Orestes Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) Now it's about who's first at the expense of accuracy. Its always been about that. News has always been bad. I mean, the phrase "yellow journalism" wasn't coined last week, ya know? Edited July 21, 2012 by Orestes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoguy Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Yesterday I paid $9.75 for a small popcorn and Buncha Crunch Good. Don't you feel good about supporting your movie theater? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoore Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) Wow, I can believe it. I just don't understand why things are getting more expensive like movies and food. If the ecomony is bad, things should be cheaper not expensive but they are charging more cause people aren't spending as much as they use to, to save money.Locally I did see a decrease in ticket prices during the height of the recession and an increase in matinee/"deal day" specials. Edited July 21, 2012 by pmoore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Yesterday I paid $9.75 for a small popcorn and Buncha Crunch Why is everything dirt cheap in the states? Concession's like 20 bucks for a drink and popcorn here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) Locally I did see a decrease in ticket prices during the height of the recession and increase in matinees and "deal day" specials.We haven't seen a decrease in prices, but that 12.50 or 12.99 for a regular adult 2D admission hasn't changed in at least 5 years now. Same price I paid when I came to vacation is the same price I'm paying now. Edited July 21, 2012 by riczhang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackspider Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 This is such a downer to track, knowing it could have been so much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Alfred Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) We can throw all the previous predictions and comparisons out of the window. This is unprecedented tragedy and therefore this film will have an unprecedented run. It's an idiotic statement to call 160m or 170m as a disappointment. OS numbers will prove that it's doing much better than TDK. Edited July 21, 2012 by The Dark Alfred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hey10224 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I think it's still doing remarkably well considering what happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhorse Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 so what movie could possible beat DH2 OD record?If they play their cards right, I wouldn't be surprised to see The Hunger Games part 2 get opening day. It's box office run has been amazing. Another movie could very well be Avengers 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoore Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 We can throw all the previous predictions and comparisons out of the window. This is unprecedented tragedy and therefore this film will have an unprecedented run. It's an idiotic statement to call 160m or 170m as a disappointment. OS numbers will prove that it's doing much better than TDK.International numbers just don't impress like they used to, though, with the explosion of the foreign market. Look at the increase between POTC 3 and 4, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travod Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I don't understand why it should stop people in let's say Topeka, Kansas from going. Just because it's TDKR your chances of being in a shootout is higher than seeing Madagascar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ainsleyb Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) Not as bad in the UK, if I worked minimum wage there, I'd be paid less than 4 quid an hour.Minimum wage in the U.K is £6.08 ($9.49) per hour for persons aged over 21. Edited July 21, 2012 by ainsleyb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedarpoint1111 Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 This is such a downer to track, knowing it could have been so much more.I was just thinking the same, and you know what's funny? A lot of people, including me, joked that the only way this doesn't make 200m+ is if something catastrophic happens... And that is exactly what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) Minimum wage in the U.K is £6.08 ($9.49) per hour for persons aged over 21.Yeah, I'm still under 18. So I'd get paid £3.68 ($5.75). I'm using this wage because a lot of people working in theatres are generally under 18. Edited July 21, 2012 by riczhang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordanstine Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 77.2m. Much better.But still much lower than it should have been.$77.2 milliong pretty good, just that Nikki's $80-$85 million estimate gave it too much high expectation.Great chance it still breaks $172 million set by TDK with inflation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviefanatic Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 If they play their cards right, I wouldn't be surprised to see The Hunger Games part 2 get opening day. It's box office run has been amazing. Another movie could very well be Avengers 2.Catching Fire doesn't have 3D but I could see it doing 80-85 million for the OD.I think TA 2 will be the first movie to have a 100+ million OD and 250+ OW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoore Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 If they play their cards right, I wouldn't be surprised to see The Hunger Games part 2 get opening day. It's box office run has been amazing. Another movie could very well be Avengers 2.Idk...we may have a Chamber of Secrets on our hands with Catching Fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviefanatic Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Idk...we may have a Chamber of Secrets on our hands with Catching Fire.Hmm...that is also a possibility. Will be interesting to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedarpoint1111 Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 I don't understand why it should stop people in let's say Topeka, Kansas from going. Just because it's TDKR your chances of being in a shootout is higher than seeing Madagascar?You are missing the point. Some people may be scared, but a lot of people aren't going to the movies this weekend because its still fresh in their heads. People don't just forget about things like this, and the media sure as hell isn't helping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackspider Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I don't understand why it should stop people in let's say Topeka, Kansas from going. Just because it's TDKR your chances of being in a shootout is higher than seeing Madagascar?A lot of people don't have that mode of thinking. Once something unexpected happens, it's chaos. The Joker had it right. Hearing about people dying in war and car accidents has no effect on people. But, a movie theater shooting, a very unusual and horrific event, people lose their minds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
