It's going to be close but I'd say it still comes up short by maybe $20m or so. But when things get that close who can really say. But there are no locks here yet, either way.
It will still more than likely beat the first film WW. China and Japan will see to that.
No chance in hell. Unlikely to get even within a billion $ of Avatar.
Possible but my money's still firmly on AoU as the likely winner DOM and WW of 2015. I'd say SW7 fights it out with F7 WW for the #2 spot and fights it out with THG4/MJ2 for the #2 spot DOM.
Nobody saw it being that big. Plenty thought it had a shot at the billion $ club but not going $400-500m beyond that. That's a huge surprise.
I think Star Wars 7 wins the domestic crown, AOU wins the worldwide crown and Furious 7 wins overseas.
People are under-predicting Star Wars 7.
The Phantom Menace made over 730 million when adjusted for inflation. I can see The Force Awakens making at least 600 m.
I think Star Wars 7 wins the domestic crown, AOU wins the worldwide crown and Furious 7 wins overseas.
People are under-predicting Star Wars 7.
The Phantom Menace made over 730 million when adjusted for inflation. I can see The Force Awakens making at least 600 m.
Something to consider: Avatar benefited from being at the peak of 3D interest. Its sequel may have inflation and the growing international market, but its also going to have considerably less 3D sales. I *seriously* doubt Avatar 2 is going to exceed the first in box office.
Deadline reporting $21.9m Friday, $77m weekend.
http://deadline.com/2015/05/hot-pursuit-box-office-reese-witherspoon-sofia-vergara-1201422937/
BOM gets the official studio estimates. So it's $21M.I should know better than to post Friday night numbers. ERC is still reporting $24M, BOM at $21M but usually BOM is pretty accurate, so I don't know maybe 78-82M possible?
Finally, the movie's Saturday number likely suffered due to a handful of sporting events that drew a lot of attention. The Kentucky Derby and Clippers v. Spurs Game 7 were widely-viewed events, though neither seemed to capture the zeitgeist in the way that the Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather fight did. These probably weren't devastating—Avengers did still have the third-biggest Saturday ever—but they could definitely have shaved a few percentage points off of the weekend. When dealing with numbers this big, that could translate in to $5 to $10 million.
The novelty has worn off, the reviews weren't as good and the word of mouth isn't as good. Those are the explanation for these numbers.