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

[spizzer]

Midnight figure is down to 18.1M?

[redfirebird2008]

Next update will be $75m in a couple hours.

[Samson]

I want to believe.

[Eldenfirefly]

Ok, now that it looks like the estimates for Friday isn't going to be seeing big changes, I will honestly say I am kinda disappointed by the OD numbers. If TA wants to break OW record, it can't do it with just a 70 million OD. It just can't. I was honestly expecting a higher figure because of all the talk about how this would definitely take down the OW record.Given the extremely high expectations so many of us had on this even before it opened, a 70 million OD is a letdown no matter how you slice it. Its a huge figure, just not big enough to meet expectations here!

Edited May 5, 2012 by Eldenfirefly

[spizzer]

Next update will be $75m in a couple hours.

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest

[Magic]

Midnight figure is down to 18.1M?

Is it a typo? If not it drops below TDK for highest superhero midnights.

[Chewy]

Next update will be $75m in a couple hours.

And then it'll be back down to 71-72 by morning.

[riczhang]

Next update will be $75m in a couple hours.

And be back down to $68M by the next update, only to have $72 million as the actual.... :D

[Magic]

Keep going up my precious!

Edited May 5, 2012 by Magic

[spizzer]

Yup, midnight is now down to 18.1M

[druv10]

Uh, guys, her update now says $70m.

FRIDAY 10 PM… REFRESH FOR LATEST… Disney is looking at even stronger North American box office for Marvel’s The Avengers in Digital 3D, RealD and IMAX 3D than even rival studios thought. The gross number now is thought to be $70 million on opening day Friday (including $18.1M midnights) and $160+M through Sunday. “Freakin’ phenomenal,” one studio mogul phoned me tonight. ”It has a real shot at the weekend record,” another movie boss emailed me. Warner Bros’ Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 (also a 3D movie)holds both the Friday opening record of $91M and the first weekend record of $169M. The AMC theater chain is selling so many Avengers tickets today that its entire credit card processing system is delayed.

Finally some good news but what happened to the midnight numbers.

[ecstasy]

"The AMC theater chain is selling so many Avengers tickets today that its entire credit card processing system is delayed."

[Magic]

65-67 to 68 and now 70M.

[riczhang]

Ok, now that it looks like the estimates for Friday isn't going to be seeing big changes, I will honestly say I am kinda disappointed by the OD numbers. If TA wants to break OW record, it can't do it with just a 70 million OD. It just can't. I was honestly expecting a higher figure because of all the talk about how this would definitely take down the OW record.Given the extremely high expectations so many of us had on this even before it opened, a 70 million OD is a letdown no matter how you slice it. Its a huge figure, just not big enough to meet expectations here!

It still amazes me how many many people, and me included now think that a 70M OD is a disappointment, and 155M OW is just a let down.

[druv10]

Is it a typo? If not it drops below TDK for highest superhero midnights.

It has to be a typo.

[Hiccup]

The actuals will be 68M-69M

[Lordmandeep]

This guarantees 160 million and Saturday record...

[Deep Wang]

Phone calls from studio moguls and emails from movie bosses, how exciting her Friday nights must be.I wonder is she has a pager too...

[Lordmandeep]

"It still amazes me how many many people, and me included now think that a 70M OD is a disappointment, and 155M OW is just a let down." um...160 is min with 70 million.

[druv10]

With a 70M OD, it has a shot at breaking the OW record.