Not the one you probably want. Hateful 8 decreased to 15.7m
They were pretty agressive with the projected Sunday drop though.
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Wkd Box Office 0101-0316 - Hate flows through BO as TFA eyes all-time DOM record
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Not the one you probably want. Hateful 8 decreased to 15.7m
They were pretty agressive with the projected Sunday drop though.
That's funny. I saw the film 3 or 4 times in theaters....
...I must really hate the film!
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS took in $90.24M this weekend and has grossed $742.21M to date domestically.
https://twitter.com/BoxOffice/status/684103076072919040
Bobby Roberts
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So it takes the January weekend record.
Next weekend will be the first weekend where it makes less than the previous December OW record.
edit: RIP to the Trifecta, officially.
Next weekend will be the first weekend where it makes less than the previous December OW record.
edit: RIP to the Trifecta, officially.
hahahahahaha
jeeeeeeeeez
Previous highest third weekend was Avatar with $68 million.
TFA's third weekend would rank 4th among second weekends, after TFA, Jurassic World and Avengers ($103m) and above Age of Ultron ($77m).
Also I'm pretty sure all three weekends of TFA so far would rank in the top 50 as far as weekend grosses go (weekend 3 barely cracks the top 50). Unreal.
Liquidsnake
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The only "doom and gloom" is a discussion to whether TFAs domestic take will go a full 50% over Avatar's, or whether it will have yo seytle for taking the domestic all time record by a measily 40%
It's the lowest grossing $700M box office earner in history, heads are rolling at Disney right now.
BassForever
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Only in terms of it beating Avatar worldwide, domestically the force is strong with this one
Interfectum
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Yup. Instead of "holy shit Star Wars is doing fucking great" it's "lol not gonna beat Avatar WW lol." So no matter how well SW is doing there's always that negative spin on it.
professor_t
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I kind of did that, but in my case the trailer was attached to The Siege. I went to see the movie solely to catch the trailer, but then I made the regrettable decision of staying for the movie (about 3/4 of the theater bailed out, but I was a poor grad student).
Wait, there's people who predicted $3 to $4B WW? Lord have mercy.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Yeah that s what i meant.
If it has another 40% - 43% drop it'll beat it next weekend.
They could rerelease it during Winter of 2017 to recoup the "summer money left on the table"; maybe steal a bit of Avatar 2's thunder (10-20 million during A2's OW maybe?) if Avatar 2 does make it out by Xmas 2017.
Dinosaurs did they're job just fine...
Would probably be difficult but if it starts having really good legs it's possible.
Bobby Roberts
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So far, technically, it hasn't even broken 40% drops.
I mean, 39.8 and 39.5 is effectively the same fuckin' thing, but still, it's had sub 40% drops so far. Technically.
I mean, 39.8 and 39.5 is effectively the same fuckin' thing, but still, it's had sub 40% drops so far. Technically.
We've lost perspective for how good these drops are for a massive film because we've been comparing it to freaking Avatar the whole time.
Also, per wachie's table earlier, 41%+ drops means it hits $1b. It's going to be close.
This coming weekend was by far the biggest drop in the first 6+ weekends for Avatar, Sherlock Holmes, Chimpmunks 2, and It's Complicated (so basically every late Dec 2009 opener that opened wide and ended over $50M domestic). I don't see Star Wars bucking the trend.
Bobby Roberts
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Hobbit 1&2, Return of the King, & I Am Legend held steady-ish, though.
Still a drop from the previous weekend, but more like 6-8% more weekend to weekend as opposed to the 15-20% more that Avatar & Sherlock had.
Still though, that 2nd weekend in January seems to be a dip, regardless. There's always a bit of a rebound the following week, it looks like.
Still a drop from the previous weekend, but more like 6-8% more weekend to weekend as opposed to the 15-20% more that Avatar & Sherlock had.
Still though, that 2nd weekend in January seems to be a dip, regardless. There's always a bit of a rebound the following week, it looks like.
None of the films you mentioned had New Year's day as part of the weekend.
Having NYD as Friday is pretty much the best case scenario for a first weekend of January gross. You get the holiday boost, but avoid having New Years Eve dampen things like it would if NYD was Saturday or Sunday.
As such, second weekend of Jan drops will be harsher.
EDIT: Also, while sub 40% would usually be a great third weekend drop, Star Wars had the second worst drop in the Top 20. Only beating Krampus which lost half of its venues to Hateful Eight.
Soapbox Killer
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Bobby Roberts
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Well that would do it. I was just grabbing up 2nd weekend in January and comparing them to the prior.
There is always, it seems, a dip on that 2nd weekend though. I stopped looking at those numbers once I got out of the top 10 for December, but I don't think there was a single example of a film not dipping in that 2nd weekend - and then bouncing back the following weekend.
To be fair - it still is.
Come to Butt-Head
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With every record TFA breaks, do you think Lucas is dying a little on the inside?
Bobby Roberts
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No at the end of the day he initiated this sale and it's still his baby doing numbers.
It is due to the magnitude of money we are talking about, definitely.
However, for a percentage drop on that weekend in general, it's on the low side. Of the 40 films making up the combined 2009 and 2015 top 20s, The Force Awakens' Hold ranks #36 in terms of percentage hold. In light of that, I don't really see it getting one of the better post-New Year's holds of the two years. You can't keep grossing ridiculous sums of cash forever. We're looking at more than an Avatar worth of business being burnt off before entering this coming weekend.
A high 40s drop this coming weekend would be great. A low 50s weekend would pretty standard given The Force Awakens' trend so far. Mid-high 50s would be disappointing (but I don't see that happening either).
CreepingFear
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No. You will have to wait until this coming Saturday. TFA passed Avengers and Furious 7 today though.
I can't imagine he would anything less than ecstatic. The franchise he created is still dominating pop culture 40 years after its birth.
He's the richest filmmaker on the planet. I think he'll be okay.
perfectchaos007
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On a scale of 1 to Morton, how salty is Lucas right now? His blood probably has dangerously high levels of sodium chloride.
I guess this is what it looks like after the kids are back in school.so TFA tied Avatars record of consecutive $10 million days
but TFA has not yet had a day below $20 million
but it's going to totally be below $10 million today... just seat watching and what i saw was not very good at all. not even half of sunday.
Think they're gonna cancel Episode VIII after they see Monday's numbers?
Charles Foster Kane
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With Avatar-like drops, TFA would make about $36 million this Mon-Thu and $67 million next weekend. That weekend number is obviously ridiculous and won't happen.
With Sherlock Holmes-like drops, TFA would make about $29 million Mon-Thu and $41 million next weekend. Much more realistic, though I feel like TFA can do a bit better than that.
I'll go ahead and say TFA makes $32 million Mon-Thu and $48 million next weekend. That would put it at over $820 million at that point.
With Sherlock Holmes-like drops, TFA would make about $29 million Mon-Thu and $41 million next weekend. Much more realistic, though I feel like TFA can do a bit better than that.
I'll go ahead and say TFA makes $32 million Mon-Thu and $48 million next weekend. That would put it at over $820 million at that point.
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