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I saw SF drop but hold relatively strong into Christmas (which is traditional for Bond). So it would be good if it could be in decent, pricey theatres come Christmas.
I want EON to fail? What are you on?
I want Spectre to be the best Bond ever (which it could be potentially) and make 1.5 billion (which it should).
And what has this to do with SW being named as potential threat to SP (which I don't believe)
Yes, Thanksgiving week and Christmas/New Years are big BO periods in the NA market. There is so much competition for screens with the tons of Christmas time releases and hold overs, SP needs to really do well early, and also exhibit good legs to hold on to as many theaters as SF did during the critical 2 wk Christmas period.
This US chart of SF's daily BO shows what great legs SF had for months.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=bond23.htm
Ooowh, I know that chart. It sure had great legs. But it's not just because of outside factors. SF itself, and I still think many underestimate that, was embraced much more by the public than QOS and even CR. It was an a-typical Bond film. It drew in audiences that normally didn't go see a Bond film.
That same audience still exist. Just look at TDK and its follow-up TDKR. The latter was critically a success too, but will never get the 'evergreen' status that TDK had. Still, it grossed more money than TDK.
Regarding SP vs. SW: The gap between the premieres of these two films is a whopping 6 weeks.
SF vs. "The Hobbit" then. That gap was 5 weeks. And until 18th of December SF already earned $274 Million. I can't seem to see why SP can do that as well....or even more if the theatre count in the US is more.
http://austinmarion.hubpages.com/hub/Spectra-Early-Box-Office-Projections
He's predicting more or less the same as what I am predicting :-). Thanks for the link @ChampionAlonso ;-):
and
And he predicts a worldwide gross of between $1.0 Billion and $1.3 Billion.
Same here. I think this is where it will end up, give or take about $50m.
But really, try to see this film from the perspective of a 9-year old guys! I can understand why families loved this film. It was thrilling, exciting, from a young man's viewpoint! It's not too horrific at all. It actually never gets too gory. Instead, we have this wonderful charismatic Chris Pratt! I loved him, and he's a hot candidate to play Indy Jones now. Really the American Daniel Craig so to say :-)!
Nah, I understand completely why this has been such an insane box office hit. People got a bit tired of the comic book genre. And whereas parents get a bit of a retro-vibe with this film, youngsters don't know that! They probably have never seen the first 1993 "Jurassic Park". I say: BRAVO Universal!
The fact they've never seen the original Jurassic Park (you're probably right about that) is the most depressing aspect of this. It was like nothing else when it came out, but JW is a reheated reworking, that is ultimately a less engaging movie. Sure, it's frivolous and fun, but it adds nothing to the JP mythos. It's like kids that haven't seen the original Karate Kid, only the one with Will Smith's kid. They should be put down. (Joke).
Or some of the punk SF fans who haven't had the privilege (or decency) to sit through an early Sean Connery Bond film.
01. --> $ 1,655,908,885: "Jurassic World" (Production budget: $ 215 Million. Now the highest grossing film of 2015, 3rd highest grossing film ever)??)
$ 648,908,885: Box office USA
$ 228,740,000: Box office China
$ 778,260,000: Rest of the world
02. --> $ 1,514,641,792: "Furious 7" (Production budget: $ 275 Million. They just passed "The Avengers" in The 5th highest grossing film on the 'All Time Global Box Office Ranking'.)
$ 352,600,000: Box office USA
$ 390,910,000: Box office China
$ 771,131,792: Rest of the world
03. --> $ 1,402,382,882: "Avengers 2: Age Of Ultron" (Production budget: $ 340 Million. Now the 6th film in the global 'All Time' ranking!)
