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The Force Awakens is now officially Fandango's top advance-selling movie of all time -- (link)

Posted by jar jar trump (aka chris) Dec 15 '15, 12:52

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http://deadline.com/2015/12/star-wars-the-force-awakens-advance-ticket-sales-are-staggering-1201667547/ (deadline.com)

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"This weekend is traditionally a big travel and shopping weekend, so trackers are thinking that this film could have a three-day of $130M to $150M." -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 15, 12:54 33
- That's kind of a weird line right after they suggest $50mil in preview business on Thursday. Or are they saying the $130-150m is literally the 3-day - Qui-Gonn Jim Dec 15, 13:00 13
  - $50M Thursday + $130-$150M Fri-Sat-Sun is how I read it the second time. The Harry Potter finale made $43.5M midnights, then $125.7M over Fri-Sat-Sun -- nm - who's scruffy-looking? Dec 15, 13:05 2
    - Yeah, that makes more sense. It just read weird to me. -- nm* - Qui-Gonn Jim Dec 15, 13:05 1
      - It could certainly be better-written -- nm - who's scruffy-looking? Dec 15, 13:08
  - Harry Potter 8 had the largest day ever at $91 million then dropped to $42M then $35M. - David Dec 15, 13:02 9
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      - It was actually Friday from midnight -- nm - who's scruffy-looking? Dec 15, 13:14 3
        
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        Starting at midnight was the norm, back before The Dark Knight Rises. Shows for Potter started at 12:01 am on Friday. -- (link) - who's scruffy-looking? Dec 15, 13:18 1
        
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      - Right. We'll get two different reports. - David Dec 15, 13:13
    - So they're suggesting that this will throw under Potter, even with the bigger pre-sales? That seems as crazy as the $300mil predictions. -- nm - Qui-Gonn Jim Dec 15, 13:04 2
      - No, they're saying it earns Between $180 and $200 million, which bests the current December record by $100 million. - David Dec 15, 13:06 1
        
        That seems in the right ballpark to me, but I was never good at this in the first place. - Qui-Gonn Jim Dec 15, 13:11
- Priced at $192m on the exchange. -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 12:58
- with a $50m Thursday -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 15, 12:57 14
  - So, short of the record either way. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 15, 13:00 13
    - but, they also say it's doubled the presales of Avengers 2. The article is not terribly consistent. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 15, 13:05 12
      - It can do both, especially if a lot of the presales occur during the first 24 hours. - David Dec 15, 13:08 10
        
        If this thing is as good as some of the folks last night suggest - Saturday will be a lot of repeat business...cause if it kicks ass, I'll be back on - Qui-Gonn Jim Dec 15, 13:14 9
        
        Some people certainly will. Many, many more will discover that they're too busy on the Saturday before Christmas. - David Dec 15, 13:18 6
        
        If only they had movie theaters at malls. -- nm - lii3ou2lu8 Dec 15, 13:26
        
        see that's where I disagree with you. Families are carving out time for this. It's a FAMILY EVENT. -- nm - Remlik Five standing by! Dec 15, 13:24 2
        
        And they'll have plenty of FAMILY time between December 20th and January 2nd. -- nm - David Dec 15, 13:25 1
        
        When they'll want to see it for a second and third time. -- nm - lii3ou2lu8 Dec 15, 13:30
        
        This is as dumb as think Justin shouldn't have paid to keep the cab waiting -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 15, 13:23 1
        
        On your end, yes. -- nm - David Dec 15, 13:26
        
        agreed. I'll hit it again on Sunday if it rocks as much as I hope it does. -- nm - Remlik Five standing by! Dec 15, 13:17
        
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      - Both things can be true, since not every film presales at the same rate. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 13:08
- I'm pretty sure the same site has used three different numbers on three different days over the past week. -- nm - David Dec 15, 12:56 2
  - It's a long way from their $300mil stuff last month. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 15, 12:56 1
    - Again, the people saying that are doing so for attention and traffic rather than sincerity. -- nm - David Dec 15, 12:57
that's gonna be a lot of disappointed people -- nm - decline Dec 15, 12:53
i'm surprised that's just happening now. i would have figured it was the highest about a week ago. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 15, 12:53

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