Supermallet

Harry Potter won't get any serious nominations because most people still think of it as children's entertainment.

CharlieK

Moreso than Toy Story 3?

Supermallet

Animation is viewed differently than live action. Wish it wasn't, but it is.

CharlieK

Sorry, I don't get your point. I think TS3 is considered more for kids than Potter, yet TS3 got a Best Picture nom. Granted it was 1 of 10, but still...

Supermallet

Animation is considered more for kids, so when an animated movie comes out that appeals to more than kids, it's more impressive than a live action film that appeals to a wide range of ages.

chiguy

I just returned from an advanced 3D screening, and I don't think the 3D effects really added much to the experience. The movie itself was great: nice mix of fun/humor, sadness, and action. The 3D glasses were modeled after young Harry's glasses, and have the movie logo imprinted on them.

outcastja

James Berardinelli just tweeted that it was a good movie, but said the 3D was horrid, on par with Clash of the Titans and The Last Airbender. I was hoping WB would scrap the 3D like they did with Part 1, here's hoping it looks decent on IMAX 3D.

pinata242

People that choose 3D deserve the discomfort.

bcd

FYI there are no longer 10 automatic spots. Based on voting there can be as few as 5 or as many as 10 depending on how the voting for nominations goes. They have to recieve 5% of first place votes to be nominated.

edstein

We're running a HP marathon at our house as well. First 5 on HD-DVD and last 2 on Blu. We hope to be finished before the weekend. We just watched Azkaban.

boogieman03

Same here. Watching Askaban right now. Can't wait for this weekend.

Good to know about the 3D. Will stick to the 2D showing.

TomOpus

Just for curiosity, I looked at the midnight showings list and there's a lot of sold-out shows around town. Much like "Revenge of the Sith" they keep adding more showings.

CDGreenz

I was able to see this Monday evening, and it was a great movie. I feel that this is my #1 movie of the summer blockbusters. Having not finished the book series yet, I can't comment on if they missed anything pertinent from the book. I will definitely be seeing this again in the next week or so, but just in 2D. No reason to pay extra for the 3D when I don't recall anything really popping from the screen.

david12

HP7 is at $25 million in midnight screening presales.

Matthew Chmiel

In Vegas, all 4 IMAX 3D presentations and 1 Real-D 3D presentation have sold out. On the opposite side, 19 (!!!) 2D showings have already been sold out.

There's still 25+ 2D showings where tickets are up for grabs and 20+ 3D showings where tickets are still available.

Even looking at the weekend here in Vegas, most theaters have booked the film in 2D rather than 3D.

Mr. Cinema

I believe Twilight: Eclipse has the current record for midnight grosses with $30 million. Curious to see if HP7 Pt 2 can match that.

I think it has a decent shot at taking down TDK's $158 million opening record.

mhg83

I wanna see this in 2-d but unfortunately the marathon at my theater has it where I'd have to switch screens to get to the 2-d screen at which time I'd get a crappy seat. So I decided to play it safe and stick with the 3-d screen.

Supermallet

My theater is doing 3 and 6 am shows.

david12

My mind thinks I'm too old for a midnight screening, but waking up early to see a 6am screening wouldn't be so bad. I wonder if you'd get matinee prices!

CertifiedTHX

Already has, and surpassed:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=79789

--THX

Mr. Cinema

Wow. Even if HP comes up short of Batman, I think WB might own the top 2 opening weekends of all-time, unadjusted for inflation.

TDK is #1 with $158.3 mil, Spiderman 3 is #2 with $151 mil, and #3 is New Moon at $142.8 mil. I think it can open higher than New Moon, but not sure it can reach the $150 million mark. The midnight sales are a great sign and Friday will be gigantic, but Saturday will probably tell us if it has a shot.

Supermallet

The way my theater charges, I doubt it.

edstein

Will this top TF3 in world wide gross? I think so.

pinata242

If I'm any indication, it'll make infinity% more money than TF3 ever will.

davidh777

Just watched #5 and am on #6 now.

The glasses are a fun concept: tons of people are going to hold on to theirs as a souvenir and theaters'll have to stock them by the bucketfuls. I'm not a huge fan of 3D myself, but I wanted to see it in IMAX, and the 3D goes with it.