Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. - Page 9

[DAME]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #200

Posted: 12/30/12 at 8:03pm

I think I want to make you my hobby. You look kind of cute in that pic. But I can't tell. Your probably 500 pounds under all that.

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[Iris Chacon]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #201

Posted: 1/1/13 at 7:48pm

There is already a dubbed Spanish version.

Kiss it baby. Kiss it now!

[songanddanceman2]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #202

Posted: 1/1/13 at 10:14pm

The film is doing fine at 115 million worldwide already and it has not ever opened in places like the UK yet (or many other countries). This figure is not inc New Years Eve or New Years day and is about 5 days behind internationally.

In America it will easily head over the 100 million mark, worldwide (inc America)i would guess between 250 million to 300 million will be its final gross, a very decent gross from a 60 million budget

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[metropolis10111]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #203

Posted: 1/5/13 at 6:52pm

SO who's going to give us the update of there screenings this weekend? It's looking pretty soft this week. Yesterday it did less then $5mil. Surprised it's looking steam with so many sold out shows and people clamoring to see it.

[My Oh My]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #204

Posted: 1/5/13 at 7:01pm

Well, here's the domestic box office report through Thursday:

http://www.variety.com/charts/film/domestic-film-box-office/weekly/

That's the first time I've checked how it's doing at the B.O. Not overly concerned about it being #1. Just that it's good, and so far most people tend to feel it's a good film adaptation. Of course, NOBODY will matter after I see it. EVERYBODY just loves the current budget tour. There's only one person who hates it as much as I do...me! *evil laughter*

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[ggersten]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #205

Posted: 1/5/13 at 7:08pm

Just check this site for running box office estimates...
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=lesmiserables2012.htm 92M domestic through 11 days

and Mamma Mia is here: http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mammamia.htm (144M US; 465M Foreign) 65M domestic trhough 11 days)

Grease: http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=grease.htm (not adjusted for inflation)

Highest US Grosses for Live Action Musicals: (i.e. Lion King is not on the list) http://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=musical.htm



Les Mis Box Office

[JP2]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #206

Posted: 1/5/13 at 7:35pm

"SO who's going to give us the update of there screenings this weekend? It's looking pretty soft this week. Yesterday it did less then $5mil. Surprised it's looking steam with so many sold out shows and people clamoring to see it."

It's looking like $16-17m this weekend, which is about a 37% drop from last weekend. In what world is a 37% drop on a major studio release "soft"?

After 2 weeks, it will cross 100 million at the domestic box office this weekend. Mamma Mia! crossed 100m after 4 weeks.

I mean, you yourself said this weekend would be telling. And it is. What we can see is that Les Miz is holding incredibly well. If it was as "front loaded" as some had claimed we'd certainly be following the usual second week drop of 50% or more.

Updated On: 1/5/13 at 07:35 PM

[CarlosAlberto]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #207

Posted: 1/5/13 at 7:57pm

I agree that it's the highest grossest movie musical of all time!!!

[metropolis10111]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #208

Posted: 1/5/13 at 11:05pm

^ ^ I peed

[DAME]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #209

Posted: 1/6/13 at 1:29pm

Just got it in the mail yesterday. It was the last screener I was missing. I had received it before but it would not play. I have seen everything. Argo will win best pic. LM is still kicking ass in the Box Office and is just starting to roll out in most of Europe.

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[ggersten]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #210

Posted: 1/6/13 at 11:51pm

Les Mis just passed Dreamgirls on the domestic chart after 13 days and now is at 103,650,000. Mamma Mia was at 72M after 13 days.

[ACL2006]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #211

Posted: 1/6/13 at 11:57pm

I'm really suprised it wasn't playing at more theaters for the first two weeks considering the holidays.

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[jacobsnchz14]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #212

Posted: 1/6/13 at 11:58pm

@Dame Kind of on- and off-topic... what would you rank the eligible Best Picture nominees from most-likely to win to not? :)

[Jon]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #213

Posted: 1/7/13 at 7:01am

Just think - if they had cast veterans of the stage verison in the leads, they could have had a hit on the level of the film versions of RENT and THE PRODUCERS!

[Dave19]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #214

Posted: 1/7/13 at 8:07am

Then they would have had a film that would stand the test of time.

But I'm glad you are such a supporter of today's greed.
I bet they would have made even more with Taylor Swift in it!
Too bad they made the mistake of taking Samantha Barks, right?

RIGHT?



Updated On: 1/7/13 at 08:07 AM

[EponineAmneris]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #215

Posted: 1/7/13 at 9:17am

I hope this happens! The numbers and award nominations are great so far!

"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

[finebydesign]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #216

Posted: 1/7/13 at 12:12pm

"I bet they would have made even more with Taylor Swift in it!"

Not a Swift fan here, but that song/part was so harmless in the movie it should have gone to her. She could have at least gotten some "attention". Samantha is pretty and she sings well, but the part is just so insignificant in this movie. If I wasn't familiar with the material, I would have wondered who/why she was even there. Why do we care at all she has unrequited love? The song is so big it's almost laughable they would give such an insignificant character such heavy emotions.

In the novel her cross-dressing is a big deal (if I remember right), in this movie, it seems like she is just dressing up to fight. I figured they didn't think the audience would suspend disbelief that Marius and Cossette actually mistook her for a boy they didn't know.

That should have been a meaty part, I would go so far to say it should have been cut. What service does it do the "story" or plot here?

[Kad]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #217

Posted: 1/7/13 at 12:21pm

Eponine is only slightly more useful to the plot than a mailbox because she can sing.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[jo]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #218

Posted: 1/7/13 at 10:13pm

Tveit and Barks were the tributes to Broadway and to the West End, both of which popularized Les Miserables immensely.

[GavestonPS]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #219

Posted: 1/8/13 at 6:46pm

Taylor Swift would have been enough to keep me away from the film in movie theaters. I'd sooner have seen Miley Cyrus play Eponine.

[theminutepast]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #220

Posted: 1/8/13 at 6:54pm

My Oh My: When are you going to see it?

[DAME]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #221

Posted: 1/9/13 at 8:34pm

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[DAME]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #222

Posted: 1/10/13 at 12:50pm

So how much of an uptick will come money wise from the noms?

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[theaternut]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #223

Posted: 1/10/13 at 1:28pm

I think it is about to be released in the rest of Europe next week?

[broadwayfever]

Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. #224

Posted: 1/11/13 at 12:26am

Take that...all you critics and haters out there.