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The most interesting stat IMO is located on page 4 of the article ...
"The largest combined domestic take for the January openers in any single year in the 2000s had been $409,226,078. 2009's releases brought in an incomprehensible $810,677,759, almost exactly double that amount."
I notice the Jan 2010 openers are cumulatively priced below $500m on HSX & therefore wonder if last year's BO expansion was a one-off event, or will we see some uplift in future?
AVATR should win the 1/8 weekend, but will it beat out BOELI on 1/15? {nm} Jan 03, 08:36
I'm going to say "no"... Denzel will beat it. {nm} Jan 03, 08:39
i will say yes, and be #1 until valentines day (the movie) {nm} Jan 03, 08:42
BOELI will open in Denzel's usual $20-25 Mil range, it will not beat Avatar. Jan 03, 09:25
Higher on BOELI. {nm} Jan 03, 10:00
taken had even less originality. boeli should do just fine. people will go to see denzel kickarse. {nm} Jan 03, 10:54
even though i played TAKEN correct I am still stumped as to how that movie made the money it did. {nm} Jan 03, 10:59
Really? I thought Taken is a really great action film. {nm} Jan 04, 10:52
BOP published some interesting January BO analysis FYI (http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=12393) {nm} Jan 03, 08:49
That wasn't a new phenomenon for 2009 by any means... Big Momma's House 2, Cloverfield, 27 Dresses, etc. {nm} Jan 03, 08:53
True, there may have been more than normal, but there have been lots of January hits over the past 6 years Jan 03, 08:54
The most interesting stat IMO is located on page 4 of the article ... Jan 03, 09:04
I'm not reading four pages of David's ramblings, thank you... that story could have been told in 500 words or less. {nm} Jan 03, 09:11
well that's not a very nice thing to say, Eddie. Jealous much? {nm} Jan 03, 11:32
Yeah, that's gotta be it, mud. Thanks for playing. {nm} Jan 03, 12:02