BvS Batman V Superman Box Office Prediction - - - Part 12

[jokesonm3]

Welp looks like
Snyder is saved by global markets once again
WB is pretty confident

Pretty sure this film's crashing internationally too.

 

[mightiest_mortal]

Welp looks like
Snyder is saved by global markets once again
WB is pretty confident

Well, obviously they're going to keep saying how confident and happy they are with the movie and it's reception while it's still out. Doesn't mean a lot.
"Snyder is saved by global markets once again", it did badly in global markets too and bombed completely in China.

 

[Cobblepot]

WB invested a lot into this movie. Maybe too much if you look at it like a single picture. But it is their big start-off, you have to invest to make money.

And not forget, it's still making a profit.

 

[wobbly]

Pretty sure this film's crashing internationally too.

They are not that much better, and Jungle Book is opening sooner in some.

 

[Flint Marko]

Bvs has already made $682 Mil in its second week and has made more than Man of Steel in its entire theatrical run with at complete total of 668 Mil. BvS is a hit. Nothing to worry about.

BvS is most certainly not a hit.

 

[Slade W]

BvS is most certainly not a hit.

I think he forgot to put an s in there.

 

[Poni_Boy]

So, how much money should it have made by now (i.e. ten days into its theatrical run) in order for it to not be considered a failure?

$775-$800 million. OW wasn't as big as it should have been by about $50 mil. China bombed, last week it dropped too much in the US, this weekend's drop is disastrous for a front loaded film open in all markets. $680 million in 10 days for THIS film is not "wonderful."

The Force Awakens hit $1 billion in 12 days

Jurassic World hit $1 billion in 13 days

Does anyone still think this movie will hit $1 billion?

 

[Poni_Boy]

Double post

 

[jokesonm3]

Nope, it's RT score and CinemaScore ensured its box office demise long ago.

 

[Flint Marko]

Not sure if this has been posted yet, here's a quote from Warner Bros. domestic distribution chief Jeff Goldstein:

"We’re not concerned with the drop. No matter how you slice it, to get to $52 million on any given weekend is an enormous accomplishment. We’re most focused on where we are in total. And our global number is huge."

AKA:

Spoiler

 

[All-Father]

Not sure if this has been posted yet, here's a quote from Warner Bros. domestic distribution chief Jeff Goldstein:


AKA:

Spoiler

LOL. Damage control at its best.

 

[Zarex]

WB invested a lot into this movie. Maybe too much if you look at it like a single picture. But it is their big start-off, you have to invest to make money.

And not forget, it's still making a profit.

Two recent films, X Men: First Class and Batman Begins, performed exactly that function. Both comic book movies struggled somewhat at the BO due to the sins of their predecessors. But they were well regarded by both critics and audiences alike and enabled DOFP and TDK to excel.

The problem is that, unlike FC and BB, BvS was extremely divisive. The film received both a poor RT rating and a poor Cinemascore and the huge 2nd week drop off shows the WOM is awful. If the primary goal of BvS was to generate enthusiasm for future DCEU films than this film was an unmitigated disaster.

 

[Flint Marko]

"Divisive" is putting it kindly. Man of Steel was divisive, BvS has been poorly recieved on all fronts.

 

[Lily Adler]

Agreed. BvS was NOT divisive. It was panned.

 

[samsnee]

Was MoS a staggered global release? People keep saying BvS has already made more than MoS but is it a fair comparison since BvS was released everywhere on the same day?

 

[jokesonm3]

Was MoS a staggered global release? People keep saying BvS has already made more than MoS but is it a fair comparison since BvS was released everywhere on the same day?

Also known as a front loaded film.

 

[JOE]

It's one of the first CBMs in a while I haven't gone to see twice, looks like the GA is following suit lol.

 

[samsnee]

Not sure if this has been posted yet, here's a quote from Warner Bros. domestic distribution chief Jeff Goldstein:


AKA:

Spoiler

He's right, $52M is an enormous accomplishment for a movie starring Batman and Superman in its second weekend and the only competition is a religious movie.

That's like Lebron James bragging he scored 25 points in a game against some Special Olympics kids.

 

[Lily Adler]

Pretty sure this film's crashing internationally too.

I believe the man is saying due to the film being front-loaded, it gives the façade of success for WB to justify going ahead with Justice League. In other words, they knew the film was a disaster, but are sticking with Snyder anyway.

 

[Mjölnir]

He's right, $52M is an enormous accomplishment for a movie starring Batman and Superman in its second weekend and the only competition is a religious movie.

That's like Lebron James bragging he scored 25 points in a game against some Special Olympics kids.

Yes, that's the really sad part in all this, that it had absolutely no relevant competition and still did this poorly. Imagine if this was released in the summer. It's not good for the superhero genre, although if Civil War comes in and is close to as good as people hope this will luckily be washed away quickly.

No studio that releases superhero movies want the other ones to fail though, as they all help encourage people to go to see these kinds of movies in theaters.

 

[chaseter]

And not forget, it's still making a profit.

It's not yet.

 

[Lilbaz]

Yes, that's the really sad part in all this, that it had absolutely no relevant competition and still did this poorly. Imagine if this was released in the summer. It's not good for the superhero genre, although if Civil War comes in and is close to as good as people hope this will luckily be washed away quickly.

No studio that releases superhero movies want the other ones to fail though, as they all help encourage people to go to see these kinds of movies in theaters.

Think it's great for the super hero genre. Shows that it isn't popular characters that will make a film successful but actually a good film. That should be WB's focus from now. Just make good films.

 

[Flickster]

Agreed. BvS was NOT divisive. It was panned.

No, it was not panned; it received mediocre/ average scores. It seems as if it was panned because of its low score on Rotten Tomatoes, but that score only indicates that most critics gave it a "rotten" score, which simply means that most critics didn't rate it highly and not necessarily that they rated it lowly; a lot of critics gave it 5/10 or 6/10 or five-point scale equivalents. The film is considered average and not bad. You guys are blowing its supposed bad reception out of the water; you're having a field day trashing this movie. It's as if you all get joy out of this, which isn't surprising given that some of you have avatars featuring Marvel characters.

Anyhow, the film hasn't been as greatly received as Marvel films because it's not lighthearted and comedic but is drab, dreary, and depressed. However, these differences don't make it a bad movie but make it an unappealing movie, especially to kids and families, which is why it's suffering (relatively speaking). Considering all of this, a take-in of $700,000,000 after a mere ten days is pretty good. Over the next month, I can see it raking in another $200,000,000 and then even more when the director's cut is released.

Considering that this is only the second film in the DCCU, WB is off to a good start. Compared to where Marvel was at this point, they're doing great. I'm not going to bother replying to you guys any further because you're all overly negative; if this film were to hit $ 1billion, you'd all still call it a failure and say that it should have earned $1.5 billion.

 

[Poni_Boy]

Anyhow, the film hasn't been as greatly received as Marvel films because it's not lighthearted and comedic

 

[samsnee]

Seriously, the same old "DC is for adults, and Marvel is for kids". Well, by "adult movie" standards, BvS was terribly made.