A Marvel Fanboy Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Did The Aurora Shootings Ruin Midnight Movies? So no big midnight opening for later movies anymore ? BD2 will suffer too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideon Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I would bet on it.It's the final act after all.Let's hope nothing "crazy" happens for this one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 But you're completely forgetting that the people watching the film DIED. They were shot to death. Surely some people thought twice about going to the movies this weekend because of that.When you see an accident in front of you on the highway, do you stop driving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Please stop.Too much logic for you? I apologize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 There was a shooting on Reloaded's first weekend. 3 or 4 people died then too.I've never heard that before ever. Could you provide a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLK Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Problem is that if Saturday stays flat then it may not even make 150 million OW. There are no guarantees that Saturday will be better than Friday considering presales accounted for a big part of its 40 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Too much logic for you? I apologize.You wish.Still no funny, nor logic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 People are coming up with theories, but I think it's really simple. The shooting had a massive effect. That's it.This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Probably, but $200m wasn't possible, even without this tragedy.But surely $180m? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideon Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Under SM3 OW adjusted then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Did The Aurora Shootings Ruin Midnight Movies? So no big midnight opening for later movies anymore ? BD2 will suffer too. That's laughable. Midnights will go on. They are huge money machines for Hollywood. BD2 will still do it's 30-35 mill at midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I still don't see how it only did $39.6m post-midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 When you see an accident in front of you on the highway, do you stop driving?Going to the movies is expendable. People can live without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoguy Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 So no big midnight opening for later movies anymore ?BD2 will suffer too.They'll just watch it opening day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 But you're completely forgetting that the people watching the film DIED. They were shot to death. Surely some people thought twice about going to the movies this weekend because of that. Some, yes, but not a huge amount, imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 When you see an accident in front of you on the highway, do you stop driving?Because you have to drive to go to work to make money. Movie going is only about entertainment, you lose nothing for not going. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Did The Aurora Shootings Ruin Midnight Movies? So no big midnight opening for later movies anymore ? BD2 will suffer too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixiesvision Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Sorry, don't buy it. People get shot, killed, massacred all the time in the US. Why would this be any different?People get shot all the time. Massacres do not happen all the time. I absolutely believe the shooting had an effect. I've talked to some people and seen on places like Tumblr, Livejournal, Twitter, and Facebook where people said they felt uncomfortable going to see the movie this weekend. Some said they got refunds and plan to see it another time. About 10 co-workers of mine said the same, and most of my family are planning to see it another time instead of this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideon Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 That could be the first franchise with part3 100M less than part 2 but still 200M more than part one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 It is clear now that the shooting had a huge effect. 70M is a huge disappointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
