Weekend Numbers (starts pg19) Taken2 22.5, Argo 20.2 mill

[Jack Nevada]

I love JGL, I have liked him in many movies. He was also good in 3rd Rock from the Sun. He's very charismatic and funny

[kayumanggi]

Can Looper even reach 70m?

I think it is still possible.

[fishstick]

I know he`s a talent but is he panning out as the leading man or not? I`m not so sure and the same goes for Hardy.

[Jake Gittes]

Doesn't matter to me as long as he continues to deliver good work and his movies aren't flops. Same goes for Hardy, Fassbender, Gosling, Garfield, etc. Sure it'd be great if they managed to make it as movie stars as well, but if audiences don't like them well enough for that, it's the audiences' loss. And Looper only took a hit this weekend because of Argo going for the same adult audience. It might easily rebound yet and reach $65-70m.

[baumer]

ERC confirms that Argo has a weekend take of 20.2 mill.

[CJohn]

ERC confirms that Argo has a weekend take of 20.2 mill.

Affleck strikes again.

[rockNrollaDIM]

Nice increase Argo!!!!

[baumer]

Gitesh: Taken 2: 22.5.

[Fake]

Told ya'll Looper would do Source Code numbers

What told ya? It will finish with AT LEAST 65M and probably around 70M.

[Fake]

Awesome for Argo. Don't know when or if it will be released here.....

[4815162342]

Nope. Less than $60m is the end for Looper.

If a 6.3 weekend puts it at 51.4, unless it suddenly tanks the next couple weekends it's locked for over 60m. 64-65m is the most likely ending point.

[The Toymaker]

If a 6.3 weekend puts it at 51.4, unless it suddenly tanks the next couple weekends it's locked for over 60m. 64-65m is the most likely ending point.

I was thinking that Cloud Atlas and Skyfall might disrupt that. Plus, Halloween is coming, not exactly the time for science fiction movies to do well.

[ecstasy]

That movie wouldn't have been a big hit if it had Will Smith. It's a grim, disturbing piece of work.

Um, I don't know about that.

[baumer]

HT: 17.1Atlas: 1.7 mill lololololHC the Boom: 12M

[Gopher]

Atlas: 1.7 mill lolololol

Won't Back Down and Oogiloves have some company! Stunning for Argo. Has any R-rated movie jumped 50% on its first Saturday before?

[Jack Nevada]

*sigh* WHY even bother releasing Atlas II in theaters? And in 1000+ screens too? Its going for such a niche audience.. Hell, there isn't an audience for this shit

[ecstasy]

I knew Argo would have a big Saturday jump with all of the sell outs compared to Friday night. But Dayyyyyyyyyuuum 50%? And kudos to all of the older people that went to the theater to see it. I went to see Arbitrage last weekend at some Arthouse theatre in Encino and there were nothing but Sr. Citizens there. I'm talking about walkers and canes. But the theater was packed.If Hollywood makes a movie for that demo, they will come.And Taken 2 had a decent drop for all the gloom and doom talk last weekend. The power of Liam Neeson. Go Liam.Great for Sinister too. Box Office speaks for itself. 3m movie will make 5 times its budget on OW. Doesn't get much better than that.

Edited October 14, 2012 by ECSTASY

[Lordmandeep]

Taken 2 has become a huge hit...

[StephenN18]

Has Resident Evil been removed from theaters? Why is there no estimate for it? I was hoping it would have passed the $42 million mark this week. Plus, there are a lot of big decreases this week, anyone know why?

[rockNrollaDIM]

Yeah ecstasy I'm with you there, go old people! The audience for Argo is solidly into the 40-60 range and they're coming out in droves.