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« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2012, 06:18:32 PM » |
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The results are in... $140 million in 3 days!!!!!!!
'Hunger Games' on track for nearly $70 mil Friday
Lionsgate pic a runaway hit at the box office
By: STUART OLDHAM
"The Hunger Games" is already catching fire at the domestic box office, with early Friday estimates putting the Lionsgate pic on track for a whopping three-day opening north of $140 million, easily becoming Lionsgate's highest-grossing movie ever and the highest bow of 2012.
Based on the popular young adult novels by Suzanne Collins, "The Hunger Games" stormed out of the gate Thursday night, earning an impressive $19.7 million in midnight runs, with some auds staying up into the wee hours for a 3 a.m. screening. Factoring in the $19.7 million in late-night bows, "Games" should gross nearly $70 million Friday from 4,137 locations.
Lionsgate's previous top B.O. performer was Michael Moore's political doc "Farhenheit 911," which cumed $119 million.
Analysts have been predicting a "Hunger Games" killing for months, with B.O. observers projecting the film would open in the $125 million range. But today's overperformance suggests it could have a wider appeal than the "Twilight" pics, whose highest opening weekend gross was $141 million ("New Moon").
"It's all Suzanne Collins," one Lionsgate exec beams. "Anybody reads that book, a young girl or young guy, everyone responds overwhelmingly positive to the material. It's a fantastic story."
What's even more impressive, "The Hunger Games" enters the top 10 best Stateside openings of all-time -- and is the only pic in its company to do so as a non-sequel. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2" ($169 million) "The Dark Knight" ($158 million) and "Spider-Man 3" ($151 million) currently make up the top three highest U.S. openings ever.
Rounding out the top three domestically are last week's B.O. champ "21 Jump Street" and U's "The Lorax." Sony's R-rated "Jump Street," starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill, is down 60% week-to-week but should see an uptick in Saturday traffic, placing the action-comedy in the $16 million range for the weekend.
Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax" will also get a bump in Saturday auds, with B.O. observors predicting a $13 million to $14 million gross for the 3D pic.
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Poster Website- Holiday, I like you and respect you but you are probably the worst violator of all. - Ted (dumbass Conservative): "Most Conservatives don't like to be labeled and personally attacked." - Thierry (brainwashed Liberal) (derisive): Really? - Ted (dumbass Conservative): "Yeah, really, you smug bastard." - I wish to thank all APF members for being part of the World's Largest Social Gathering of Movie Poster Collectors - "Wishing you the best of luck with All Poster Forum and in encouraging others to appreciate the magical art of film posters" - Martin Scorsese (2009)
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« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2012, 06:27:55 PM » |
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Was this ever in doubt?
Twitlight/Potter freaks have to have somewhere else to turn...
A friend who works at Barnes & Noble said that 90% of these books are sold to women in their 30's.
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« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2012, 07:35:59 PM » |
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well at least people still DO read books, shame they haven't heard of Edgar Rice Burroughs, but what does a grumpy old man know  |
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"Ari, thanks for the feedback but you really are the last person I'd be involved with in this venture, but I'm sure you already know this and feel the same.
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You Ari, are the only one in the whole world I like that eats offal, misses his dead rat carcasses, draws women on walls with skin peeling off of them and keeps a meat cleaver by his bed.
Steve 50's 24th April 2012
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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2012, 06:01:14 AM » |
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"Battle Royale With Cheese"
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« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2012, 06:40:44 AM » |
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HAHA, (I miss that fella) |
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Private email 29/4/2011 "I'll shove a Locaninda Snipe Remover so hard up your rectum you won't be able to sit for a week."
"Ari, thanks for the feedback but you really are the last person I'd be involved with in this venture, but I'm sure you already know this and feel the same.
This is the first time I've seen you post on mopo since you last made a fool of yourself with absolute dribble."
Andy Neal
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 3
You Ari, are the only one in the whole world I like that eats offal, misses his dead rat carcasses, draws women on walls with skin peeling off of them and keeps a meat cleaver by his bed.
Steve 50's 24th April 2012
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« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2012, 01:53:53 PM » |
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well at least people still DO read books, shame they haven't heard of Edgar Rice Burroughs, but what does a grumpy old man know I am sure that's exactly the same thing the generation of Shakespeare readers of that time asked. |
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« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2012, 02:04:44 PM » |
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Saw it last night in Imax in a theater full of screaming young girls. Alas, most of the fun came from watching the audience.
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Poster Website- Holiday, I like you and respect you but you are probably the worst violator of all. - Ted (dumbass Conservative): "Most Conservatives don't like to be labeled and personally attacked." - Thierry (brainwashed Liberal) (derisive): Really? - Ted (dumbass Conservative): "Yeah, really, you smug bastard." - I wish to thank all APF members for being part of the World's Largest Social Gathering of Movie Poster Collectors - "Wishing you the best of luck with All Poster Forum and in encouraging others to appreciate the magical art of film posters" - Martin Scorsese (2009)
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« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2012, 07:40:33 PM » |
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I am sure that's exactly the same thing the generation of Shakespeare readers of that time asked.
Not sure, but don't think people read shakespeare while he was alive and kicking But you are correct in your assessment, hence my Grumpy old man disclaimer I know I am stuck in MY ways. |
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Private email 29/4/2011 "I'll shove a Locaninda Snipe Remover so hard up your rectum you won't be able to sit for a week."
"Ari, thanks for the feedback but you really are the last person I'd be involved with in this venture, but I'm sure you already know this and feel the same.
This is the first time I've seen you post on mopo since you last made a fool of yourself with absolute dribble."
Andy Neal
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 3
You Ari, are the only one in the whole world I like that eats offal, misses his dead rat carcasses, draws women on walls with skin peeling off of them and keeps a meat cleaver by his bed.
Steve 50's 24th April 2012
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