Estimated Wknd Numbers - BD2(141.3M) Skyfall(41.5M) Lincoln(21M)

[JackO]

Gitesh Pandya ‏@giteshpandya

#Lincoln heading to $6-7M FRI going to very strong $20M wknd. Well-reviewed adult dramas on fire lately.

[Gopher]

Better than 66m... curious to see if Gitesh is closer than RTH.

[riczhang]

giteshpandya

Source tells me #Twilight heading to about $70M opening day incl THU night. May end wknd near BD1 at about $135M.

11/16/12 9:06 PM

That's more like it.

[Dementeleus]

Gitesh Pandya ‏@giteshpandya

#Lincoln heading to $6-7M FRI going to very strong $20M wknd. Well-reviewed adult dramas on fire lately.

Beat you by a few seconds there. Edited November 17, 2012 by Telemachos

[JackO]

Well it could have been worse for Twilight.

[riczhang]

Better than 66m... curious to see if Gitesh is closer than RTH.

She probably is. Rth's numbers are a few hours old now. West Coast was probably stronger than anticipated as always. It's the opposite for Potter though. East over West.

[spizzer]

And once the late numbers from the West Coast come in, that figure'll only go up.

Edited November 17, 2012 by spizzer

[druv10]

giteshpandya

Source tells me #Twilight heading to about $70M opening day incl THU night. May end wknd near BD1 at about $135M.

11/16/12 9:06 PM

Much better and with that it can squeak by BD1.

[cozmeesah]

It's still doing 145 absolute TOPS at this point. And I mean tops because ya never know if that 70 is low still.We need Rth, lol

Edited November 17, 2012 by Cozmees Everdeen

[riczhang]

It's still doing 145 absolute TOPS at this point.

Which is exactly where I pegged it. Though I messed up OD/OW ratio.

[cozmeesah]

Which is exactly where I pegged it. Though I messed up OD/OW ratio.

But that's if everything goes its way tonight & tomorrow.

[MovieMan89]

Well expanding too wide doesn't always work too well, look at The Master. I think that expanding into 3000+ theatres even for a movie like Lincoln or Flight would've been too risky. But it should've at least been 2000+. Personally, I didn't like Lincoln though, thought it was quite the snoozefest. It's a good movie but boring.

I thought it was an acting tour de force and subtly poignant. I'm so glad Spielberg didn't go the sweeping bombastic route with it. By showing restraint for once he made his best movie in 15 years, imo. And I'm ready for DDL, Field, and Jones to all get their Oscar right now. Astounding performances right there. Edited November 17, 2012 by MovieMan89

[John Marston]

See, those two movies looked like adult audience gold mines to me all along. Never did understand why either one were being treated like little indie films no one would see. Both should've been given 3000+ TC wide releases.

agreed, many times when studios give these kinds of movies wide releases instead of these weird low releases they get rewarded. There are plenty of examples of this

[#ED]

70M OD!

[Dementeleus]

70M OD!

.... maybe.

[Lumos]

That's more like it. I knew that 65M estimate was way too low....70M is still dissappointing though.

[kitik]

I just today watched a documentary, Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap. A brilliant film, and if you have any interest in old school rap its an absolute must see

Awesome. I was lucky enough to see this in the theater a few months ago.Good stuff. The best part was his reaction to his wife's comments about listening to the beat vs the lyrics. And his little tricks when he forgot the lines.

[MovieMan89]

Yeah 65m was a bit too good to be true I suppose.

[riczhang]

I thought it was an acting tour de force and subtly poignant. I'm so glad Spielberg didn't go the sweeping bombastic route with it. By showing restraint for once he made his best movie in 15 years, imo. And I'm ready for DDL, Field, and Jones to all get their Oscar right now. Astounding performances right there.

The Performances are brilliant, but I'm not a big fan of Field. I'm thinking DDL, Jones, Field, Levitt in that order. None of them are my wins right now though. Normally at this point they'd be but sadly there's been some really amazing acting this year already. The movie itself is restrained and I appreciate that but I find that it just is too long and boring.

[JackO]

Dying to see PTAs of SLP and Anna K