Box Office Fallout: Dec. 7-9.

Posted by Sensei White Lotus On December 10, 2012 4 COMMENTS

Many film call streaks wrecked last weekend. Does one carry “call streak” insurance??? 

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Bond Wins, Streak Hits 11
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Keeping with Sensei can be tough. Nevertheless, in the end, the call streak continues…


Weekend Results…

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1. Skyfall - 10.5 Million. Actual: 10.7 Million.

Sensei’s streak of calling the correct #1 film hits 11 straight weeks.

2. Rise of the Guardians - 9.2 Million. Actual: 10.4 Million.

3. Lincoln – 9 Million. Actual: #4 with 8.9 Million.

4. Twilight: BD Part Two - 8.5 Million. Actual: #3 with 9.1 Million.

5. Life of Pi - 8 Million. Actual: 8.3 Million.

#. Playing For Keeps - 5 Million - Actual: 5.7 Million - Bonus Call

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Analysis…

Solid prediction week. Guesses on who would take the top spot were all over the place. In the end, only a few film sites had the right call (including this one). Skyfall joins Argo in being the only Fall films that rose to the top spot, despite opening weeks earlier.
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Turned out to very close on the numbers except for Rise Of The Guardians which came in over a million higher. I know, seriously, I’m going to get worked up over such small numbers? Well, I’m a perfectionist, it seems.
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Lincoln did pull within shouting distance of the 100 million domestic mark (97 million).
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As predicted, Playing For Keep’s ended up with What’s Your Number-like opening. Number opened to 5.4 million last year and Keeps wasn’t far ahead with a 5.7 million opening. What was the film’s problems? Honestly, it just wasn’t the best opening date and critical reviews were simply terrible. This week, finally, we get The Hobbit.
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Until then,

Sensei White Lotus

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4 Responses so far.

  1. Box Office Predictions: ‘The Hobbit’ Rises, ‘Avatar’ Falls | Tony Johnson says:
    December 14, 2012 at 11:11 am

    [...] Matters! (To me) Skip to content HomeAbout MeShopping Sensei’s call streak hit eleven weeks last week. This week, how high can “The Hobbit” climb? Sensei’s weekend predictions and [...]

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  2. Box Office Predictions: 'The Hobbit' Rises, 'Avatar' Falls | Vision America says:
    December 14, 2012 at 7:11 am

    [...] call streak hit eleven weeks last week. This week, how high can “The Hobbit” [...]

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  3. Steel Priest says:
    December 10, 2012 at 6:08 pm

    NEWS FLASH: Pitt movie finally breaks $10 mil. mark…over a week from opening.

    But here’s what’s weird; According to Boxoffice Mojo “Guardians” won the weekend, with “Skyfall” coming in second. And they have “Lincoln” barely in the top 5. Go figure.

    So…okay…everyone knows that “Hobbit” will slaughter everything else at the boxoffice this weekend, but do they actually think that by waiting one week “Reacher” will gain any traction over “Hobbit”?

    Hardly family Christmas fare, as hard as they are pushing “Reacher” in P&A?…I think cruise & company is in for a large disappointment.

    Coz expecting the “Hobbit” to cool down enough after one week to make room for Tom’s latest effort is like like expecting scientology allowing you to keep your money. Just doesn’t happen.

    Of course the one good thing that could happen is that people will buy tickets to “Reacher” because “Hobbit” is sold out for the next two weeks.

    Hey…*shrug*…any excuse for popcorn with partially hygrogenated, butter-flavored artery cloggers on it will do. Even a Cruise movie.

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