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Nazgul9
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 Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million Jack Sparrow wrote: The discussion initially was for $300m a lock or not. So can we all agree now that $300m is not a lock?  _________________
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million No. Because with MLK-weekend coming up, it is a lock.
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The Dark Shape
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million Nazgul9 wrote: Jack Sparrow wrote: The discussion initially was for $300m a lock or not. So can we all agree now that $300m is not a lock? Um, no.
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Keyser Söze
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million This was posted at BO forums.
If Hobbit follows IAL from here on, it will finish with 291.3M.
If Hobbit follows NT2 from here on, it will finish with 300.6M.
So even if its probable I will not call it a lock. its holds have been ordinary. it will start to lose theatres and screens quickly for sure. its PTA is not that good. Also I am sceptical its making 9M after 2.35M friday. Especially on a football weekend.
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Nazgul9
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million Wow, really, people? You have no clue what lock means...
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million A lock means that it needs to reach $297 million because after that, WB is a lock to push it further. That's it.
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Nazgul9
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million It's not a lock to reach $297m and it's not a lock that WB pushes it over $300m either.
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million Yeah, it's a lock.
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Nazgul9
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million Keyser Söze wrote: So even if its probable I will not call it a lock. We two are the only ones who know what they are talking about.  _________________
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million Nazgul9 wrote: Keyser Söze wrote: So even if its probable I will not call it a lock. We two are the only ones who know what they are talking about. +1 I believe.
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The Dark Shape
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million Nazgul9 wrote: Wow, really, people? You have no clue what lock means... I'd wager I have a greater understanding of most things than you do. 
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million  Guess we'll never find out what i'll say when it reaches $305m. _________________
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million You were supposed to get mad, dammit, so that I could lecture you about the "you guys don't know what a lock means, do you?" comment. I hate you. If my math is correct, after this weekend it'll be $27m away from $305m. Fellowship made $68m after this weekend. We can cut that in half and it still hits Fellowship's total. 
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million The Dark Shape wrote: If my math is correct, after this weekend it'll be $27m away from $305m. Fellowship made $68m after this weekend. We can cut that in half and it still hits Fellowship's total. Still believing in $315m?!  Hey, it's a win win for me. I'm gladly wrong in this case and if not i'll rub it in your our face. _________________
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million Nazgul9 wrote: The Dark Shape wrote: If my math is correct, after this weekend it'll be $27m away from $305m. Fellowship made $68m after this weekend. We can cut that in half and it still hits Fellowship's total. Still believing in $315m?! Hey, it's a win win for me. I'm gladly wrong in this case and if not i'll rub it in your our face. Admit it, that is why reason why you are saying it's not a lock. Covering your bases _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million Nazgul9 wrote: The Dark Shape wrote: If my math is correct, after this weekend it'll be $27m away from $305m. Fellowship made $68m after this weekend. We can cut that in half and it still hits Fellowship's total. Still believing in $315m?! Nah, thinking more like $305-310m. Its Friday was pretty much equal to Return of the King's. I think it'll hold relatively steady with that minus the Oscar bump.
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million Dr. Lecter wrote: Admit it, that is why reason why you are saying it's not a lock. Covering your bases No. It's not a lock because it's not a lock. It might very well crawl past $300m, that doesn't mean it was a lock. If it somehow makes well past $300m, then maybe you have had a point. _________________
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million A lock means that, within reason (i.e., a comet crashes into the planet and thus no tickets are sold), a movie is guaranteed to hit $300 million.
The Hobbit is guaranteed to hit $300 million. Hence, it's a lock.
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million It is not guaranteed, in light of its performance the past two weeks. No comet needed for it to miss $300m, just a few more bad drops.
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million The Dark Shape wrote: Its Friday was pretty much equal to Return of the King's. ROTK increased 94% on Saturday. _________________
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million Nazgul9 wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: Admit it, that is why reason why you are saying it's not a lock. Covering your bases No. It's not a lock because it's not a lock. It might very well crawl past $300m, that doesn't mean it was a lock. If it somehow makes well past $300m, then maybe you have had a point. I disagree. A lock means also when it gets close enough for the studio to push it, just like it happened to films like Tangled, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Superman Returns and many many others. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million Though there are times when the studio doesn't push certain films. But yeah, if TH comes close WB will push it. Even if it means that they will go for the usual Hollywood weird accounting method (huge gains when another movie from the studio opens).
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million I don't think it's a lock, but it's damn close to one.
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million Algren wrote: I don't think it's a lock, but it's damn close to one. ^ This post respects the definition of the term "lock".
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Re: Will The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reach 325 million
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