bjmdds wrote:TBM had it's earnings readjusted to $67.5 million in the USA, with a significant drop off Sunday as well. It did not beat TBU's opening and factoring in inflation, was not near topping it. We now await weekend two in the USA to see if this nonsense will last. Do you really believe the UK will do another $40 million just to tie CR, even with the increased screenings per day?
Its not the first time a Bond films opening in the US has been over estimated........1999's TWINE had an estimated opening of $37+ mil, which eventually came down to $35+ (if i remember off hand correctly).
Sundays seem to be always the big drop off days for action films for some reason.
The INT total has also been rounded down by a small margin as well.
Mind you, $3 mil over estimate in US is quite a bit, maybe everyone stayed at home for tea on Sunday afternoon.
Overall though its interesting to note that in comparison to TBU, QOS's theatre averages were still higher, and the film played in some 200 less cinemas, so it looks like the 2 films were pretty even.....taking all things into account.
The weekdays receipts for QOS in the US will be interesting, as this will provide us with how the film is being received by word of mouth.
This coming weekend, with 2 big wide releases against it..........i can see QOS dropping quite a lot, probably down 50% or more.........a total of $30-35 max would be my guess.
Thanksgiving weekend should help the film do strong business in its 3rd weekend, but after that we enter early December,
and i expect the films business to dwindle rapidly (the first 2-3 weeks of December is the kiss of death to most films at the BO).
From your point of view 'BJ'........i hear that Bond 23 will be back under the control of MGM, do you think that will have any
major impact on the way the Bond franchise is steered?
btw: we are all waiting for you to see your review of the film, if you can bring yourself to seeing it.............but i think you may need to mark it out of 100 not 10....to get a low enough figure.
AB
