Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
12-19-10, 07:31 PM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Originally Posted by jaeufraser
Maybe, but the $47M was an estimate against a $18M friday. And $47M was always slightly high given that friday estimate. I don't expect it to go down too much.
The revision was from this morning when they could calculate the Saturday West Coast estimates better.
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12-19-10, 08:07 PM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Pretty sure that $47m number popped up as soon as Friday's numbers came in and before Saturday had any show times 
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12-19-10, 08:54 PM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Originally Posted by Suprmallet
The people who made Scott Pilgrim knew they weren't going to get mass acceptance for their movie, and were free to make something fun and enjoyable. The makers of Tron assumed that the fans of comic con could be expanded upon, so they made something big, dumb, and pointless.
Granted, had Tron instead been an intelligent, well written, and thoughtful science fiction film instead of a kinda weak plot used a a clothesline for great visuals...quite honestly, it'd probably be making even less money.
Originally Posted by Suprmallet
As much as I hate to say it, this is what happens when you let the audience of Comic Con be your gauge on what films to greenlight. The audience of Comic Con likes things that are, in general, niche.
That and...I don't like blaming major studios for actually taking risks. I think it's a good thing they take them, even though many of them don't pan out. And this film was most certainly a risk.
Originally Posted by fitprod
No, the $47 million was based upon the Friday and Early Saturday Numbers. (Approximately 11:00 PM PST)
Originally Posted by RichC2
Pretty sure that $47m number popped up as soon as Friday's numbers came in and before Saturday had any show times
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/forums/...er=asc&start=0
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12-20-10, 08:12 AM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Originally Posted by jaeufraser
The place I heard $47M was Nikki Finke and Deadline Hollywood, and her number was most definitely not based on early Saturday numbers, given that she was saying that Friday night. And many people were already saying she was overestimating based on a $18M Friday which included 3.6M midnights on Friday night. And as far as I know, the $47M estimate comes from her.
The website posted the adjustments around 10 AM on Sunday.
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12-20-10, 08:22 AM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Originally Posted by fitprod
Yes, they were... The $47 million was posted on Finke's web site around 11:00 PM on Saturday. - The West Coast showings were not complete, and most theaters had showings until 1 AM.
The website posted the adjustments around 10 AM on Sunday.
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The website posted the adjustments around 10 AM on Sunday.
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I know this is all pointless but your insistance on 11 pm Saturday is funny. Sure it may have still said $47m on Saturday at 11, but thats because they didn't update the number until Sunday. The $47m figure is from the $18m on Friday and nothing else.
But you were right that it didn't hit that number.
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12-20-10, 08:34 AM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Since it's a sequel to a movie that didn't do that well to begin with, they should be happy with a $40M+ opening weekend. Sure, that's nothing close to Harry Potter numbers, but this is a very different beast. And FWIW, I enjoy the movie a lot...
12-20-10, 09:06 AM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Another FWIW - I saw Tron: Legacy Sunday morning at an 11:00 A.M. showing, and the place was about 80% full. I haven't seen a showing that early that full in a while.
That's just one showing on one screen in one theater, but I did find it interesting. I actually had to sit right next to a total stranger!
(Neither one of us had as much elbow room as we would have liked...)
That's just one showing on one screen in one theater, but I did find it interesting. I actually had to sit right next to a total stranger!
(Neither one of us had as much elbow room as we would have liked...)
12-20-10, 11:15 AM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Originally Posted by RichC2
No, the $47m figure was posted around 2 AM on Saturday, you can go to the first page of this thread if you need proof. Hell you made comments on the $47m figure well before 11:00 PM on Saturday. This is all well before any Saturday showtimes.
I know this is all pointless but your insistance on 11 pm Saturday is funny.
But you were right that it didn't hit that number.
I know this is all pointless but your insistance on 11 pm Saturday is funny.
But you were right that it didn't hit that number.
Deadline does not keep their previous post times listed, I just happened to be checking the site out, and caught the post time.
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12-20-10, 11:37 AM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Yeah what I was saying is they didn't update the $47m estimate at that time. They added additional figures, but didn't recalculate the estimate for the weekend. Two totally different things.
12-20-10, 11:42 AM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Originally Posted by Sean O'Hara
Who is going to see a live-action/animated hybrid film about a popular children's cartoon character.
Gee, I don't know.
I just don't know.
