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Title: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Green Man on November 23, 2008, 03:19:50 PM
Let me just say how sorry I am this happened. I honestly didn't think it would make all this money when I went to see it Friday night. I honestly thought it would be a flop like HSM3.
Title: Re: Twlight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Beardo on November 23, 2008, 03:21:43 PM
I have never even heard of this shit untill last week.
Title: Re: Twlight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on November 23, 2008, 03:23:00 PM
I have never even heard of this shit untill last week.

Seriously. There's a whole book line and shit. Guess this is gonna be the next Harry Potter or some shit, only pandering to the average "goth" kid traipsing inside your local Hot Topic.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: fistfulofmetal on November 23, 2008, 03:27:52 PM
Let me just say how sorry I am this happened. I honestly didn't think it would make all this money when I went to see it Friday night. I honestly thought it would be a flop like HSM3.

HSM3 only cost 11 mil and has made over 200 million worldwide. I don't think Disney see's that as a flop 
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Human Snorenado on November 23, 2008, 03:36:36 PM
It's a shame teenage girls are so nubile, because they really have shitty, shitty taste in just about everything.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on November 23, 2008, 03:54:52 PM
It might even beat TDK.
:usacry
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: WrikaWrek on November 23, 2008, 03:55:00 PM
Bitches
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on November 23, 2008, 04:05:07 PM
dude, Green Man, HSM3 is not a flop, HSM3 is one of the most profitable movies of all time.

and what rock have you guys been living under where you haven't heard of Twilight? I guess you haven't been to a bookstore in two years or something
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Tabasco on November 23, 2008, 04:08:44 PM
How is this different than True Blood?  Or Interview with a Vampire?  Male lead is always a reluctant vampire who does his best not to hurt humans, while trying to protect a female.

And I doubt any of these dudes are as hot as Brad Pitt.

Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Solo on November 23, 2008, 04:12:53 PM
You're all missing the silver lining here: it made $70M, yes, but it made OVER HALF of that on Friday alone. Ridiculously shitty drops within a single weekend. Probably a 70% drop coming next weekend too. In brief, all the obsessed fans basically went and saw it Friday. Now there is no one left who gives a damn.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Human Snorenado on November 23, 2008, 04:41:17 PM
I dunno Solo, I bet this is a movie where the fans will go see it multiple times because really, what else do lame teenage girls have to do?  They certainly aren't having sex with ME.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Beardo on November 23, 2008, 04:47:03 PM
They certainly aren't having sex with ME.

Yeah but nobody is, so that doesn't really matter.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on November 23, 2008, 04:47:47 PM
They also said that about Sex and the City.  Movie wound up doing $50 million more, maybe $60 million more, after its first weekend.

Still, that is a good sign that teenage girls are still vacuous and when they turn 18, that is where I come in.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Cheebs on November 23, 2008, 04:48:37 PM
You seem really confused. You said it might beat TDK. TDK made like 160 million opening weekend. Nearly 100 million MORE than Twilgiht did. Where do you get the idea it can beat it?

AND HSM3 was one of the most profitable movies of the year. Huge success for disney.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: BlackMage on November 23, 2008, 04:49:18 PM
my sister is currently seeing it for the 4th time today. she took her 4 year old daughter this time.  :'(
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on November 23, 2008, 04:49:45 PM
pics of your sister plz
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Human Snorenado on November 23, 2008, 04:50:23 PM
They certainly aren't having sex with ME.

Yeah but nobody is, so that doesn't really matter.

Not true!  I had sex with a libertarian chick when I was back in Atlanta a bit ago.  Because there's no fucking like hate fucking!
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Solo on November 23, 2008, 04:53:02 PM
I dunno Solo, I bet this is a movie where the fans will go see it multiple times because really, what else do lame teenage girls have to do?  They certainly aren't having sex with ME.

I dont doubt that the fans will go see it several times. I just think that the "hardcore" Twilight fanbase isnt big enough to keep this afloat for long. Then again, what the fuck do I know - I hadnt even heard of Twilight a month ago.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: BlackMage on November 23, 2008, 04:55:21 PM
I dunno Solo, I bet this is a movie where the fans will go see it multiple times because really, what else do lame teenage girls have to do?  They certainly aren't having sex with ME.

