Permutations.

Hmm that would be 220k admissions. Not bad but expected more. It's a lock for big jump next weekend. It will do Passion of the Christ run, which is okay with me.

Doing those numbers would equate to Titanic type grosses.

Australia will pass $30mil with monday (already over 29mil), final figures won't come out till Tuesday (holiday weekend), the four day weekend figure will be record 2nd weekend, crossing 30mil with monday will be record least time to reach 30mil, could be at 40mil before or at the beginning of next weekend, Titanic was the biggest film in Australia at 57mil

I remember Titanic so well.

Here, the local theatre gets one film at a time, and will keeo it for one or two weeks (3-4 if the film is a big blockbuster), I can't recall any film staying here for more than a month. Anyway, we had Titanic for two weeks before dropping it, but then the next month we actually got it back, and didn't drop it until 4 MONTHS later. It was the only movie in town for 1/3 of 1998. The theatre became sort of a hang out spot for everyone. I know I had to see it close to 10x, if not more, and I was 10. I even wore the necklace around wherever I went that year. ^___^ It became like, "Hey, wanna go see Titanic again tonight?" for everyone.

The only other movie experiences that came close happened the following year. Pokemon the 1st Movie and Star Wars. I went to watch Pokemon every day it was here so I could keep getting the cards, and I did the same with Star Wars for a week.

Now I don't even go to the theatre more than maybe 7 or 8 times a year.

some comparisons to RT's report....one thing though, the current 2nd weekend record is held by Shrek at just over AUD$8.5m. ScreenDaily is reporting $8.4m for Avatar.

I see $50m being locked.

AUSTRALIA - Weekend 2

Harry Potter 6: HBP - $29,642,267 ($6,462,870, -55%)
Avatar - $28.5m ($8.4m, -30%)
Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen - $27,235,703 ($6,269,589, -54%)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $26,671,665 ($7,686,250, -40%)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $26,276,913 ($6,029,668, -63%)
The Dark Knight - $25,898,496 ($7,626,120, -35%)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $25,844,984 ($6,225,127, -56%)
Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $25,608,383 ($5,179,594, -60%)
Shrek 2 - $25,340,125 ($8,502,965, -35%)
Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $24,118,897 ($5,872,528, -40%)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - $23,894,476 ($3,876,439, -42%)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $22,944,969 ($7,037,231, -37%)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $22,638,420 ($6,421,037, -52%)
The Simpsons Movie - $21,973,691 ($6,157,635, -53%)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $21,145,561 ($6,289,576, -48%)

In terms of most memorable movies experiences for me....

1) Lord of the Rings: ROTK (massive crowds, they were even showing in a smallish size cinema, tears all around)

2) Lord of the Rings: TTT (absolute huge crowds and they rolled out the red carpet for this even when it's not a Gold Class/Director's Suite cinema, clapping at the end)

3) The Matrix: Reloaded (massive crowds stretching around the block, huge buzz and excitement. I enjoyed the movie)

4) Lord of the Rings: FOTR (little did i know that this was going to turn into the phenom that it would be. I was just expecting a movie better than HP1. FOTR didn't blow me away at first, but then something happened afterwards. I can't stop thinking about the movie, I started to read more into this and the more I did the more i was immersed and there's no turning back)

5) Titanic - I could remember crying to this and then can't stop thinking about Leo (ahem, I mean the movie).

6) The Dark Knight - One of those movies where you felt everything was done so well it's almost like perfect

7) Avatar - The first time i saw a movie in 3D, it was awesome. Movie was very good and had some excellent momments. 3D is the future.

8) The Phantom of the Opera - This is the movie i saw the most in cinemas, something like 6x (even more than any of the individual LOTR pics which i saw 5x). I love the songs, I love the romantic escapism. You could remember the little thread i created to devote my love for this movie. Some 170 pages of pure obsession).

9) Batman Forever - The first real blockbuster i enjoyed. I saw it twice with my cousins because we enjoyed it so much. I was very young and the whole merchandise thing was mega. I really loved Jim Carey's performance in this, still to this day as well.

10) Transformers - All around romp. I'm a huge Transformers fan and the awesomenss and fun of the first installment made me salivate more. The same feeling could be said for the original X-Men, though i would say Transformers was better than X1.

Top 10 in some major markets in US$...

GERMANY

*Avatar currently sits at $32.3m after 2 weekends. Current trajectory is $90m-$100m.

1) Titanic - $129,974,110
2) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $90,200,000
3) Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $82,199,367
4) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $78,664,632
5) Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $78,561,249
6) Keinohrhasen (2007) - $74,002,437
7) Independence Day - $71,903,025
9) Harry Potter 1: PS - $67,802,864
10) Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $65,901,311


UNITED KINGDOM

*Avatar currently sits at $29.6m after 2 weekends. Current trajectory is $65-$75m, chances of cracking the Top 10 are slim unless it musters some massive holds or even increases.

