ecstasy Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 You speak the truth EHe's consistent. I'll give him that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Very few hours until Nikki releases the first Friday estimates.First number should be over 20 mill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I think Disney, Paramount and Marvel have uncorked a lot of champagne already. In fact, I think they have a perma hangover from all the champagne popping.Probably true . They may be slightly less obsessed about milestones like $600M than we though. Will they drink any less champagne if it ends up at $599M? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 He's consistent. I'll give him that.But the giving stops there right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Here is hoping for a 198%+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 The Hunger Games $399,295 21% THG increased from last Thursday. Summer weekdays are definitely underway. Wow, it is sprinting towards $400M now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviefanatic Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 (edited) Here is hoping for a 198%+ :oFor TA?!That would mean a 4th friday that is bigger than its 3rd friday if my math is right.That's not gonna happen. Edited May 25, 2012 by Moviefanatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Here is hoping for a 198%+Beer's on me if that becomes true.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 But the giving stops there right LOL absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 Probably true . They may be slightly less obsessed about milestones like $600M than we though. Will they drink any less champagne if it ends up at $599M? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 LOL absolutely.Thank god Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedarpoint1111 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 You don't fudge and then drink champagne as though it were a real accomplishment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 You don't fudge and then drink champagne as though it were a real accomplishment Actually, let me share with you an email I got from Mario Kassar on Facebook, when i asked him about fudging, it is most interesting: A vexxing question came up last night when Paramount reported their "actuals" for Transfomers 2. Originally, they had a number of 16.5 million for the midnights, 60.5 mill for the first day and so on. Then, when they came up short on their quest for 200 million over the first five days, they claimed that the additional 1.1 million was from late Imax numbers and other US territories like Peurto Rico not reporting on time. My question to you as a producer is, do you buy this? Or do you think there is some creative accounting at work here? I personally don't care all too much, because I don't make a cent off of Transformers, but for someone as interested in the film business as I am, I do want to know how they can do this and if this is normal. Any insite you have to the situation would be most helpful. Thank you so much for your time. I hope to hear from you. Dan Grant Mario Kassar [*] All studios round up a bit their weekend box office...not too creative but it has been done like this for years. they are not really too far off of the announced number.....probably as close as possible to the reality. in any case only they really know...unless u r close to theatre owners or u are another studio where they can track it thru rentrack... u should not worry too much about it when a film hits 200 or 201 million in those few days,it is quite an accomplishement take care MK So according to the producer of Terminator 2 and Rambo and many others, studios fudge all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Thank god Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackspider Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Awesome day for TA. I was expecting it to stay flat. This should be able to at least match my 37m 3 day/ 47m 4 day prediction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviefanatic Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 TA went up a little. $4,445,167 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I caanit see it below 47 now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 1 Marvel's The Avengers $4,445,167 12% 4,249 -100 $1,046 $476,684,788 3 Disney 2 The Dictator $1,543,000 2% 3,008 5 $513 $31,848,463 1 Paramount 3 Dark Shadows $1,151,342 10% 3,755 0 $307 $55,482,896 2 Warner Bros. 4 What to Expect When You're Expecting $1,051,634 7% 3,021 -- $348 $15,021,248 1 Lionsgate 5 The Hunger Games $399,295 21% 2,064 -467 $193 $393,008,785 9 Lionsgate 6 The Lucky One (2012) $206,128 19% 2,005 -834 $103 $57,712,833 5 Warner Bros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 1 Marvel's The Avengers $4,445,167 12% 4,249 -100 $1,046 $476,684,788 3 Disney 2 The Dictator $1,543,000 2% 3,008 5 $513 $31,848,463 1 Paramount 3 Dark Shadows $1,151,342 10% 3,755 0 $307 $55,482,896 2 Warner Bros. 4 What to Expect When You're Expecting $1,051,634 7% 3,021 -- $348 $15,021,248 1 Lionsgate 5 The Hunger Games $399,295 21% 2,064 -467 $193 $393,008,785 9 Lionsgate 6 The Lucky One (2012) $206,128 19% 2,005 -834 $103 $57,712,833 5 Warner Bros. The Hunger Games is definitely NOT crawling to 400m. It's marching in and about to kick the door in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
