BvS Batman V Superman Box Office Prediction - - - - - - Part 15

[RLAAMJR.]

Just google "Disney", "Age of Ultron", and "disappointment".

Also just look at the box office returns of The Avengers and Age of Ultron. AOU ended up making less than Avengers. Studios are always going to be disappointed if a sequel makes less than the original because they always pour more money and resources into the sequel.

But AoU did better still than BvS by a mile.

 

[Wylie Times]

But AoU did better still than BvS by a mile.

Oh definitely, but they are definitely both still seen as disappointments by their studios.

It's just that Batman V Superman is seen as a MUCH bigger disappointment because they sunk more money into it and are going to come up shorter than AOU did.

AOU made a buttload of money and turned a profit, but as I said, a sequel making less than the original is always going to be seen as a disappointment.

 

[Bruce Malone]

I think the point is about the expectations studio's set for themselves and perhaps their share-holders.

Disney probably pegged AoU to at least match the gross of A1 or even surpass it (as many here thought it would) so depsite making decent money still it fell short of those predictions.

Regardless of what WB will say I know they were hoping to at least match the BO of the Nolan films with BvS.

 

[jaymes_e06]

If you have a problem with my posts put me on your ignore list. Otherwise stop complaining about people responding to your public posts on a public forum.

I can respond to you just as you can to me.

 

[jaymes_e06]

I think the point is about the expectations studio's set for themselves and perhaps their share-holders.

Disney probably pegged AoU to at least match the gross of A1 or even surpass it (as many here thought it would) so depsite making decent money still it fell short of those predictions.

Regardless of what WB will say I know they were hoping to at least match the BO of the Nolan films with BvS.

My point was I never heard a public statement proclaiming any unhappy feelings towards AoU from Disney same is happening with BvS and WB... It's disingenuous to compare the situations as if Marvel publicly ate crow when that is not the case.

 

[RLAAMJR.]

Oh definitely, but they are definitely both still seen as disappointments by their studios.

It's just that Batman V Superman is seen as a MUCH bigger disappointment because they sunk more money into it and are going to come up shorter than AOU did.

AOU made a buttload of money and turned a profit, but as I said, a sequel making less than the original is always going to be seen as a disappointment.

Well, if you're with Disney (not only them), you always hope for a bigger profit for the sequels.

Disney was disappointed but it doesn't mean AoU was a failure in the box office.

 

[Wylie Times]

Well, if you're with Disney (not only them), you always hope for a bigger profit for the sequels.

Disney was disappointed but it doesn't mean AoU was a failure in the box office.

Oh I'm not saying that AOU was a failure. Heck, Batman V Superman wasn't a failure financially.

 

[RLAAMJR.]

Oh I'm not saying that AOU was a failure. Heck, Batman V Superman wasn't a failure financially.

Just making it clear cos some people associate "disappointment" to "failure".

Which reminded me of my friend who is ranked 4th on their class. It was a disappointment for me cos I was thinking he would be in the top 3. But it's not a failure.

 

[Sithborg]

umm what?? BVS and MOS had over 100 million OW if your name isn't Marvel,Pixar Or Star Wars you aint putting a film next to justice league lol

With the way this movie dropped, there is no way any studio is going to clear out the weekend after. Heck, the franchise is in such a precarious situation, similar to X-men post X3 and Origins, they may not even be scared of being in front of it. If Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman are received positively, JL may be in the situation that DOFP was in. I don't think there is any guarantee that JL will do better than BvS.

 

[Limonade]

With the way this movie dropped, there is no way any studio is going to clear out the weekend after. Heck, the franchise is in such a precarious situation, similar to X-men post X3 and Origins, they may not even be scared of being in front of it. If Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman are received positively, JL may be in the situation that DOFP was in. I don't think there is any guarantee that JL will do better than BvS.

That's something that has crossed my mind last week. With what appears like a disappointing run in the box office, other studios will likely brave a scheduled movie to run against DC rather than Marvel at this point.

 

[Stark Bauer]

Just making it clear cos some people associate "disappointment" to "failure".

Which reminded me of my friend who is ranked 4th on their class. It was a disappointment for me cos I was thinking he would be in the top 3. But it's not a failure.

I'm thinking it's more like the Golden State Warriors winning the first 3 games and then losing the next 4 - in the first round of the playoffs.

 

[BatofGotham]

umm what?? BVS and MOS had over 100 million OW if your name isn't Marvel,Pixar Or Star Wars you aint putting a film next to justice league lol

What do you guys means when you say OW?

 

[Ultra Nolanite]

Opening Weekend

 

[Kanon]

The way I see it, "AoU dissapointment" is "Oh, well, it's sad 'cause we could have made more". "BvS dissapointment" is more like "Oh ****! we are losing money and almost ruining franchises! what are we going to do now?"