1) Mamma Mia (2008) - $132,342,643 (£69,166,087)
2) Titanic (1998) - $119,168,000 (£69,025,646)
3) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK (2003) - $106,643,712 (£60,861,644)
4) James Bond: Casino Royale (2006) - $105,932,056 (£55,287,027)
5) Harry Potter 5: OOTP (2007) - $101,360,911 (£49,136,969)
6) Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) - $98,668,102 (£51,735,498)
7) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $92,009,230 (£57,600,094)
8) Harry Potter 1: PS (2001) - $91,507,059 (£66,096,060)
9) Lord Of The Rings: FOTR (2001) - $90,300,944 (£63,009,288)
10) The Dark Knight (2008) - $89,066,002 (£48,824,392)


FRANCE

*Avatar currently sits at $48.2m after 2 weekends. Current trajectory is $90m-$100m.

1) Bienvenue Chez Les Ch’tis (Welcome To The Sticks) (2008) - $193,764,365
2) Titanic (1997) - $138,928,000
3) Les Bronzes 3: Amis Pour La Vie (2006) - $76,729,465
4) Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre (2002) - $75,340,600
5) Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $69,240,468
6) Ratatouille - $65,645,333
7) Finding Nemo (2003) - $64,781,395
8) Taxi 2 (2000) - $63,704,000
9) Astérix At The Olympic Games (2008) - $60,772,186
10) Astérix et Obélix contre César (1999) - $59,152,000


SPANCE

*Avatar currently sits at $29.9m after 2 weekends. Current trajectory is $50m-60m

1) Titanic - $44,103,989
2) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $40,980,000
3) The Orphanage - $37,725,830
4) Up - $37,052,520
5) Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $36,609,592
6) Shrek 2 - $34,952,797
7) The Da Vinci Code - $34,543,406
8) Indiana Jones: Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - $32,751,799
9) Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $32,142,485
10) Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $31,939,619

THE JUNGLE BOOK grossed 88m Euros over five different releases, so it's next to impossible to determine the exchange rate into US-$... But b.o. wise it is still No. 2 after all those years...

I'm not discounting it's achievements but it's really not comparable, 5 different releases and was so far back there's no relevance anymore. We're in a different age now. The same way these crop of Top 10 will not compare to the Top 10 in 2050.

Avatar dethroning Titanic, interesting.

Sometimes your mind just goes to pandora

POLAND - Opening Weekend

5th largest opening of 2009, just outside the Top 10. Just realised how big 2012's opening is here, more than double that of Avatar's.

1) Shrek 3 - $4,373,694 (793,753 adms. or $4,371,684/ 793,381 adms. without p/v - 136)
2) Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa - $4,016,731 (or $3,222,133 3-Day - 130)
3) 2012 - $3.9m (141)
4) Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $3,210,926 (or $2,033,761 3-Day - 170)
5) Indiana Jones: The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - $2,733,253 (or $1,751,118 3-Day - 137)
6) Shrek 2 - $2,509,090 (615.489 adms. or $2,303,026/ 565.595 adms. without p/v - 101)7) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $2,429,478 (592.741 adms. 4-Day or $1,813,534 3-Day or $3,150,374 week - 150)
8) Kung Fu Panda - $2,272,746 (or $1,462,786 without p/v - 129)
9) Lejdis (2008) - $2,129,108 (160)
10) Nie Klam, Kochanie (2008) - $2,092,059 (or $2,081,713 3-Day - 156)

Lord Of The Rings: FOTR - $2m (518.901 adms. - 109)
Harry Potter 6: HBP - $1,985,554 (or $1,981,305 3-Day - 196)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - $1,971,666 (422,611 adms. - 107) or $2,176,387 by Mon
Kochaj I Tancz (2009) - $1,855,196 (152)
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $1,805,786 (417.421 adms. or $1,800,693/ 416.569 adms. 3-Day without p/v - 179)
Avatar - $1.8m (235)
The Da Vinci Code - $1,766,850 (341,095 adms. - 123)
Up - $1,753,625 (or $1,655,908 3-Day - 200)
Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $1,736,095 (310,975 adms. - 176)
James Bond: Quantum Of Solace - $1,676,943 (108)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $1,627,304 (464.944 adms. - 135)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian - $1,599,988 (or $1,563,493 3-Day - 188)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $1,522,485 (5,074,900 ZLO/ 332.820 adms. 4-Day or $1,183,779 3-Day - 163)

I wouldn't compare OW of 2012 to OW of Avatar. 2012 had 5 Day opening in November with first day being an Independence Day, which help it a lot, while Avatar opened on Christmas Day ( second worse weekend of the year after Easter weekend ). OW above 200k admission in December in Poland is very impressive. Biggest OW in December has made 150k adm. and it was after Christmas.

You have such a dirty little mind.

Back to box office. Um, yeah, it's doing well...

South Korea after 10 days:

4,194,333 admissions (up 14 % in its 2nd weekend)

this compares this year to:
2,522,231 HP6
2,777,204 T4
3,241,364 2012
4,822,356 HAEUNDAE
5,234,461 TF2

What are the biggest grossers in Korea and how much did they do? Can Avatar approach them?

transformers 1 is the biggest grosser in dollar value( $51M) but tf2 has higher admissions( 8M or more).

http://www.insidekino.com/BO/2009III.htm#SÜDKOREA
As of December 13th...

So around $50m seem possible. At the rate it is going it could outdo TF2.

A 27% jump in it's second weekend in Austria.

I see you have been busy spreading the word.

France admissions:

1,910,005 +6 %, 4,558,601 total

awesome

oui