tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post2422637203802936504..comments2023-12-24T19:38:00.242-08:00Comments on Mendelson's Memos: Avatar premieres and the critics rave. Déjà vu King Kong?Scott Mendelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08131426080984100749noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-80412335586474228012009-12-12T15:35:02.952-08:002009-12-12T15:35:02.952-08:00Fraid so. Remember Steve, the biggest December op...Fraid so. Remember Steve, the biggest December opening in history is 'just' $77 million (I Am Legend). Number two is $72 million (the Fri-Sun portion of Return of the King's opening weekend). Heck, the biggest opening weekends for a non-sequel/franchise/adaptation/star-vehicle are The Day After Tomorrow ($68 million) and 2012 ($65 million). Expecting untold record-setting is what got King Kong into trouble, so lets just hope that the movie is good, it opens well (anything over $50 million), and it does the 4-5x its opening weekend that's normal for a mid December release. Besides, I'm guessing that it's the overseas markets where the movie will really kill.Scott Mendelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131426080984100749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-22436754601898136462009-12-11T05:56:08.497-08:002009-12-11T05:56:08.497-08:00"The biggest shot of pain has to be felt at F...<i>"The biggest shot of pain has to be felt at Fox, where everyone knows full well that Avatar will be happy to gross $72 million over it's entire weekend."</i><br /><br />Still sticking with that statement? ~<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-mendelson/twilight-saga-new-moon-sh_b_366611.html?show_comment_id=34965349#comment_34965349" rel="nofollow">pisys</a><br>pisyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04258534090810063252noreply@blogger.com