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The last 2 weekends just proved that January isn't a dumping ground anymore.
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Originally posted by KeirGrey
Looks like you were right ! But I feel like it has a lot of other fActors going for it that 'Lone Survivor' didn't have aside from star power.
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I told you. Bradley has built enough hype during these past couple years. He's been up for an Oscar three times this decade, unlike Walhberg. He could end up being bigger than Mark.
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Originally posted by abrahamjmr
I told you. Bradley has built enough hype during these past couple years. He's been up for an Oscar three times this decade, unlike Walhberg. He could end up being bigger than Mark.
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I know this is beside the point, but Bradley cooper may just be the most overrated actor of the decade. I cannot believe he has 3 oscar nominations whilst Jake Gyllenhall has just 1.
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woo lord
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4004&p=.htm
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he Top 12 earned an estimated $184.6 million this weekend, which is up 20 percent from the same frame last year.
American Sniper's $89.5 million opening ranks 41st all-time, which puts it in the same ballpark as last year's crop of superhero movies (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past and Guardians of the Galaxy). Considering Sniper didn't have the advantage of 3D pricing, it's likely that it actually sold more tickets than any of those movies.
Over the four-day weekend, American Sniper earned an estimated $105.3 million. That's over twice as big as the previous MLK weekend record, which was set by Ride Along last year.
Heading in to the weekend, the best comparable title for American Sniper seemed to be Lone Survivor. Both movies were true stories set during our recent conflicts in the Middle East, and both featured an A-list star (Mark Wahlberg, Bradley Cooper) playing a Navy SEAL. Each movie also arrived in theaters after the conflicts had drawn to an end, and each movie focused on the brave soldiers involved instead of the contentious politics behind them.
What, then, explains the $50 million difference between American Sniper's $89.5 million and Lone Survivor's $37.8 million? American Sniper probably got a bit of a boost from stronger reviews, a slew of Oscar nominations (six, including Best Picture), and director Clint Eastwood's brand. Also, it's possible that in the year since Lone Survivor opened, audiences have become even more comfortable with the notion of watching a movie set in Iraq or Afghanistan.
The key difference could be that Lone Survivor was set entirely in Afghanistan, whereas American Sniper had one foot in Iraq and one foot at home. Marketing mixed imagery of the title character entrenched in a war zone with shots of him stateside with his family, and many previews culminated with an emotional phone call from battle in which he declares "I'm ready to come home." This humanized the character, and made him extremely relatable to current and former troops and their family members.
American Sniper's audience was 57 percent male and 63 percent over the age of 25. The movie earned an estimated $11.5 million in IMAX, which is a record for an R-rated movie. It received a rare "A+" CinemaScore, which suggests that word-of-mouth will be through the roof. Look for American Sniper to wrap up with at least $250 million, maybe quite a bit more.
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Opening at 2,567 theaters, Blackhat earned a miniscule $3.8 million this weekend. That's director Michael Mann's lowest opening since Manhunter in 1986. It's also one of the worst debuts ever for a movie playing in over 2,500 locations.
This terrible debut can be attributed partly to the enormous strength of American Sniper, which was a far more appealing option for people looking for adults looking for an R-rated action movie. Even without Sniper, though, Blackhat was going to have a tough time: the look of it seemed off (Mann's trademark style was an odd fit) and it was really tough to buy "Sexiest Man Alive" Chris Hemsworth as "a Blackhat hacker named Hathaway."
With poor reviews and weak word-of-mouth ("C-" CinemaScore), this movie is going to fall of quickly from here; it wouldn't be surprising if this fell short of $10 million total.
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$70 million
Box office $6.6 million
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Poor Chris, he seemed so proud about it.
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Originally posted by KeirGrey
I know this is beside the point, but Bradley cooper may just be the most overrated actor of the decade. I cannot believe he has 3 oscar nominations whilst Jake Gyllenhall has just 1.
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Don't be so hard on him, he's a great actor.
