Ant-Man Box Office Predictions

[Tony Stark]

Omg that's my point gotg did which is why it opened to 94mil that's close enough for an unheard property/comic antman shouldn't have came no less than 75mil
It's marvel just a fewon the ago yo in all was saying how no marvel movie will ever gross this low now all of sudden it's ok
Hypocrites

The only hypocrite around here is you for not bothering to contribute here and when you see the film come in below expectation you're here to troll.

 

[kedrell]

You think it's bad for Marvel to not try harder with movies?

I disagree about the terms of what constitutes 'trying harder'. I'd say they already do plenty.

 

[Mike Murdock]

Omg that's my point gotg did which is why it opened to 94mil that's close enough for an unheard property/comic antman shouldn't have came no less than 75mil

Movies don't exist in a vacuum. GOTG had no competition. Minions has been extremely successful and not just in a "eh, we don't have anything better to watch" kind of way. In my audience, I think there was exactly one person under the age of 15. With Age of Ultron, it was at least a quarter.

 

[Drz]

I disagree about the terms of what constitutes 'trying harder'. I'd say they already do plenty.

Do you really think they tried hard enough with Age of Ultron's theme, writing, direction and lenght alongside changing the Ant-Man script?

All i'm saying is, people clearly want more films like GOTG and Captain America 2, and those movies worked because the directors we're given freedom to tell their tale, it really shows in the end product.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Man I usually love my Marvel BO threads but right now this thread is kind of insane.

 

[dalonewolf]

The only hypocrite around here is you for not bothering to contribute here and when you see the film come in below expectation you're here to troll.

I never said the movie was bad and how I'm trolling when we all agreed about a 400mil WW gross
I'm concerned not trolling
I think you guys looks for troll so much when people say anything about how a movie is doing and you don't like it you all get so explosive
Most in this thread predictions are 75+ o.w
Hell, I really thought it will get 80mil when I heard it's thursday numbers I was shocked and then came the Friday number and I was really shocked
And I don't want hear anything about the budget of this flim because Marvel have gained back well over thier budgets and breaking even
They spent 170 on gotg, cap2,thor,2 and 2 made over 700mil and thor made 630
So I figure antman with 130 and better received than thor would make 600 ww 400mil will be well below my prediction

 

[JtheDreamer]

Yes they are marvel has been winning over the audience for the last 5 years most of thoer movies was number 1 for weeks to come
Gotg lost one wee but regained the following but for the most part they maintain their spot for a 3-4 weeks
I can't remember how many times age of ultron was but
Know one is talking about the movie anymore and this one will soon be forgotten as well by next week everyone still will be taking about minoins instead
People are mostly strong about a marvel release its almost like nobody showed up only your typical comic book fan .when marvel normally pulls in a much bigger crowd
For this movie to make as much as a phase one flim is very dissapointing no matter how you cut it
Why???
BECAUSE MARVEL WASN'T REALLY MAKING MONEY IN PHASE ONE LIKE THEY ARE IN PHASE TWO
There's is no freaking way captain 1 and hulk 2 should ever be compared to a phase flim

You're right, they'll prolly file for bankruptcy tomorrow morning.

Go away already. Take your trollish commentary with you.

 

[Flint Marko]

Do you really think they tried hard enough with Age of Ultron's theme, writing, direction and lenght alongside changing the Ant-Man script?

All i'm saying is, people clearly want more films like GOTG and Captain America 2, and those movies worked because the directors we're given freedom to tell their tale, it really shows in the end product.

You were behind the scenes working intimately with each director enough to be able to compare each movies production process? I'm assuming so because you speak as if you're privy to some sort of knowledge that we are the. The Russo brothers and James Gunn all spoke of the various mandates Marvel made, so let's say I'm not particularly inclined to buy what you're selling.

 

[dalonewolf]

Do you really think they tried hard enough with Age of Ultron's theme, writing, direction and lenght alongside changing the Ant-Man script?

All i'm saying is, people clearly want more films like GOTG and Captain America 2, and those movies worked because the directors we're given freedom to tell their tale, it really shows in the end product.

It seems they don't get it if people want to see a movie they will go and see a movie it doesn't matter the release date you have 140mil openers in march
And a 700mil domestic gainer in Dec
It's clear that antman failed to catch movie goers eyes domesticly
If the nation was interested the weekend would have been much higher
Kids aren't in school as well

 

[kedrell]

Do you really think they tried hard enough with Age of Ultron's theme, writing, direction and lenght alongside changing the Ant-Man script?

Yes. AoU was great and AM was very good, IMO. In fact I'd say quality-wise the combo of 2 MCU films this year edges out the combo last year.

All i'm saying is, people clearly want more films like GOTG and Captain America 2, and those movies worked because the directors we're given freedom to tell their tale, it really shows in the end product.

Those films had the same restrictions put on them as AoU and AM. It's just that Whedon & Wright are rather prissy about being on a team project like the MCU and Gunn & the Russo brothers aren't.

And I'd rank Ant-Man ahead of GotG. I'd rank AoU and Cap2 about even with Ant-Man just below them. Not every movie can be a 10/10 or even a 9/10. That's unrealistic and if you expect that then you're just setting yourself up for disappointment.

 

[dalonewolf]

You're right, they'll prolly file for bankruptcy tomorrow morning.

Go away already. Take your trollish commentary with you.

