The $20m doesn't mean just for matinee shows; believe it referred to the amount it has sold for today, many of which could be tickets for night shows.

Amazing, but this is reason number 1,530 why I wish tracking and advanced sales statistics didn't exist.

Imagine if we were in a 2006 like environment (with modern day prices mind you). We'd be expecting 90 or 100 mil as the upside? 110? Then it comes out 70 mil OD and 160 mil weekend on Saturday morning? Would've been a classic BO moment...

Ah the good old days...

He doesn't mention Saturday numbers but I actually wonder how much will all those added showtimes for 12am-1am put into Saturday total.

Is Mother of God picture prepered to be posted?

On BOT he's saying he doesn't expect it to fall on Saturday

Yeah, we got similar numbers for Potter ($24.2m in total sales by mid-day) and TDK ($12.5m). From that point onwards, DH2 made $23.5m and TDK made $36m

If that's true, that changes the picture completely.

Because it will not,

Midnights: 20m
Friday: 45M+
Saturday: 47m+ (including midnights it will indeed be a drop, but 4 quadrant films do no drop on saturday, thus the slight bump)

ya, it puts into perspective what a monster this fim actually is.

Anything over 52m for Friday means this has a smaller midnight-to-Friday gross ratio.

Wanted to point out a day total of 71 million would break the record set by Spiderman 3 on its opening Saturday for the largest Day business on record.

I'm seeing a ridiculous number of sellouts for this already, more so than I've seen for any film in recent memory. I wouldn't be entirely shocked to see day business soar above $50m.

Hoping for $60m.

60 would be Spiderman 3 Saturday adjusted ^^^^^

I think if it gets 71 million and ties Spiderman 3 old record, it would be one the most the most impressive box office feats since DH2 opening day.

I just realized that this will beat The Matrix Reloaded to become the highest grossing movie set on future Earth. Not too shabby.

So the estimates for Friday are anywhere from 55 million to 80 million.

lol...

I think anything over 65 million will be solid...

Will be solid? Most people on this Board in January predicted that THG OW would be around $20M

lol it would be amazing...

FRIDAY 3:15 PM, 3RD UPDATE: My movie studio sources are telling me that the Friday opening box office for Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games is ranging from a low of $60M to a high of $75M today from 4,137 North American theaters. That number includes the record-setting $19.75M midnight grosses. For the 3-day weekend overall domestic number, my insiders are predicting a low of $135M to a high near $150M. Meanwhile Lionsgate sources are telling me that the hotly anticipated pic did a matinee per-screen average of $7,878.

15 million dollar range. That really helps

so anywhere from 40-55 million day business?

We'll just have to wait another 6 hours or more for any real estimate. I recall Deathly Hallows 2's Opening Day updates ranging from $80, $90, and over $100 million.

I don't understand what that per screen average is supposed to mean... If that's the average gross for matinees in all theaters, it's already at $32.6m.

Yes but all signs point to 60 being the floor based on the performance so far.

Remember Corpse, The hunger games is going to have to work really hard to get a 60-70 million opening day as it got a midnight lower then the HP and twilight films.

"I don't understand what that per screen average is supposed to mean... If that's the average gross for matinees in all theaters, it's already at $32.6m."

The film was not on 10,000 screens in the day...

If we would talk about screens then it would be past HP7.2 OD just after matinees

We're assuming she meant theaters.

4100x7878=32.6M. Heck, even 3000x7878=23.6M.

I think her PTA figure is wrong

That PTA number was directly from LionsGate, so I would believe that this is correct number.