Bobby Roberts
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ANOTHER RECORD GOING DOWN
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Wkd Box Office 1218-2015 - Force Awakens does good... gOOOood, opens w/ $248m
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ANOTHER RECORD GOING DOWN
Thursday non-opening record will probably stand.
The last time we had a Christmas Eve land on a Thursday was 2009. Taking out Chipmunks (which opened the day before), Thursday of X-mas Eve in 2009 was down 31% over the Tuesday of that week. Avatar dipped 32% on Thursday, even though its Wednesday total was higher than its first Monday.
Non opening Thursday is $29.1M.
The last time we had a Christmas Eve land on a Thursday was 2009. Taking out Chipmunks (which opened the day before), Thursday of X-mas Eve in 2009 was down 31% over the Tuesday of that week. Avatar dipped 32% on Thursday, even though its Wednesday total was higher than its first Monday.
Non opening Thursday is $29.1M.
So I'll have to revise my cumulative total by 3rd weekend from 625M to 650M.
George Oscar Bluth II
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Jesus Christ.
maybe but i think fandango said xmas had a lot of star wars pre sales for it
So considering that the fastest to $1B will start from the Wednesday openings in France and elsewhere, yesterday was day 7. Star Wars will break $1B on day 11 or 12.
Christmas Eve is the day before that. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Xmas at $50M+, even if I am going with $48M for now.
will celebrate his birth and Star Wars passing a billion this friday
or Bothan spies.
or 4 jedi vs the emperor
The more I think about it, the more I lean towards Saturday being the day TFA breaks $1B
If we're conservative and say $70M WW tomorrow and $55M WW Thursday, that's $814M heading into the weekend. Domestic has a pretty good shot at passing $100M on Fri+Sat. That leaves a little over $40M a day for overseas on Fri+Sat.
Sunday is the worst case scenario, since TFA will for sure be over $950M worldwide on Saturday.
If we're conservative and say $70M WW tomorrow and $55M WW Thursday, that's $814M heading into the weekend. Domestic has a pretty good shot at passing $100M on Fri+Sat. That leaves a little over $40M a day for overseas on Fri+Sat.
Sunday is the worst case scenario, since TFA will for sure be over $950M worldwide on Saturday.
mckmas8808
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Incredible! JC is king!
Might as well tweet "Breaking: water is expected to be wet on Friday".
mckmas8808
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This is sad, because I'm rooting for Will Smith in Concussion.
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what were they thinking.
ViewtifulJC
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too soon b
Bobby Roberts
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ViewtifulJC
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They're going to war with a movie that owns every day of the week!
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I think a lot of people want Star Wars to do well. Not because it's a good movie.
But because it's a good STAR WARS movie. Star Wars arguably is the biggest thing cinema wise. It's one of those things we'd put in an information pod about humanity to share with other species.
But because it's a good STAR WARS movie. Star Wars arguably is the biggest thing cinema wise. It's one of those things we'd put in an information pod about humanity to share with other species.
Speaking of war, X-Mas, and box office gold...they might be trying to chase down American Sniper, another crazy box office success
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I hope not.
It'll be Saturday.
igordennis
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Star Wars total gross is going to go up so incredibly fast its crazy. 2b seems like guaranteed?
Why? It is essentially THE American mythology story.
BronsonLee
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You know what else is a great idea for a family to go enjoy the holiday spirit of fun and family on Christmas Day?
A historical drama about civil rights marches in the 60's.
Selma
A large scale musical drama about how much it sucks to be poor
Les Misérables
A war drama about a fuckin' horse
War Horse
Christmas releases for most movies about serious matters work just fine.
It will probably be #3 in the series after 7(.5) days. #1 domestic and likely Worldwide Star Wars film by the end of Saturday.
Makes sense. Kids all off school and parents waiting for cheap day to get a few precious hours of silence out of the mongrels as they're already wishing for school to start back up.
PeskyToaster
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I might be going to see Star Wars again tonight. Doing my part to bring down James Cameron.
DudeWithNoName
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I was at my local Marcus theater a little bit ago picking up a gift card. The place was packed. The screen showing available seats was switching between the upcoming showings. Star Wars was sold out but for some random single seats here and there. Crazy.
Two of the more successful recent Christmas releases were about an ex-slave turned bounty hunter who killed white people and a hard-R biopic about a sex/drug addicted white collar criminal.
BronsonLee
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James Cameron said:
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Yo, those both made a SHITLOAD of money. Fucking hell.
I would think Superman is more that.
Bobby Roberts
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Canadian Jews came up with that one.
bryanee
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Only one of them was Canadian. Or am I thinking of some one else?
Bobby Roberts
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Nah, it was just Shuster. Was more of a one-liner than a legit response anyway, heh.
How many theaters is Star Wars directly responsible for being built?
$300m+ in 5 days is absolutely insane.
QuantumZebra
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It's crazy Avatar shows up and breaks a ton of records (and will continue to hold quite a lot) then we had some weekend records but nothing too massive. Then this year Furious 7 comes along and breaks fastest to 1 billion, then Jurassic World comes along and smashes that and breaks records........ then not 6 months later Star Wars shows up and smashes those.
Crazy year for box office records.
Crazy year for box office records.
Hmm, never thought of it that way.
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