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

[Shawn Robbins]

Doing some research, it looks like this weekend could be on pace to rank among the least-attended "summer" weekends in modern history (circa 1983).

Edited August 25, 2012 by ShawnMR

[baumer]

Wow. Thats really sad Shawn. It just doesnt serm like a lot of people want to go to the movies.

[MrPink]

Wow! Talking about TE2 dying a miserable death at the BO...Why such a disastrous decline? On top of the first weekend being a flop by itself...

It's like this post was talking about Total Recall.

[baumer]

Expendables is still looking at some good increases over seas it's not dead yet. NA is jusr one market and if it does stall out at 80 mill thats 80% of the first one. Not great but not terrible.

[Shawn Robbins]

Wow. Thats really sad Shawn. It just doesnt serm like a lot of people want to go to the movies.

Had a typo in the original post so I fixed that, but you're spot on... there's just no interest in going to theaters right now for a lot of people.

[filmnerdjamie]

This is the time of year where studios dump their shit after all!

All about carryover business, baby. Anecdotal but Dark Knight Rises (clearly in its last week here) still played a packed room last night. In fact the multiplex in general was a ghost town for a Friday night.

[Shawn Robbins]

In fact, I think I can only find two other August weekends since 2000 that will have performed the same or worse. They were in 2008 and 2011, heh.

[MovieGuyKyle17]

well I just contribute my $8 bucks for the weekend, went and saw Paranorman NO ONE CAN BLAME ME NOW

[MrPink]

well I just contribute my $8 bucks for the weekend, went and saw ParanormanNO ONE CAN BLAME ME NOW

Paid 17 to see TDKR today.Man, for a noon showing (IMAX though), that's a lot of money to pay. I would like to see a matinee discount for IMAX showings. Edited August 25, 2012 by MrPink

[MovieGuyKyle17]

Paid 17 to see TDKR today.Man, for a noon showing (IMAX though), that's a lot of money to pay. I would like to see a matinee discount for IMAX showings.

17 bucks? Man I got it cheap, I saw Batman in Real Imax last week for $12.00 bucks

[MrPink]

17 bucks? Man I got it cheap, I saw Batman in Real Imax last week for $12.00 bucks

Yeah, Houston only has one legit IMAX in the area with one of the top 5 populations in the US, so they know they can probably get away with it.In Omaha where I used to live, I remember seeing Inception for 12.50. Certainly miss that.

[rockNrollaDIM]

Our legit IMAX is only 12 bucks I think.

[#ED]

$14 avg ticket in NYC3D - $17IMAX - $20IMAX 3D - $22

[nAlkaline]

Wow. Thats really sad Shawn. It just doesnt serm like a lot of people want to go to the movies.

It is sad, but to be fair, looking at the slate of crap that viewers are being offered, I can't say I blame them for staying home.

[AniNate]

Premium Rush seems like it deserved better, but many reviews made a point of saying it's not really intended to be big screen fare.

[CJohn]

I actually hope that Sony doesn't cancel the release of Premium Rush OS because of these results.

[MovieMan89]

Doing some research, it looks like this weekend could be on pace to rank among the least-attended "summer" weekends in modern history (circa 1983).

Damn. But when you look at what's out there right now it's not that surprising. I think appeal is playing the biggest part in the decline right now.

[CJohn]

Doing some research, it looks like this weekend could be on pace to rank among the least-attended "summer" weekends in modern history (circa 1983).

New movies are not appealing, and there are not really any strong holdhovers. No appealing movies = weak box office.

[Hatebox]

Not surprised about Premium Rush. A movie with cycling as a hook will never be a draw.

[#ED]

Do we get Saturday updates?