It was a firece battle for the top of the box office before the big blockbuster combos of the The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens arrive later this holiday season. But in the end, it appears the suave demeanor of the British super spy who dispatches his enemies with flair while also making the world's most beautiful women weak in the kness overcame the earnest little boy who has trouble kicking a football and gets nervous around that cute little red-haired girl he has been pining over.

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Bond Puts His Gun Down: ‘Spectre’ Opening Eases To $71M-$73M; ‘Peanuts’ Rakes In $45M – Sunday Final Update

6TH UPDATE, Sunday 8AM: When it comes to Spectre‘s ticket sales, it’s as though Mr. Bond was stuck in quicksand all weekend long. After the industry raised opening weekend expectations for Bond 24 to a fever pitch of $80M by mid-day Friday, projections fell, and continued to fall to the point where Spectre looks like it’s going to make $71M-73M this weekend, which is toward the lower end of what we predicted pre-opening. Sony is reporting $73M this morning, but some rival studio analysts think Spectre could go a bit lower. You would think that with an A- CinemaScore on a tentpole like this, word of mouth would be working to Spectre‘s advantage. And it could be, it’s just that we might not realize the full benefit for a while. Since this is an adult-fan franchise — Spectre alone drew a heavy 78% over 25 — that means the audience might not rush to see the film. They’ll wait for Thanksgiving, even Christmas. Working to Spectre‘s advantage is the fact that there’s not a big tentpole in the market until Nov. 20 when The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 opens. Last time in November 2012, the final Twilight movie stepped on Skyfall‘s toes in its second weekend, yielding a 53% decline.

Over on the Fox lot, they’re doing the Snoopy dance, not just because The Peanuts Movie beat its $40M estimate with a $45M opening, but also because The Martian wasn’t wounded much by Bond, dipping 21% in its 6th frame, just $3M shy of the double century mark at the box office. 27% of Peanuts cash came from 3D. Matinees pushed Charlie Brown to a 62% hike on Saturday with $19.6M to Friday’s $12.1M. Some Sony insiders believe that the Peanuts ganged up on Bond, and stole some of the spy’s lunch money. I really don’t think Peanuts was a threat in any way. It brought in a significantly younger demo (46% under 25), and more mom crowd (55% ladies) — and they’re not the primary demo for Bond. Yes, Skyfall didn’t have any competition when it opened, but Spectre would probably be seeing the same B.O. trajectory sans Peanuts in the market, simply because it’s coming up short in its wonder next to Skyfall.

70% of the Peanuts audience was family and the non-family segment was split evenly between teens and non-parent adults. Peanuts fared best east of the Rockies with the top theaters coming from a melange of states such as NJ, CA, TX, VA, NY, and FL. Overperforming cities included NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit and Charlotte. Much like Spectre turned itself into an event film with its number of promotional partners and tie-ins, Fox also began the drum roll for the reboot of this family film on the big screen, arguably the first time a Peanuts film hit the theaters since 1980’s Bon Voyage Charlie Brown.

What next's: Batman VS. Mickey Mouse?!? The Avengers VS. The Looney Tunes Gang?!?

Come on now! A kids' animation film always wins the first week at the box office most of the time. Charlie Brown & Snoopy are as iconic as Mickey Mouse & Bugs Bunny.

Going to both

kpowers said:

Going to both

That's my plan as well. And I'm still bring my own snacks.

TonyVanDam said:

What next's: Batman VS. Mickey Mouse?!? The Avengers VS. The Looney Tunes Gang?!?

Come on now! A kids' animation film always wins the first week at the box office most of the time. Charlie Brown & Snoopy are as iconic as Mickey Mouse & Bugs Bunny.

Whether it lives up to the hype or not, Star Wars will destroy them all.