Best Actress: Post-BFCA/SAG/GG, 2

[tnb]

We haven't seen anything Holocaust-based other than The Reader (and that's a stretch) make an impact on the Oscars and it used to be a tried and true in both the fiction and non-fiction categories.

yeah but wasn't that also the last truely oscarbaity project that had Holocaust as a significant point of the story? and we know how that turned out. I think AMPAS' sentiments are still quite predictable when it comes to emotional subjects such as that or suffering mothers to bring the conversation back to Noémí.

[Jonathan]

The Impossible's opening day: $37,700 from 15 theaters, for a $2,513 PTA.

WHAT A HIT.

[erikdean]

The Impossible's opening day: $37,700 from 15 theaters, for a $2,513 PTA.

WHAT A HIT.

[filmy]

The Impossible's opening day: $37,700 from 15 theaters, for a $2,513 PTA.

WHAT A HIT.

Wait until the Iowa expansion.

[dlong5665]

Did anyone think The Impossible would actually be a hit? Lmao, it's marketing has been awful, or better, hasn't had any.

[erikdean]

Wait until the Iowa expansion.

[babz]

The Impossible's opening day: $37,700 from 15 theaters, for a $2,513 PTA.

WHAT A HIT.

That's only one day though. I'd wait until after the holiday weekend to judge. lol

[erikdean]

The Impossible made more money then Zero Dark Thirty so far so I don't know what ya'll are talking about , granted I don't look at Box Office things much

We're talking about US box office.

[Dr_Dmitri-Yuriev]

The Impossible made more money then Zero Dark Thirty so far so I don't know what ya'll are talking about , granted I don't look at Box Office things much

Um ZD30 made 125,000 it's first day playing only on 5 screens.

[Jonathan]

That's only one day though. I'd wait until after the holiday weekend to judge. lol

To be fair, this weekend is notoriously weak in general, so it will probably recover over the next week and a half.

That said, it should have had a much bigger head start than that. If it doesn't expand it's at at best a $20,000 PTA next weekend, which for 15 theaters is OK, but on par with Beasts, The Sessions and Hitchcock - basically, anything much over $10 million is a stretch ATM, unless it has epic WOM.

[KMKinCB]

Jennifer Lawrence is definitely not at the point yet where everyone knows her name. The Hunger Games is a genre film geared toward young adults. Winter's Bone was a very Indie movie. After Silver Linings, maybe, since it's adult friendly. But Harvey fucked up the release, so hardly anyone in middle America has seen it. Jessica Chastain is not a household name, either.

If you go to Iowa and say Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chatain, Naomi Watts....I can tell you people are going to know Naomi Watts before the other two...

As someone from Iowa, Jlaw is the biggest star of the three here. Naomi is no longer a house hold name. Middle America may be backwards but were not in 2005 still.

[Aurelius]

As someone from Iowa, Jlaw is the biggest star of the three here. Naomi is no longer a house hold name. Middle America may be backwards but were not in 2005 still.

You should have done a with it.

[RobYo]

As someone from Iowa, Jlaw is the biggest star of the three here. Naomi is no longer a house hold name. Middle America may be backwards but were not in 2005 still.

are you fucking serious ? I live in Des Moines, you can ask Aurelius to check my IP. and I've lived in Iowa all my life. but OK.

[DirkDiggler]

Glad to hear The Impossible is doing great in the U.S.

[dlong5665]

Glad to hear The Impossible is doing great in the U.S.

It isn't.

[Jonathan]

Glad to hear The Impossible is doing great in the U.S.

I was being sarcastic.

[with_one_voice]

Glad to hear The Impossible is doing great in the U.S.

It isn't.

LMAO

I will never understand Dirklogic (also known as Dirkhumor)

We need a sarcasm emoticon

[Sliced Peach]

Here in Sweden, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain and Naomi Watts are pretty much no-names all of them. Lawrence will definetly become a name soon though. A big one too. Chastain most likely not and Naomi's ship has sailed. They're all successful actresses though, obviously.

1. Jennifer Lawrence
2. Jessica Chastain
3. Naomi Watts
4. Marion Cotillard
5. Q.Wallis

6. Emanuelle Riva

[babz]

To be fair, this weekend is notoriously weak in general, so it will probably recover over the next week and a half.

That said, it should have had a much bigger head start than that. If it doesn't expand it's at at best a $20,000 PTA next weekend, which for 15 theaters is OK, but on par with Beasts, The Sessions and Hitchcock - basically, anything much over $10 million is a stretch ATM, unless it has epic WOM.

but this didn't have much promo, so was anyone really expecting it to be blockbuster hit in the US?

[with_one_voice]

but this didn't have much promo, so was anyone really expecting it to be blockbuster hit in the US?

I think many of the Naomaniacs were. Perhaps they didn't realize that the marketing for this film has been essentially nonexistent.