Unreal. I've never seen advertising for a film like TFA. It's literally everywhere.
happy holidays gaf friends! here's to star wars making another $60 million today
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Wkd Box Office 1218-2015 - Force Awakens does good... gOOOood, opens w/ $248m
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Unreal. I've never seen advertising for a film like TFA. It's literally everywhere.
happy holidays gaf friends! here's to star wars making another $60 million today
Bobby Roberts
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happy holidays gaf friends! here's to star wars making another $60 million today
$450 million domestic in 7 days.
unreal
edit: Noticing today that the trade writers are starting to sneak the qualifier "not adjusting for inflation" into their reporting. So that's all sorts of fun and useless. Can't wait for those passages to get quoted and italicized in a week or so.
Does Christmas Day not get the same boost overseas as it does in North America?
Adding to what others have said, here in Belgium it'd be pretty weird to go to the cinema on Christmas Day. Everyone has brunch/dinner with their family.
BronsonLee
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Still haven't seen Good Dinosaur (that'll happen this winter break) but I wouldn't put it over Inside Out, personally. The Red Baron stuff went on a little too long - but whaddya gonna do. It's Snoopy. You kinda have to, I guess. But man, did Blue Sky absolutely nail the aesthetics of those old specials/movies, while adding their own style to the mix. It never once felt like anyone involved had missed the point or misunderstood why Charlie Brown works.
It didn't do all that well at the box-office, but I absolutely see it becoming one of those sleeper classics where, in like, 3 or 4 years, everyone's got a copy, and everyone busts it out for Christmas, and we all wonder why we skipped out on it in theaters when we had the chance.
I liked Inside Out, but Peanuts is just so, so good. The Snoopy stuff does drag but I can get over it. They absolutely nailed Charlie Brown.
Box office is eh, but I'm sure it'll do just fine on home video.
And leave that goddamn short off of it
Nuts, I forgot to see that. I'll see if it's still playing around here tomorrow.
Get on that!
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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I wonder how much those trade writers realize just how far up the adjusted list TFA is going, and how quickly the odds of it becoming the highest grossing initial run even adjusted for inflation are increasing.$450 million domestic in 7 days.
unreal
edit: Noticing today that the trade writers are starting to sneak the qualifier "not adjusting for inflation" into their reporting. So that's all sorts of fun and useless. Can't wait for those passages to get quoted and italicized in a week or so.
hodayathink
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Good man. I took my niece to that on Wednesday. My favorite kids movie of the year, probably. It's just done so well.
I wanted to see Peanuts, but I could only swing one trip to the movies in November, so my sister and niece went to see it while I watched The Martian. My niece liked it even though she has no prior Peanuts history.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
So I heard that Star Wars is a hit
Before the weekend is over, Star Wars will have passed Harry Potter as the second highest grossing film franchise of all time, second only to the MCU.
It won't pass it worldwide with this movie, but it's bound to happen over the next few years, even with Fantastic Beasts coming out.
It won't pass it worldwide with this movie, but it's bound to happen over the next few years, even with Fantastic Beasts coming out.
So I heard that Star Wars is a hit
Nah
People sitting at home, snow etc
Merry xmas everyone! I will have to catch up on the thread later. I see that it is now longer than Bobby's guess from a couple weeks back.
Weather won't matter too much. Take Thursday and double it, then add 3m or so to that and you have a decent estimate of Friday.
How much we expecting tonight? $50M? $60M? It's about 70 degrees in NY today.
Weather won't matter too much. Take Thursday and double it, then add 3m or so to that and you have a decent estimate of Friday.
XiaNaphryz
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Is TFA the most expensive movie to ever be made?
It certainly felt like it...
lol no
BattleMonkey
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This hot winter is likely also helping Star Wars, the lack of snow is letting lot of people actually leave their houses
Michael F. Assbender
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Merry xmas everyone! I will have to catch up on the thread later. I see that it is now longer than Bobby's guess from a couple weeks back.
Weather won't matter too much. Take Thursday and double it, then add 3m or so to that and you have a decent estimate of Friday.
That much on Christmas Day? Aren't most theaters in the US closed (I really don't know because I don't pay attention)?
darkazcura
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That much on Christmas Day? Aren't most theaters in the US closed (I really don't know because I don't pay attention)?
No don't think so. My family and I go to a movie on Christmas almost all of the time. Theaters are usually packed out when we go.
That much on Christmas Day? Aren't most theaters in the US closed (I really don't know because I don't pay attention)?
They close early on Christmas Eve, which was yesterday.
Christmas Day is a huge box office day in the US.
PeskyToaster
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So I heard that Star Wars is a hit
Cost 4 billion to make. Bomb status confirmed.
Been going to the Cinerama in Seattle on Christmas days most years ever since the LOTR Trilogy. Will be seeing Star Wars there today. 100 foot laser projection! LASERS!
Hey I'm going there too this evening! I've never been yet but I keep hearing great things about it.