I guess yall don't realize that it's bad for civil war and Dr strange
It's a known fact that a lot of people didn't like age of ultron and that's showing here

 

[JtheDreamer]

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[JtheDreamer]

I guess yall don't realize that it's bad for civil war and Dr strange
It's a known fact that a lot of people didn't like age of ultron and that's showing here

I guess you don't realize that the moveez are seperate with each propertey having more of an audience
It's a known fact that people help make Ages of Ultron the number six largest world wide box officle movie of all times
I agree Marvel should quit now since they don't make tha money

 

[GL's Light]

Civil War is going to be huge. Doctor Strange is hard to predict. That'll be an interesting one to follow.

 

[JtheDreamer]

Civil War is going to be huge. Doctor Strange is hard to predict. That'll be an interesting one to follow.

Been said many times, but might as well just call Civil War another Avengers movie from a box office perspective.

That Dr. Strange on the other hand will face the delicate line GOTG and Ant-Man did.

 

[Docker2.0]

I guess yall don't realize that it's bad for civil war and Dr strange
It's a known fact that a lot of people didn't like age of ultron and that's showing here

It's crazy how you can predict the box office of a movie that comes out a year from now but can't put together a complete sentence or use a freaking period. What's up with all these run on sentences?!

 

[SomeOldGuy]

Been said many times, but might as well just call Civil War another Avengers movie from a box office perspective.

That Dr. Strange on the other hand will face the delicate line GOTG and Ant-Man did.

At a guess I think we're going to find out that GotG was an outlier and that the second round of origin movies like Strange, Captain Marvel and Black Panther are going to be closer to Ant-Man in box office terms.

 

[kedrell]

Been said many times, but might as well just call Civil War another Avengers movie from a box office perspective.

That Dr. Strange on the other hand will face the delicate line GOTG and Ant-Man did.

Strange is more well known than either of them. Hell, of the 3 GotG was the least well known.

 

[JtheDreamer]

At a guess I think we're going to find out that GotG was an outlier and that the second round of origin movies like Strange, Captain Marvel and Black Panther are going to be closer to Ant-Man in box office terms.

Ya, I'm thinking it was more of an outlier. With some of these other more obscure properties you're probably looking at a floor of $400mil WW with $600 million as the ceiling. I don't foresee any of them able to outdo GOTG's $774mil.

 

[Dark Raven]

I wonder how the Ant-Man movie would've done if the character in the form of Hank Pym had already been introduced in earlier MCU movies (if Wright hadn't taken so long to finish work on it and if things were done differently). If Ant-Man had debuted in another movie which wasn't his own and people could see what he could do already and liked the character, then maybe he would have a built in audience for the solo film.

 

[JeetKuneDo]

I guess yall don't realize that it's bad for civil war and Dr strange
It's a known fact that a lot of people didn't like age of ultron and that's showing here

If that were a "fact", shouldn't it have shown with Ultron instead of this one? There wasn't anything to indicate Ultron had bad word of mouth (legs).

This is more like what happens when a character doesn't interest the public that much. (although 60m OW is pretty good for other movies) You would see something similar (or lower) if DC tried a Hawkman movie.

 

[OB12]

Ya, I'm thinking it was more of an outlier. With some of these other more obscure properties you're probably looking at a floor of $400mil WW with $600 million as the ceiling. I don't foresee any of them able to outdo GOTG's $774mil.

I'm guessing that Marvel execs probably have their expectations set right in line with these numbers. They will be perfectly happy to continue pulling in around a half billion dollars for these newer properties and then turn right around and really cash in for the team ups. Sure they would've liked over 60 for Ant Man but I'd guess they are pretty content right now.

 

[Heretic]

This is kind of silly. OF COURSE the box office for Ant Man is a disappointment. Heck, the box office for Age of Ultron is a disappointment, because we are seeing other blockbusters this year make more money...meaning that money is being left on the table. Marvel/Disney is in the profit business.

Guardians was seen as proof that the Marvel name can make any movie a blockbuster. Ant-Man is proof that this was not true, and that Guardians just really, REALLY connected with the public.

Ant-Man always seemed to be a movie that Marvel was making because they had already spent so much time making it. Instead of being promoted as the start of Phase 3 (which it actually kind of feels like), it instead came off like an afterthought at the end of Phase 2. The trailers did not generate the excitement that the trailers for Guardians did.

The movie will be profitable, but not a blockbuster. There is no spin needed on that unless you work for Marvel/Disney.

 

[dalonewolf]

I guess you don't realize that the moveez are seperate with each propertey having more of an audience
It's a known fact that people help make Ages of Ultron the number six largest world wide box officle movie of all times
I agree Marvel should quit now since they don't make tha money

Hell no!

 

[JeetKuneDo]

This is kind of silly. OF COURSE the box office for Ant Man is a disappointment. Heck, the box office for Age of Ultron is a disappointment, because we are seeing other blockbusters this year make more money...meaning that money is being left on the table. Marvel/Disney is in the profit business.

Guardians was seen as proof that the Marvel name can make any movie a blockbuster. Ant-Man is proof that this was not true, and that Guardians just really, REALLY connected with the public.

Ant-Man always seemed to be a movie that Marvel was making because they had already spent so much time making it. Instead of being promoted as the start of Phase 3 (which it actually kind of feels like), it instead came off like an afterthought at the end of Phase 2. The trailers did not generate the excitement that the trailers for Guardians did.

The movie will be profitable, but not a blockbuster. There is no spin needed on that unless you work for Marvel/Disney.

Well this is confusing.

First you use your mind reading power to tell us that Marvel expected Ant-Man to make more than it did....

...Then you use your mind reading power to tell us that Marvel wasn't that interested in it and really only made it because they had invested a lot of time in it.

Those two things don't seem to match up real well.

We also find out from this post that Marvel is in the profit business, that Ant-Man will be profitable, but that Marvel can't be truly happy if any other movie makes more any given year. There are a lot of unhappy studio execs in Hollywood if that is true.