BvS Batman V Superman Box Office Prediction - Part 8

[Angel0fDeath]

If this holds well next weekend I can see this place going nuts!

A lot of broken hearts already because the movie is doing well.

 

[Unbreakable Lex]

If this holds well next weekend I can see this place going nuts!

Wait... this place isn't already nuts?

 

[OcStat]

Exactly. WB was looking for a Box office darling franchise and it more than found it.

Not trying to be a negative nancy but what they want is to kick start a multi-film franchise, and a contested response for the film that's supposed to light the spark doesn't bode well, even if it brings in the denero. I imagine there will still be meetings about what they can do different to make sure the next film his a better reception.

I mean look what happened to Sony.

 

[HaplessHenchman]

WB trying to get to the reviews:

Awesome!

 

[Wylie Times]

Everybody needs to stop with the "Only ____ love/hate this movie", you're just talking out of your backside when you say stuff like that. A wide range of people have a wide range of thoughts about this film. So stop trying to pigeonhole the films fans and detractors.

 

[JtheDreamer]

Everybody needs to stop with the "Only ____ love/hate this movie", you're just talking out of your backside when you say stuff like that. A wide range of people have a wide range of thoughts about this film. So stop trying to pigeonhole the films fans and detractors.

Trolls gonna troll ya know?

 

[HanShotFirst]

WB trying to get to the reviews:

LMAO wtf?!!

Always appreciated the clever use of fresh gifs.

 

[Jumpman]

CW is all going to depend on if it opens like a Captain America film or an Avengers film. Having RDJ is going to help, but a lot will depend on reviews as well.

That film is getting 90% at RT...minimum.

 

[8Diagrams(WU)]

‘Batman vs. Superman’ Breaks a Bunch of Opening Records With $424 Million Worldwide

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice had quite the weekend — not only did it break the March opening record previously held by The Hunger Games, but with $424 million worldwide, Zack Snyder’s epic now boasts the highest opening weekend for a Warner Bros. superhero movie. All those negative reviews predictably had zero effect on audiences, who flocked to see the long-awaited showdown between the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel.

Read More: ‘Batman v Superman’ Breaks Records With $424 Million Globally | http://screencrush.com/batman-vs-superman-box-office-records/?trackback=tsmclip

 

[hafizbat]

Really? Only fanboys got it a $422 Million opening (or whatever the final number is)? Are you even reading your posts anymore?

Uh, just because people saw it doesn't mean they love it...

I HATE this movie and I still gave it two chances.

 

[JtheDreamer]

Today this thread has morphed into the curious case of "running with headlines" and leaving out all the details. The WB marketing team's week 1 strategy is definitely working in that regard.

 

[HaplessHenchman]

Uh, just because people saw it doesn't mean they love it...

I HATE this movie and I still gave it two chances.

But they still saw it and were able to make up their own minds, something the critics did not want them to do...

 

[Flint Marko]

Jurassic World.

Gotcha. From what I can tell JW only dropped -49% the next weekend. That's impressive.

It was McWeeney who said if the film doesn't hit a billion people will lose their jobs. He has good connections in the studio, and he called it for the way WB played the embargo a month before it happened.

The only thing remaining is to see what kind of legs it has. Like I say it only needs 2.26 X to hit a billion, but that's easier said than done. I still think you're looking at a 65-70% drop in the second weekend, or a Spiderman 3 like 60+% drop with subsequent 50% drops with no stabilization.

A lot of people owe McWeeney an apology.
Based on what we know at the moment, do you expect this movie to hit a billion? I'm not well-versed with box office terms so I don't know what to expect.

Amen brother, I said the same thing yesterday. This is now the era when we, who love superheroes and comic franchises, can see all of our favorite properties brought to the big screen. A truly great time. But we're getting some dark, depressing nonsense shoved in our faces....it's just not good enough.

Totally the same feeling I had when I watched the first Transformers movie and the first GI Joe movie. Sickened to my stomach, thought I was going to get two more great franchises to chew on for the next 10 years, instead I saw them once and haven't seen another one of their wretched sequels.

The characters and the fans truly deserve better.

I don't have an aversion to dark, depressing movies, it's the "nonsense" part that I can't get on board with. You can make a movie with any tone you'd like, just make sure it's good.

Not trying to be a negative nancy but what they want is to kick start a multi-film franchise, and a contested response for the film that's supposed to light the spark doesn't bode well, even if it brings in the denero. I imagine there will still be meetings about what they can do different to make sure the next film his a better reception.

I mean look what happened to Sony.

Great point. The comparisons between ASM 2 and BvS are already startling. ASM 2 had a -60% drop it's next weekend so we'll see how this holds up.

But they still saw it and were able to make up their own minds, something the critics did not want them to do...