That much on Christmas Day? Aren't most theaters in the US closed (I really don't know because I don't pay attention)?
Christmas is one of the busiest days of the year for movie theaters. Closing on Christmas would be the equivalent of Best Buy being closed on black friday.
Still crazy it outperformed Avatar on Christmas Eve. Knowing that Christmas Day had the 3rd highest advanced ticket sales behind the opening days, before the movie even released, this should be a massive weekend.
I just went up to my theater to get tickets tonight for 7:30. This theater is nothing special just the local one but it's pretty big. Parking lot was damn near full at 2pm and saw plenty of people walking in. I wonder if it'll be just as busy later.
BronsonLee
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Just curious, how high domestically would TFA have to go to make up for its expected softer OS gross and challenge Avatar WW?
I dunno, like 1.5? It needs a shitload.
Charles Foster Kane
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1.3 or .4 maybe?
In other words, not happening.
In other words, not happening.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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It depends a lot on how well things go in China. There's definite pessimism based on performance in Asian countries outside of Japan, so the odds of a $300+M gross there are pretty low. IMO to have a chance at the WW record, it needs at least $1.2 Billion domestically, which is not unreasonable at the moment. The performance today will tells us more.Just curious, how high domestically would TFA have to go to make up for its expected softer OS gross and challenge Avatar WW?
Charles Foster Kane
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Deadline saying 170-180 for the weekend...
I feel like this prediction would have been believable for the opening weekend. lol
I feel like this prediction would have been believable for the opening weekend. lol
Are there official numbers for yesterday yet?
27.6m
You won't get an actual until after xmas.
Deadline saying 170-180 for the weekend...
I feel like this prediction would have been believable for the opening weekend. lol
No fucking way.
deadline increased their weekend expectations to 170-180 lol
I have a feeling xmas day grosses aren't going to come in as expected
lol that may be a bit much but I do think xmas is about to be huge.
This is America, everyone goes to the movies today. It's going to be huge.deadline increased their weekend expectations to 170-180 lol
I have a feeling xmas day grosses aren't going to come in as expected
CreepingFear
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So I heard that Star Wars is a hit
People like Marvel more though.
Does Christmas Day not get the same boost overseas as it does in North America?
Christmas Day in the UK is probably more equivalent to Thanksgiving Day in the states. Everyone eats turkey and spends all day with the family. No shops/cinemas are open apart from our equivalent to 7/11s.
No one goes further than the sofa in the UK on Christmas day, how the hell could anyone even think of going out after a huge Christmas dinner, so the cinemas don't open
You go before dinner. What's wrong with you guys across the pond?
Deadline saying 170-180 for the weekend...
I feel like this prediction would have been believable for the opening weekend. lol
What's funny about that is, if it happens, there were people in that Ultron vs Star Wars thread that had guessed Star Wars wouldn't even do those kind of numbers last weekend! For it to pull that off the second weekend is rally something.
You go before dinner. What's wrong with you guys across the pond?
To be fair lots of people eat dinner early in the states on holidays. Most people are eating now or have already ate.
frankie_baby
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You go before dinner. What's wrong with you guys across the pond?
Dinner takes like 5 hours to cook this side of the pond, is it McDonald's take out in America?
/SlightSarcasm
PhoncipleBone
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No moviegoing here for today. Just staying home and relaxing. Wife just put a chicken to roast, so dinner is hours away. But we do plan to hit Star Wars again next week.
OrangeGrayBlue
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Christmas Day in the UK is probably more equivalent to Thanksgiving Day in the states. Everyone eats turkey and spends all day with the family. No shops/cinemas are open apart from our equivalent to 7/11s.
Actually, on thanksgiving in the US everyone abandons their family around 5 pm to line up at stores that start black Friday on Thursday evening. So we spend like half a day with our family.
fastford58
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Jeez...Star Wars about to break the opening weekend box office record for december....in its second weekend.
This movie is doing so good it doesn't even make sense anymore.
This movie is doing so good it doesn't even make sense anymore.
Bobby Roberts
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Jeez...Star Wars about to break the opening weekend box office record for december....in its second
Its probably gonna be TFAs 4th weekend before it has an opening weekend lower than The Hobbit's old record.
George Oscar Bluth II
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Odeon was actually open today.Christmas Day in the UK is probably more equivalent to Thanksgiving Day in the states. Everyone eats turkey and spends all day with the family. No shops/cinemas are open apart from our equivalent to 7/11s.
OrangeGrayBlue
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Jeez...Star Wars about to break the opening weekend box office record for december....in its second weekend.
This movie is doing so good it doesn't even make sense anymore.
It's definitely becoming a cultural experience the same way Avatar was. People are going to see it because they feel like everyone else is. It's more of an event than another movie. My parents are going to see it tomorrow and I'm pretty sure the last time they went to a theater was when I dragged them out to see Gravity over two years ago.
Magic Mushroom
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It's funny to look back and think there were people who predicted Age of Ultron would beat Star Wars.
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