Rise of the Silver Surfer BOX OFFICE Discussion

[Sardaukar]

I understand not wanting Mole Man but I think Puppet Master is rather cool.

There's no way he could come off any lamer than Doom did in FF1.

Done correctly, a Mole Man flick would be frickin' cool. You just can't go wrong with giant monsters. Godzilla 98 notwithstanding.

 

[Sentinel X]

^ Or just skip Doom and forget him till the franchise is restarted.

No...I still want to see more of him.He may never be the perfect Doom fans have been drooling for but God...he does not deserve such a vague death/ending in FF2. Just bring him back and kill him in a really cool way t:

Yep, meeeeeee tooooooooooooooooooo........took the words right out of my mouth......but what is funny is, my favorite of the summer, was NONE of the BO biggies.....it was "Rescue Dawn"....going to see it again this weekend on vacation.....AWESOME movie.....

Yeah...the smaller movies have been getting much better reviews. I really want to see Sunshine and Once; I heard they were really good.

Lolololol


Really I'd like Puppet Master and Mole Man as a said villain

Puppet Master could work...Mole man, eehh!...I dont know. I think that the frightful four would be awesome and maybe even the U-Foes. My dream villain would be Namor but we aren't seeing him anytime soon.

 

[Malus]

Anyone other than hardcore Spiderman fans will be generally unexcited to see Vulture, Magneto, Scorpion, Electro, Rhino, and Lizard.

On the contrary, I think fans have really been waiting for the Lizard (especially after repeated appearances by Dr. Connors) and the Rhino? I think the Rhino could be very scary and effective in a Spidey film.

 

[Kelly]

Yeah...the smaller movies have been getting much better reviews. I really want to see Sunshine and Once; I heard they were really good.

Sunshine is good, but be ready for some WTF moments....

 

[Malus]

Done correctly, a Mole Man flick would be frickin' cool. You just can't go wrong with giant monsters. Godzilla 98 notwithstanding.

Completely agree. If this franchise is capped at three films, give me the Mole Man and some involvement by an even more improved Doom.

...and maybe even the U-Foes.

Unless I'm mistaken, the U-Foes have never appeared in the F.F. comic.
I want a classic FF nemesis.
How 'bout Impossible Man? t:

 

[Kelly]

Completely agree. If this franchise is capped at three films, give me the Mole Man and some involvement by an even more improved Doom.



Unless I'm mistaken, the U-Foes have never appeared in the F.F. comic.
I want a classic FF nemesis.
How 'bout Impossible Man? t:

NO IMPOSSIBLE MAN......that guy irritates the crap outta me..........and I know thats what he's supposed to do, but I don't go to see movies to be irritated.......I'll take ANY villain over him....

 

[Malus]

NO IMPOSSIBLE MAN......that guy irritates the crap outta me..........and I know thats what he's supposed to do, but I don't go to see movies to be irritated.......I'll take ANY villain over him....

Aw, come on. Impossible Man played by Jim Carey! t:

Hey, I know. I'll start the official "I believe in Jim Carrey as Impy" movement.

 

[Kelly]

You'll be the first person I ban.........................*smiles*

 

[highguard]

^^

At this point the Puppet master could work, cause it would pit the fantastic four against each other, testing the bonds of family.

[edit] However this should be a sidebar plot orchestrated by Doom who has his robot army ready to take over the world and should lead to him having the puppet master hypnotizing the FF to believe they are powerless and unable to stop his conquest of earth.

And Doom has to be both morbid and insane in this one.

Again we are hearing nothing about an FF movie, only SS, I don't know if the studio still listens but I think most of us want an FF3, we love SS but not as much as FF, at least that is my bias.

Your decision Fox.

 

[Ahura Mazda]

Well FF2 has just come out here in Switzerland and in france so there may be a boost to the foreign BO. One thing to note is that the postings and its ratings make the likelyhood of a good BO improbable.

 

[Spider–Man]

I wonder why they wait so long to release the film in other markets???

 

[tviceman]

I think the Rhino could be very scary and effective in a Spidey film.

And so could have been Venom.

 

[tviceman]

I wonder why they wait so long to release the film in other markets???

Someone told me it's because studios want to build up word of mouth, but how strong can word of mouth be from country to country? Especially if, as most, a film gets mixed critical reception. I think it ultimately hurts B.O. performance. It gives bootleggers too much time to circulate high quality rip offs.

 

[Carp Man]

Wednesdays #'s are in :

TBU :

Domestic: $92,616,000 100.0%+ Foreign: n/a 0.0%= Worldwide: $92,616,000


TSM :

Domestic: $138,480,147 42.2%+ Foreign: $189,954,253 57.8%= Worldwide: $328,434,400

HP :

Domestic: $265,421,089 34.2%+ Foreign: $510,000,000 65.8%= Worldwide: $775,421,089

TF's :

Domestic: $298,897,881 50.2%+ Foreign: $296,708,905 49.8%= Worldwide: $595,606,786

FF 2 :

Domestic: $130,512,251 54.1%+ Foreign: $110,715,843 45.9%= Worldwide: $241,228,094

 

[Advanced Dark]

131 should happen then.