I dont doubt that the fans will go see it several times. I just think that the "hardcore" Twilight fanbase isnt big enough to keep this afloat for long. Then again, what the fuck do I know - I hadnt even heard of Twilight a month ago.

you underestimate the amount of Twilight fans.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Greatness Gone on November 23, 2008, 05:08:37 PM
These younger ladies at work were gushing over the main vampire guy. He's so ugly. Holy shit.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: BlackMage on November 23, 2008, 05:09:35 PM
These younger ladies at work were gushing over the main vampire guy. He's so ugly. Holy shit.

his hair is so stupid.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Joe Molotov on November 23, 2008, 05:53:11 PM
Twilight made $35 million opening day, so $70 isn't that big of a deal in comparison. It'll probably have a huge 2nd week drop and be lucky to hit $150 Mil.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Grecco on November 23, 2008, 06:10:25 PM
So this is what the South Park episode was about? Some shitty Harry Vampotter?
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Cheebs on November 23, 2008, 06:36:45 PM

I was thinking overall sales. Something about it just seems like it'll sell like gangbusters.

What do you mean? Ticket Sales? There hasn't been any inflation in tickets since july lol.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 23, 2008, 07:17:29 PM
good site for gross info
http://boxofficemojo.com/
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Cheebs on November 23, 2008, 08:00:31 PM
good site for gross info
http://boxofficemojo.com/
Yep, that site is the bible of boxoffice info. Their release calendar is the best on the net too imo.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Tristam on November 23, 2008, 08:12:03 PM
This is nearly doing as well as Quantum of Solace on Metacritic.  :-\
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: castle007 on November 23, 2008, 10:12:48 PM
you think HSM3 flopped??  :lol :lol
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: MrAngryFace on November 23, 2008, 11:31:28 PM
in other news I watched Wall-E for the first time, and on Bluray. All I can say is OMG Pixar
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Greatness Gone on November 23, 2008, 11:33:58 PM
It kinda sucked, but not as bad as Ratatouille and Cars did.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: MrAngryFace on November 23, 2008, 11:35:12 PM
uhh what? Wall-E was amazing..Ratatouille....are you trolling?
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 23, 2008, 11:36:13 PM
fuck, i need to rent Wall-E

ratatoony looks meh but I'll give it a chance.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Greatness Gone on November 23, 2008, 11:36:56 PM
Nope. Wall-E was pretty good, but it wasn't great. Ratatouille sucked.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: MrAngryFace on November 23, 2008, 11:43:03 PM
haha it takes all kinds I spose
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Fresh Prince on November 23, 2008, 11:43:20 PM
Nope. Wall-E was pretty good, but it wasn't great. Ratatouille sucked.
I agree with GG and I was expecting Wall_E to be the greatest thing ever.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: etiolate on November 23, 2008, 11:44:12 PM
wall-e was brilliant
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: MrAngryFace on November 23, 2008, 11:44:29 PM
must be awesome bein too cool for school. If only the two of you could transmit your sneers over the internet
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: etiolate on November 23, 2008, 11:46:54 PM
Twilight is what harry potter fans moved on to pretty much. It is taking in the potter girls and the fangirls that ruined the Buffy series. That's a pretty rabid force.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: MrAngryFace on November 23, 2008, 11:47:32 PM
yeah twilight was better when it was buffy seasons 1-3
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 23, 2008, 11:49:40 PM
yeah twilight was better when it was buffy seasons 1-3

are you admitting to watching twilight? :o
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: MrAngryFace on November 23, 2008, 11:50:33 PM
I think watching a preview is sufficient
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: demi on November 23, 2008, 11:51:03 PM
must be awesome bein too cool for school. If only the two of you could transmit your sneers over the internet

;\
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Fresh Prince on November 24, 2008, 12:14:51 AM
must be awesome bein too cool for school. If only the two of you could transmit your sneers over the internet

This is the closest emoticon to it :tophat
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Eric P on November 24, 2008, 12:41:50 AM
i can't really believe that people are surprised by this.

it's been a cultural juggernaut for a few years now

but that's ok, i didn't know about Harry Potter until the 4th book, so I can relate.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Greatness Gone on November 24, 2008, 12:48:53 AM
I'm seeing the movie tomorrow.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 24, 2008, 12:51:21 AM
i can't really believe that people are surprised by this.

it's been a cultural juggernaut for a few years now

but that's ok, i didn't know about Harry Potter until the 4th book, so I can relate.

what are your thoughts on HP btw  :-\
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: castle007 on November 24, 2008, 02:15:07 AM
I have never EVER heard of Twilight until I saw the trailer at the theatres
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: MrAngryFace on November 24, 2008, 02:20:38 AM
I ALSO buy books at a bookstore and never heard of this. Maybe cuz I dont hang out in the tween section looking for reading material
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: BlackMage on November 24, 2008, 02:21:40 AM
I ALSO buy books at a bookstore and never heard of this. Maybe cuz I dont hang out in the tween section looking for reading material

just date material. ohhh snaps
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: CrystalGemini on November 24, 2008, 02:24:26 AM
It kinda sucked, but not as bad as Ratatouille and Cars did.

