Box Office Showdown(Jan 16th-18th)American Sniper,Blackhat,Wedding Ringer,Paddington

[Chaotic]

American Sniper
Warner Bros
Drama
3,200+

Blackhat
Universal
Thriller
2,400+

The Wedding Ringer
Sony
Comedy
2,800+

Paddington
Weinstein/Dimension
Family
3,000

[GorillaGuy]

Sniper 40 mil
Wedding ringer 20 mil
Blackhat 9 mil
Paddington 7 mil

[prkprkprk]

Probably American Sniper, but Wedding Ringer on top wouldn't be a surprise.

[Chaotic]

American Sniper $42M
The Wedding Ringer $24M
Paddington $10M
Blackhat $8M

[Scottie]

American Sniper
Paddington
Blackhat
Taken 3
The Wedding Ringer

[Foggy]

Kinda hoping Padington garners a small audience, apparently the films superb.

[prkprkprk]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Kinda hoping Padington garners a small audience, apparently the films superb.

Yea, I've heard it is great. Definitely won't do well here though as the character isn't very well known here in the States.

[MikeScott]

AMERICAN SNIPER - 47.03 MILLION (3-Day)/55.33 MILLION (4-Day)
THE WEDDING RINGER - 31.698 MILLION (3-Day)/37.127 MILLION (4-Day)
PADDINGTON - 21.74 MILLION (3-Day)/29.46 MILLION (4-Day)
BLACKHAT - 7.853 MILLION (3-Day)/8.983 MILLION (4-Day)


Competition will be WAY too fierce for Blackhat to do well. American Sniper and Taken 3 will be popular with the action crowd. Might benefit from sell-outs but not so much that it will do that well.

[DanTheMan]

Really been wanting to see Paddington. Don't know if it's because it's from the makers of Harry Potter or what, but that trailer has convinced me to see it for the last month or so.

My first priority is American Sniper, but Paddington is an easy second over Blackhat.

[Another_Dude]

Originally Posted by MikeScott

AMERICAN SNIPER - 47.03 MILLION (3-Day)/55.33 MILLION (4-Day)
THE WEDDING RINGER - 31.698 MILLION (3-Day)/37.127 MILLION (4-Day)
PADDINGTON - 21.74 MILLION (3-Day)/29.46 MILLION (4-Day)
BLACKHAT - 7.853 MILLION (3-Day)/8.983 MILLION (4-Day)


Competition will be WAY too fierce for Blackhat to do well. American Sniper and Taken 3 will be popular with the action crowd. Might benefit from sell-outs but not so much that it will do that well.

Liam attended the Jim Carrey school of "I should have just shut my mouth about guns and danced for my money" last week and a large portion of the action crowd is now done with him.

[MikeScott]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Kinda hoping Padington garners a small audience, apparently the films superb.

I think it will actually. Even if the character isn't well-known here it seems cute and reviews are great. Plus there hasn't been a new family movie in a while. Since Night at the Museum anyway. It's time for something new. And it's a holiday weekend. Long weekend for kids.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Kinda hoping Padington garners a small audience, apparently the films superb.

If you heard that, clean out your ear wax.

[CHEЯNOБLY!]

Originally Posted by EricJ

If you heard that, clean out your ear wax.

Yeah, it looks like it's going to be a real stinker.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by CHEЯNOБLY!

Yeah, it looks like it's going to be a real stinker.

Okay, so....why did they show the most painfully unfunny/unappealing trailers of the year?

(Oh, friend, you don't want to go exploring the sewers of "Big-budget British-produced kids' films", it's not a comfortable place you like to spend for very long, especially if they have a recognizable kids' book in the title. )

[Chaotic]

Sniper got an A+ cinemascore

[Chaotic]

Sniper heading for $75M

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...source=twitter

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Sniper heading for $75M

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...source=twitter

Wow! Who saw that coming?

[Chaotic]

Inherent Vice

[djgeneral]

Wow. Very impressive for American Sniper.

I want to see Paddington as well. It looks cute lol

[MikeScott]

1. AMERICAN SNIPER - 60.71 MILLION (3-Day)/71.81 MILLION (4-Day)
2. THE WEDDING RINGER - 22.698 MILLION (3-Day)/26.08 MILLION (4-Day)
3. PADDINGTON - 21.74 MILLION (3-Day)/29.46 MILLION (4-Day)
4. TAKEN 3 - 19.6 MILLION (3-Day)/23.52 MILLION (4-Day)
5. SELMA - 14.395 MILLION (3-Day)/17.4 MILLION (4-Day)
6. THE IMITATION GAME - 9 MILLION (3-Day)/9.7 MILLION (4-Day)
7. BLACKHAT - 7.853 MILLION (3-Day)/8.983 MILLION (4-Day)
8. INTO THE WOODS - 7.166 MILLION (3-Day)/10 MILLION (4-Day)
9. UNBROKEN - 4.9 MILLION (3-Day)/5.7 MILLION (4-Day)
10. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 3 - 4.367 MILLION (3-Day)/5.038 MILLION (4-Day)
11. THE HOBBIT: BATTLE OF FIVE ARMIES - 4.36 MILLION (3-Day)/5.344 MILLION (4-Day)
12. ANNIE - 3.325 MILLION (3-Day)/3.94 MILLION (4-Day)


American Sniper is going to be HUGE. Maybe it won't be as big as my prediction, but it will be BIG. I will not be shocked if it breaks out in a huge way.

Selma I'm probably over-predicting but I could see it increasing with it being MLK weekend.

This should definitely be a big weekend.