2012: A Monster Year? (box office predictions) - Part 2

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[lime]

Yeah, I know it's early for BO predictions, but 2012 looks like a real BO monster year for me.

What do you think?

[Boom]

I can never win with crowded theaters. Nine times out of ten, I will experience one or more of the following:

- Someone forgetting to silence their phone, and letting it ring
- Someone talking/texting on their cell phone
- Someone talking to the person next to them at room volume, despite the fact that the person next to them is mere inches away
- Someone smelling like dog ****
- Kids running up and down the aisles while their parents sit there and do nothing
- Kids screaming/crying while their parents sit there and do nothing

I really can't ****ing stand inconsiderate parents. If your kid is acting up, take him/her out into the lobby until they calm down or straighten out. It's a movie theater, not a goddamn daycare center.

[Whiskey Tango]

Originally Posted by Boom

I can never win with crowded theaters. Nine times out of ten, I will experience one or more of the following:

People who bring babies. Not toddlers, or preschoolers, but tiny, screaming babies. ARGH!

People who bring in bags of chips and then rattle the bags all night. ARGH!

People who put their feet up on the seat in front of them. ARGH!

[ALP]

Originally Posted by Whiskey Tango

People who bring babies. Not toddlers, or preschoolers, but tiny, screaming babies. ARGH!

People who bring in bags of chips and then rattle the bags all night. ARGH!

People who put their feet up on the seat in front of them. ARGH!

And especially when their feet stink like hell

I went to the theaters last year and there was a guy who brought a FULL PIZZA in the theater. He pulled out a dominos box from under his jacket and also had a ziplock bag of popcorn and several cans of soda. Then he sat back, put his stank ass feet on top of a chair near me and started devouring his h'orderves.

[ALP]

I know what you mean Boom. Happens to me all the time.

[Parker Wayne]

I don't usually have bad audiences. In the NY/NJ area, I don't ever go to bad crowds. The crowds are usually quiet and respectful, especially when I see a movie in NYC.

I usually watch PG-13 or R movies so I don't encounter many children in theaters.

[Boom]

When I saw X-Men: The Last Stand in theaters, someone urinated down the aisle, and an old man had a stroke.

[Whiskey Tango]

Originally Posted by Boom

I swear to you, when I saw X-Men: The Last Stand in theaters, someone urinated down the aisle, and an old man had a stroke.

That was probably just their review.

[Parker Wayne]

I still bring Wendy's or Arby's into the theater in their faces and they don't do anything.

[Bruce_Begins]

I always get annoyed when someone sitting in the next row or adjacent to my seat starts texting messages / checking email from his mobile phone or blackberry, its glare makes it difficult to concentrate on what is happening onscreen.

Additionally someone sitting nearby sneezing/ coughing while the movie is in progress is a awful.

[The Morningstar]

I remember when Ali came out, me and like, 20 of my friends went to see it. We took up basically the whole back 2 rows, as it was a pretty small screen.

And we were ****s. hahaha. We were smoking joints, shouting, just acting like little pricks really.

Luckily enough the cinema was empty apart from a few other teenagers.

[:eek:]

Top 10 worldwide so far:

1. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island $309 million
2. The Intouchables $291,7 million
3. The Hunger Games $249,2 million
4. John Carter $236,3 million
5. Dr. Seuss' The Lorax $202,8 million
6. Safe House $190,1 million
7. The Vow $170,1 million
8. Underworld Awakening $159 million
9. The Secret World of Arrietty $144,7 million
10. This Means War $131 million

[:eek:]

Top 10 worldwide so far:

1. The Hunger Games $384,3 million
2. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island $313,3 million
3. The Intouchables $301,6 million
4. John Carter $255,5 million
5. Dr. Seuss' The Lorax $230,9 million
6. Safe House $195,3 million
7. The Vow $173,8 million
8. Underworld Awakening $160,1 million
9. The Secret World of Arrietty $144,9 million
10. This Means War $136,2 million

The Intouchables is definitely the big sensation so far. Over 300 million for a French movie is very impressive, and it hasn't been huge in its home country only either which is usually the case.

[:eek:]

Top 10 worldwide so far:

1. The Hunger Games $472,7 million
2. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island $314,2 million
3. The Intouchables $312,2 million
4. John Carter $264 million
5. Dr. Seuss' The Lorax $260,5 million
6. Wrath of the Titans $215,9 million
7. Safe House $197,8 million
8. The Vow $175,1 million
9. Underworld Awakening $160,1 million
10. The Secret World of Arrietty $145 million

[:eek:]

Top 10 worldwide so far:

1. The Hunger Games $536,4 million
2. The Intouchables $322,5 million
3. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island $320,6 million
4. Dr. Seuss' The Lorax $279,6 million
5. John Carter $269,5 million
6. Wrath of the Titans $260,4 million
7. Titanic $216 million ($2 059,2 million in total)
8. Safe House $199,3 million
9. The Vow $181,5 million
10. Underworld Awakening $160,1 million

[:eek:]

Top 12 worldwide so far:

1. The Hunger Games $578,2 million
2. The Intouchables $328,5 million
3. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island $322,4 million
4. Dr. Seuss' The Lorax $290,9 million
5. Titanic $279,8 million ($2 123 million in total)
6. Wrath of the Titans $279,5 million
7. John Carter $269,7 million
8. Safe House $200,6 million
9. The Vow $181,8 million
10. 21 Jump Street $168,4 million
11. Underworld Awakening $160,1 million
12. Battleship $149,9 million

[MessiahDecoy123]

Hunger Games will take the top spot domestic and worldwide...

till the Avengers assemble.

[FilmNerdJamie]

Mulling together my predictions for summer box office on podcast this weekend.

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Originally Posted by FilmNerdJamie

Mulling together my predictions for summer box office on podcast this weekend.

Can't wait to hear them. I still haven't come up with mine yet. I'm going to be drastically wrong on half of them but thus is the nature of predictions.

[Iceman]

I'm hoping for over $1bn from both TDKR & Avengers & $800m plus from Spidey. Prometheus I'm not sure what's realistic.

Originally Posted by FilmNerdJamie

Mulling together my predictions for summer box office on podcast this weekend.

Where will this be?

[FilmNerdJamie]

Originally Posted by FilmNerdJamie

Mulling together my predictions for summer box office on podcast this weekend.

It's up.

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Originally Posted by FilmNerdJamie

It's up.

I just started listening to it. I wonder who I will agree with.

[Liam_H]

Originally Posted by FilmNerdJamie

It's up.

You guys wouldn't happen to be on Itunes would you. Cause that would be very convenient.

[Darthkush]

Originally Posted by FilmNerdJamie

It's up.

Absolutely loved that. Best time I've had all week. You guys went so indepth, I loved it. I don't think anybody else on the internet does it that good. And having four of you gives it such diversity even when some of the predictions are similar. The only one I think you guys are a bit off on is probably Bourne Legacy. I think that movie will struggle to get to 70 unless it's wom is just amazing. Bourne=Matt Damon. Without it, it's not gonna do much. Also, I do love your take on Spider-man. People are overpredicting that like crazy, based almost totally on the fact that Spidey is such a huge character amongst kids and his past films have been so huge but I don't think 150 million is as crazy as it sounds for this.