May 7 - 10, 2012 Weekday Numbers: AVENGERS 12.5 Thurs pg 61

[StarSaber]

Great hold!

[redfirebird2008]

There are a lot of films who would love that as their opening weekend. And that's nearly as much as The Spirit made in its entire run.

Just mentioning the Spirit in the same breath as Avengers is hilarious on all fronts.

[Biggestgeekever]

I hate to be "that guy", but RTX does have a point, even if he's going too far with it. Four films in the top 10 had a better Monday drop than Avengers, something that didn't happen with Spider-Man. I'm thinking it's probably a spillover effect rather than Avengers being just "average" though.

[Accursed Arachnid!™]

I think this is perfectly acceptable if someone is seriously projecting DS to make 70 mill and TA to lose all it's female audience. I didn't call him a moron, I just said that perhaps he hasn't quite got the grasp of the nuances of box office. This is a tough gig for those who are considered neophytes at it. I simply pointed out that there are other things he should try mastering first. Chocolate chip cookies are delicious.

:P = Joking, B.

[baumer]

1 Marvel's The Avengers $18,898,999 -67% 4,349 -- $4,346 $226,337,707 1 Disney 2 The Five-Year Engagement $470,560 -64% 2,941 5 $160 $19,603,575 2 Universal 3 The Hunger Games $424,660 -72% 2,794 -778 $152 $381,039,319 7 Lionsgate 4 The Lucky One (2012) $419,002 -65% 3,005 -170 $139 $48,194,062 3 Warner Bros. 5 Safe (2012) $264,963 -68% 2,271 5 $117 $13,345,846 2 Lionsgate 6 The Raven $264,159 -64% 2,209 6 $120 $12,440,284 2 Relativity Media 7 Chimpanzee $190,242 -76% 1,531 -36 $124 $23,292,131 3 Disneynature 8 The Cabin in the Woods $177,731 -59% 1,669 -970 $106 $38,196,479 4 Lionsgate 9 The Three Stooges $94,034 -83% 2,174 -931 $43 $39,763,049 4 Fox

[stuart360]

Its down 100k with actuals, this isn't hitting 400mil.

[cory]

4-day estimated tickets (spizzers method):TDK: 25,796,275ROTS: 24,719,100MTA: 23,784,119SM3: 23,559,070DMC: 23,477,100ROTF: 22,134,113SM1: 21,665,900DH2: 21,049,023

Edited May 8, 2012 by cory

[Accursed Arachnid!™]

Just mentioning the Spirit in the same breath as Avengers is hilarious on all fronts.

Well they do have at least three things in common, two of which are:

[baumer]

I hate to be "that guy", but RTX does have a point, even if he's going too far with it. Four films in the top 10 had a better Monday drop than Avengers, something that didn't happen with Spider-Man. I'm thinking it's probably a spillover effect rather than Avengers being just "average" though.

It's the 8th best Monday ever.It just destroyed a weekend record.It fell 2% more than Spiderman did. How is it a "bad" number?

[Moviedweeb]

Its down 100k with actuals, this isn't hitting 400mil.

Classic contrarian comment. You really don't think this will have a 2x multiplier? I think WOM is just a tad better than Watchmen.....

[Biggestgeekever]

It's the 8th best Monday ever.It just destroyed a weekend record.It fell 2% more than Spiderman did.How is it a "bad" number?

It's not, hence why I said "even if he's going too far with it." It's not as staggering as the weekend numbers we got, but it's still big.

[stuart360]

Classic contrarian comment. You really don't think this will have a 2x multiplier? I think WOM is just a tad better than Watchmen.....

[blackspider]

Sith's 4 day was crazy. It's opening gets kinda forgotten but it was monstrous at the time.

[Gideon]

Classic contrarian comment. You really don't think this will have a 2x multiplier? I think WOM is just a tad better than Watchmen.....

LOLI'm here since 4 days only but know how recognize a 2nd degree comment.

[baumer]

Classic contrarian comment. You really don't think this will have a 2x multiplier? I think WOM is just a tad better than Watchmen.....

It's a joke.

[Gideon]

Well they do have at least three things in common, two of which are:

So right!

I didn't remember they already share screen.

Next: Black Widow/Hawkeye movie?

[Moviedweeb]

LOLI'm here since 4 days only but know how recognize a 2nd degree comment.

Ok clearly I am a noob, I will admit it. What did I do wrong, what is 2nd degree etc... Bring it on ha

[Moviedweeb]

It's a joke.

Sadly my sarcasm radar was down, my apologies.

[CJohn]

So close to the 20M...

[TLK]

Good drop but I don't see how anyone can use this Monday number to make predictions for either its second weekend or its final gross. It was clearly still burning off demand on Monday. Monday-Thursday drop will be a better indicator of where it is going.