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*** Official Film Thread ***
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southstand1882
Mitchell Thomas
The Aggression Scale
linnet_spur
Pascal Chimbonda
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
The Avengers is the new king of the opening weekend.
The superhero movie grossed a unprecedented $200.3 million in its Friday-Sunday box-office debut, its studio estimated.
The film is the first to break $200 million in three days. It destroyed the mark held by the previous weekend record-holder, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
MOVIE REVIEW: The Avengers Is Simply Super
The Avengers started out big—taking in $18.7 million in midnight screenings—and got bigger: $80.5 million for all of Friday; $69.7 million on Saturday, a new record for that day; and, a projected $50.1 million on Sunday.
The film easily bested the opening-weekend performances of the Marvel Studios movies whose hero-stars were assembled for The Avengers: Iron Man ($99 million) and Iron Man 2 ($128 million); Thor ($66 million); and, Captain America ($65 million).
It blew away even the superhero-record $158.4 million posted by The Dark Knight, and raised the bar considerably for the Batman franchise's upcoming adventure, The Dark Knight Rises, due out July 20.
The Avengers made money the old-fashioned way: Everybody bought tickets.
The opening-weekend audience was evenly split between the young (under age 25) and the older (over age 25), polling data showed. It was watched by women (40 percent) almost as much as men. It worked as a date-night movie (55 percent of ticket-buyers were part of couples), and a family movie (24 percent were part of a family group).
And then there was perhaps the most quaint thing of all: People went to see it in 3-D.
The once-promising, then presumed-dead format represented slightly more than half of all ticket sales.
In IMAX, the movie grossed about $15 million, roughly tying it for that format's biggest-ever opening weekend.
"IMAX had one big issue," IMAX exec Greg Foster said in an email. "We ran out of seats to sell!"
The people who saw the movie liked the movie, and, if possible, liked it more than critics. The Joss Whedon-directed film was graded an A-plus by audiences.
After just over a week in release worldwide, The Avengers has grossed $641.8 million overall.
Elsewhere, there was no elsewhere. The Avengers outgrossed the weekend's second-place movie, Think Like a Man, which held well all things considered, by 2,500 percent, and the new Kate Hudson movie, A Little Bit of Heaven, which averaged $894 at 11 theaters, by $200.3 million.
Here's an Avengers-revised rundown of the top 10 all-time opening weekends, as compiled per BoxOfficeMojo.com stats:
The Avengers, $200.3 million
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, $169.2 million
The Dark Knight, $158.4 million
The Hunger Games, $152.5 million
Spider-Man 3, $151.1 million
The Twilight Saga: New Moon, $142.8 million
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1, $138.1 million
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, $135.6 million
Iron Man 2, $128.1 million
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, $125 million
Read more: http://uk.eonline.com/news/avengers_smashes_opening-weekend_record/314126#ixzz1uBizdxZB
The superhero movie grossed a unprecedented $200.3 million in its Friday-Sunday box-office debut, its studio estimated.
The film is the first to break $200 million in three days. It destroyed the mark held by the previous weekend record-holder, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
MOVIE REVIEW: The Avengers Is Simply Super
The Avengers started out big—taking in $18.7 million in midnight screenings—and got bigger: $80.5 million for all of Friday; $69.7 million on Saturday, a new record for that day; and, a projected $50.1 million on Sunday.
The film easily bested the opening-weekend performances of the Marvel Studios movies whose hero-stars were assembled for The Avengers: Iron Man ($99 million) and Iron Man 2 ($128 million); Thor ($66 million); and, Captain America ($65 million).
It blew away even the superhero-record $158.4 million posted by The Dark Knight, and raised the bar considerably for the Batman franchise's upcoming adventure, The Dark Knight Rises, due out July 20.
The Avengers made money the old-fashioned way: Everybody bought tickets.
The opening-weekend audience was evenly split between the young (under age 25) and the older (over age 25), polling data showed. It was watched by women (40 percent) almost as much as men. It worked as a date-night movie (55 percent of ticket-buyers were part of couples), and a family movie (24 percent were part of a family group).
And then there was perhaps the most quaint thing of all: People went to see it in 3-D.
The once-promising, then presumed-dead format represented slightly more than half of all ticket sales.
In IMAX, the movie grossed about $15 million, roughly tying it for that format's biggest-ever opening weekend.
"IMAX had one big issue," IMAX exec Greg Foster said in an email. "We ran out of seats to sell!"
The people who saw the movie liked the movie, and, if possible, liked it more than critics. The Joss Whedon-directed film was graded an A-plus by audiences.
After just over a week in release worldwide, The Avengers has grossed $641.8 million overall.
Elsewhere, there was no elsewhere. The Avengers outgrossed the weekend's second-place movie, Think Like a Man, which held well all things considered, by 2,500 percent, and the new Kate Hudson movie, A Little Bit of Heaven, which averaged $894 at 11 theaters, by $200.3 million.
Here's an Avengers-revised rundown of the top 10 all-time opening weekends, as compiled per BoxOfficeMojo.com stats:
The Avengers, $200.3 million
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, $169.2 million
The Dark Knight, $158.4 million
The Hunger Games, $152.5 million
Spider-Man 3, $151.1 million
The Twilight Saga: New Moon, $142.8 million
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1, $138.1 million
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, $135.6 million
Iron Man 2, $128.1 million
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, $125 million
Read more: http://uk.eonline.com/news/avengers_smashes_opening-weekend_record/314126#ixzz1uBizdxZB
southstand1882
Mitchell Thomas
if you're still looking for something entertaining
Can I recommend:
WALL-E
It is one of the best films I've seen in years!
Absolutely awesome
Great film! A lot of people I know didn't really give it a chance as the first 45minutes or so doesn't really have any speaking, but it's well worth sticking with!
Jurgen the German
Erik Thorstvedt
I liked WALL-E too. Bold move by Pixar to release a film for kids essentially that barely has any dialogue in it for the first half of the film.
Up is a great film too btw!
DHSF
Les Ferdinand
Is that the animated movie? Not for me but will give it a go. Not sure I trust ya though - your taste is worse than Linnets.
I did watch this means war today - brick film.
edgey-the-yid
Gheorge Popescu
Watched Hook today (step daughters choice not mine... Honest) cant believe that films 21yrs old!!!
JellySpur
Espen Baardsen
The Robert Downey Junior Sherlock films are simply balls, poor acting, directing and just doesn't really have anything that makes it a sherlock holmes film apart from the names, perhaps if it was a different name and characters it would be okay but, as it is it just seems to be hanging off the name and despite the brickyness of the films, this is proving successful, boggles the mind. I fell asleep in the cinema with Wall-e unfortunately, but I've watched it since and its fairly good.
DHSF
Les Ferdinand
JellySpur
Espen Baardsen
Forgot to quote ](*,) I have another post which i believe best sums up my fighting ability
DHSF
Les Ferdinand
well - lets see it big boy.
Cant wait. I will get my dumbbells out and work my nuts off. arrrgghhhhh. fudge SPURS V FULHAM - THIS IS BIGGER