was there when the Avengers broke the 200M OW barrier. *Takes in the moment*

[Gideon]

I was there when the Avengers broke the 200M OW barrier. *Takes in the moment*

Like some photo you took at a high touristic place? :)Was there too!( i missed TDK, Avatar or DH2 but i lived through The Avengers...)

[davebern]

Nothing will ever in the history of anything be more memorable than the summer of Apple Jacks '94 http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-remember-the-summer-of-Apple-Jacks-94/136421856412042

[filmscholar]

Well this is interesting, how many Opening Weekend Records have you seen on the Big Screen. I was born in 1980 so here's my list:

Marvel's The Avengers (Loved it, Amazing) BV $200,300,000 100.0% 4,349 $46,057 $200,300,000

The Dark Knight (Very Epic, loved it) WB $158,411,483 29.7% 4,366 $36,283 $533,345,358

Spider-Man 3 (The one and only time i've watched it) Sony $151,116,516 44.9% 4,252 $35,540 $336,530,303

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Loved it very much) BV $135,634,554 32.0% 4,133 $32,817 $423,315,812

Spider-Man (Cool but not great) Sony $114,844,116 28.4% 3,615 $31,768 $403,706,375

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Wasn't better than Part 1 but still loved it) Uni. $72,132,785 31.5% 3,281 $21,985 $229,086,679

Batman Forever (Saw it out of respect but was disappointed) WB $52,784,433 28.7% 2,842 $18,572 $184,031,112

Jurassic Park (Life Changing) Uni. $47,026,828 13.2% 2,404 $19,561 $357,067,947*

Batman Returns (It was dark for kids but I loved it very much) WB $45,687,711 28.1% 2,644 $17,279 $162,831,698

Batman (Huge, theater was so packed) WB $40,489,746 16.1% 2,194 $18,454 $251,188,924

Ghostbusters II (Loved it, remember like yesterday) Col. $29,472,894 26.2% 2,410 $12,229 $112,494,738

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (The only Indy film I saw on the Big Screen) Par. $29,355,021 14.9% 2,327 $12,614 $197,171,806

Beverly Hills Cop II (went with my dad, can't believe he took me) Par. $26,348,555 17.1% 2,326 $11,327 $153,665,036

Return of the Jedi (Drive in Age 3, still remember all the lights) Fox $23,019,618 9.1% 1,002 $22,973 $252,583,617*

(I missed: Both Harry Potter's, Superman II, Star Trek II and Indy II)

Edited May 6, 2012 by filmscholar

[Noctis]

On screen, I saw DH2, TDK, Avengers, Spider-Man, Sorcerer's Stone, and that's it.

[Deep Wang]

I just walked in to work. NO CHANCE IN HELL that this drops. I'll update in a bit with numbers.