Wait you honestly think critics don't want people to form their own opinions? Come on.

 

[Marvel Knight]

WB is so sad that you did not like the movie

WB would never be sad. They got what they wanted.. money.


It's the fans who should be sad. We're getting Snyder and more of the same for Justice League.

 

[8Diagrams(WU)]

WB would never be sad. They got what they wanted.. money.


It's the fans who should be sad. We're getting Snyder and more of the same for Justice League.

Theres only one sad party and its not the two you mentioned t:

 

[Flint Marko]

Theres only one sad party and its not the two you mentioned t:

If there's a sad party, Affleck's apparently invited

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwXfv25xJUw

 

[4thWallBreaker]

Despite the critical acclaim, I think it could push it to, if not make it to, one billion.

But you never know. I would've said most people are not paying attention to critical acclaim about the movie, but since Sadffleck went viral... I think people know about the dislike of the movie.

 

[Logan0327]

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

To say the least. I think some people's heads will explode.

Definitely. It will be interesting to watch.

 

[Ita-KalEl]

Yeah, and none of us are going to get a single dollar of it...so I don't see why some of you are celebrating so much?

As fans we should care much, much more about the quality of the movies because that's what matters to us. This movie's box office will determine the future of this franchise.

If some of you are fine with the way these movies are, that is critically panned and divisive among the GA and only truly loved by fanboys, and more similar to Transformers than Marvel or Star Wars, then cool, I guess. This was WB/DC's second chance, and remarkably they did even worse than MOS in all but box office.

Some of us have higher standards for the characters we love.

To be honest I am more anthropologically interested in the correspondence between "I don't like it" and "It will be a box office bomb".
I respect all the opinions, but I would like to see some evidences that this movie is so terrible. By now I don't see any.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Wait... this place isn't already nuts?

 

[Aejej]

Yeah, and none of us are going to get a single dollar of it...so I don't see why some of you are celebrating so much?

As fans we should care much, much more about the quality of the movies because that's what matters to us. This movie's box office will determine the future of this franchise.

If some of you are fine with the way these movies are, that is critically panned and divisive among the GA and only truly loved by fanboys, and more similar to Transformers than Marvel or Star Wars, then cool, I guess. This was WB/DC's second chance, and remarkably they did even worse than MOS in all but box office.

Some of us have higher standards for the characters we love.

Did you just say Star Wars? I hope you don't mean The Force Awakens, because it's time to get the wool out of your eyes, son. That was the biggest dupe, ever. Everyone ordered the T-bone and got exactly that: the bone and no meat. Maybe a sprig of parsley.

 

[SoNicRaDiATioN]

This movie isn't good for the genre.

A film critically panned that still makes major bank can't really hurt it either, can it? From an artistic standpoint or in terms of how it's viewed by the general public it may take a brief hit, but there's always another film around the corner these days that could make amends and get things back on track. Point is, I'm kinda happy that these films can often be critic proof, not that I want them to make a habit of it. I think it certainly spits on those in Hollywood and critical circles that like to trumpet the CBM fatigue narrative.

Marvel will be fine. Marvel is the Coke of comic book films. Their brand is so trusted at this point audiences know they're going to get something they like. Audiences are savvy to differentiate between what they like and don't like with superheroes by now. We've come to that point. You'll have the idiots who will scream the sky is falling when a CBM fails but that effects nothing. It's only when every comic book movie winds up like this film is when you have a serious problem.

God knows after people see this depressing ass movie they need some level of brightness and Civil War will be that. Even Civil War at it's most dramatic is still happier than whatever is in this movie.

I hope you are right about CW. I am a bit concerned that some of these critics will be so burnt out by BvS that they take their frustrations out on the next CBM in line. I haven't seen BvS and am generally not a fan of Snyder but it does seem to me that there is a bit of a piling on effect going on critically that I find disturbing. Again, perhaps I'll come to the conclusion that it's warranted once I see the film, but at this point it seems a touch gratuitous.

 

[Reel-Man]

I'll go grab the popcorn. Seems this thread has suddenly done a 180 and the vocal bunch don't seem to like it. Taste of your own medicine fellas. Sorry to say but it was deserved.

 

[Tony Stark]

A lot of people owe McWeeney an apology.
Based on what we know at the moment, do you expect this movie to hit a billion? I'm not well-versed with box office terms so I don't know what to expect.

I expect it will finish around 900M. If it's close WB will fudge it to 1B. I needs about a 2.26 multiplier to get to a billion. If there's a 70% drop next week, or if like Spider-man 3 there's a 60% drop followed by 50% drops in subsequent weeks, it won't make it.

Keep an eye out on Tuesday for the reported Monday numbers. If the Monday gross is less than 15M this thing is headed for freefall.