Why are box office numbers released on Sunday not Monday?

[Wise]

Sunday is still considered the weekend.

Does anyone know why?

 

[TheGodling]

On Sunday they release the weekend estimates, on Monday they release the actual numbers. It's a business thing but above all, people these days gotta know everything now and don't have the patience to just wait a day.

 

[Wise]

On Sunday they release the weekend estimates, on Monday they release the actual numbers. It's a business thing but above all, people these days gotta know everything now and don't have the patience to just wait a day.

Oh word.

IMDB and Yahoo always have the numbers on Sunday (I think its around noon), whereas Rotten Tomatoes has it on Monday.

The estimates are always on par, right?

 

[TheGodling]

Estimates tend to be pretty close (they calculate the numbers for Sunday based on the numbers of the previous years) so there's rarely a big difference.