Impact Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 1985: The year of BTTF and Stallone;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 You know had Bourne 4 actually had Bourne-August would of fallen this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 1985: The year of BTTF and Stallone Nah, 1985-86 were the years of Stallone. His films made more than all other stars' movies. They were also big hits on video rentals in 1986 with Rambo First Blood Part II staying inside the Top 20 for 19 weeks and the first 6 of those weeks it was #1. I have too many stats to mention here, but believe me, Rocky IV, Rambo First Blood Part II and Cobra were huge everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 It seems so odd when you look at what films had monthly records at one point. Time Bandits, Friday the 13th, ect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Films lasted longer in theaters back then. I preferred those days. Nowadays, films have a 1 week window to make 75% of their gross, then they have an 8 week window after that initial week to make the remaining 25%. It's silly, but it was made like this by the studios trying to get more money from their product than the cinemas and by mass-marketing (driving demand and buzz) making everyone go immediately that it is out. Making people act like it is 'the event of the year' etc.Back in the 80s, for example, people were excited to see movies, but they could still wait to see them once the film had come out. Maybe they would see it in its 2nd or 3rd or even 5th weekend, which meant the weekly drops were much smaller than nowdays where everyone rushes to see it at midnight.I love research 70s and 80s box office. Todays box office is so boring in comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Yeah I know-I always loved that on BOM how they have all the old weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I haven't used BOM for that in years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 I like to check up on it still. Sadly ever since IMDB took over a few years ago they stopped adding older films. (They use to add films that were older and put grosses on them) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Anyway-something intresting is how many older films are still in the top 200 OW for December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 You know-they should move Apes 2 to August, then the record be gone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 IMDB is still a rich source of box office grosses. I love how they have pretty much all grosses for films released in Sweden. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommycruise Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 You know-they should move Apes 2 to August, then the record be gone!GOTG might break the record anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Forgot about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 And SWA is gone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 So-3 months have fallen this year which has been the norm as of late. We will have 4 with the Hobbit. If Taken 2 and BD2 happen to break the records, we will have 5!Which would be the most since 2002 which had 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 I wonder what will break the September record next and how long till it will go down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 Bumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Bumps. Okay all the months this year on how likely they are to be broken: April: None-unless if somehow one of the new releases breaks out...(Yeah right!) May: The Purge will destroy Avengers record Okay really-no chance. June: Very MINOR chance that Monsters does it, doubt it though.July: Unlikely. August: No chance anything does. September: I actually think Cloudy 2 has a decent shot at this record.October: Nothing looks to break it-also based off the trend, it has to be a part 3 that does it. November: Catching Fire has a great shot of breaking this.December: Hobbit 2 has a pretty good shot of breaking this. So there we go~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommycruise Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I'm curious if we'll see anything break the august OW anytime soon cause as of this august Bourne Ultimatum would have held the record for 6 years in a row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Yep-Guardians of the Galaxy is the only thing that has a REMOTE chance...as I said remote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
