Weekend numbers thread (close between TH and DU 31.5-31 so far)

[Elessar]

Word of mouth had already set in. It getting all those Oscars nominations caused even more people to take notice. So yes.

Yes, WOM had already set in, so Oscars didn't change much. So no.

[Dementeleus]

Yes, WOM had already set in, so Oscars didn't change much. So no.

This is a non-argument. You can't possibly quantify it.

[Poseidon]

Funny, all this "350 is impossible for TH1" talk is giving me total deja vu to all the people here who told me 400 was "impossible" for THG for weeks and weeks on end, until whattaya know there went 400.

Hunger Games did another 106m after a nearly identical 3rd weekend, while Hobbits is certainly inflated due to holidays.

[John Marston]

Impossible to tell how much awards bumped helped the other ones.Lot of movies these days have continuous good holds late into their run so maybe Hobbit can too

[lilmac]

Lincoln is not getting his due. :unsure:http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=lincoln.htm

[filmnerdjamie]

Yes, WOM had already set in, so Oscars didn't change much. So no.

Stop talking.You have no idea what you're talking about. Edited December 30, 2012 by filmnerdjamie

[Fake]

Hobbit is less than $20m behind TTT through the same point now, and that gap should narrow by Tuesday. I think it can outgross it and I'm pulling for $350m. We'll see how it holds in 2013.

Some people never learn.

[Dementeleus]

FOTR gained 13% of its gross after Oscar nominations were announced.TTT gained 5%.ROTK gained 9%, but had the benefit of Oscar noms being announced a couple of weeks earlier than FOTR or TTT.

Edited December 30, 2012 by Telemachos

[John Marston]

Stop talking.

He shouldn't have to. How much Oscar helped Felliwship is impossible to tell

[John Marston]

Dp

Edited December 30, 2012 by John Marston

[MovieMan89]

Ugh, that seems like really awkward casting.

Actually I could totally see Leo as Captain Nemo. Fincher + 20,000 Leagues is what sounds like the awkward combo to me.

[MovieMan89]

Some people never learn.

Right you are my friend, mister "the world will end before THG ever touches 400".

[lilmac]

I would assume there has to be a lot more money from avenues we don't know about....there has to be. The highest grossing Tarantino film WW is IB and that doesn't justify giving this a 150 million dollar budget (including marketing)

I recently watched Tarantino's Howard Stern interview and he said that when films would go overbudget he'd use his back-end money to finish the film. I'm assuming he has really good back-end deals. The guy is worth $90 mil according to Celebrity Networth.com and that's with none of his films being blockbusters in theaters.

[Elessar]

This is a non-argument. You can't possibly quantify it.

It had great legs before the nominations were even out. Yes, Oscars helped but i doubt more than $15m came due to them.

[fishstick]

Go Leo! Go,go,go!Tom Hooper is now eating his heart out he didn`t have a close-up of Leo and the skull singing about white supremacy.

Edited December 30, 2012 by fishnets

[Elessar]

Stop talking.You have no idea what you're talking about.

Wow, $15m more due to Oscars, what a huge help!

[dashrendar44]

Actually I could totally see Leo as Captain Nemo. Fincher + 20,000 Leagues is what sounds like the awkward combo to me.

Exactly, Leo has mastered "the obsessed man" routine. Fincher's characters always deal with some kind of unhealthy mental obsession. Perfect match in my book. Edited December 30, 2012 by dashrendar44

[John Marston]

Monday and Tuesday are holidays too soo Hobbit can be close to 245 by Wednesday

[fishstick]

Monday and Tuesday are holidays too soo Hobbit can be close to 245 by Wednesday

Monday`s a big drop for everything because of NYE. Edited December 30, 2012 by fishnets

[lilmac]

$1b is looking good for Hobbit but not guaranteed. What major markets do we have left? China?