Transformers Nearly Beat The Dark Knight: 5-Day Weekend Box Office 6/24 - 6/28
06-24-09, 01:45 PM
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Transformers Nearly Beat The Dark Knight: 5-Day Weekend Box Office 6/24 - 6/28
Early reports have Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen grossing $16 million in midnight screenings today, nearing the same as Attack of the Clones four years ago, but not beating The Dark Knight's $18.5 million from last July.
Could it do $100 million in two days like the Batman or will Thursday's numbers drop?
Could it do $100 million in two days like the Batman or will Thursday's numbers drop?
06-24-09, 03:11 PM
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Bad word of mouth may hurt the 5 day take, but it may not be enough to hurt the 3-day take.
06-24-09, 03:22 PM
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06-24-09, 03:25 PM
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Today will be huge, tomorrow smaller, Friday huge, Sat and Sun smaller. Bad word of mouth will kill of potential Thursday sales but Friday people will come out to watch it and bad word of mouth will kill it for the weekend. This should be an interesting thread.
06-24-09, 03:28 PM
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Most thought this would easily coast to $300 million. Now I'm not so sure. It may get there, but it may creep past it. I guess it depends on the drop next weekend. It has a little while before HP arrives.
06-24-09, 03:28 PM
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^ You have too much faith in people.
06-24-09, 03:41 PM
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Also, I have to say, for every one person saying how much it sucked, you've got someone saying it's better than the first film, so I don't think we can expect the public reception to be unanimous.
06-24-09, 03:41 PM
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"That's the problem."
06-24-09, 05:17 PM
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Idon't think word of mouth is going to harm this one. Apart from the critics (and no one I know listens to them anyway) you guys are the first negative word of mouth that I've heard.
06-24-09, 05:53 PM
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Sad thing is - he is right. Reading my friends posts on Facebook etc all seem to think it "rules". Sigh. This must be the same people who thought Paul Bart Mall Cop was awesome as well.
06-24-09, 06:19 PM
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there were 3 screens showing this last night and all were sold out.
Now what will be really sad (and embarassing) is if New Moon is the movie to top the Dark Knight.
Now what will be really sad (and embarassing) is if New Moon is the movie to top the Dark Knight.
06-24-09, 06:44 PM
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Don't you even fucking say it! It won't. It can't. *hoping it doesn't*
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06-24-09, 07:20 PM
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06-24-09, 08:08 PM
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My co-worker is going tonight. He enjoyed the first one (for a popcorn flick) and we usually tend to agree on films. However, he said Wolverine was good and my other friends said that was utterly painful and somewhere between X2 and X3. Given the proximity to Transformers 2 I may have to take his feedback tomorrow with a grain of salt. Either way I probably won't have a chance to go until next weekend.
06-24-09, 08:16 PM
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06-24-09, 09:58 PM
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I'm waiting until Friday to see this. I'm gonna head after work.
Where's all the hate coming from? Is it those Jar Jar Bots?
Where's all the hate coming from? Is it those Jar Jar Bots?
06-24-09, 10:22 PM
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The thing about Transformers, is that good or bad, it's the type of movie you just have to see on the big screen.
I'm going in expecting it to blow chunks, yet my ass will be in the theater seat Saturday night...and I didn't even like the first one all that much.
I'm going in expecting it to blow chunks, yet my ass will be in the theater seat Saturday night...and I didn't even like the first one all that much.
