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You're not even taking into account that in 2009, The Final Destination was one of the biggest pre-Labor Day weekend openers
And that movie is one that would have automatically had a huge 2nd weekend drop-off. Last year, there was Takers and Last Exorcism pre-Labor Day, two movies that both did $20 million (defying expectations for that weekend) and both of those would also have a larger than normal drop-off, plus they didn't have strong Labor Day openers either year. 2007, Labor Day was up from the previous weekend cause they had Halloween, and every year before that, it was down roughly 6%... but again... none of those pre-Labor Day weekends had a hurricane that shut down theaters on the East Coast like this year.
So don't go throw numbers in my face or go accusing me of ****. I've been doing this a long time and most of the time, I know what I'm talking about. None of this week's openers will have the normal drop-offs they may have had if they didn't open against Hurricane Irene. (Even THELP will end up doing worse than it might have if it had a normal weekend.)
Woah. DL: Hurricane Irene Blowing Away Box Office: �Business Is In The Crapper Right Now� Aug 26, 18:39
Estimates have THELP winning the weekend with only 11 mill?! Wha??? {nm} Aug 26, 18:40
THR agrees in reporting that estimators are saying business could be down 10-20% because of Irene. Aug 26, 18:42
And THR is posting actual numbers: CLMBA possible second with less than 10 mil, AFRAD and MIBRO may only reach 6-7 mil. Aug 26, 18:48
he-he. nikki is saying that LBESS directed CLMBA... ouch... {nm} Aug 26, 18:48
its just a very bad wknd to release a movie. this one and/or the labor day one could even be worse... Aug 26, 19:01
I was actually thinking that, too. Aug 26, 19:20
very interesting but such a WRONG idea about Labor Day wknd. Aug 26, 19:56
*rings bell* And.... FIGHT! :P (just kidding) {nm} Aug 26, 20:30
Based on the fact that many if not most NYC and NorthEast theaters may be closed over the next two days. Aug 26, 23:15
You're not even taking into account that in 2009, The Final Destination was one of the biggest pre-Labor Day weekend openers Aug 26, 23:23
The movies opening this weekend were never going to do that well to begin with, bad weather didn't affect them that much. {nm} Aug 26, 23:11
I say all three new releases tonight. Enjoyed each to varying degrees. Didn't hate any of them. Liked AFRAD the best. {nm} Aug 26, 22:56