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Originally posted by abrahamjmr
Don't be so hard on him, he's a great actor.
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He has come a long way from his Alias days (was not a fan of him at all).
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Originally posted by L/\DY G/\G/\
He has come a long way from his Alias days (was not a fan of him at all).
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Definitely. Ever since he did Silver Lining Playbook, he's been improving as an actor. He may not deserve to win an Oscar this year, but he will someday.
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American Sniper snatching wigs like that
And I think Bradley is great. He keeps getting better and he'll win someday.
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Even though Hangover 2's 4-day-gross was $10+ mil ahead and Matrix 2's 4-day-gross was $20+ mil ahead, looks like American Sniper will take the title of highest R-rated 10-day-gross thanks to a much smaller drop...
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Forecast (Jan. 23-25)
1. American Sniper - $56 million (-37%)
2. The Boy Next Door - $18 million
3. Paddington - $13.1 million (-31%)
4. The Wedding Ringer - $10.7 million (-48%)
5. Mortdecai - $7.5 million (Poor Johnny, flop after flop ever since Dark Shadows). ![JonnyϟLightning](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRL_Smilies_All/atrlers/jonny_zpsc73391c5.png)
6. Strange Magic - $6 million
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From Deadline:
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UPDATE, 12:57PM: Noon industry estimates are flying in, and Warner Bros. American Sniper is looking at setting another enormous weekend with a projected $59.3M. That’s the second highest weekend ever for a film in January, after Sniper‘s gigantic FSS of $89.3M. Friday alone looks to be $17.45M, which is just under what the Clint Eastwood film posted on MLK Monday ($17.9M). Universal’s Blumhouse thriller The Boy Next Door is looking quite sexy at No. 2. The $4M film is on a track to make $16.5M and a potential $6M Friday. After that last weekend’s holdovers Paddington, The Wedding Ringer are eyeing spots three and four with respective estimated weekend takes of $12.5M and $11M. Taken 3 in its third weekend is looking at $7.05M with a $2M Friday, raising its cume on Sunday to about $75.5M. It’s not quite certain exactly where newcomers Disney’s Strange Magic and Lionsgate’s Mortdecai will rank. Strange Magic is being estimated at $1.5M for Friday and a $6M weekend, while the Johnny Depp absurdist R-rated comedy is looking at $2M today with $5.8M for the weekend.
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Johnny
And American Sniper has a chance to pass Mockingjay to become the biggest movie of 2014. Absurd.
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Poor johnny he's so over outside of pirates
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Johnny Depp's budgets vs. box office in the last 10 yrs (A x3 is considered good.):
Rum Diary x0.5
Transcendence x1
Lone Ranger x1.2
Dark Shadows x1.6
Rango x1.8
Imaginarium & Public Enemies x2.1
The Tourist x2.8
Corpse Bride x2.9
Sweeney Todd x3.1
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory x3.2
Pirates x3.2
Pirates x4.2
Pirates x4.7
Alice x5.1
Welp, as long as he keeps doing Pirates he'll get those paychecks. I wonder how well Alice 2 will do though given how many people I know who didn't actually like Alice that much.
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Didn' the Rum Diaries flop as well? I think he just picks bad films.
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Weekend Projections
1. American Sniper - $65 million
2. The Boy Next Door - $16 million
3. Paddington - $12 million
4. Wedding Ringer - $11 million
-. Strange Magic - $4.8 million
-. Mortdecai - $4.3 million
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The Boy Next Door was really good! Loved it! SO GOOD it is making money
The Depp film is just.....I can't believe Gwyneth would do a movie like that!
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Johnny Depp always plays the same type of roles. He needs to reinvent himself.
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Aw poor Johnny ![toofunny2](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRL_Smilies_All/faces/toofunny2_zpsb54f2d2d.gif) Cake is flopping as well apparently..
But damn that American Sniper reign just won't let up, those numbers ![JonnyϟLightning](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRL_Smilies_All/atrlers/jonny_zpsc73391c5.png)
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