Actually, I think Zing takes it with 99%.

DMC has #10 all-time at yahoo (I don't count movies with just over 500 reviews, so Harvey doesn't make it 11th). Just ESB is between it and the original and it's just ahead of The Two Towers. Since it has such a high B+, and it had a B+ all day I don't think the trend for the grade is going down at a fast pace whatsoever. I certainly think it can finish in the top 30. That might not be as good as the original, but it would still be one of tbe best of the decade.

Where is Batman Begins on the list?

21st (24th but with 3 with few reviews that will soon fall below it). Well, maybe I should say 20th since Pirates will likely fall below it by the end of the month.

From this decade only the LOTR, POTC, and PIXAR (FN and The Incredibles) are ahead of BB.

$60 million opening day for the next Batman?

deosnt have a big enough fanbase. Pirates is the ultimate franchise of the 00s

he's not that insane.

Yes, he is.

heh.

Um, with a 138m weekend I'd give it a 2.6 multiplier for 53m Friday.

Hit 10,000 reviews. About 3,500 for the day.

This is true. I used to doubt it, but it clearly is IT. RIP LotR.

indeed RIP, though Im not sad, I saw Pirates on top for the last 18 months.

Adjusted for inflation, the LOTR movies did over $1.1B domestic, by next year that will probably be about $1.15B and they did that in two years while POTC will have had four years to squeeze money out of theater goers. Then there is the $2.9B unadjusted it did WW. Shrek has made $750B adjusted and has one more movie next year to pad the total, although it will have had the luxury of 6 years. Let's wait until next May to declare the ultimate franchise for the decade.

The franchise of the decade without a doubt imo is, and will be Harry Potter. It started it off spectacularly (beating the opening weekend record of 4 years, by $18 m, in November), and all of the Harry Potter films adjust to openings over $100 m, and the 4th film was just 9% behind the first's performance (granted, unadjusted). There have been some strong series' in the decade, but nothing has dominated it as consistently as Harry Potter (ie 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, what could be 2008, 2009), with all mega openings each time. And then there's the international performance, which is huge.

8,614 so far today. Looks like it'll end up around 10,000-11,000. The ratio was 118 yesterday, and I think the ratio is always bigger on Saturday (though I'm not sure how much it changes), but even with a 200 ratio, that's at least $50 million today.

$65M SATURDAY!!! :dp07:

Gosh, you really like to rub anything you can in dontcha.

I'll go with 210.

It was moved to the frontpage of the old design last night and just moved off with the new update, so a ratio over 200 should be expected.

But you see theaters were able to make up some the the missed capacity from yesterday. It would have been 75m without the sellouts, so that extra 20m in people will tried to see it today. The gross without sellouts today would be 70m, but with yesterday you had 90m in demand. Now all of that was not met, but I think theaters probably were ready enough for 80% of it (that's still 18m of people leaving without seeing it, nearly as much as yesterday). Now that makes a 72m day. That 18m will come to see it tomorrow, plus you will have the 20m from Friday. So, that will add to what would be a 60m day. With 98m in demand Sunday I think they will do adjust even more and do better again with more interlocks and meet 85% of it. So, 83m Sunday.

210m weekend.

That's not rubbing in. I'll keep silent about who here I think does tend to rub in.

Didn't seem to have an effect last night. I'm not sure how many people use the old design anymore.

In any case I think there are so many factors that as usual it's difficult to make a Sat projection.

Still not as bad as Dark Shape.

And see, DP agreees!

Having too much fun?