Movies

Ben Fritz of the WSJ says tracking has improved even after all the negative reviews for SUICIDE SQUAD "$140M opening looks very possible." notfabio Aug 04, 11:40

Thursday night number should be telling... TwoMisfits Aug 04, 11:43

I'm going with 6x Thursday for weekend, same as Batman v Superman. {nm} diamondman56 Aug 04, 11:45

I wonder if they take into account Olympic games... {nm} Oleg Max Aug 04, 11:46

IDK, do Americans care that much about the Olympics that it make much of an impact? ~JPV~ Aug 04, 12:08

Tough to say - nothing new of note opened that weekend (The Watch, Step Up 4). Same story in '08 (Travelling Pants/Pinapple Expr) shadowking Aug 04, 12:14

But check out PNAPL's first five days - $12M Wednesday opening day, sub-$8M Friday, and a Saturday drop of 3%. That's very front-loaded RogerMore Aug 04, 12:45

Nothing big opened opening weekend of the 2012 Olympics TwoMisfits Aug 04, 12:15

Even the Winter Olympics get 30 Million viewers for the opening ceremony... it should have a slight impact on "non-fanboy" movie going (imo) {nm} dioneta Aug 04, 13:02

Looks like LEGO Sat jumped 80% from Fri during 2014 Sochi. {nm} Antibody Aug 04, 13:19

i honestly don't know if the olympics will matter this go around. They've had worst reviews than the movie. {nm} tradermark Aug 04, 17:48

Different demographics. {nm} Antibody Aug 04, 12:09

This has to be the least hyped Olympics of my lifetime. Election seems to have eaten up all the air time and press. {nm} MiyazakiFan Aug 04, 12:23

Plus, nearly everything about the Olympics has been bad news stories. {nm} RogerMore Aug 04, 12:46

6pm start times tonight {nm} islander Aug 04, 12:30