$ 458,582,882: Box office USA
$ 240,110,000: Box office China
$ 703,690,000: Rest of the world
04. --> $ 1,080,140,785: "Minions" (Production budget: $ 150 Million. Passed "Despicable Me 2"s global box office of $ 970 Million. Is now the 4th '1 Billion Dollar' film of 2015)
$ 331,586,135: Box office USA
*not opened yet in China*
$ 748,554,650: Rest of the world
And let's not forget the "Spy Films" of 2015! Now with updated figures on "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and "M:I 5 - Rogue Nation":
06. --> $ 612,922,923: "Mission: Impossible 5 - Rogue Nation" (Production budget: $ 200 Million. So far slightly less succesful than "M:I 4 - Ghost Protocol", at least in the USA. But that will change with China. Movie now will soar past the $ 750 Million globally)
$ 188,122,923: Box office USA
$ 086,000,000: Box office China
$ 338,800,000: Rest of the world
11. --> $ 408,307,715: "Kingsman: The Secret Service" (Production budget: $ 115 Million. The surprise box office hit of 2015. Over the past four weeks it still earned money: $ 2 Million)
$ 128,261,724: Box office USA
$ 074,667,000: Box office China
$ 205,378,991: Rest of the world
15. --> $ 328,130,237: "Taken 3" (Production budget: $ 83 Million. Not as succesful as "Taken 2", but still grossing well past the $ 300 Million)
$ 089,256,424: Box office USA
$ 032,200,000: Box office China
$ 206,673,813: Rest of the world
20. --> $ 236,156,825 : "Spy" (Production budget: $ 100 Million. Most succesful film ever featuring Melissa McCarthy. Brought in another $ 2 Million over the past four weeks)
$ 110,648,785: Box office USA
*not opened yet in China*
$ 125,508,040: Rest of the world
37. --> $ 095,001,801 : "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." (Production budget: $ 120 Million. Too early to call it a flop, as the foreign roll-out is just taking place)
$ 043,101,801 : Box office USA
*not opened yet in China*
$ 051,900,000: Rest of the world
65. --> $ 030,418,560: "Mortdecai" (Production budget: $ 85 Million. Call it a funnier spoof of "Ocean's Eleven" and "The Saint". But, a big flop)
$ 007,696,134 : Box office USA
$ 003,530,000: Box office China
$ 019,192,426: Rest of the world
77. --> $ 019,228,339: "Blackhat" (Production budget: $ 100 Million. And therefore one of the biggest flops of 2015. Entire budget is lost)
$ 007,889,395: Box office USA
*not opened yet in China*
$ 011,338,944: Rest of the world
88. --> $ 015,569,265: "The Gunman" (Production budget: $ 60 Million. Even a star cast containing Sean Penn, Javier Bardem and Idris Elba couldn't help this film)
$ 010,664,749: Box office USA
*not opened yet in China*
$ 004,904,516: Rest of the world
With 3 more movies that will be certain one billion dollar films it is indeed.
The Good Dinosaur
Spectre
Star Wars
Roger Moore : The Spy Who Loved Me v's Star Wars
Octopusssy v's Return The Jedi v's Never Say Never Again
Sean Connery : Never Say Never Again (non EON) v's Return of The Jedi
Pierce Brosnan : Tomorrow Never Dies v's Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back and Return of The Jedi (special editions)
Die Another Day v's The Phantom Menace
Daniel Craig : Spectre v's Star Wars: The Force Awakens
STAR WARS versus BOND AT THE BOX OFFICE
ON THE 7TH AUGUST 1977 TSWLM KICKED STAR WARS OUT OF THE NUMBER ONE SPOT IN ITS 11TH WEEKEND at the American box office….WITH 6,675,314 US DOLLARS
SPECTRE has plenty of time before the new Star Wars film arrives to make an impact at the US box office. World wide I think SP will go higher than SF.
Agreed. I don't know how anyone over the age of 24 hasn't seen the original JP. Some of the beats JW aped from JP would have totally been lost on them. JP is a classic and I dare say it was probably Spielberg's last Spielbergy movie.
I have to disagree with you there. I thought the movie did.
But I do think "SPECTRE" has a chance to reach the billion dollar mark. But it will have stiff competition against "THE FORCE AWAKENS".
What do you think it added?
I wouldn't be too sure of that.
With youths (under 25 I'd say) the magic word is NEW CONTENT, that's all what matters.
They don't buy Blu-rays or DVD's, they download and mostly without paying.
With music it's even worse, only NEW CONTENT counts. Music is a throw-away item for this generation. And to pay for a single album or song is a concept that is alien to them.
I am speaking in general here. Of course there are exceptions. If someone happens to become a real fan of movies or music they'll search for the "old" stuff.
That's not true. When "Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens" opens on December 18th, "SPECTRE" is already in cinema's for more than 6 weeks. During those 6 weeks the film will earn 90% or more of its entire run in the USA. After 6 weeks in cinema's in the North-America, "Skyfall" earned $275 Million. During the end of its run (March 2013) "Skyfall" stood at $304 Million.
Combined with a much higher theatre count as opposed to "Skyfall", I could see "SPECTRE" hitting the $300 Million one day before the premiere of "SW". So again, all that 'Star Wars fear' is a bit of nonsense really. In fact, "SPECTRE" has got the chance of hitting nr. 1 again early December.
My Skyfall IMAX ticket was £15, Spectre IMAX tickets cost £22.
Exactly my friend!
That's why the only measure of success with a movie is the number of tickets sold.
Why the US is still holding on to revenue as the measure of success of movies escapes me totally.
In Germany/Austria/Switzerland movies are measured by number of tickets sold and not Box Office revenue.
If you look at the Bond movies since 1995 it gives a quite different perspective on success.
GE to QOS were all more or less on the same level with GE and DAD doing better than CR or QOS only Skyfall did considerably better.
Interesting @BondJasonBond006 . It's a fact I rarely look at. Do you have a comparison chart of the number of tickets sold in your country from GE to SF?