Originally Posted By leemac So Pete's wonderful movie did $91m this weekend: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-inside-hits-record-804015">http://www.hollywoodreporter.c...d-804015</a> First Pixar movie not to open at Number 1 - thanks to JW. Highest grossing first weekend for a movie based on an original screenplay - beating Avatar. How crazy is Hollywood that the previous record holder only managed $77m. Avatar is at number 64 on the all-time first weekend list. So the first 63 are either sequels, based on books/comic books or reboots. It is no wonder that the studios rarely spend money on original tentpoles any more.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm surprised that all the other Pixar movies opened at #1. Not only for the stinkers like Cars 2 (which looked quite bad in all of the trailers), but also for the earlier ones like the original Toy Story and A Bug's Life, when the studio wasn't as well known yet I'm also surprised that sooooo many of the top opening weekends are from existing content. I guess it's easier to build hype on something that people already know, where the new films tend to open lower and build. I also suspect it's partially due to the ever-rising cost of movie tickets, and the huge reliance on franchises these days. Even movies that did incredibly well a decade or two ago get eclipsed by today's expensive (and even moreso with 3D) tickets
Originally Posted By dagobert Good to see that Inside Out is going to be successful. After the last movies, which weren't as good as many Pixar movies before, I was a bit worried that it will not make a lot of money, give that it's not a sequel. It seems Pixar is still a very strong brand and that the company is still capable of producing such fantastic movie. I'm just pis*ed (is it allowed to use such phrases here?) that I have to wait until October to see it.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Highest grossing first weekend for a movie based on an original screenplay<< I'm really happy to hear that. I thought it was so clever and well done, hope it continues to do well. It deserves to!
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 There's actually a good chance IO could number 1 this weekend. Terminator which is bombing still will take a little business from Jurassic World( though JW will be 2)
Originally Posted By basil fan Just in case anybody hasn't seen this yet: Pixar, 1995: What if toys had feelings? Pixar, 1998: What if bugs had feelings? Pixar, 2001: What if monsters had feelings? Pixar, 2003: What if fish had feelings? Pixar, 2004: What if superheroes had feelings? Pixar, 2006: What if cars had feelings? Pixar, 2007: What if rats had feelings? Pixar, 2008: What if robots had feelings? Pixar, 2009: What if dogs had feelings? Pixar, 2012: What if Scotland had feelings? Pixar, 2015: WHAT IF FEELINGS HAD FEELINGS? Brisco County, Jr. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/etc/brisco.html">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...sco.html</a>
Originally Posted By Dabob2 "What if Scotland had feelings?" That's just crazy talk. (said the Scotsman.)
Originally Posted By phruby Scotland is a real place? I thought it was made up place just like San Fransokyo or Cleveland.