 

[Chesterfield]

LOL. Marvel and other studios wouldn't be foolish enough to release day and date with JL or another DC film. The difference now is, now they have seen that DC movies' legs are not very good. So instead of giving JL a cushion of 4 weeks or more, they will not be afraid to move their releases even 2 weeks after JL because of BvS' steep drops.

Is that why WB/DC decided they were going to have the same date as civil war for BvS for months and then chickened out and changed their release date?

See, for ordinarily what you said could and should have been true for other studios but as of now, the only potential killer WB/DC has is Batfleck's solo movie. Right now, WB/DC have proven themselves to be a big barking dog that just cant bite. Their is blood is most certainly in the water and the sharks, dolphins, heck even the shrimp are coming.

Unless Zack undergoes a mind/body invasion and becomes superior Snyder or he gets booted off as director, the JL movie has ana anticipation and regard value of meh.

 

[Kanon]

I checked movies with multiplier under 2x (in the all time OW chart)

Paranormal Activity 3 1.98x
Watchmen 1.95x
Valentine's Day 1.96x
Fifty Shades of Grey 1.95x

That's the club BvS is likely to join. At least won't be Snyder's first movie to do so

Is that why WB/DC decided they were going to have the same date as civil war for BvS for months and then chickened out and changed their release date?

As I remember, they slated BvS against and untitled Marvel movie, probably thinking they could push around Dr Strange or something like that, and then moved out when Cap 3 was announced (It wasn't revealed as a CW adaptation yet, though WB probably had that info)

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Is it just me or are people acting like this is just suddenly going to stop making money this weekend because JB is out?

Just my prediction but I am guessing it will make at least another $20 million domestic and about the same OS. Still a disappointment of course. But it's run isn't done yet.

 

[Kanon]

Is it just me or are people acting like this is just suddenly going to stop making money this weekend because JB is out?

Just my prediction but I am guessing it will make at least another $20 million domestic and about the same OS. Still a disappointment of course. But it's run isn't done yet.

I think other 30M domestic is hard but realistic. OS I wouldn't know. It needs 332M total DOM to achieve a 2x multiplier.

 

[GreenKToo]

It should? do around 13 mill dom this weekend.

 

[Spiderdevil]

Oh definitely, but they are definitely both still seen as disappointments by their studios.

It's just that Batman V Superman is seen as a MUCH bigger disappointment because they sunk more money into it and are going to come up shorter than AOU did.

AOU made a buttload of money and turned a profit, but as I said, a sequel making less than the original is always going to be seen as a disappointment.

There is a difference between underachieving and being a disappointment, AoU underachieved but BvS is a disappointment

With AoU the studios probably went 'Hey it made buttloads but not buttloads enough!', with BvS it is struggling to break even and studios are running the risk of not getting their money back!

 

[wobbly]

It should? do around 13 mill dom this weekend.

Probably too optimistic. Could well be under $10mil (early projections are taking that line at any rate).

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I think other 30M domestic is hard but realistic. OS I wouldn't know. It needs 332M total DOM to achieve a 2x multiplier.

Well it will be in the top 10, possibly even top 5 for a few weeks yet. So it will be interesting to see, 320 domestic is a certainty though IMO. So 330 certainly isn't out of the realms of possibility.

 

[Flint Marko]

Oh definitely, but they are definitely both still seen as disappointments by their studios.

It's just that Batman V Superman is seen as a MUCH bigger disappointment because they sunk more money into it and are going to come up shorter than AOU did.

AOU made a buttload of money and turned a profit, but as I said, a sequel making less than the original is always going to be seen as a disappointment.

AoU was a mild disappointment at the most, but I never expected it to outgross the original Avengers. Back in May 2012 when the box office numbers started coming in I used to say how doubtful I was that any Marvel movie, or any superhero movie for that matter, in the near future would be able to match those numbers, including a sequel.
BvS was never even going to come close to TA or AoU's numbers, but I definitely expected a billion.

 

[wobbly]

Is it just me or are people acting like this is just suddenly going to stop making money this weekend because JB is out?

Just my prediction but I am guessing it will make at least another $20 million domestic and about the same OS. Still a disappointment of course. But it's run isn't done yet.

It will still make money. I don't think anyone has suggested otherwise?

What is open for speculation is how much more it can get, and Jungle Book opening is not gonna help BVS at all in that regard.

 

[Spiderdevil]

LOL. Marvel and other studios wouldn't be foolish enough to release day and date with JL or another DC film.

Except they we prepared to release Civil War alongside BvS, it was WB who moved BvS