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Originally posted by britronstar
Dear, even if 2nd weekend sales have dropped 60% , Deathly hallows 1 had a better run during the weekdays than it's predecessor... It's just normal for a weekend to have lower sales if the weekdays fare better than expected... Weekends matter but if it's been buffered by the weekdays, it's goin to be just fine...
And dear, films are a lot more difficult to predict its gross projections as it has more factors to consider unlike music,videogame softwares, hardwares etc... Even movie experts can get it wrong...
And pls... Even if Harry Potter fails domestically, it won't internationally...  I don't even consider the former as shown by the numbers...  |
Yes, of course it had better weekdays than HBP did --
its first set of weekdays coincided with Thangsgiving break. Holiday weekdays are always more lucrative than summer weekdays because even adults take days off from work.
But this is a moot point, because at no point have I even come close to suggesting that DH1
failed domestically. I was merely pointing out that its weekend drop was not "good" by any normal standard and provided objective evidence in support of the same. The movie was always going to be a $300m+ contender.
And I would say that once a film opens it is far easier to predict its final gross than you can predict an album's final cume based on its opening. Talk about variables, an album basically has 3-4 new lives that it can spring based on how its singles are received by the public. An album can sell successfully for over a year, whereas a film's box office run is typically determined/finished after a couple months.
