Right. We'll get two different reports.
Posted by
David (aka David)
Dec 15 '15, 13:13
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The one on Thursday borders on a foregone conclusion that it's broken records for "pre-sales" box office. That's the revenue the film earns prior to its official Friday release.
Throughout Friday, people will make general reports about attendance, all of which will be glowingly positive unless something goes horribly awry. On Saturday, we'll get a Friday estimate that should fall somewhere in the range of $80-$105 million. Personally, I'm expecting $95 million, but I know that they REALLY want to say $100 million if possible. Anything lower than that basically takes them out of play for the record. It'll be lucky to have an internal multiplier (weekend box office divided by Friday box office) of 2.0 for a wide variety of reasons.
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