and if you notice, i've been bitching about kong's entire marketing since June. So really, whereas others can be on plan B, i'm still on plan A. i had forseen it.

It will make between 65-73million in the 3-day. Somehow.

No.. The word "Somehow"' can best be translated as "When Hell Freezes Over"..

There is snow everywhere, I'm warm, I have a coffee in my hand and I am loving the weather. I'll bet Baba never knew I would think that.

Now, that is the spirit, BKB.

Am I allowed to weigh in, as a newbie here and say "NOT Shrek 2!"

If so, thanks. If not, then please ignore this post.

sure you can.

but we'll wait till this weekend to figure this out.

The next excuse on why Kong didnt make more than 55 million this weekend would be

A)People are too busy doing their X-mas shopping

B)Its still too damn cold out there

C)People are still camping for their X-box 360 outside hoping for that last hope that it finally be in stock

all thos factors applied last year, the year before and the year before that. those aren't excuses.

360 argument does not count as there are no 360s around unless most of the american population has flown to japan.

Naomi Watts should have been naked and so should have Kong.

You know I wish their was a bet going on Baba that if Kong doesnt pull a Shrek 2. You would have to paste your face in that santa tramp avatar of yours

I've served Baba twice when he has come to my restaurant in Toronto..believe me, he would look cute in a Santa whore outfit.

We're almost there,

I know it's too much to ask, but could we wait for the Kong obits until at least the Friday estimates? We really have no idea exactly how movies that open on a Wednesday in Mid Dec track or trend. There are three movies that did it before Kong and they all made over $300m and had great legs. Does that mean Kong will do the same thing? No, but just because it didn't open the way the LOTR movies did doesn't mean it can't make a shitload of money in a different way. If Shrek2, BB, Titanic and others have showed us anything, its that there is more than one way to make a shitload of money. Every blockbuster doesn't have to perform the exact same way and there are always exceptions. If these boards were around when Titanic opened, I am sure that there would have been a fair amount of posters claiming it was huge bomb because it only opened in the upper 20s, and Baumer and BKB would have lectured us on how Juraissic Park were safe let alone Star Wars. I mean I dumped Kong on HSX on wed. morn. when it got to $229, because I just could not figure how it could make the kind of money over the weekend to justify the price, so I think I am realistic about Kong's b.o. prospects and potential. I think the figures so far have been the epitome of a glass half full/half empty scenerio.

Wait just wait.....Kong will rise..Narnia will fall. You only lack the light to see the way.

She already gets naked in every other me she's in.

Not that I'm complaining.

Just for the record, I never would have said that JP and SW were safe. I loved Titanic and was glad to see it make what it did.

No, these boards are the epitome of melodrama.

No surprise (for me, at least)..

I say we continue bitching about the numbers and the people bitching about the numbers. The boards haven't been this fun since Batman Begins.

*raising my voice* The streets of America will soon be running with blood, the gutters flooding! They have ignored the Word of the Prophet Jackson, and God Himself is coming from the Heavens to bring the Believers to Paradise, leaving the Un-Believers to rot on this island Earth!

Exactly. Melodrama when things aren't going as expected is what makes the boards fun.

I wish I was around when Shrek 2 opened. That must've been FUN.

It was pretty funny. I'm gonna try pulling up a What Went Wrong thread from BOM.