At least it'll past $60m. That's something, I guess. It would have never made it to $70m anyway.

Similar to how Skyfall crushed Taken 2.

Is anyone shocked by how good Breaking Dawn's reviews are? It's at 85% on RT. lol

Yes, it's seriously bizarre.

I'm not sure. I mean, I would have expected it to, but there must be some females who won't be interested in the new Twilight. There's no new comedy movie competition, and then it might also benefit from spillover business. Like David mentioned, Taken 2 held really well in the face of Skyfall. It seemed likely it would be crushed by it. I obviously expect a bigger drop from Pitch Perfect with the competition, but I'm still predicting it to drop in the 30's (my prediction is 32%).

I really can't believe it myself. 17 positive and 3 negative at the moment.

RT is being very kind. Most of the reviews are "it's not good, but at least it isn't as terrible as I was expecting" which RT is saying are "fresh" reviews.

Low bar.

RT is not being kind. Critics are giving it 3/4 starts or 3/5 stars. They are saying that it is not a great film but it at least good thanks to Bill Condon and a very good ending and should make fans very happy. They are saying it is by far better then the book ending. I have a feeling that fans will call this the best and that's all that matters. After 4 movies fans got the ending they wanted.

http://www.boxoffice.com/featured_stori ... ncoln-wide

BoxOffice sees:
$145m BD2
$48m 007
$19.5m RALPH
$17.5m Lincoln

BTW, this year, BoxOffice has a better track record than MTC...

The average rating is a 5.9/10. It's right in line with Twilight and Eclipse.

27 reviews vs 200 reviews. Even so last time I looked Twilight and Eclipse was both voted the best from fans and non fans. The way it looks right now BD will be huge winner with fans and boxoffice. Good reviews is a plus. It's really a win win no matter how you look at.

Many of the early reviews they have in as fresh are not numerical reviews, RT decides whether they are fresh or rotten. RT also does this on borderline reviews where a number could go either way.

I don't much care that RT marks them as fresh, it's all good...I was just saying that by the previous films being so dreadfully awful, a review of "its better than the previous ones, but still not good" is considered a positive review.

How can two movies be voted the best?

Because the films are simply one mass of incredible. They cannot be separated. Duh.

I am impressed with BD2's score, that's a big jump from BD1. From what I have read is that there are some tweaks and modifications from the book and even though the first half is sluggish (aka routine twilight level) the second half is where fun begins and the end battle scene has some really interesting shots, the one that most critics have been waiting for.

It is not exactly a definitive end like HP movies and then ofcourse the general twilight hate from rest of the movies really cannot make them say this good but overall it is much better than the previous entries and a satisfying end to the series.....I do think FEW of them are being kind and giving this a good rating just because it is the last of the series.

Average rating is where it's at. Pretty poor.

That's also what happened with Episode 3.

Revenge of the Sith has a 7.2/10 average, Nazgul (higher than Return of the Jedi). Please return to reality and not angry fanboy land.

Magnus? Hehe

I re-searched the entire thread for Magnus's post...just in case he he

Shuddup! Another word and I'll re-edit your posts into, "Wow, TDS, you're right! What a man you are."

Looks like BD2 is outpacing BD1 in terms of ticket sales though there aren't any definitive numbers yet

http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/20 ... -available

Ever the defender of that mediocrity.

Am I wrong? We're talking about raw numbers, not "I liked it or I didn't like it."

Is there any number for Flight's expansion this weekend ?