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

[spizzer]

The lack of Friday sellouts by mid-Friday indicates (comparative) lack of demand. You can't spin it any other way.

I don't have to spin it in any way. The record holder for presales is friggin New Moon. The Friday attendance record is held by SM3, which isn't even in the top 5 for presales. The single day attendance record is held by SM1's Saturday. It just doesn't work that way. Massive sellouts are only driven by fan-frenzy Edited May 4, 2012 by spizzer

[Chewy]

The lack of Friday sellouts by mid-Friday indicates (comparative) lack of demand. You can't spin it any other way.

lol this is getting beyond goofy bro. Let it go.

[cookie]

What times we must live in when 65m+ OD isn't much of a deal.

[fishstick]

Where is BKB? I can`t believe he`s alseep now that numbers are coming in. is he alive? He surely isn`t banned, right? No one could possibly be that cruel.

[rockNrollaDIM]

You mean, she was perfect. That gorgoues picture is obviously taken back in 70s.

Sasha Stone was dissing Nikki on Twitter today... How dare she??? :rant:

Sasha Stone ‏ @AwardsDaily

So TWC tells Nikki Finke about the Dustin Hoffman thing.She posts it as a news break. They announce it, she says Toldja. Really? #fakingit

Sasha Stone ‏ @AwardsDaily

I mean, does anyone actually not know how tight Nikki Finke is with Harvey Weinstein?

[redfirebird2008]

This would have to do around 215M to match TDK's OW attendance. I wouldn't worry about that

I bet WB is pissed at Nolan for not having 3D on TDKR.

[ecstasy]

Sasha Stone was dissing Nikki on Twitter today... How dare she??? :rant:

Sasha Stone ‏ @AwardsDaily

So TWC tells Nikki Finke about the Dustin Hoffman thing.She posts it as a news break. They announce it, she says Toldja. Really? #fakingit

Sasha Stone ‏ @AwardsDaily

I mean, does anyone actually not know how tight Nikki Finke is with Harvey Weinstein?

Sounds like jealousy.

[filmnerdjamie]

THR says its looking like $64-67M on their endhttp://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/avengers-box-office-midnight-friday-weekend-joss-whedon-320437

[ecstasy]

I bet WB is pissed at Nolan for not having 3D on TDKR.

LOL TDKR will be fine without it, imo. But yeah you're probably right about wb.

[DAR]

It is only 1:12PM on the West Coasts. If Nikki isn't full of shit, this is most likely an extrapolation based on the early estimates of East Coast matinees. It means nothing.

We don't even have Hawaii numbers yet.

[spizzer]

With a 66M OD18.7M Midnights47.3M Friday49.0M Saturday35.5M Sunday150.5M OW

[grey ghost]

The lack of Friday sellouts by mid-Friday indicates (comparative) lack of demand. You can't spin it any other way.

Yet Avengers will have a higher OW than THG which had plenty of sell outs. How do you explain that?

[John Marston]

THR says its looking like $64-67M on their endhttp://www.hollywood...s-whedon-320437

hmmm, I dunno that seems low but I am probably wrong

[Chewy]

Sasha Stone was dissing Nikki on Twitter today... How dare she??? :rant:

Sasha Stone ‏ @AwardsDaily

So TWC tells Nikki Finke about the Dustin Hoffman thing.She posts it as a news break. They announce it, she says Toldja. Really? #fakingit

Sasha Stone ‏ @AwardsDaily

I mean, does anyone actually not know how tight Nikki Finke is with Harvey Weinstein?

Such jealousy.

[Heretic]

With a 66M OD18.7M Midnights47.3M Friday49.0M Saturday35.5M Sunday150.5M OW

Not going to lie, that would be a tad bit disappointing.

[The Dark Alfred]

It's still up in the air. I'm sure it's gonna hit 50m for Friday, the record could be still in play. However my 163m prediction looks pretty good at the moment.

[cookie]

With a 66M OD18.7M Midnights47.3M Friday49.0M Saturday35.5M Sunday150.5M OW

Both SM3 and IM2 managed a 2.5x IM. I'm sure TA can manage the same. which would put it at 163m. Edited May 4, 2012 by C00k13

[rockNrollaDIM]

With a 66M OD18.7M Midnights47.3M Friday49.0M Saturday35.5M Sunday150.5M OW

That would be perfect for me. Fan-fucking-tastic. Please hold!!!

[kyky]

It just doesn't work that way. Massive sellouts are only driven by fan-frenzy

so why couldn't this be driven by "fan frenzy"? the avengers aren't unknown. most of the characters have had their own movies already and i'm sure they gathered some fans. Edited May 4, 2012 by kyky

[spizzer]

Not going to lie, that would be a tad bit disappointing.

Of course it would. But matinee shows aren't even halfway over yet. It's silly to make any kind of extrapolation at this point, when we don't even have an indicator as to how evenings MAY perform.Also, these type of films tend to be underestimated by the East Coast extrapolations, as West Coast tends to perform stronger