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linky

thats a new record folks!

I reiterate my "Fuckin' A!" remark in another thread.

It beat out Spider-Man and Titanic?

Col. Crackpot wrote:linky

thats a new record folks!

Hmmm whos more trust worthy? that site or CNN? I was watching CNN about and hour ago and they said 20 million for thursday.

jegs2 wrote:It beat out Spider-Man and Titanic?

Titanic was outdone by Episode IV when it was re-released as the special edition in cinemas.

Laird wrote:

Col. Crackpot wrote:linky

thats a new record folks!

Hmmm whos more trust worthy? that site or CNN? I was watching CNN about and hour ago and they said 20 million for thursday.

"You underestimate the power of...CNN?"

I kid, I kid...

CNN has updated with the new numbers.

Linky

My reaction?

HOLY SHIT

Holy crap!

Laird wrote:

Col. Crackpot wrote:linky

thats a new record folks!

Hmmm whos more trust worthy? that site or CNN? I was watching CNN about and hour ago and they said 20 million for thursday.

$50 million is being confirmed by various other sources, including Box Office Mojo.

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:

Laird wrote:

Col. Crackpot wrote:linky

thats a new record folks!

Hmmm whos more trust worthy? that site or CNN? I was watching CNN about and hour ago and they said 20 million for thursday.

$50 million is being confirmed by various other sources, including Box Office Mojo.

CNN's article also holds it was $50 million on Thursday. I wonder what the total will be for the weekend.

Some are speculating as high as $150 by Saturday or Sunday.

jegs2 wrote:It beat out Spider-Man and Titanic?

The power of comics and famous tragedies are insignificant compared to the Force.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[Austin Powers] work your mojo, baby! [/austin powers]

it's nearest competetor is J-Lo's crapfest 'Monster in Law' at 1.4 million.

You know, I didn't even think about the international gross from yesterday. Factoring whatever that was, the film could have easily made more than $100 million on Thursday...

You know, I live in a not really big town (215.000) and we have a CineStar movie-palace, which has ~10 showings of Ep. III at a day.
I had to buy a ticket for Saturday, just to get a seat. I think that shows you how well the film has started. Oversea seem to be also strong.

jegs2 wrote:It beat out Spider-Man and Titanic?

I find your lack of faith disturbing...

Tribun wrote:You know, I live in a not really big town (215.000) and we have a CineStar movie-palace, which has ~10 showings of Ep. III at a day.
I had to buy a ticket for Saturday, just to get a seat. I think that shows you how well the film has started. Oversea seem to be also strong.

dubbed or subtitled?

Col. Crackpot wrote:

Tribun wrote:You know, I live in a not really big town (215.000) and we have a CineStar movie-palace, which has ~10 showings of Ep. III at a day.
I had to buy a ticket for Saturday, just to get a seat. I think that shows you how well the film has started. Oversea seem to be also strong.

dubbed or subtitled?

Of course dubbed.
In Germany, if you dare to bring a movie only with subtitles into the cinemas, you can be assured that it will be a financial desaster. We have a quite big industry here, to translate movies by dubbing the dialoge. People are used to high-quality dubbing.

Damn, that's fucking high. I wonder if it'll beat Spider-Man (114M) for highest opening weekend gross.

Tribun wrote:

Col. Crackpot wrote:

Tribun wrote:You know, I live in a not really big town (215.000) and we have a CineStar movie-palace, which has ~10 showings of Ep. III at a day.
I had to buy a ticket for Saturday, just to get a seat. I think that shows you how well the film has started. Oversea seem to be also strong.

dubbed or subtitled?

Of course dubbed.
In Germany, if you dare to bring a movie only with subtitles into the cinemas, you can be assured that it will be a financial desaster. We have a quite big industry here, to translate movies by dubbing the dialoge. People are used to high-quality dubbing.

Ugh. Live-action dubbing is a tragedy. German audiences won't go see a subtitled film?

Hell no.

Although foreign dubbing is often very accomplished.

observer_20000 wrote:Damn, that's fucking high. I wonder if it'll beat Spider-Man (114M) for highest opening weekend gross.

They're saying that it will beat the 4-day gross, but that it probably won't top the 3-day gross since it released on Thursday.

Joe wrote:

Tribun wrote:

Col. Crackpot wrote: dubbed or subtitled?

Of course dubbed.
In Germany, if you dare to bring a movie only with subtitles into the cinemas, you can be assured that it will be a financial desaster. We have a quite big industry here, to translate movies by dubbing the dialoge. People are used to high-quality dubbing.

Ugh. Live-action dubbing is a tragedy. German audiences won't go see a subtitled film?

Subtitled movies aren't popular at all. People want to see a movie in German, not in a foreign language many won't understand without subtitles...
Everything gets dubbed, though there are cinemas, which have original version-showings, so I can watch the original.
And sometimes, very, very, rarely, the dubbing is an improvement over the original version

The low standards us English-speakers are accustomed to seeing from dubs are apparently more a side-effect of how little money there is in importing foreign-language materials to English. After all, the only ones who want to watch say, anime, are kids who won't care and anime fans who've already seen it fansubbed and won't buy it on official release.

I asked a German girl I had a one-nighter with about German cinema and the thought of watching the films in English with German subtitles had never occured to her.

Ugh, I want more numbers, God damn it. It seems to take twice as long to get any numbers, with the international perspective being completely silent...