Weekend Estimates pg 14: EX2: 13.5(-52.5%) Bourne 9.5 (.44%), no opener in top 5

[redfirebird2008]

Are you implying a bigger drop or that it's just not that bad? I'm rooting for the best here and I tend to be optimistic.

I'm saying 37% ($6.9m) is a damn good hold when it lost 17.5% of its theaters this weekend, and probably a much higher percentage of its screen count.

[wileECoyote]

I'm saying 37% ($6.9m) is a damn good hold when it lost 17.5% of its theaters this weekend, and probably a much higher percentage of its screen count.

Very nice drop if that holds. And having all those IMAX screens definitely helps as well. Don't think it's selling out at the local IMAX anymore but I'm surprised to still see people waiting in line for the show. That's a pretty good indication if anything.

[redfirebird2008]

I just checked last weekend to see its screen count drop compared to theater count drop. Theater count drop was 14.5%, while the screen count drop was 32%. If the same thing holds true this weekend, you're looking at a screen count drop of 38%. A 37% drop overall would be pretty damn good considering this.

[baumer]

Expendables2 still #1 FRI w/ $3.85M going to $12-13M wknd. Good hold for gun filled action sequel.Guru

[druv10]

If it mirrored TDK's drops, it'd get there. No easy task, but still alive if it drops near the mid 30s range this weekend. Passing Shrek 2 shouldn't be a problem, I don't think.

No chance it mirrors TDK's latter legs. It received multiple expansions so it could hit 1B WW. I don't see WB re-expanding TDKR unless it's close to a milestone and 450M doesn't seem big enough.

[forg]

Timothy Green: $2.045m FriBrave: $132k Fri

That's kinda good for Timothy Green, I really thought this would flop badly like People Like Us

[baumer]

1 1 The Expendables 2 LGF $3,850,000 +89% -63% 3,355 $1,148 $42,664,000 82 2 The Bourne Legacy Uni. $2,700,000 +92% -49% 3,654 $739 $78,886,000 153 5 ParaNorman Focus $2,300,000 +103% -50% 3,455 $666 $21,922,000 84 - 2016 Obama's America RM $2,255,000 +900% +405% 1,091 $2,067 $5,093,000 435 4 The Campaign WB $2,215,000 +90% -47% 3,302 $671 $59,318,000 156 6 The Odd Life of Timothy Green BV $2,045,000 +103% -40% 2,598 $787 $21,999,000 107 3 The Dark Knight Rises WB $2,005,000 +71% -36% 2,606 $769 $417,038,000 368 - Premium Rush Sony $1,975,000 - - 2,255 $876 $1,975,000 19 7 Hope Springs Sony $1,725,000 +86% -38% 2,402 $718 $40,806,000 1710 9 Hit and Run ORF $1,400,000 +147% - 2,870 $488 $2,593,000 311 8 Sparkle (2012) TriS $1,200,000 +104% -74% 2,244 $535 $15,873,000 812 - The Apparition WB $1,175,000 - - 810 $1,451 $1,175,000 113 11 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Fox $605,000 +64% -48% 1,965 $308 $41,243,000 2214 10 Total Recall (2012) Sony $530,000 +42% -50% 1,576 $336 $53,943,000 2215 12 Ice Age: Continental Drift Fox $435,000 +32% -48% 1,550 $281 $152,184,000 43- - Brave BV $132,000 +31% -41% 452 $292 $229,704,000 64- - The Intouchables (U.S.-only) Wein. $83,000 +57% -9% 194 $428 $7,192,000 92- - Little White Lies MPI $6,900 - - 3 $2,300 $6,900 1

[Jack Nevada]

Disappointingly crappy for Premium Rush. That movie looks pretty great

[redfirebird2008]

No chance it mirrors TDK's latter legs. It received multiple expansions so it could hit 1B WW. I don't see WB re-expanding TDKR unless it's close to a milestone and 450M doesn't seem big enough.

It received one abnormal expansion in January. The other one you're seeing in November is dollar theaters, which TDKR will have as well.

[Gopher]

TDKR had the best hold in the top 10. On track for a 35% weekend drop. 450 is a stretch (445-448 seems like the target) but nothing's wrong with its late legs.

[Justin121]

What is with the multipliers for the new releases this weekend? Seems higher than I would expect....

[Jack Nevada]

I might actually see TE2 again next week. The Biggest Surprise of the Summer™

[Gopher]

None of the openers posted good numbers (2.25m for Obama is fine but its previous expansions hinted at a bigger figure when it went wide) and a lot of the holdovers (TE2, Bourne, Paranorman, Campaign) aren't posting good holds. So yeah, crap weekend.

[tommycruise]

so premium rush just keeps going down?

[BK007]

fuck the box office

[Jack Nevada]

The Expendables 2 deserved at least 100M IMO

[MrPink]

No chance it mirrors TDK's latter legs. It received multiple expansions so it could hit 1B WW. I don't see WB re-expanding TDKR unless it's close to a milestone and 450M doesn't seem big enough.

I took the January expansion into account. 445m is more likely though, I just would like to see 450m

[#ED]

It just needs to pass Shrek 2.

[Cochofles]

When u combine music and movies and overall superstardom its no contest whitney wins.

Whitney flopped with her last few albums and songs. In fact, her last actual radio hit on mainstream top forty radio was in 1999. And I am talking about ACTUAL hits that people flooded the rado stations to request because she was vital and relevant, not songs that were played here and there or songs that sold out on Itunes post-death. She died a has-been, whether you care to admit it or not, while Meryl managed to sustain a successful career that spans from more than a decade BEFORE Whitey had her first hit through well into the '00s, which in fact has become her best period, box office wise--long after Whitney became a punchline and a cautionary tale about the excesses of fame. Meryl Streep is every bit the household name that Whitney was, and for better or for worse, she will be remembered for a solid run of movies, the most Oscar nominations for a single actor in history (and THREE wins) and for late-in-life box office clout, while Whitney will be remembered as 'the formerly great singer that became a junkie, ruined her voice, and drowned in a bathtub after overdosing." Sad, but true.And no matter how you spin it, it's clear now that SPARKLE flopped. Now there's no room for "Oh, it will have great legs" or "It cost so little that it will be a hit no matter what." Edited August 25, 2012 by cochofles

[Jack Nevada]

WALL OF TEXT

Give up, you cant win with wboxoffice