 

[Carp Man]

Theater counts Aug. 8 - 10.

Rush Hour 3 - 3,778

TBU - 3,687 + 27

TSM - 3,552 - 374

HP 5 - 2,585 - 540

TF's - 1,803 - 616

 

[Spiderine]

No one wants the Frightful Four. Maybe with an insane Doom as its leader. Finally he would have the numbers. And we would get some bonafide battle scenes.

 

[Spider–Man]

Someone told me it's because studios want to build up word of mouth, but how strong can word of mouth be from country to country? Especially if, as most, a film gets mixed critical reception. I think it ultimately hurts B.O. performance. It gives bootleggers too much time to circulate high quality rip offs.

Yup, guy just posted SM3 pics on the other board that were dvd quality from a Russian bootleg (still in English)!

 

[Grog]

Could be mistaken, but I think Japan shows movies in the theaters via DVD, so it would make sense to send the discs there last since it is so easy to get a high quality bootleg.

 

[Carp Man]

Around the World Roundup: 'Simpsons' Tops in Second Frame
by Conor Bresnan
August 8, 2007


At the foreign box office, The Simpsons Movie easily retained weekend top spot with a sturdy estimated $47.3 million. The cartoon comedy, which has accumulated $190 million, had more huge openings and its holdovers didn't drop as precipitously as it did domestically.

Opening in first place in Mexico, The Simpsons boasted an excellent $6.9 million from 850 screens, which was 41 percent higher than Ratatouille's opening. It also topped Denmark with $1.4 million from 119 screens, which was more than Spider-Man 3's debut.

Among holdovers, The Simpsons had its best hold in Argentina, where its $1.6 million second weekend gross was higher than the first weekends of Transformers, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Ratatouille. Down only 33 percent decline, its total is $5.1 million there.

In other countries, Simpsons generally fell more than 50 percent. It was off 54 percent in Australia ($18.8 million total), 58 percent in France ($16 million total), 56 percent in Spain ($17.4 million total) and 54 percent in Norway ($3.2 million). In a few nations, it did see 60 percent falls like Germany's 64 percent tumble ($24.7 million) and the United Kingdom's 70 percent dive, though it still made a hefty $8.2 million over the weekend there for a $49.2 million total. This weekend, The Simpsons enters Hong Kong, Hungary, Taiwan and Thailand.

Transformers remained in second internationally with a $29.7 million weekend. Despite openings Austria, Germany and Japan among other countries, business was down 33 percent overall. The robo-spectacle disappointed in Japan ($5.3 million from 616 screens) and Germany ($5.8 million from 763 screens). In Austria, it nabbed $855,554 from 132 screens and ranked first in Estonia with $38,041 from 5 screens. Notable among holdovers was its 42 percent drop in Hong Kong to $1.1 million for an 11-day tally of $3.7 million.

With no openings, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix fell 49 percent to $25.4 million, accumulating a fantastic $510 million. The fantasy appears to be headed for $600 million and will soon surpass the previous summer Potter release, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Japan was the picture's standout market with $4 million, off just 29 percent for a $44 million total.

Opening in France propelled Ratatouille to an estimated $24.5 million weekend for an $83.3 million total. Fueled by its French setting, Pixar's animated comedy grabbed $11.8 million from 721 screens there, more than tripling Cars' debut and exceeding The Incredibles as well. Elsewhere, Ratatouille continued its moderately successful run, including the Netherlands' $408,073 opening, which failed to top Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix's fourth weekend, Belgium's $796,469 from 91 screens and Spain's $3.6 million from 511 screens. It had better starts in Hong Kong ($807,982 from 38 screens), Hungary ($517,308 from 37 screens) and Taiwan (estimated $625,000). In Japan, it took a big hit in its second weekend, down 46 percent, but will likely rebound next weekend and improve on its $10.8 million total.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2365&p=.htm

 

[Carp Man]

Some Thursdays #'s are in :

TBU :

Domestic: $98,673,300 100.0%+ Foreign: n/a 0.0%= Worldwide: $98,673,300

TSM :

Domestic: $141,112,342 42.6%+ Foreign: $189,954,253 57.4%= Worldwide: $331,066,595

 

[Bishop2]

Why are we still following the box office here if there are no new FF totals?

 

[Carp Man]

Why are we still following the box office here if there are no new FF totals?

Seems the thing to do.

 

[Malus]

Why are we still following the box office here if there are no new FF totals?

Perspective.

And there will be additional international numbers and a final world-wide tally at some point.

 

[Advanced Dark]

Why are we still following the box office here if there are no new FF totals?

There are new totals every week.