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From Boxofficemojo.com. Is this a good opening?
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tahqa
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It's 90% of total gross for the weekend, so it's not too shabby. The real test will be to see if it has legs.
EPCOT Explorer
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Something tells me it will do good NEXT weekend. Lots of kids get out of school then.
the-reason14
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I hope so. I hope it does well over time and that this is a sign of great things to come for disney and animation.
Slipknot
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I guarantee it won't do anywhere as good as Avatar next week. And probably the week after. Just saying.
SirGoofy
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captainkidd
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Eh, $25 million is nothing special. The new Twilight movie opened with $143 million. That's kind of crazy.
Captain Hank
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Would there be a lot of crossover in terms of audience? I honestly know next-to-nothing about Avatar, but it doesn't seem to cater to the same audience.
Edit: just did some looking on IMDB at various 2-D animated Disney opening-weekend grosses. $25 million is...not so good.
Further Edit: Okay, went back and realized I was looking at the wrong sets of number. $25 million is okay. Not incredibly spectacular, but still okay.
Avatar and Princess are two totally different things, it won't hurt Princess one bit.
As I said before... this is a good opening, it's gonna have great legs, and it's definitely passing $100m+. Movies don't have monster openings in December cuz they do great business during the weekdays and stuff. Cut the "doom and gloom."
As I said before... this is a good opening, it's gonna have great legs, and it's definitely passing $100m+. Movies don't have monster openings in December cuz they do great business during the weekdays and stuff. Cut the "doom and gloom."
dxwwf3
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I think Avatar will cut into Frog's business. Avatar is going to be really big, IMO and will cut into the young boy audience that might have otherwise been taken to see Frog. Avatar doesn't appear to be very kid friendly, but I saw it on Happy Meal boxes today. Frog could pass $100 million, but it isn't a guarantee. Personally, I'm waiting until Blu Ray to see it because I don't have time to go to the theaters much right now and Avatar is the only thing I'll be seeing for the rest of the year.
Captain Hank
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Variety seems to think that the total is an okay figure:
Variety.com said:
There are only four 2D flicks with a higher opening - The Lion King ($40m), Lilo & Stitch ($35m), Tarzan ($34m), and Pocahontas ($29m). In today's world, 2D is not going to give you the $68m Up made in 3 days. Not only that, but it's DECEMBER - the month of legs. Many, many films have smaller openings and grow through the holidays before playing well into the typical dead zone of January. Small example - The Emperor's New Groove opened around the same time in 2000. Opening weekend? A mere $9.8m. That total OW in the summer is gonna give you a flick finishing in the $30-40m range, but it went on to make $89m total. And this one has a couple things going for it - the return to 2D, wonderful reviews, a market with nothing else going after kids right now outside of A Christmas Carol, etc. - that'll keep it going strong into the New Year.If you can't take my word, take the word of the folks at a few box office forums I'm apart of. Everyone's saying it's a great start and it's well on it its way to $100m+. These people know what they're talking about. Everyone needs to quit with the "Z0MGZ that's it for 2D!!!!!1!!!" crap and just wait and see where this heads. I can tell you it'll be a good number.
We did not have time to go see it and won't until after X-Mas. I'm sure it will hang around long after the Holidays but I thought it would do better.
Captain Hank
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Some encouraging thoughts from Rotten Tomatoes, backing up what you said:
If you can't take my word, take the word of the folks at a few box office forums I'm apart of. Everyone's saying it's a great start and it's well on it its way to $100m+. These people know what they're talking about. Everyone needs to quit with the "Z0MGZ that's it for 2D!!!!!1!!!" crap and just wait and see where this heads. I can tell you it'll be a good number.
RottenTomatoes.com said:
dxwwf3
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Well the 50% drop in weekend number two is a fairly large one, but there was a one-two punch that really couldn't have been avoided: The Weather and Avatar.
To almost nobody's surprise, Avatar really cut into PatF's 2nd weekend and if my theater was any indication, there are a LOT of kids interested in seeing Avatar. My crowd was almost like a Pixar movie was playing. Next weekend is when we find out if PatF has a chance to cross $100 million. Another 50% drop and it won't make it. But hopefully the weather in the East will improve and the drop won't be as steep.
I'm hoping that PatF becomes a big enough hit to where they continue hand drawn animation, but luckily it doesn't look to be a big enough hit to where they will be putting a permanent attraction into the parks (possibly replacing something original and classic).
To almost nobody's surprise, Avatar really cut into PatF's 2nd weekend and if my theater was any indication, there are a LOT of kids interested in seeing Avatar. My crowd was almost like a Pixar movie was playing. Next weekend is when we find out if PatF has a chance to cross $100 million. Another 50% drop and it won't make it. But hopefully the weather in the East will improve and the drop won't be as steep.
I'm hoping that PatF becomes a big enough hit to where they continue hand drawn animation, but luckily it doesn't look to be a big enough hit to where they will be putting a permanent attraction into the parks (possibly replacing something original and classic).
imagineer boy
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To be honest, I don't know why they didn't give it it's wide release over Thanksgiving. That would've made much more sense rather than the weekend before the opening of Avatar. :shrug: