yes. but i assume episode ix will go ahead as planned
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Wkd Box Office 0101-0316 - Hate flows through BO as TFA eyes all-time DOM record
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yes. but i assume episode ix will go ahead as planned
To be expected. We will still get to see a film pass 800m domestic for the first time in history this weekend.
Dunedain_Ranger
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Don't really get too much into numbers is tfa going to beat out titanic ?
Depends entirely on china at this point
It already beat it in the US if you don't adjust for inflation.
It is possible that it will beat it internationally and inflation-adjusted US.
Dunedain_Ranger
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The ninth right
Yup.
Also it's going to beat Titanics initial run guaranteed. Remember it did have a re-release... which somehow got it another $600 mil WW lol
Mr. Pointy
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It's soooo dense, there's soooo much money being made at this box office.
Joe Shlabotnik
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He made four billion dollars and his contribution to popular culture just got a 20-year renewal in the collective unconscious. He's probably ok.
The Force Awakens will end its run about 30 million admissions behind Titanic domestically. Average ticket price for TFA is likely around the $10 mark. It made 100m domestic from IMAX alone. Dont put too much stock in Mojos adjusted list.
It will still be the most attended film since Titanic, and the second most attended film in the last 30 years.
Not that it really matters but again, Titanic 3D made 350m worldwide with a huge chunk of that coming from China.
AdventureRacing
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What will drop more percentage wise this week, TFA's gross or this threads post count?
Ninja Scooter
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I know it's January but Star Wars' third weekend still being more than the previous December OW record is crazy.
Has any movie every had the record for highest weekend in two different months before?
Episode IX: Star Peace
I don't think anyone expects it to match Avatar's drops going forward.
I just find TFA setting the January record with its 3rd weekend so crazy that it's hilarious.
To your question: no, it looks like TFA will be the only one to hold record weekends on two separate months.
Edit: to rephrase, the only one holding records currently - see below for past instances.
The Star Wars special edition release robbed Titanic from doing the same. Before 1997, the January weekend record was the opening of 12 Monkeys with less than 14m I believe. Star Wars bumped that to 35m.
That record stood until Cloverfield.
BronsonLee
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So it goes Star Wars, THEN JESUS
I think the point here is that Lucas very much cared about BO performance and records. Partly because he financed most of his films but mostly because of his ego. Titanic really delivered the salt when Lucas realized TPM would never beat it.
Bobby Roberts
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The Special Edition doing what it did in (what was supposed to be) limited release in January is still kinda something.
It made just short of 36 mil its opening weekend, in January (beating the previous record by more than double)
It wasn't until March that it had a single weekend with a drop higher than 40%.
It actually GAINED theaters from January to February (from 2100 to 2400)
It's success prompted the pushing back of the Empire and Jedi re-releases by a week each.
It made about 138 domestic and 120 mil worldwide.
My favorite Titanic box office factoid: Valentine's Day was the largest daily take for the film at $13m, 58 days into its run. I've wanted to see if any other films had their record day so late after their initial wide expansion (excluding re-releases), but don't know of an easy way to look.
I wonder how much that is in today's money. It has to be close to $250 million for each right?
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Kar
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So whats all the fuss is about? irrelevant domestic 'record'?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PagVwAI9jao&t=3m6s
Depending on your definition of wide, I would check My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Thats the only other film that comes to mind.
Was going to say the same thing. Went months without a wide release and then had its highest day 56 days in and its 2nd highest 63 days in.
Bobby Roberts
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Charles Foster Kane
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Ya. I mentioned that last thread. I was obviously a nerdy child, so I was reading box office stats in stuff like the local paper and the Guiness Book of records during the very early 90s before I was 10. I dont even remember them listing worldwide records for films. It wasn't until I got internet in the mid 90s that I learned Jurassic Park was actually the number 1 film in the world. All that was ever mentioned was E.T. at $399m domestic.
I imagine part of it was both the relatively small nature of the international box office at the time as well as the difficulty of tracking the records. Not to mention the less-connected nature of the world in general prior to the internet.
Titanic was the first time I remember a film being talked about in terms of being a global box office phenomenon.
Props for dedication.
Kar
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Never watched Avatar.
Not really.
Personally, I never pay attention to region records. Its boring. "Number 1 in the entire world" is alot more news worthy in my opinion.
Well I agree.
Maybe its because im not from the U.S? For me its just another region. And what do you mean by scare quotes? I dont know what that means.
So you're banking on Star Wars winning best picture?
Bobby Roberts
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Okay, Cup
Kar
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Wait, its a domestic box office thread only? I thought this was a general thread about how the movie performs. Anyway, didnt know that, sorry.
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