Gee, I don't know.
I just don't know.
12-20-10, 06:22 PM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Originally Posted by fitprod
If Tron was revised down to $43.6 million from $47 million, since last nights numbers, I expect it to fall a couple more million when the actual numbers come out.
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12-21-10, 02:51 AM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Originally Posted by arminius
Mojo is reporting the actual to be slightly above 44 million.
Monday's numbers will be interesting.
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12-21-10, 03:16 AM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Originally Posted by Suprmallet
As much as I hate to say it, this is what happens when you let the audience of Comic Con be your gauge on what films to greenlight. The audience of Comic Con likes things that are, in general, niche.
Originally Posted by Labor
Jesus, Disney have been hyping Tron non-stop for like the past two years, with numbers like those, and even giving it a generous 40% drop next weekend, I think heads will roll over over there...
12-21-10, 03:22 AM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Alice In Wonderland was a geek movie? Because I found that most geeks hated it, while general audiences loved it.
12-21-10, 04:16 AM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
That's why I only use this site and rotten tomatoes. Those "comic con" sites will say anything's awesome if they get to see it early or get some other preferential treatment from the studio.
12-21-10, 12:28 PM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
I don't think Sorcerer's Apprentice is a geek movie either. Seemed like more of a younger audience/family movie.
12-21-10, 03:08 PM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Since we're technically in a sorta-kinda holiday period, I'll go ahead and post these here:
Monday Box Office:
1. Tron Legacy -- $6,002,804 - $50.0m
2. Yogi Bear -- $2,428,465 -- $18.8m
3. Narnia 3 -- $2,225,059 -- $45m
4. Tangled -- $1,988,674 -- $129.9m
5. The Fighter -- $1,619,806 -- $14.2m
6. Black Swan -- $1,497,124 -- $17.3m
7. The Tourist -- $1,220,945 -- $31.8m
8. How Do You Know -- $1,061,974 -- $8.55m
9. Harry Potter 7a -- $963,017 -- $266.7m
10. Burlesque -- $296,234 -- $34.8m
About what I expected for Tron. Tron won per theater average ($1,739 at 3,451 theaters), 2nd place went to Black Swan ($1,561 at 959 theaters)
Monday Box Office:
1. Tron Legacy -- $6,002,804 - $50.0m
2. Yogi Bear -- $2,428,465 -- $18.8m
3. Narnia 3 -- $2,225,059 -- $45m
4. Tangled -- $1,988,674 -- $129.9m
5. The Fighter -- $1,619,806 -- $14.2m
6. Black Swan -- $1,497,124 -- $17.3m
7. The Tourist -- $1,220,945 -- $31.8m
8. How Do You Know -- $1,061,974 -- $8.55m
9. Harry Potter 7a -- $963,017 -- $266.7m
10. Burlesque -- $296,234 -- $34.8m
About what I expected for Tron. Tron won per theater average ($1,739 at 3,451 theaters), 2nd place went to Black Swan ($1,561 at 959 theaters)
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12-21-10, 06:51 PM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Yup, very solid.
12-21-10, 09:47 PM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Yeah, that's pretty good for a Monday - I waited til Mon to see it. I might see it again in a couple weeks when I have time.
Guess it should get to $100 million domestically after Christmas.
Guess it should get to $100 million domestically after Christmas.
12-21-10, 09:50 PM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Originally Posted by Ranger
Yeah, that's pretty good for a Monday - I waited til Mon to see it. I might see it again in a couple weeks when I have time.
Guess it should get to $100 million domestically after Christmas.
Guess it should get to $100 million domestically after Christmas.
12-22-10, 12:15 AM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
Originally Posted by Rypro 525
if it has a heavy drop this upcoming week (with the next fockers movie and true grit opening) it might not
Here's an interesting statistic, not that I'm necessarily predicting it to happen with this film. Every single film that has opened north of $40M in December...has gone on to gross over $200M DBO. Granted I'm thinking more like 170-180 on this title, but this thing isn't going to have legs like a summer movie...not with the holiday season for the next couple weeks.
12-22-10, 01:36 PM
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Re: Virgins, Your Sequel Has Come! Weekend Box Office (12/17 - 12/19)
https://twitter.com/ERCboxoffice/sta...43830295658497
According to this Tron took in 6.3 Million yesterday.
According to this Tron took in 6.3 Million yesterday.
