There's one more thing to see come July 20th

Like I said before there are really no words to describe this. But, it is ALOT of fun being apart of HUGE events like this and to actually witness shit like this is just insane. I mean I still don't understand why this movie was so fucking big. IMO the trailers didn't look like anything special and they showed none of the action going down on screen. Just talking and melodrama. Also a movie based on such a grim premise doesn't really scream blockbuster. I guess blockbuster rules don't apply to THG because it pretty much broke every rule in the book. Should be fun seeing the legs here on out, but it looks like 2012 could be the first year were we have the most $300M+ films in one year.

Fucking yes. It deserves the 100m mark and it looks it will get there. I thought that 60% Friday drop might translate through the whole weekend...oh wait, it dropped last Saturday. Forgot.

So, what's the smallest non-holiday Sunday drop outside of summer that people can think of? Because I need this to drop 17.6% on Sunday for $160m, assuming all else holds.

Haha yes you do. That would be amazing if you won that bet, but it's gonna be dang close. I've only found Fast Five's 27% drop and Passion of the Christ's 15% drop so far.

*Sigh*

Passion of the Chirst at 15%

However that is not comparable.

I found it silly why the studio did not realize the film would hold amazingly well on The Lords day lol...

Don't kill me for saying this, but I think one of the reasons THG opened as big as it did is because Twilight films helped pave the way.

Both films have attractive, young casts in a love triangle that appeal to tween girls. The comparisons to Twilight are probably one of the reasons some of them went out to see it, and its larger numbers are probably due to the fact that it also has gritty violence and a complex protagonist.

If THG had come out first, it probably wouldn't have opened quite as wide; possibly somewhere along the lines of the first Potter film. Then, if the first Twilight film came out today, it likely would have opened somewhere along the numbers of New Moon

Its noon here on a Sunday afternoon and this film has 4 regular sellouts and 10 Vip screening sellouts...

Pretty much, yeah.

Yeah, TDKR is gonna be a sight to behold, but I mean, it IS the sequel to a record-breaking sequel, so of course, it'll PROBABLY break a record or two. But Hunger Games? I'm just getting back into box office after like a year of not following it, so this movie almost completely blindsided me

Full estimates:

http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/ ... =12&p=.htm


The Hunger Games fucked over everything. Not a single film in the Top 12 dropped less than 40%.

BTW, Act of Valor's run is really impressive.

Even with all THG craziness right now I'm really glad it didn't completely swallow 21 Jump Street. It had the best drop in the entire top 10, so I'm not going to complain. It's second weekend drop was even better than Superbad which is even more impressive considering that came out in late summer. It should still be on track for $120M+.

This is gonna be a fun movie to track.

I hope we'll all be surprised if this has a "small" drop for a big opener next weekend.

And that's a very nice drop for 21 Jump Street. Probably wouldn't been in the 30's without THG.

The box office for this thing is INSANE.

It is sold out until 5PM at the NYC theater I live closest to right now.

I really would love to see that Saturday give above Spider-Man 3's.

with that much increase on Saturday (minus midnight), this movie should break $40 million on Sunday.

Sitting in a theater 20 min before big diverse crowd for a Sunday morning .....

900m+ is already assured, which translates to a 32% increase from 2011. Complete dominance.

Not to mention, we'll be ahead of 2010 by the end of the week, and with the weakness of April and May that year, we may never look back.

Edit: Well April was pretty strong in 2010, but I think we can at least match it.

April 2010 will probably be history as well, if THG's legs end up being as phenomenal as its opening.

Also, 21 Jump Street and The Lorax should be commended for their solid holds in the face of the Hunger Games monster.

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAA

Sorry, I'm on a mobile device and can't post that awesome image to share my glee. When I heard the number on the radio I actually exclaimed "YES!", heh.

So, so happy my intincts on this were right. Amazing, amazing number.

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAA

Sorry, I'm on a mobile device and can't post that awesome image to share my glee. When I heard the number on the radio I actually exclaimed "YES!", heh.

So, so happy my intincts on this were right. Amazing, amazing number.