Disney Duster wrote:Ooh I love the cover! And wow this is going to have so many bonus features! And I'm surprised it's coming out so early! Don't they want a money-maker like this in theatres as long as it will continue to make money in theatres? Wouldn't putting it on video ruin people seeing it in theatres?
Those are some very nice covers, I agree. In regards to the early home video release, it may very well reduce the amount the movie makes (unless it encourages more people to see it before it disappears from the big screen), but Disney probably doesn't care about a few million dollars or so. It will however hit $500 million at the North American box office this weekend, probably Saturday.
Update for Japan: Rank
Week 1 ~$12.6M (#1)
Week 2 ~$20.3M ($33M) (#1)
Week 3 ~$27M ($60.1M) (#1)
Week 4 ~$10.9M ($71M) (#1)
Week 5 ~$8.7M ($79.8M) (#1)
Week 6 ?????????????
It's a big drop from week 3's $27 million to week 4 with $10.9 million, so unless it picks up, it probably won't finish over $150 million. If we base its numbers on Frozen and Alice in Wonderland, then it has another $30 million to make ($110M), but it really is hard to predict whether or not it will drop over the next 4 weeks. If it can hold at roughly $8 million, then it could very well make it to $130 million, which is what it will need to acquire the ninth worldwide box office spot from Frozen (plus a few million from around the World).
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?pa ... st2017.htm
Out of interest too, is there anyone who thinks the Prologue could have sounded less casual. I guess the big thing for me, was how "beast" was pronounced in regards to "For who could ever learn to love a beast?" It's really just minor I guess, but it did stick with me.