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Why I don't think randos should write about box office: “A Quiet Place: Day One” and last weekend’s “Twisters” far exceeded their estimates

Posted by: TheWeekendWarrior on Jul 25, 07:30 in response to Antibody's post NYT: The Inexact Science of Box Office Projections. How...

Really? A Quiet Place only opened with a few million more than the first A Quiet Place did and slightly more than Part II at the height of COVID,  and it might not gross as much domestically as either the previous movie. Not sure I'd call that "exceeding estimates"

NYT: The Inexact Science of Box Office Projections. How Does Tracking Work? Antibody Jul 24, 19:23

Why I don't think randos should write about box office: “A Quiet Place: Day One” and last weekend’s “Twisters” far exceeded their estimates TheWeekendWarrior Jul 25, 07:30

The second half of above is a quote from the NYT article. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jul 25, 07:31





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