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will LOTR break 100 million ?
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Stormshadow
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I really want to know...where do you bet on these things?
Because I want to.
Because I want to.
el presidente Highsteppa
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3 hour movies rarely do that well on an opening weekend, espeically before the Christmas holliday.
No to 100, I'd guess 45-50.
No to 100, I'd guess 45-50.
el presidente Highsteppa
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"Spider-Man" surpassed all expectations by doing an astounding $114, 844,116 at the box office over its first three days of release. Predictions for the opening weekend had ranged from $60-70 million, but no prognosticators even came within webslinging distance of the real figure.
Spider Man is a two hour film though, it can be shown in a single theatre 5 times in a day.
LOTR is three hours plus, which limits it to about three screenings a day.
Factor in xmas shopping and the obligations, don't think it'll do as well as those predictions.
Spider Man is a two hour film though, it can be shown in a single theatre 5 times in a day.
LOTR is three hours plus, which limits it to about three screenings a day.
Factor in xmas shopping and the obligations, don't think it'll do as well as those predictions.
Soundstream
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I usually consider 5 days to be a week, not a weekend.
Cheers ... Ian
djcheezwhiz
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Re: Re: will LOTR break 100 million ?
tell that to the posters in the weekend thread
jc
Originally posted by Soundstream
I usually consider 5 days to be a week, not a weekend.
tell that to the posters in the weekend thread
jc
Klubmasta Will
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i concur with highsteppa and silver1.
check to see how the first two parts did in their opening weeks/weekends.
check to see how the first two parts did in their opening weeks/weekends.
Aerius Zension
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Wasn't Spiderman released on a Holiday weekend too? That is a heavy factor to consider. Sad how a movie so crappy holds these records, but then again Britney Spears is a really popular person. Apparently, she has a music career too.
KickIT
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Lord of the numbers
Facts and figures from "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy:
$314,000,000: U.S. box office gross of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."
$867,000,000: Worldwide box office gross of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."
$340,000,000: U.S. box office gross of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers."
$921,000,000: Worldwide box office gross of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers."
$1 billion+: Projected worldwide box office gross of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."
7: Total years of development for all three movies.
1,600: Pairs of prosthetic hobbit feet created.
114: Total speaking roles.
20,602: Background actors cast.
48,000: Swords, axes, shields and other weaponry used.
15,000: Costumes made by wardrobe department.
42: Tailors, cobblers, designers and others in wardrobe department.
3 million: Feet of film shot during production.
100: Real locations in New Zealand used for backdrops.
250: Most horses used in one scene.
2,400: Behind-the-scenes crew members at height of production.
10,000: Crowd participants at New Zealand cricket game who made orc army grunts.
200: Handmade orc masks created.
180: Computer special-effects artists employed.
30: Actors trained to speak fictional dialects and languages.
40: Languages J.R.R. Tolkien's books have been translated into.
Facts and figures from "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy:
$314,000,000: U.S. box office gross of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."
$867,000,000: Worldwide box office gross of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."
$340,000,000: U.S. box office gross of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers."
$921,000,000: Worldwide box office gross of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers."
$1 billion+: Projected worldwide box office gross of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."
7: Total years of development for all three movies.
1,600: Pairs of prosthetic hobbit feet created.
114: Total speaking roles.
20,602: Background actors cast.
48,000: Swords, axes, shields and other weaponry used.
15,000: Costumes made by wardrobe department.
42: Tailors, cobblers, designers and others in wardrobe department.
3 million: Feet of film shot during production.
100: Real locations in New Zealand used for backdrops.
250: Most horses used in one scene.
2,400: Behind-the-scenes crew members at height of production.
10,000: Crowd participants at New Zealand cricket game who made orc army grunts.
200: Handmade orc masks created.
180: Computer special-effects artists employed.
30: Actors trained to speak fictional dialects and languages.
40: Languages J.R.R. Tolkien's books have been translated into.
Soundstream
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3: Books used to base movie plot on
Cheers ... Ian
Cheers ... Ian
You cine-snobs aren't thinking. Do you think they would release it on this weekend to see it do 40-50 mil? I think not. These things are very calculated. People will go to see it either before or after shopping, or with their friends because everyone's on holidays, etc etc. It'll EASILY get to 100 mil.
i wonder if box office success will spur hollywood filmmakers to do imitation "LOTR" type movies?
and if so, will they base them on books or come up with their own stories?
if they base them on books, what books will they base them on?
i've heard that peter jackson might do "the hobbit", but that books lacks the epic grandeur of LOTR...
speculation, anyone?
ps. my guess is 120.000001 million
and if so, will they base them on books or come up with their own stories?
if they base them on books, what books will they base them on?
i've heard that peter jackson might do "the hobbit", but that books lacks the epic grandeur of LOTR...
speculation, anyone?
ps. my guess is 120.000001 million
didn't it make 8 mil in the opening midnight showings alone?
i know at one of the theatres here it was sold out
from thursday to friday all showings.... that was in
the Bible Belt of the Midwest USA, too... so it has
to be doing equally well elsewhere...
edit: i guess SPiderman took in 104 mil the first weekend....
wow, i didn't know shit was like that...
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good 5-day guess patrick, though technically Liquidity was a bit closer to the mark than you.
http://www.thestar.ca/NASApp/cs/Con...253&call_pageid=968867495754&col=968705925735
excellent movie. finally saw it tonight. my only disappointment is that there are no more installments to look forward to.
http://www.thestar.ca/NASApp/cs/Con...253&call_pageid=968867495754&col=968705925735
excellent movie. finally saw it tonight. my only disappointment is that there are no more installments to look forward to.