The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......

[Omega]

NM sticking at 3rd with $569k . Has more momentum than I thought it would at this point even if the numbers are small

[kater23]

Me and one of my twitter friends are both reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman(popping my Gaiman cherry BTW-the first book of his I've read) and we're both at roughly the same part of the book. It's a lot of fun.

I've finished this one the other night. What an odd story. I don't know if it is the 10th anniversary adding edited portions back or if it was always disjointed as a book.
What kept me from back was [spoil]his dead wife visiting the hotel[/spoil], something about the situation was too vivid for me, hit home and kept me away .

Stardust was better, althou it is a different kind of story.

I want to read pretty much everything Gaiman's read now. I can SO see how American Gods would not to be everyone's taste I have Neverwhere on my "to-read" list. I'm currently reading Outlander and I really like it.

[Blowfeld]

Me and one of my twitter friends are both reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman(popping my Gaiman cherry BTW-the first book of his I've read) and we're both at roughly the same part of the book. It's a lot of fun.

I've finished this one the other night. What an odd story. I don't know if it is the 10th anniversary adding edited portions back or if it was always disjointed as a book.
What kept me from back was [spoil]his dead wife visiting the hotel[/spoil], something about the situation was too vivid for me, hit home and kept me away .

Stardust was better, althou it is a different kind of story.

I want to read pretty much everything Gaiman's read now. I can SO see how American Gods would not to be everyone's taste I have Neverwhere on my "to-read" list. I'm currently reading Outlander and I really like it.

Gaiman is a interesting writer. While I enjoyed American Gods, I wonder if the special edition with 12,000 more words jumbled the context of the story. It is the kind of story that needs Tim Burton or Terry Gilliam to make a movie out of it. HBO wanted to make a series out of it then dropped it, Starz picked it up. Note to Starz; Please get Anthony Hopkins if at all possible

One idea I truly appreciated was the native Gods already in America before the new world was settled.

BTW I'd like to try the American Gods road tip!

[kater23]

One of my friends is actually going to The House On The Rock(she lives in Chicago so it's not that far)

on a unrelated note..I've just read that Richard Kiel died.

[John P. Drake]

I've just read that Richard Kiel died.

That was uncalled for. May peace be with him.

[kater23]

Didn't mean it in a disrespectful way Happened to see the news as I was typing that post.

[John P. Drake]

Didn't mean it in a disrespectful way Happened to see the news as I was typing that post.

No no no, you got me wrong, Kater. I meant the news was definitely unexpected. It's sad he is no longer with us.
Apologies for having you misled.

[bjmdds]

Too bad. Another one bites the proverbial dust and the precious thing we know as life is appreciated more and more as the greatest gift imaginable.............NM was still in third place on Wednesday, and is only contracting down 74 theatres on weekend number 3 to 2702, which is good. It will still be playing in over 2700 theatres in the USA. Let's see if it remains in the top 5 or 6 weekend 3

[Blowfeld]

One of my friends is actually going to The House On The Rock(she lives in Chicago so it's not that far)

on a unrelated note..I've just read that Richard Kiel died.

I had not heard of The House on the Rock before the book.

[kater23]

The House On The Rock was a new one on me, but reading Gaiman's description, I'm fascinated. It kinda sounds like a Midwestern version of the Winchester House. I'd love to do a "Odd"road trip-hit up places like that-go to New Orleans and do voodoo tours of the French Quarter,the Coral Castle and Weeki Watchee in Florida.. among others.

[FormerBondFan]

I know it must be tough being a giant, but Richard Kiel being no longer with us is hard to believe.

[Omega]

NM stay at number 3 with $398k, if it can hold this week end at a decent amount I'll consider it successfully beating the odds

[bjmdds]

http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/ November Man is in 8th place, still in the top 10. It's over $20 million now. There are 4 new releases in the top 4. Of the holdovers, NM is 4th..........Deadline.com: 8th place: The November Man 2,702 theaters / $835K Fri. / 3-day cume: $2.78M / Total cume: $22.5 / Wk 3

[FormerBondFan]

I wonder NM's domestic gross will reach $25 million.

[bjmdds]

It will. It will be close to $23 million by Monday morning. Where are the international dates already?

[FormerBondFan]

It will. It will be close to $23 million by Monday morning.

What about $30 million? Or that may be pushing it.

Where are the international dates already?

Here's what we have:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402157/releaseinfo

[Kristatos]

It seems it's being released everywhere except Brozza's home turf (the UK and Ireland are treated as a single territory for box office purposes).

[bjmdds]

It will. It will be close to $23 million by Monday morning.

What about $30 million? Or that may be pushing it.

Where are the international dates already?

Here's what we have:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402157/releaseinfo

If it can average $250,000 per day in the USA on Monday-Thursday the next 3 weeks, plus add on 3 weekends of running it, I think it could top $30 million. It seems to have a steady, mid-week amount of people who seem to be eventually getting out to see it. Where are the international returns so far since it has opened overseas already?

[Omega]

It will do $25 easy $30 I'm not so sure.

The foreign BO isn't much right now.

[bjmdds]

The sequel should be PG-13 to get younger audiences.........Bond 24 Will Start Shooting On December 6th. Most of the filming is set to take place in Pinewood Studios in England, but there will also reportedly be shooting done in Austria, Rome, and possibly Morocco.