'Chronicle' Tops Record-Breaking Super Bowl Weekend
The well-received, and highly-buzzed action drama defies all odds and heats up box-office. The found footage sub-genre is estimated to cash in more than 22 million over the Super Bowl weekend, which usually hurts a lot on teenage-targeted movies' box-office, and creates strong word-of-mouth over not only critics, but also regular moviegoers that 15,350 Flixster users have combined to give a 82% approval rating. However, the preternatural woman will try to catch up on the superpower teens in tandem. The Daniel Radcliffe vehicled 'The Woman in Black' will likely to settle in second with only a mere 1 million in short. 'The Woman in Black' is set to score a higher than expected 21 million.The fact that both 'Chronicle' and 'The Woman in Black' finish with over $20 million represents the first time in history two movies have opened above that mark over Super Bowl weekend.
'Chronicle' is a great manipulation on the overdone "superhero" cliche. Make sure to check it out !
Isn't it only Saturday? How do these articles predict a $700,000 difference based just on Friday sales?!
The author, Phil Contrino, is actually a market analyst, and he has his own model and empirical statistics to do the prediction based on Friday and pre-sales gross.
However, those numbers will be a rough calculate. And as he says in the article: "the victory will be decided based on which film is hurt less by the Super Bowl telecast(Sunday)."
Studios estimations are in. Both 'Chronicle' and 'The Women in Black' have performed exceptionally well
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Chronicle is currently in first place with an estimate of $22 million, but that could easily change tomorrow when weekend actuals are released. The sci-fi flick managed $8.625 million on Friday and $10.200 million on Saturday—a 16% increase. 20th Century Fox estimates that Chronicle will bring in $3.175 million today. 61% of the film's audience is under 25 year old, and 55% is male. More than 15,300 Flixster users have combined to give Chronicle a solid 82% approval rating.
CBS Films estimates that The Woman in Black is poised for $21 million during its debut frame. The thriller roped in $8.300 million on Friday and $9.545 million on Saturday—a 15% increase. CBS has Woman in Black pegged for $3.155 million today. 57% of Woman in Black's audience is under 25, and 59% is female. The fact that the Daniel Radcliffe vehicle appeals more to females could help it perform above expectations today considering that female-skewing flicks tend to hold up better on Super Bowl Sunday. More than 17,700 Flixster users have combined to give Woman in Black a slightly disconcerting 73% approval rating.
'Chronicle' gets an average B, and 'The Woman in Black' gets a lackluster B-
On other platforms, Flixster users gave 'Chronicle' a 82% approval rating, and issued a disconcerting 70% toward 'The Woman in Black'. However, they call it a tie with 7.5/10 and 7.4/10 rated by Imdb users
