At this point i hope it at least breaks $100m. Not that i'm a big fan of the movie, but less than $100m would be kinda embarrassing.

Current top sellers on @Fandango - #DragonTattoo 29%, #MI4 21%, #Alvin 13%, #Sherlock 13%, #WarHorse 6%.

A Christmas Day opener that doesn't have the 3D surcharges and opens 4 days later beating this, doesn't bode well for it's domestic run.
This can't even crack the top 5 and it opens tomorrow. based on these factors, I don't even think it can't crack $20m 5-day (Wed-Sun) and it might even struggle to get to $100m in the long run. I agree with Wrongturn687's prediction total.

Almost every new review that comes out keeps lowering the RT rating.

The latest review from the Charlotte Observer notes:


I would guess that's why they still don't have it listed under the "Opening" or "Coming Soon" banners on RT - - they're keeping the wraps on the bad news about this sick puppy till the last possible moment.

I bet it doesn't top 40 million, all in.

Such a bizarre release. So much pedigree--Spielberg, Peter Jackson--and it seems very commercial, with lots of adventure and comedy and an adorable dog, yet there does seem to be almost zero hype. A weird, "What if two of the most famous living directors collaborated on a big-budget animated adventure, and no one in America cared?" scenario.

I'll lower my prediction to 95M. I'm really not feeling it. I could see even less too.

Motion Capture Animation just can't seem to find an audience.

And they cost so much to produce, I wonder that if Spielberg's Tintin fails to gross $100 million, if studios will even be interested in the format anymore.

Avatar did reasonably well - - but then James Cameron seems to be the only director obsessive enough to get it right.




By the time Avatar 2 & 3 roll out, the technology will have further matured and been distributed in a manageable format to the less talented directors like Spielberg.

I retain hope.

lol we always doubt Cameron, but he always makes films that GENERAL Audiences love.

Avatar 2 WW and even domestic performance will likley be much bigger than the Hobbit and TDK2.


Its going to be interesting, we should see a lot of records break and such over the next few years with all these massive releases.

Less than your average Pixar movie.

Yes it is true that average Pixar movies are costlier but they make more (even Cars 2 made over $500m WW) so that does not help this argument.

I do agree that motion capture can be helpful at few of the places but then the film making IMO takes a lot of effort (as of now) which increases costs, plus it does not always look good when forced into movies like TinTin. I do think though that 3D works very well with this technique, cause most of the motion capture movies (excluding Avatar) that I have seen in 3D turned out great (including Mars Needs Moms, yeah I saw that stinker in 3D, cause there weren't any 2D screens )

Hmm with this Wednesday number...even with the BEST CASE scenario, I see no more than $80 million domestically...

Yeah this is missing $100m for sure with that opening. $150m+ is out of question.

Funny, we haven't heard much from Gamaur lately.

It was in motion capture. No need to say more. All those 150+ predictions were just out of this world.

What is surprising to me is that movie might not even end up with $400m WW total in the end, while the chances are not yet over still given the current state it might reach only $330m-$340m WW total with US and holdover markets. If it really explodes in Australia and Mexico then it might chase down $400m WW total but otherwise it might not even reach that mark, that number for a sequel is quite troubling IMO.

As a live action movie it could be a sort of Indiana Jones for new generation with similar numbers. But who cares about motion capture?

Great! Dr. Lecter will bring some fava beans and a nice Chianti and start from the other end.

My lawyers tell me the wording I used is vague enough to keep me out of trouble unless it makes exactly $90,000,000.

Latest weekend domestic:

Rank 24: $709,180 - $75,323,319 total (7th week)

Compare that to Quebec:

Rank 6: $96,953 - $9,726,681 (9th week)

So Quebec alone is responsible for 13 % of its domestic gross...

Wow, TINTIN is still in the Top Ten (11th week) in Quebec:

Rank 9: $48,457 - $9,914,447 total

+ Foreign: $296,402,120 = Worldwide: $373,645,856

This one was always a gamble in the US based on the "popularity" of Tintin there. But overall it did OK. Probably not OK enough for a sequel, but enough to cover expenses.

Ahhh, yes - - the bomb-deniers favorite evasion!

Is that you, BKB?