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Author Topic: Little Fockers predicted to hit $65 mil. WTF? Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-21-2010 09:40 PM                        Boxoffice is predicting that Little Fockers will do $65 million from Dec. 22-26. Anybody think that'll really happen? I think it'll be pretty good but I don't think it's gonna be THAT good. (If it is that good, I'll wish we had opened it!)  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-21-2010 10:27 PM                     Did they specify the years involved...perhaps they are including the 12 or so months between those dates and allowing for video sales/rentals too!  |  IP: Logged Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 12-21-2010 11:37 PM                     This film will make probably 30-40 Million in that time frame. As bad as it is, it will bring in people on name alone. I don't think it'll get good word of mouth but it will do decent over the extended weekend.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 12-22-2010 12:40 AM                     Ya, DVD/BR sales will make up the expected gross and then some ... as what ususally happens nowdays...  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 12-22-2010 01:14 AM                    Not out of reach. TRON will hit $100 by next Tuesday.  |  IP: Logged Jake Spell Master Film Handler Posts: 294 From: Johns Island SC Registered: May 2009 posted 12-22-2010 01:24 AM                     Tron is in 3D  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 12-22-2010 01:27 AM                    quote: Mike Blakesley Anybody think that'll really happen? There has not been a blockbuster comedy for a while. Parents grossed $166m Fockers grossed $274m  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-22-2010 10:55 AM                        Tron has nothing to do with this topic. And, who gives a crap about the grand total? I was asking about the first 5 days. I think 40-ish is a lot more reasonable guess, but B.O.'s predictions are usually pretty close.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-22-2010 11:39 AM                     Little Fockers might do good business over the long Christmas holiday weekend. With it registering a horrible 7% rating at Rotten Tomatoes the drop in business on its 2nd weekend (over New Year's Day) could be pretty bad. I already had the "meh, I'll wait for it on HBO" attitude. And that was before seeing the shitty Rotten Tomatoes score.  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 12-22-2010 01:06 PM                        I would not at all be surprised to see Fockers hit $65 mil over the holiday weekend. Not a dime of it is coming from me, though.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 12-22-2010 02:11 PM                    It will draw families and it is not in 3-D so the families will be able to afford it. It has the potential do do the 65 million regardless of what type of reviews it is getting. It's competition this week is True Grit and it is not really family friendly at all. It's a good movie but not at the family level. On Christmas day you have Gulliver's Travels and that looks like a 3-D piece of .  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-22-2010 04:26 PM                     True Grit? Not family friendly? Why, it's rated PG-13 and has no bare breasts swaying out there on display! That immediately makes it family friendly! What's the matter with a little bit of cowboy gun play? The kiddies are probably playing "Red Dead: Redeption" on their XBox360 and PS3 consoles at home! Seriously, just going by RT ratings, Fockers at 7% and True Grit at 97%, I'm more likely to check out the western. But that's just me. Hell, I might see that marginal Tron sequel just for the spectacle (which seems to be pretty much the only point of that movie anyway).  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-22-2010 07:05 PM                        quote: Darryl Spicer It will draw families and it is not in 3-D so the families will be able to afford it. The trailer has more than enough sex-related humor in it to make a Mom uncomfortable. (If anything it will hurt attendance.) I have a feeling the family crowd will be disappointed.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-26-2010 09:00 PM                        quote: I think 40-ish is a lot more reasonable guess, Well I was pretty close it turns out. $33 mil for the weekend, $48M for the 5-days. Not such a happy new year for Universal, although Disney shouldn't feel too bad -- they knocked one out of the park with Tangled.  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 12-27-2010 11:27 AM                        I stopped by the Moore Warren last night to see "True Grit", not realizing so many people had Monday off...and it was sold out. As was "Little Fockers", "Tron", "Tangled", and "Narnia". I was surprised by "Tangled" and "Narnia".  |  IP: Logged

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