Record Breaking Weekend at the Box Office

[Chaotic]

1. The Vow $41M
2. Safe House $39M
3. Journey 2 $27M
4. Star Wars 3D $23M
5. Chronicle $12M

Wow

http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/stro...fe-house-530k/

[KilloWertz]

It was a loaded weekend in a sense given that the three top films were all heavily advertised, but still, damn.

[Blu-Benny]

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

And people say the Box Office is dead.

over 140 million for the first 5 movies. But seriously over 40 million for the vow :shocked:

[Blu Ian]

That's awesome.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Michael Bay Fan

And people say the Box Office is dead.

It's not dead. Like I said in another thread, you will always find people who will go. Look at the crazy prices for sports tickets, yet the stadiums are full every weekend.

Some people say that it's dead because they find the prices too high and in the extreme way people react, instead of just not going they want to diecause they won't go anymore. A typical human reaction.

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by Michael Bay Fan

And people say the Box Office is dead.

over 140 million for the first 5 movies. But seriously over 40 million for the vow :shocked:

No doubt a big weekend by current standards. Let's say average admission is $8. That's 17.5 million U.S. admissions, based on a population of 308 million or 5.7% of the U.S. population for those top five movies.

However, in 1946, the peak year for the U.S. movie business, there were 82 to 90 million admissions EVERY WEEK! And that was based on a population of only 141 million, so approximately 61% of the U.S. population went to the movies every week. (If 86 million people still went to the movies every week, the theatrical business would be a $35.8 billion business in the U.S. alone.)

By 1950, that declined to 50 million weekly admissions and decreased to 33% of the U.S. population
By 1964, that declined to 20 million weekly admissions and decreased to 10.4% of the U.S. population
By 1978, that increased to 23 million weekly admissions, but decreased to 10.36% of the U.S. population
By 1995, that increased to 24 million weekly admissions, but decreased to 9.16% of the U.S. population
By 2010, that increased to 24.5 million weekly admissions, but decreased to 8.24% of the U.S. population)

The real surprise are the years between 1964 and 1978. By 1964, TV had very high penetration so the initial erosion by people who stayed home to watch TV was over. 1978 saw the widespread commercial expansion of VHS. So there was no real reason for movie attendance to drop between '64 and '78 because there were no alternatives. But even with all the excitement around "Star Wars" and "Close Encounters" and the numerous Dolby films released in that era, a slightly smaller percentage of the population went to the movies weekly.

[nolfoc]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

1. The Vow $41M
2. Safe House $39M
3. Journey 2 $27M
4. Star Wars 3D $23M
5. Chronicle $12M

Wow

http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/stro...fe-house-530k/

wow indeed

Woman in Black brought in $10M

thought it should be added to this top 5

[Chaotic]

Good holds for Chronicle and Woman in Black especially with 4 new movies opening.

[nolfoc]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Good holds for Chronicle and Woman in Black especially with 4 new movies opening.

definitely.. i didnt think they would bringi n 10mil plus this weekend.. id figured around 5 like The Grey did

[Moleman1138]

I'm very happy for the BO, not because The Vow made a ridiculous amount of money, but movies have really been underperforming lately (especially the end of last year)

The next couple of weeks are going to be pretty interesting, but it still won't define whether or not the BO continues to underperform and this was a fluke weekend. Ghost Rider will tank. The Lorax will be the typical March animated breakout movie. John Carter will bomb (hopefully).

[arcadeforest]

I actually went to the movies this weekend (first time since last fall) to see One for the Money with my wife. I thought it was pretty good and enjoyed it more than my wife. Considering I've never read the books probably helped.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Moleman1138

John Carter will bomb (hopefully).

Nice way to keep an open mind

[Moviefan2k4]

The last few years, I've mostly avoided movies at the theater; in fact, my first visit in 2011 wasn't until May, for "Pirates 4", and I was very disappointed. In total, I went just 6 times last year, and the last one I saw was "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol". Looking at the timetable for this year, I probably won't go until "The Avengers" comes out. Here's the others on my "will probably see" list...

Men in Black 3
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Dark Knight Rises
The Bourne Legacy
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

[nolfoc]

Originally Posted by Moleman1138

I'm very happy for the BO, not because The Vow made a ridiculous amount of money, but movies have really been underperforming lately (especially the end of last year)

The next couple of weeks are going to be pretty interesting, but it still won't define whether or not the BO continues to underperform and this was a fluke weekend. Ghost Rider will tank. The Lorax will be the typical March animated breakout movie. John Carter will bomb (hopefully).

thats because 2011 was pretty bad for movies.. a lot of shit was made 2012 and 2013 have a great lineup and should be epic year for the BO

and i think John Carter will do decent.. Battleship will bomb and Ghost Rider I think will be 50/50.. depending on word of mouth

[Moleman1138]

Originally Posted by nolfoc

thats because 2011 was pretty bad for movies.. a lot of shit was made 2012 and 2013 have a great lineup and should be epic year for the BO

and i think John Carter will do decent.. Battleship will bomb and Ghost Rider I think will be 50/50.. depending on word of mouth

November/December should have had a lot of hits. Only 5 movies broke 100m

Breaking Dawn Part 1 - 280m - Expected drop from previous movie
MI-4 - 206m - great number, #2 in the franchise
Sherlock 2 - 184m - down from the original, but great legs
Chipmunks 3 - 127m - little over half of the last two (Yes it sucked)
Dragon Tattoo - 100m - great legs for intense R-rated movie during holidays

What should have broken 100m

The Muppets - 87m
War Horse - 78m
Tintin - 75m
Hugo - 64m
Arthur Christmas - 46m

[22soultaker]

Originally Posted by nolfoc

thats because 2011 was pretty bad for movies.. a lot of shit was made 2012 and 2013 have a great lineup and should be epic year for the BO

and i think John Carter will do decent.. Battleship will bomb and Ghost Rider I think will be 50/50.. depending on word of mouth

2011 was great. So many good movies. 2012 is almost exactly the same. Ghost Rider will not bomb. They finally made a movie with him thats gonna be bad ass.