"Into The Woods" set to become highest grossing movie musical of all time!- Page 2

[Starship]

Posted: 12/25/14 at 9:48pm

At the Cinemark here in Arizona, it was sold out all day. I'm going to wait until Tuesday to see it where all tickets are $5.

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 12/28/14 at 1:38pm

So for those of you who know how to figure out these things? How does Into The Woods stack up box office wise to openings of other movie musicals in the last decade? Forbes is reporting a 47 million weekend for the film.




http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/12/28/box-office-unbroken-nabs-47m-into-the-woods-conjures-46m-over-christmas-weekend/ Updated On: 12/28/14 at 01:38 PM

[ggersten]

Posted: 12/28/14 at 3:48pm

We went Xmas Day to AMC Yorktown in Oak Brook, Illinois. The two evening shows were sold out - BUT, the theatre was a "dine-in" theatre with all reclining seats with tables and ability to call for food service. So, the auditoriums only had 130 seats. Tickets were about $11 per person, I think.

[DAME]

Posted: 12/28/14 at 3:52pm

According to BWW it's the highest opening holiday weekend Broadway musical,film of all time.




http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/INTO-THE-WOODS-Movie-Now-Largest-Opening-Weekend-for-a-Broadway-Musical-Film-20141228

Updated On: 12/28/14 at 03:52 PM

[jo]

Posted: 12/28/14 at 4:13pm

Not exactly comparable. BWW picked up the THR report. THR should have made a more precise comparison. It picked up only the last three days of the week for Les Mis, which opened on a Tuesday ( Christmas in 2012) and had racked up 5 days of screenings by Sunday. Opening day figures are usually the highest for opening week screenings and the first two days were left out.

Per Box Office Mojo --

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=lesmiserables2012.htm

By that first weekend, Les Mis had already grossed ( domestic only) $ 67 million.

[DAME]

Posted: 12/28/14 at 4:19pm

I think we will know more precisely by tomorrow.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/28/14 at 4:21pm

So, Jo--how do the first three days of Les Miz compare to the first three days of Into the Woods?

[jo]

Posted: 12/28/14 at 4:59pm

That would not be comparable either --

Les Mis opened on a Tuesday. Other than opening day which may not fall on a Friday, the strongest 3 days would be the Friday/Saturday/Sunday combination. ITW opened on a Friday/Saturday/Sunday basis.

Maybe the comparison would be more valid when the whole week's figures are out?

The comparison with Mamma Mia! is more valid because the movie also opened on a Friday/Saturday/Sunday weekend. It was counterprogramming though for the summer blockbusters.

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=mammamia.htm





Updated On: 12/28/14 at 04:59 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/28/14 at 5:44pm

Why compare at all? This thread was started as a joke of that very idea.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/28/14 at 10:45pm

"In its first weekend, "Into the Woods" has been seen by four times the amount of people than those who saw both Broadway runs combined."

--Playbill.com

[Musical Master]

Posted: 12/28/14 at 10:47pm

@PalJoey, Have you seen the movie yet? If so, then what did you think of it?

[binau]

Posted: 12/28/14 at 10:48pm

That's an interesting quote, PalJoey, and really puts the reach of Broadway in perspective.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/28/14 at 10:53pm

Of course when Mamma Mia! opened, ticket prices were cheaper, so adjust for that too ...

... and here we go again ...

[binau]

Posted: 12/29/14 at 1:07am

What is wrong with Broadwayworld, whose sloppy writing is now literally claiming "INTO THE WOODS earning the largest box office figures for any movie musical adapted from a Broadway show in history". You need to add a caveat somewhere!!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Craig-Zadan-Confirms-PIPPIN-Film-Up-Next-for-Him-and-Meron-20141229

[Musical Master]

Posted: 12/29/14 at 1:09am

Well at least PIPPIN has some well known producers behind it now.

Updated On: 12/29/14 at 01:09 AM

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/29/14 at 1:10am

^^^To be fair that article also states that 41-year-old Christian Borle should play the title role in PIPPIN...in a movie version! I don't think credibility is exactly the author's top priority.

[binau]

Posted: 12/29/14 at 1:11am

Jesus, and I thought I was bad RE: pushing fantasy casting.

[RooMcGoo]

Posted: 12/29/14 at 2:11am

This is the best news! Onward and upward for the movie musical!
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