I’m old enough to remember when the holiday season was a terrible time to open a non holiday film/non kid’s movie.
Yeah, me too. The first real Christmas ‘blockbuster’ I remember was Titanic which debuted with so so box office numbers and not so great critical reviews, but for some reason, the general public loved it which led to its extended stay in theatres. Of course the LOTR films coming out seemed to help cement this new trend. As of this weekend, however TLJ is almost a full $200 million behind TFA over the same time period; but with little real competition, TLJ could surprise some folks.
At least the Jumanji remake didn’t beat it. That would have been embarrassing. 😉
I am predicting at least a few Oscars for Jumanji; it is a quality film with a brilliant narrative.
Kidding of course…it is no where near Fate of the Furious quality.