Weekend Actuals (Taken 2 - 49.5M, Hotel Transylvania - 27.05M)

[CoolioD1]

People who say no one liked Taken 1 are kidding themselves.

... I don't think anybody said that.

[ecstasy]

I watched a couple of interviews with Neeson recently.I know the guy's pretty stoic in general but boy, I've never seen an actor less interested in the film he's ostensibly promoting. Talk about just turning up for a paycheck.

It's hard when an actor doesn't have any script approval or any say in the production. Don't know what kind of influence Neeson had in Taken 2. They sign on and pretty much are stuck with what the writer/director comes up with. They are at the mercy of the creative people and the suits. The only thing they can really say is "at least I got paid" lol and move on to the next project.

[Shawn Robbins]

Won't Back Down: 310k

[Shawn Robbins]

HATES: 1.14m

[iceroll]

Wow 18.6m! That`s pretty damn good.

[Krissykins]

Given the reviews, it'll be interesting to see Taken 2's 2nd weekend drop. lol.

[ecstasy]

Taken 2: 18.6m

Went up a lot.

[Jack Nevada]

Taken 2 next week

[Jack Nevada]

If I was an american kid, this halloween I would first see Paranorman, then run to see Hotel Transylvania and finally go see Frankenweenie. Then of course horror movies on tv and trick'n'treating FUCK why there was no halloween in my childhood

[Lordmandeep]

imo it passes 100 million and likley get another 100-150 million overseas.

[Gopher]

18.6m16.9m 10.3m 45.8m

[baumer]

I don't think it will plummet next weekend. Maybe 55-58%. Nothing out of the ordinary for a front loaded sequel.

[#ED]

18M for Taken 2? Awesome. I will see it tonight.This is a movie that people JUST HAVE TO SEE even if it's terrible.

[#ED]

I don't think it will plummet next weekend. Maybe 55-58%. Nothing out of the ordinary for a front loaded sequel.

Argo, Sinister and Here Comes The Boom are opening. I think a possible 60%-65% drop is expected.

[Shawn Robbins]

With the way word of mouth seems to be going, I'm definitely not seeing a drop below 60% next weekend. Especially with Argo going after the adult audience.Pretty sure Taken 2's second weekend won't reach Taken 1's, for that matter.

Edited October 6, 2012 by ShawnMR

[ecstasy]

Argo, Sinister and Here Comes The Boom are opening. I think a possible 60%-65% drop is expected.

Do you expect big box office for those movies?

[Shawn Robbins]

Frankenweenie: 3.268m

[riczhang]

Is Argo even gonna make that big of an impact on BO? I honestly haven't seen any marketing for it.

[Shawn Robbins]

Hotel: 6.5m

[#ED]

With the way word of mouth seems to be going, I'm definitely not seeing a drop below 60% next weekend. Especially with Argo going after the adult audience.Pretty sure Taken 2's second weekend won't reach Taken 1's, for that matter.

Lower than 20M? Ouch.