The Toymaker Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 lol... it is one thing one person twisting the facts and over-optimistically projecting but completely another thing that all major sites are publishing it without even checking it. They should be hiring people from this forum because they evidently know more than these supposed 'trade experts'.This is sig worthy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Any info on how PROM is doing, guys?All holdovers pretty much got booted out of theaters this weekend. Prom's run is basically done now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 It's like publications are so desperate to put "record" in their title, that they lose all professional tact. What a freakin embarassment for Nikki and for Ray at mojo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 It's like publications are so desperate to put "record" in their title, that they lose all professional tact. What a freakin embarassment for Nikki and for Ray at mojo.I thougt her catch-phrase was " not a record" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I just sent a tweet to David Polland, Ray at Mojo, Nikki and Variety and I asked them how Nikki can be so mistaken and yet every other publication follows her lead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Here's the tweets in case anyone is interested:22m Dan Grant @baumer72 @DavidPoland @boxofficemojo @Variety_JLD @NikkiFinke Looper will be lucky to make 25 mill total in China. Expand Collapse Reply RetweetedRetweet Delete FavoritedFavorite 23m Dan Grant @baumer72 @DavidPoland @boxofficemojo @Variety_JLD @NikkiFinke This record talk is so unprofessional. One source says and every1 runs with it. Expand Collapse Reply RetweetedRetweet Delete FavoritedFavorite 25m Dan Grant @baumer72 @DavidPoland @boxofficemojo @Variety_JLD @NikkiFinke Not sure where Nikki is getting 25 mill 4 Looper in China, it opened to 4.3M 27.2 YUAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Violence Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 No offense, baumer -- I appreciate what you're trying to do -- but maybe you should try to do something about the front page of this very site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Even this site is running the false Looper story now. :(http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2012-09-30-loopers-china-opening-will-top-north-american-debut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 No offense, baumer -- I appreciate what you're trying to do -- but maybe you should try to do something about the front page of this very site?I don't have any say what goes on here. I have no more influence that you guys do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tower Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) I don't think they are copying from Nikki, they are probably all getting it from the same studio press release. Edited October 1, 2012 by Tower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Violence Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) I doubt it. Sony and Film District (the U.S. distributors) wouldn't be trumpeting the bogus Chinese numbers, since they have nothing to do with it in China. Why brag about a foreign distributor making more money off of a movie than you did? Maybe DMG, but then DMG almost certainly has the actual Chinese figures, and I can't imagine why they'd shoot themselves in the foot by raising expectations to such unrealistic levels. And if you don't believe that entertainment journalists would blindly take their cues from Finke, even UK newspapers are citing her. Edited October 1, 2012 by Bob Violence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted October 1, 2012 Founder / Operator Share Posted October 1, 2012 I've pulled the story down until we can confirm what's going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) Given Looper's date to TDKR/TASM/TE2, any one of the three, 25M OW could have been done. Unfortunately, Looper is not on that scale, not even close. Edited October 1, 2012 by firedeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted October 1, 2012 Founder / Operator Share Posted October 1, 2012 FYI: the supposed error comes from a press release that was sent to all box office reporting outlets. So, its probably not Nikki's fault at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 Seems so, Nikki was just reporting what she got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Violence Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 But from who? Was it a tracking service or an outfit actually associated with the film? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 i guess Nikki just reported what she was told to report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Can you post the relevant section of the press release here, Shawn? I'd like to see what words it uses exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Here's the tweets in case anyone is interested:22m Dan Grant @baumer72 @DavidPoland @boxofficemojo @Variety_JLD @NikkiFinke Looper will be lucky to make 25 mill total in China. Expand Collapse Reply RetweetedRetweet Delete FavoritedFavorite 23m Dan Grant @baumer72 @DavidPoland @boxofficemojo @Variety_JLD @NikkiFinke This record talk is so unprofessional. One source says and every1 runs with it. Expand Collapse Reply RetweetedRetweet Delete FavoritedFavorite 25m Dan Grant @baumer72 @DavidPoland @boxofficemojo @Variety_JLD @NikkiFinke Not sure where Nikki is getting 25 mill 4 Looper in China, it opened to 4.3M 27.2 YUAN This is now officially a fiasco.Good thing it happened to a small film like Looper. If it had happened with say, Avengers or TDKR....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 But from who? Was it a tracking service or an outfit actually associated with the film?It is probably from the distributor in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
