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

[Sims]

WOM was pretty good for Phantom Menace.EDIT: I should indicate that WOM was good among the film's PRIMARY AUDIENCE.

Edited December 16, 2012 by Sims

[filmnerdjamie]

Agree, the WOM appears to be at odds with the critics. This is no phantom menace, that's for sure.

General public liked Phantom Menace.

Hell contrary to what the Internet says, public likes the prequels.

Edited December 16, 2012 by filmnerdjamie

[John Marston]

Anything over 80m is decent if not spectacular

[MovieMan89]

We already know your friends aren't LOTR fans Noctis, as you bring it up all the time, so if they think its decent it proves that WOM in general is great.

[Sims]

He's right though that this isn't Phantom Menace, since that film broke tons of records.

[John Marston]

General public liked Phantom Menace.

Hell contrary to what the Internet says, public

likes the prequels.

I think what happened were that kids and family audience liked the Phantom Menace but older folks found it disappointing. When they grow up they will realize how disappointing it was. That is how it was for me and my friends lol

[MovieMan89]

Kids loved TPM and that's what gave it great legs despite the core fan base hating it. Luckily for this movie, the core fans AND casual audiences are liking it

[Accursed Arachnid!™]

So you saw it again and it didn`t hold up just like naysayers said?

SM3? No it took...uh...five viewings before I began to realize I was in denial.

[rb02]

How so?If global marketing is around 100 million they'd need 800 million per movie to break even.

For the theater run, yes. When DVD and ancillaries are taken into account, 600M is the base that the movie would need at the box office to eventually make money.However, even if 800M was required to make profit, no problem, because this will do considerably more than 800M anyway. Edited December 16, 2012 by rb02

[rockNrollaDIM]

My crowd seemed to enjoy it. Lots of clapping and belly laughs.Me and my friend both had a lot of problems with it.

Edited December 16, 2012 by Silver Linings aDIM

[Accursed Arachnid!™]

The surprising part about The Hobbit's disappointing box office run is the fact it had a dragon. There was NO WAY it should have failed with a dragon!

Cameo and flashback scenes don't count.

[MovieMan89]

This movie is no TPM or SM3 for me. Saw it again today and I liked it significantly better. If I had been in denial the first time, then this time is when it would have seemed much worse to me, not better.

[CJohn]

Only at the 3rd time I saw SM3 I realized I was seeing a turd and not an awesome movie. TPM was at the 15 minutes mark of the first time

[rb02]

Nothing changes with those numbers. Still terrible.

Not even close to terrible. Terrible would something like John Carter or Battleship sported on OW.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

It does here because people actually understand the reality of the boxoffice. Everywhere else, uneducated (in terms of BO) fanboys think that breaking December record equals beating TA. The sheep from TORN are extatic about it.

[Dementeleus]

How much was the production budget + marketing spent on this film?

I don't know if there's a number for the single film. I've heard $500m for all three; another source said $200m apiece for the two films. Figure another $100m+ marketing for each, I assume.

[kayumanggi]

Still a lot of bitches around.

[Sims]

Not even close to terrible. Terrible would something like John Carter or Battleship sported on OW.

Nah, it's terrible. Why? Because I say so.

[MovieMan89]

Only at the 3rd time I saw SM3 I realized I was seeing a turd and not an awesome movie. TPM was at the 15 minutes mark of the first time

I've never liked a film better the 2nd time than the first, but then turned around and not liked it after that. Movies don't yoyo for me on repeat viewings. They either get better or worse (or stay the same).

[CJohn]

Still a lot of bitches around.

It will never stop. Fun holiday season this will be...