Dellamorte does Box Office

[mcnooj82]

I generally don't do box-office predictions, but I think this'll do over $200 million as well. It doesn't need to be good. It just needs to play.

[Barkatthemoon]

Why anyone watch boring, lame-ass vampires this weekend, when they could watch The Rock play an goofy astronaut, trapped on a distant planet is beyond me

[Count Chocula]

Or if you're not a freakin baby and live in a major city you could see Alexander Sokurov's The Sun which is the best movie of the year

[Admiral Shark]

If it's really bad, it hurts Ecclipse's B.O. but not its own, right?

[Cylon Baby]

Originally Posted by Tylenol Jones

I live in a small college town in Mid-Michigan and the 11-screen theater here is playing midnight showings of New Moon on every screen. As of last night they were all sold-out.

Gonna drive through the parking lot around 11:30 tonight just to gawk.

Get any numbers? OW!

[Andre Dellamorte]

Goes low on New Moon: http://chud.com/articles/articles/21...009/Page1.html

[Renn Brown]

I feel like you've used that Goin' Back To Cali joint before, but I may be crazy.

I hope you're happy that I can't listen to One More Chance without turning every fucking line into a B.O. Prediction headline. (Honeys call me Della, the Box office fillah) It's like some wonderful pun virus.

[Andre Dellamorte]

Probably, but I was listening to it today.

[TzuDohNihm]

Originally Posted by Andre Dellamorte

Goes low on New Moon: http://chud.com/articles/articles/21...009/Page1.html

I think you're 10 too high. For more anecdotal evidence I know rabid fans who hated the first film and are hoping against hope for this one to be better. They are pissed already that the movie leaves out such significant chunks of the book.

10 too high and it takes it on the kneecaps for the holiday.

[Tylenol Jones]

Originally Posted by Cylon Baby

Get any numbers? OW!

I'm scared to death of teenage girls. They are pretty much the worst people in the world. I was more interested how exactly they were going to fit all of those people in that theater lobby considering how small the theater is.. but they did. The parking lot was the busiest I've ever seen it.

Also, I wasn't implying my anecdote meant that the movie was going to be the biggest thing ever.. just found it odd and wanted to share.

[Jason Yavor]

Originally Posted by TzuDohNihm

I think you're 10 too high. For more anecdotal evidence I know rabid fans who hated the first film and are hoping against hope for this one to be better. They are pissed already that the movie leaves out such significant chunks of the book.

10 too high and it takes it on the kneecaps for the holiday.

Well it pulled 23-24 at midnight last night so I would say it's probably not 10 too high unless 30% of its business for the weekend came last night.

[The Dark Shape]

LA Times is reporting as high as $26 million at midnight.

[Fritz Chrome]

I wouldn't be terribly surprised to see this thing clear $300 mil.

[The Dark Shape]

Originally Posted by Fritz Chrome

I wouldn't be terribly surprised to see this thing clear $300 mil.

Not a chance.

[Andre Dellamorte]

Again, the number will probably be $100 this weekend. I was going low on purpose, but also, this is a front loaded thing, though it's possible some fans will go 5x this weekend.

My advice: if the seat looks wet, try another.

[The Dark Shape]

The lowest it can do this weekend with that midnight number is 115, and that's factoring in 50% Saturday and Sunday drops.

(Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows this time next year is going to be a friggin' beast.)

[TzuDohNihm]

Originally Posted by Andre Dellamorte

My advice: if the seat looks wet, try another.

Awesome.

[Jason Yavor]

Yea 300 is not going to happen. 100 this weekend means over 200 is pretty certain but I still would be surprised if it gets to 250. Still Summit is rolling in cash either way and will be again this time next year.