Box Office 2015

[Mysteryman]

what would box office profits be like if there were no preview screenigs of any kind the day before or even midnight screengs, and also no IMAX or 3D theatres?

 

[InCali]

what would box office profits be like if there were no preview screenigs of any kind the day before or even midnight screengs, and also no IMAX or 3D theatres?

Is this a trick question or a rhetorical one? Um......less??

 

[Iceman]

And even less if you excluded the 2d theatres too!

 

[Mysteryman]

Is this a trick question or a rhetorical one? Um......less??

I guess I was just wondering if movies would be doing that well if moviegoing had not changed so much.
When I was growing up, there was an occasional sneak preview before a film.
Midnight screenings were not common 3D came and went, there was no IMAX.

 

[Iceman]

I don't know if previews add much to a film's final box office. They certainly skew the opening weekend and especially opening day figures of modern films relative to films that came out before previews were commonplace.

 

[Mandon Knight]

Back in the day, films were certainly in the cinema for a LONGER period than contemporary films, summer films would last all summer until we returned to school.

These days, it's usually 2 months max at a cinema release, DVD / Blu ray availability has changed a lot as to how a film's life span is grown.

 

[Mysteryman]

Yeah I miss the days when movies had extended runs.

 

[The Caped Knight]

So glad STAR WARS is kicking ass @ Box Office

 

[Mysteryman]

TFA is doing very well.
I hope to see it next week with my family.

 

[:eek:]

The mid-week grosses are strong with this one. Star Wars: The Force Awakens has cruised past the $400M mark internationally after adding an estimated $38.4M on Wednesday. That’s a slight 7% drop from the $41.3M that was loaded into the Millennium Falcon’s cargo hold on Tuesday and blasts the overseas cume to $402.4M. The global box office is now $765.9M — ahead of a weekend that certainly has $1B in its sights

 

[Iceman]

Domestically it is just getting sillier by the day.

 

[Marvin]

I remember predicting that this would be a domestic wonder.

 

[Iceman]

I remember predicting that this would be a domestic wonder.

You completely understated that one then!

 

[:eek:]

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS took in an estimated $27.59M on Thursday and has grossed $391.05M in 7 days domestically.

At this rate it will fly past $500 million after this weekend and past $700 million next weekend. It will likely be the first movie to have a $100+ million third weekend domestically.

 

[:eek:]

Early weekend estimates (domestically) for Star Wars is $161 million.

 

[Iceman]

Likely 2nd and 3rd weekends are as crazy as the 1st!

 

[TheCommissioner]

The Mouse knows what's up

Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Franchise's 7th Installment Sets Christmas Day Box Office Record

"The Force Awakens" earned $49.3 million domestically on Friday, more than doubling the previous record held by "Sherlock Holmes." The total global take for the film so far is just under $900 million.

 

[:eek:]

Current numbers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Domestic: $544,573,329 49.9% + Foreign: $546,000,000 50.1% = Worldwide: $1,090,573,329

 

[TheCommissioner]

so Disney paid 4.9 billion and between all the new merch 'Rebels' and only one of a slate of new films have already made a healthy chunk of it back

 

[Iceman]

Certainly not a bad deal!

 

[dark_b]

wasnt 4.9 for everything from LucasFilm? ILM and Indiana Jones?

 

[TheCommissioner]

Yup, they got the whole shebang

not a bad investment

 

[dark_b]

if this is true than Lucas made a bad deal. because LucasFilm was worth more. and i am not saying this because today SW made 1 billion.

 

[Iceman]

wasnt 4.9 for everything from LucasFilm? ILM and Indiana Jones?

Yeah, a few nice 'little extras' on top! t:

 

[TheCommissioner]

if this is true than Lucas made a big deal. because LucasFilm was worth more. and i am not saying this because today SW made 1 billion.

at the time of the deal, Im not so sure