Box Office Thread: Wrath of the LAWMANIA

[dlong5665]

The Raven will overperform the week after and trump it from the top.

[Pingy]

Dictators =

Yes.

Human rights violations are one thing, but begrudging the populace Kate Winslet's buoy is devastating beyond words.

[erikdean]

I say they were doing the country a favor.

[Blasty]

It could but I wouldn't be surprised if The Lucky One tops.

Oh, Zach Efron definitely tops.

[erikdean]

Yeah, doubt that.

[Blasty]

Yeah, doubt that.

You weren't there - you don't know!

[Jonathan]

Lucky One and/or Think Like a Man should pretty easily pass THG next weekend. So yeah, five weekends at #1 is highly unlikely.

However, THG does look like it should have 28 straight days at #1 (The longest daily streak since The Sixth Sense nearly 13 years ago), and has passed Pretty Woman to become the highest grossing March release, adjusted for inflation, since The Godfather 40 Marches ago. Oh, and last weekend it passed The Twilight Saga: Eclipse to become the highest grossing movie of all time with a actress being top-billed. A truly fantastic run.

[hickoryduck]

Oh, and last weekend it passed The Twilight Saga: Eclipse to become the highest grossing movie of all time with a actress being top-billed.

I'm not usually one to harp on terrible movies making a lot of money, because hey, Armageddon is one of my favorites, who the fuck am I to judge someone else's taste?

But this is just fucking sad.

[dlong5665]

Are you saying The Hunger Games is sad or Twilight?

[hickoryduck]

Oh whoops, read that wrong, I thought it said Twilight was still the highest grossing. But either way, the fact that it USED to be, before THG passed it, gives me a sad.

[Habsburg]

Dictators =

Don't be kind. Student/Tibetian killing communist oligarchs.

LAWMANIA continues.

[Largo]

Speaking of that damn boat movie and China, controversy in that blogosphere over Kate Winslet's nude shots being censored by the government.

This is the country that's pioneering 3D porn, right? Okay, just checking.

[Artimus]

This is the country that's pioneering 3D porn, right? Okay, just checking.

That would be Hong Kong.

[Largo]

That would be Hong Kong.

Damn it! I'm just wrong all the time now!

[Ben7]

I'm kinda surprised Titanic didn't do better in the US, with this weekend being its centennial. I'm curious what the expectations were - has it underperformed? Overperformed? Or is this what was expected?

[faina]

So nobody is talking about the real shocking performance of this week's box office? The Three Stooges getting mixed critical reception and apparently a good WoM? Wasn't this supposed to bomb badly?

[erikdean]

This is the country that's pioneering 3D porn, right? Okay, just checking.

That would be Hong Kong.

Soon to be renamed Long Dong.

[faina]

Soon to be renamed Long Dong.

statistically impossible.

[erikdean]

statistically impossible.

Ironically possible.

[RRA]

Damn it! I'm just wrong all the time now!

Funny thing is, it's being shown in HK uncut. Go figure.

Soon to be renamed Long Dong.

Leave the lame jokes to me.

I'm kinda surprised Titanic didn't do better in the US, with this weekend being its centennial. I'm curious what the expectations were - has it underperformed? Overperformed? Or is this what was expected?

I know the so-called "experts" were really bullish on it, but honestly state-side its on par with similar recent re-releases. I mean considering we're talking about a 3 hour movie that's on DVD and you're asking folks to pay $10+ to see it again, and with HUNGER GAMES still out there well I consider $40+ million to be good.

(How can a re-release making $200 million and more to come be considered an under-performer?)