The midnight money is apparently tallied already. So once again, we have a decent idea of what a major film's opening weekend will be before the first Friday shows on the West Coast even begin. Fascinating... Anyway,
Green Lantern grossed $3.35 million in midnight screenings last night. That's ahead of the $3.25 million earned by
Thor at midnight, and just under the $3.4 million midnight gross earned by
X-Men: First Class two weeks ago. So at this point, it's just a matter of anticipating just how anticipated Martin Campbell's superhero saga is. It is an original property, so it won't be as front-loaded as
X-Men: First Class (which pulled in 6% of its weekend at midnight). Reviews are pretty lousy (
unfairly so in my opinion), which may or may not make a difference (remember, audiences for movies like this generally don't care about reviews). So basically the question is whether it pulls 5% of its money at 12:01am (like
Thor) or 6% of its money at 12:01am like
X-Men: First Class. For the moment,
Green Lantern is apparently heading for an opening weekend between $55 million and $67 million. Let's split the difference, give it a 5.5% midnight take and call it for $61 million.
Scott Mendelson
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