I loved Wall-E and Ratatouille.  Agree that Cars sucked though.  What a disappointment.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: MrAngryFace on November 24, 2008, 02:25:22 AM
EAT YOUR CALORIES
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: cool breeze on November 24, 2008, 02:30:51 AM
Own Ratatouille and Wall-E both on blu-ray because they're awesome.  Cars is shit.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Fresh Prince on November 24, 2008, 02:40:54 AM
Incredibles still tha best.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Greatness Gone on November 24, 2008, 02:45:10 AM
Toy Story is my favorite. Finding Nemo is my second fave.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: MrAngryFace on November 24, 2008, 03:04:40 AM
Cars is their weakest...but shit? Come on. There's crap like Madegascar out there
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: littlemathletics on November 24, 2008, 03:09:28 AM
Cars is still much better than any of the movies pumped out by Dreamworks.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: MrAngryFace on November 24, 2008, 03:10:34 AM
Cars is at WORST an average movie with a lot of money put into it.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: cool breeze on November 24, 2008, 03:10:57 AM
Bee Movie > Cars
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Greatness Gone on November 24, 2008, 03:19:03 AM
Bee Movie sucked.

Kung Fu Panda > Madagascar > Cars > Bee Movie
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Enl on November 24, 2008, 03:23:05 AM
Maybe all this hoopla over Twilight will cause a Buffy movie to get greenlit... maybe...
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on November 24, 2008, 03:24:39 AM
Dreamworks is crap.  Just make a bunch of stupid, shitty animals and have them voiced by flavor of the month actors and actresses.

Katzenberg is a tool.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 24, 2008, 07:45:41 AM
I seriously could not watch Cars.  It made my eyes rain.

Happy Feet is probably better than Cars.  Maybe even Robots!

I think I like Wall-E the most of all the Pixar flicks.  Followed by Toy Story and The Incredibles. 
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Cheebs on November 24, 2008, 08:31:25 AM
Cars was horrible. And Ratatouille while good wasn't the OMG BEST PIXAR EVER like many acted like when it came out. All of them are pretty good other than Cars though. The Toy Story movies, Incredibles, and Wall-E are my favorite Pixar movies.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Eric P on November 24, 2008, 08:37:23 AM
what are your thoughts on HP btw  :-\

i guess it's ok for a kid's series

i read the first four in like a week (not out of voracious devotion, but because they were easy enough to read) and then stopped.  not really concerned with keeping up.  I saw the first three movies with friends, but didn't really form an opinion beyond "well done."

it's a shame disney shit all over Lloyd Alexander's books twenty years ago, because I'd love to see some of his stuff done on film.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Greatness Gone on November 24, 2008, 03:13:03 PM
I went to go see this earlier today. I can confirm that the dude who plays the vampire is UGLY. It also tried way too hard to look and feel like a Harry Potter movie.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Tauntaun on November 24, 2008, 03:18:25 PM
My wife really loved the books (she loves anything with vampires) but WILL NOT go and see the movie. 
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 24, 2008, 03:19:14 PM
I'm not even gay and imo Edward Cullen is a lookin dude. He's got the jaw structure thing going on
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: modkennylaine on November 24, 2008, 03:42:52 PM
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I didn't see the movie, but he was looking damn fine in the Goblet of Fire. (hope he was reached the legal back then ಠ_ಠ)

On the other hand, I can totally agree with whoever said his hair looks stupid. He's trying way too hard with the "deviant" attitude.

It's possible he's looking like a hobo on purpose to stave off the tween fatties bleeding themselves for him.
Title: Re: Twilight made $70 Million this weekend
Post by: Greatness Gone on November 24, 2008, 06:45:31 PM
His jaw is definitely hawt. Everything above his mouth is ugly, though. He's definitely fuckable.

And the next movie needs a bigger budget. I could see the main vampire guy's contacts in one scene.