This just in…
Clint Eastwood’s movie American Sniper took in $90.2 million domestic 3-day opening weekend – double the industry’s prediicted numbers.
The anticipated 4-day Martin Luther King weekend gross: $105 million.
Exit poll scoring: A to A+.
Warner Brothers distribution chief Dan Fellman called it the perfect storm.
“The movie is going to have great legs and it’s going to continue to break records,” Fellman said. “It’s going to go down in history.”
Speaking of records far for SNIPER…
* Largest Clint Eastwood box office weekend ever.
* Largest Bradley Cooper box office weekend ever.
* Largest MLK holiday weekend opening ever.
* Largest January weekend opening ever.
* Largest R-rated 4-day weekend ever.
* Largest drama opening weekend ever.
* Largest MLK holiday weekend for IMAX ever.
* Largest wide release debut for a war movie ever.
* Largest R-rated IMAX opening ever.
* Second largest R-rated wide release debut ever.
And there’s nothing quite like it in the wings—-that is until “50 Shades Of Grey” whips sex deprived Johnson County housewives into shape on Feb. 13th.
they had to spend 20-25 million promoting it…probably more…spots
were everywhere…incluing on final 4 games..
but it’s excellent!!!!!
You know, I thought it was good – but not great…
I’d give it a 7.5. Maybe my expectations were too high.
cooper better get this Oscar~!
Hip hip hooray for the Military Industrial Complex!!!
The gift that keeps on giving and killing! Woo hoo!