Humanity is Saved--The Dark Knight's record is safe: Weekend Box Office 11/20 - 11/22
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Re: Humanity is Saved--The Dark Knight's record is safe: Weekend Box Office 11/20 - 1
Saw this today and liked it much better then Twilight. Eclipse was always a stronger book, and it far less...girly. I'll be seeing this again and I'm an adult male.
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#157
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Re: Humanity Is Dead - New Moon Breaks Midnight Record: Weekend Box Office 11/20 - 11
That said... 99% of the people are not in their demographic... which is 11-24 year old girls it seems who want to see hot guys with their shirts off moan and brood for 2 hours on screen.... and their poor boyfriends who get dragged along or give in to get some tail. Luckily my girlfriend is 25 and thinks the entire thing is just plain silly.
And it was a 80/20 split women and men. So many men were dragged to see this by their women.
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Re: Humanity is Saved--The Dark Knight's record is safe: Weekend Box Office 11/20 - 1
So because it's geared to a specific demographic means it's beyond criticism? Why should we compartmentalize things that way? To me, it's the same argument that people use on Tyler Perry movies. "Well, it's not made for you, so of course you won't like it." That's bullshit. Good movies cross boundaries. You shouldn't have to be exclusively of a certain age, gender, or color to enjoy a good movie. If you do, chances are the movie probably isn't all that good to begin with.
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Re: Humanity is Saved--The Dark Knight's record is safe: Weekend Box Office 11/20 - 1
My Favorite thing about all this is how many men are complaining about this. I find it hard to believe THAT many men would be dragged to it... Ill admit, I dont mind the books/films (moderate fan, enjoyable enough) and my wife is about the same. We both could take it or leave it. But even if she was a card carrying member of the Twilight appreciation society, she would never drag me to it. Sure we compromise on which movies we see, but Ill be damned if I ever see something I truly don't want to. I think a lot of guys are secretely using that excuse because they really want to see it and not seem girly.
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Re: Humanity is Saved--The Dark Knight's record is safe: Weekend Box Office 11/20 - 1
I'm surprised it is doing so well if only because most fans I know don't like this book. My wife really enjoyed the books, kind of liked the first movie, but has little desire to see New Moon because she didn't really like the book.
It'll be interesting to see how the third movie does. I wonder how the books and movies will be remembered in the long run. Are future generations really going to get into them anywhere near as much as people do now?
It'll be interesting to see how the third movie does. I wonder how the books and movies will be remembered in the long run. Are future generations really going to get into them anywhere near as much as people do now?
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Re: Humanity is Saved--The Dark Knight's record is safe: Weekend Box Office 11/20 - 1
Haven't read the books. Saw the first one on BD and enjoyed it. I'll do the same with the second one, also. Congrats to a great opening weekend.
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Re: Humanity is Saved--The Dark Knight's record is safe: Weekend Box Office 11/20 - 1
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Re: Humanity is Saved--The Dark Knight's record is safe: Weekend Box Office 11/20 - 1
Actuals are out. NM goes up more than 2 million, everything else drops:
From RTH
1-NM 4024 142,839,137
FR:72,703,754 SA:42,288,881 SU:27,846,502
2-Blind Side 3110 34,119,372
FR 11,038,423 SA 13,742,443 SU 9,338,506
3-2012 3408 26,410,206 -60% 108,131,263
4-P51 3035 12,286,129
5-ACC 3678 12,275,024 -45% 79,836,002
6-Precious 629 10,881,772 +85% 21,277,521
7-MWSAG 2056 2,829,031 -52% 27,680,089
8-CR 1712 1,943,075 -53% 104,992,030
9-4thK 1648 1,747,085 -62% 23,359,890
10-TII 1640 1,617,417 -68% 70,258,545
11-LAC 1327 1,606,053 -58% 70,018,193
From RTH
1-NM 4024 142,839,137
FR:72,703,754 SA:42,288,881 SU:27,846,502
2-Blind Side 3110 34,119,372
FR 11,038,423 SA 13,742,443 SU 9,338,506
3-2012 3408 26,410,206 -60% 108,131,263
4-P51 3035 12,286,129
5-ACC 3678 12,275,024 -45% 79,836,002
6-Precious 629 10,881,772 +85% 21,277,521
7-MWSAG 2056 2,829,031 -52% 27,680,089
8-CR 1712 1,943,075 -53% 104,992,030
9-4thK 1648 1,747,085 -62% 23,359,890
10-TII 1640 1,617,417 -68% 70,258,545
11-LAC 1327 1,606,053 -58% 70,018,193
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Re: Humanity is Saved--The Dark Knight's record is safe: Weekend Box Office 11/20 - 1
I haven't seen either of the films or read any of the books, but I'll have to say that I like Twilight better than New Moon because Twilight makes me think of this:
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while New Moon only makes me think of Sha Na Na:
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while New Moon only makes me think of Sha Na Na:
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#166
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Re: Humanity is Saved--The Dark Knight's record is safe: Weekend Box Office 11/20 - 1
looks like this is going at 10 mil a day for the weekdays. In other words, it prob won't get to 200 mil till the weekend, unless theirs a spike on thanksgiving day.
#168
Re: Humanity is Saved--The Dark Knight's record is safe: Weekend Box Office 11/20 - 1
If New Moon beats out TF2 for #1 grossing pic of the year (domestic - the only numbers that count), then humanity is doomed.
#169
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Re: Humanity is Saved--The Dark Knight's record is safe: Weekend Box Office 11/20 - 1
We were already doomed the moment that TF2 became the highest grossing film of the year.
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#171
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Re: Humanity is Saved--The Dark Knight's record is safe: Weekend Box Office 11/20 - 1
Everything about this movie was juvenile and ridiculous to me, and my girlfriend agreed.
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