CJohn Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 "This was Lionsgate/Summit's 11th weekend this year with a first place movie (four for Hunger Games, two for The Expendables 2, two for The Possession, three for Twilight). That leads all movie studios for 2012; overall, Lionsgate/Summit has earned $1.22 billion domestically this year, which ranks fourth among all studios." Lionsgate is huge now. Buying Summit was a smart move! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Baumer, here's what I want you to do.Call your friend Brad Fuller and tell him to tell Michael Bay to sell the Friday the 13th franchise to Lionsgate.Will you do that for me, so we can get some more Jason flicks?Thanx in advance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 If this holds, its the first 3 peat for a Twilight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 If this holds, its the first 3 peat for a Twilight.*cough BD1 cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieGuyKyle17 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Did anyone see that ARGO pass the 100m mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Fucking hell do I want to see Argo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozmeesah Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I got more than a few complaints about Killing Them Softly this weekend. Still doesn't compare to how many we got for The American or The Last Exorcism.I don't even get that. Why do people complain to the theater? You have no control over the films or their marketing. Do you guys send the complaints to the studios or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I just came back from Killing Them Softly. It was alright. I mean, I wont see it again, but it didn't feel like I was wasting my time. One thing that seemed clear was that a lot had been cut out. There were characters that were made up to be really big who didn't do anything important, and characters that had been in one scene with barely any dialogue that were then made up to be hugely important. Poor Ray Liotta was there only to get his ass whooped. The constant use of Obama's speeches felt cryptic to me, but someone smarter than me can probably find meaning behind them. On other words, a decent if a bit meaningless film Obama's hopeful speeches were there to provide contrast with all the actual ugliness we see on screen. The two finally clash directly in the very final scene, when Jenkins points to what Obama just said on TV for support and Pitt openly calls it bullshit, then proceeds to express his own - and the movie's - point of view about how things really are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Fucking hell do I want to see ArgoIt was great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Fucking hell do I want to see ArgoDidn't opened in Finland yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Talaash: 1.983mGreat opening! 5m should happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 That estimate for The Collection is ridiculous. Do they really expect a horror film to have a 19.9% Saturday to Sunday drop in early December? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Twilight is still performing about in line with expectations. Its weekend figure and hold from Thanksgiving weekend are both better than last year's installment, and the gross is the strongest third weekend take for the franchise. It's tracking almost even with New Moon through the same point, and should finish within a few million either way of that film's $296.6 million total.Skyfall continues to put up a terrific performance. It came really close to reclaiming the #1 spot (and still could with actuals, if the estimate holds and Twilight's is too high) for the weekend, and did do it on Saturday and Sunday. The hold is about in line with that of Casino Royale over the post-Thanksgiving weekend in 2006 (52.1% for this vs. 50.9% for Casino Royale), but Skyfall's hold seems more impressive given that it is further in its run and has already far outgrossed that film (and sold more tickets as well). It will probably hold really well with a lack of new competition next weekend, and then we'll see how it does against The Hobbit, but a total over $300 million is still in its sight.Lincoln is still performing well, especially with no expansion from last weekend. It should surpass $100 million at some point shortly after next weekend. Its performance has been fantastic for a very talky drama.Rise of the Guardians held well, and that's probably just the prelude to some excellent holds to come since there's hardly anything directly aimed at families for the rest of the season.Life of Pi also held well. It's performing well considering it wasn't a slam dunk, and should continue to do so.Wreck-It Ralph took a hit, but it still held better than past Disney movies over the weekend after Thanksgiving (The Incredibles, Bolt, and The Muppets all dropped over 60% over this weekend in past years). I see it hitting about $185 million in total.Killing Them Softly is off to a weak start, and it's probably not going to get any better from here with that "F" CinemaScore. This weekend hasn't seen any really good launches since The Last Samurai opened at #1 in 2003, but this one, non-mainstream as it looked, at least got a fair amount of air time for its trailer (at least at the movies I've been going to) and had a mainstream-friendly face in Brad Pitt. It will be dead before Christmas, so if the Weinstein Company was trying to dump it, mission accomplished.Red Dawn is still beating low expectations. It definitely won't get to its $65 million production budget, but considering how long it took for the film to see the light of day, it's not the disaster it could have been.Flight sees an acceptable drop. I see it finishing in the mid-to-high 90s.The Collection did okay considering the low profile of its release. It will make a quick exit from here, but my guess is that if the filmmakers could secure funding for a sequel to one movie that barely registered at the box office, this might not be the last we see of it. Some of the 7th graders I worked with in student-teaching were really excited about it (but then they claimed to be really excited about virtually every horror movie that came out between August and now), but otherwise I don't know of anyone who was really clamoring for this.Silver Linings Playbook had an excellent hold considering that its theater count remained almost flat from last weekend. That should bode really well for it from here on out. I think it's also noteworthy that it held better than The Descendants this weekend last year, despite the fact that that film added 184 theaters over the weekend. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 That estimate for The Collection is ridiculous. Do they really expect a horror film to have a 19.9% Saturday to Sunday drop in early December?Yikes! I hadn't noticed that yet. But a joke of an estimate would be fitting considering that the movie's existence seems like a joke. The first movie was barely even a blip on the radar, so it has to be one of the most random sequels in recent memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Yikes! I hadn't noticed that yet. But a joke of an estimate would be fitting considering that the movie's existence seems like a joke. The first movie was barely even a blip on the radar, so it has to be one of the most random sequels in recent memory.I had no idea it was even a sequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I had no idea it was even a sequel. I thank/blame the 7th grade class I taught for cluing me in to that fact. They know their D-grade horror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Wang Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I don't even get that. Why do people complain to the theater? You have no control over the films or their marketing. Do you guys send the complaints to the studios or something?Nope. I wish more people were as understanding as this. I have seen hundreds and hundreds of movies and never once asked for a refund because I didn't like the movie. I will not give refunds or passes to someone who doesn't like the movie. Not my fault or the theaters fault. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 People bitching to the movie theater staff because they didn't like a movie never happens in Finland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozmeesah Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I've seen too many people bitching at blameless employees at jobs I've had. There are way too many people too eager to bitch at the wrong people.It's the American way, Jack. Everything is always someone else's fault and zero common sense is used. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I've seen too many people bitching at blameless employees at jobs I've had. There are way too many people too eager to bitch at the wrong people.It's the American way, Jack. Everything is always someone else's fault and zero common sense is used.Totally agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
