Comments on: Kong A Bomb? Not Quite http://informedspeculation.com/2005/12/18/kong-a-bomb-not-quite/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2005/12/18/kong-a-bomb-not-quite/comment-page-1/#comment-9290 Mark Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:31:18 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/12/18/kong-a-bomb-not-quite/#comment-9290 Sphagnum, true (and good call), but you know the execs are breathing a sigh of relief...the Saturday numbers jumped nearly 40% over Friday and put a bit of a stop to the predictons of a disaster... Sphagnum, true (and good call), but you know the execs are breathing a sigh of relief…the Saturday numbers jumped nearly 40% over Friday and put a bit of a stop to the predictons of a disaster…

]]> By: Sphagnum http://informedspeculation.com/2005/12/18/kong-a-bomb-not-quite/comment-page-1/#comment-9287 Sphagnum Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:13:29 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/12/18/kong-a-bomb-not-quite/#comment-9287 Bomb? No, but it didn't do nearly as well as they were hoping. It's certainly a disappointing opening. Especially after Narnia had a spectacular opeing the weekend before. <a href="http://peatbog.net/2005/12/18/official-narnia-tops-kong-comparing-opening-weekends/" rel="nofollow">I had a prediction before both of them opened that Narnia would top Kong in opening weekend box office sales, and I was right.</a> Kong's 5-day opening even was barely able to top (if at all, actual results are not known yet) Narnia's 3-day weekend... Bomb? No, but it didn’t do nearly as well as they were hoping. It’s certainly a disappointing opening. Especially after Narnia had a spectacular opeing the weekend before. I had a prediction before both of them opened that Narnia would top Kong in opening weekend box office sales, and I was right. Kong’s 5-day opening even was barely able to top (if at all, actual results are not known yet) Narnia’s 3-day weekend…

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2005/12/18/kong-a-bomb-not-quite/comment-page-1/#comment-9257 Mark Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:34:42 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/12/18/kong-a-bomb-not-quite/#comment-9257 I'm not surprised (about Rich, not you)...Mickey Kaus hilariously predicted Frank Rich's column days ago... I’m not surprised (about Rich, not you)…Mickey Kaus hilariously predicted Frank Rich’s column days ago…

]]> By: peter http://informedspeculation.com/2005/12/18/kong-a-bomb-not-quite/comment-page-1/#comment-9252 peter Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:21:05 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/12/18/kong-a-bomb-not-quite/#comment-9252 I saw Brokeback Mountain last night -- I liked it more than my wife did, but we both thought it was worth seeing -- according to today's Times, it set a record for per-screen-revenue in its opening weekend. The movie was also the subject of the first Frank Rich column in months which had little or nothing to do with George Bush... I saw Brokeback Mountain last night — I liked it more than my wife did, but we both thought it was worth seeing — according to today’s Times, it set a record for per-screen-revenue in its opening weekend.

The movie was also the subject of the first Frank Rich column in months which had little or nothing to do with George Bush…

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