Weekend #s Hobbit 84.7 ROG 7.4 Linc 7.2 Sky 7.0 Pi 5.4 BD2 5.2 pg 90

[Sims]

Could SW7 possibly underwhelm like this did?

If it sucks, then yes. (TPM sucked too but that really seemed like a once-in-a-lifetime event regardless. Critics' reviews also didn't matter as much then)

[JackO]

Could SW7 possibly underwhelm like this did?

I was thinking about that......man.....They had better be careful.

[Accursed Arachnid!™]

Except Fake. Kudos to him, he really nailed it.

What did Fake predict? I predicted 88m and even I am probably going to be over by a substantial amount.

[Sims]

They might have to cancel the third movie now

This would be great news if it meant they could snap up the pace a little...

[JackO]

FRIDAY 10 PM, 4TH UPDATE: This is the largest Christmas release of all time. The latest from my esources has The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey looking around $37M and $96M for the weekend with an ‘A’ CinemaScore from audiences. (My Warner Bros insiders peg the numbers tonight at $36M-$39M and the weekend at $81M-$89M. I’ll know more specifics in the morning.

​Ruh roh, the massive adjust down continues.

[riczhang]

I was thinking about that......man.....They had better be careful.

They should kick Lucas off their creative team effective tomorrow. Just the thought of him getting his grubby hands on the franchise and ruining the movie makes me sick.

[Fake]

You could be a little less rude to Kalo.

Like he was in his post with 'stupid critics' and his sarcasm for those who said its performance was disappointing?

[riczhang]

This would be great news if it meant they could snap up the pace a little...

I think that that isn't possible anymore. There's still so much to cover that one movie can't cover the rest and still be good.

[filmnerdjamie]

The sequel to Return of the Jedi promising the return of Luke Skywalker back in action (not to mention, the general public likes the prequels)? No need to worry over Episode VII.

[kayumanggi]

I wonder how many people here have watched it.

[FTF]

It was entirely cash grab by WB/Jackson but I don't think they ever imagined this kind of performance by TH1. This just shows how strong Potter's performance was. It maintained it's audience unlike any other franchise.

I don't remember a 10 year gap between Potter movies and a prequel (not questioning Potter's performances, just saying that's not a valid comparison...if TH movies came out a year or so in succession right after LOTR movies then it would be). Also, haters can't have it both ways...they can't post for months to a year before release that TH isn't LOTR and people aren't as interested so it'll only open to $90m and make $300-350m dom, and then now that that's happening say it's bombing...it can't be bombing if it's doing exactly what you were predicting. Edited December 15, 2012 by FTF

[Accursed Arachnid!™]

Could SW7 possibly underwhelm like this did?

If they go all new characters and crap on the OT, hell yes. But, I doubt they do that. Of course, they could adapt a single issue of Star Wars the comic into five movies. That would cause it to underwhelm fo sho.

[druv10]

​Ruh roh, the massive adjust down continues.

What a dreadful performance.

[Derpity]

I wonder how many people here have watched it.

Episode VII?Not too many, I reckon

[Fake]

Could SW7 possibly underwhelm like this did?

Yes. I've said that before.

[Noctis]

So about a 50% drop in admissions from RoTK. Oh, baby.

[Shawn Robbins]

Like he was in his post with 'stupid critics' and his sarcasm for those who said its performance was disappointing?

Which post?

[Accursed Arachnid!™]

Make up your freakin' mind Nikki!!!!Rth save us!!!!

[Sims]

I don't remember a 10 year gap between Potter movies and a prequel (not questioning Potter's performances, just saying that's not a valid comparison...if TH movies came out a year or so in succession right after LOTR movies then it would be). Also, haters can't have it both ways...they can't post for months to a year before release that TH isn't LOTR and people aren't as interested so it'll only open to $90m and make $300-350m dom, and then now that that's happening say it's bombing...it can't be bombing if it's doing exactly what you were predicting.

Soooo just because I predicted John Carter would fail to make 100M DOM, that means it was a success?

[filmnerdjamie]

I wonder how many people here have watched it.