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Post by piglet on Dec 28, 2013 18:56:05 GMT -5
thanks, shaolin. Oh, the spin has started. Near NC-17 rating, heartland resistance to content, long running time. They didn't know all these things a week ago? And will it make $20M, with such a low Friday number? The film might not make it to $90M now. All the new releases in the states were low on Friday. I didn't think this film would do well in the heartland though.
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Post by shaolin1990 on Dec 29, 2013 12:06:29 GMT -5
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Post by shaolin1990 on Dec 29, 2013 14:13:48 GMT -5
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Post by will on Jan 4, 2014 19:20:33 GMT -5
Wolf made $4.3M on Friday, which could mean a weekend of $13M. From tweets I see, this weekend appears to be going smoother than the previous one.
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Post by piglet on Jan 4, 2014 20:30:35 GMT -5
Wolf made $4.3M on Friday, which could mean a weekend of $13M. From tweets I see, this weekend appears to be going smoother than the previous one. I was surprised to see the other day that WOW moved up from #5 to #3.
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Post by will on Jan 4, 2014 21:16:35 GMT -5
Yes, that was good. Though, it's the newest of the other films, so I don't know if it will keep its Friday position until the end of the weekend.
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Post by shaolin1990 on Jan 5, 2014 12:22:39 GMT -5
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Post by shaolin1990 on Jan 5, 2014 14:41:31 GMT -5
‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Gets Box-Office Boost From War of Words Paramount says it embraced the dialogue, and Martin Scorsese’s explicit and edgy black comedy posts a better-than-expected second week The controversy over “The Wolf of Wall Street” appears to have helped it at the box office. Director Martin Scorsese’s R-rated black comedy starring Leonardo DiCaprio finished a solid fourth this weekend with $13.5 million on 2,557 theaters. That’s only a 28 percent drop from the $18.3 million first weekend for “Wolf,” and encouraging news for distributor Paramount, since a 50 percent hold is considered good and the severe weather on the East Coast probably cost it another million dollars. The R-rated film’s explicit portrayal of the sex-and-drugs-fueled 1980s stock market boom has divided moviegoers, and the “C” CiinemaScore that it received after its opening made its long-term playability a question mark. But the strong second week suggests the emotional discussions – centering on whether it glorifies the lifestyle of DiCaprio’s character based on real-life stockbroker Justin Belfort – aren’t hurting and may actually help it.” “We embraced the controversy and dialogue, because ultimately, it makes more people aware of the film and curious, and we think if we can get people out, the film will speak for itself,” Paramount’s distribution chief Don Harris told TheWrap. “This weekend number is significantly above what we were projecting.” The film’s roughly three-hour running time is a hurdle, too, but Harris said that moviegoers that have carved out time to see the latest Scorsese-DiCaprio teaming have found two things surprising. “They say, ‘I didn’t think it was that long, and I didn’t expect to laugh so much,” he said. It’s up to $63 million domestically since opening on Christmas Day, and the $100 million film financed by Red Granite now looks to have a shot at hitting $100 million domestically. If “Wolf,” Scorsese or DiCaprio can get some love at next Sunday’s Golden Globes and the Jan. 16 Oscar nominations it should get a further boost. “This is up there with Scorsese’s best work, and that’s why this film is going to do just fine,” said Harris. “The Wolf of Wall Street” scored a strong 76% among film critics on aggregrator site RottenTomatoes.com, with an even more impressive 79% from fans. www.thewrap.com/wolf-wall-street-gets-box-office-boost-controversy/
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Post by arnzilla on Jan 5, 2014 17:24:07 GMT -5
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Post by will on Jan 5, 2014 19:42:36 GMT -5
thanks, shaolin and arnzilla. Good news about the expansion.
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Post by will on Jan 6, 2014 13:16:02 GMT -5
The actual weekend number might be a tad lower, as with all other films, because the effect of the bad weather was not factored in for the estimates. The rest of the week will likely also have lower attendance (for all films).
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Post by sikri06 on Jan 7, 2014 16:30:26 GMT -5
It is bouncing back nicely and was #2 on Monday after Frozen. The Christmas release wasn't ideal and it initially was hurt by a rejection from families and middle America. But numbers for the first weekend were basically a photo finish between all the top releases, so the ranking was kind of random anyway.
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Post by peanut80 on Jan 8, 2014 8:54:52 GMT -5
Thanks to everyone for latest in box office news; looks to me like Wolf has found its audience
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Post by peanut80 on Jan 8, 2014 14:59:32 GMT -5
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Post by will on Jan 8, 2014 15:27:14 GMT -5
Go Wolf! All the kids are locked up because of the cold, I'm guessing. Could we see it be no.1 again tomorrow?
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