The Dark Knight Can SR box office numbers influence on BB sequels?

[BatMatt]

Why would Iron Man affect anything? It will be released around five weeks or so before Batman 2

 

[DV8]

I'm still trying to figure out who the "*****ebag trio" refers to . . .

 

[Alonsovich]

I'm still trying to figure out who the "*****ebag trio" refers to . . .

Singer, Dougherty and Harris.

 

[JokerNick]

Why would Iron Man affect anything? It will be released around five weeks or so before Batman 2

not to mention he's probably not even on the top 10 list for most well known or popular hero's

 

[DV8]

Singer, Dougherty and Harris.

ahhhhhhh . . . I see; wow, thanks for the quick answer

 

[Katsuro]

not to mention he's probably not even on the top 10 list for most well known or popular hero's

If you dont count multiple X-Men characters, i'd say he probably is.

 

[StorminNorman]

Singer, Dougherty and Harris.

Singer, Dougherty and Harris have done a fantastic job with Superman and X-Men.

 

[god/devil]

The best way to look a BB2 box office is compare it to x-men francise.
BB and X-1 grabbed peoples attention and made decent numbers at the box office. Through dvd and other outlet eg tv, the popularity of the film grew hence the big box-office difference between x-1 and x-2.

BB2 will do the same

 

[Karea07]

Nope.

 

[gillberg2k1]

SR was great and excellent superhero movie...

That's VERY debatable.

The general public has made it clear that it is not interested in a Superman movie thats sole purpose is to capitalize on people's nostalgia, while using a "hip MTV" plot that focuses on a soap opera worthy love triangle.

Not trying to bash on SR here, but there's a big difference between that picture and the new Batman franchise.

 

[MJZ]

Got this from BOF, posted by Jett:

SUPERMAN expected to hit $250 million

An excerpt:

"Two weeks ago, this picture was in big trouble," said Steve Mason, a columnist for the Box Office Prophets website and a Los Angeles-area theater owner and talk radio host.

"The early marketing was mishandled, and it took a while to get any traction in the marketplace. Now it looks like the film will get to $250 million domestically, and they've got to be overjoyed at Warner Bros."

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-superman3jul03,0,2414509.story?track=tothtml

"Expected" my ass. SR was "expected" to do 110 mil domestic in its first few days and fell short of that.

200 mil may be achievable if it has iron legs (and it stays in theaters), but 250 mil they're dreaming.

 

[nogster]

keep singer away from batman, he failed in supermans return.
or else we may get batmans son.........oh god no. stay away singer.

 

[gillberg2k1]

"Expected" my ass. SR was "expected" to do 110 mil domestic in its first few days and fell short of that.

200 mil may be achievable if it has iron legs (and it stays in theaters), but 250 mil they're dreaming.

I honestly have no clue what could give it iron legs at this point, as all word of mouth has been extremely neutral or negative. The quality just isnt there to keep it afloat much longer.

There's no way it'll go to 250mil, 200 is certainly more reasonable, but still a very optimistic prediction.

 

[MJZ]

Most secondhand reports indicate the attendance at screenings to be extremely low, even in the UK where it just recently opened.

 

[FaT_tONle]

If it does I will sh:t in my pants

 

[MJZ]

If it does I will sh:t in my pants

Wouldn't be the first time, eh bud?

 

[StorminNorman]

keep singer away from batman, he failed in supermans return.
or else we may get batmans son.........oh god no. stay away singer.

LOL, yes because Batman having a son will completely ruin the franchise - thank god it has never happened in the comics

Superman Returns was a fantastic movie, if Singer wants to do a Batman v. Superman movie I would be all for it. I would want a different writer (Jeph Loeb) simply because I would want a guy with Batman experience, but Singer as a director is fantastic.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Superman Returns was a fantastic movie, if Singer wants to do a Batman v. Superman movie I would be all for it. I would want a different writer (Jeph Loeb) simply because I would want a guy with Batman experience, but Singer as a director is fantastic.

Norm, we need to have a Pro-SR coalition, so we can defend this great movie.

 

[StorminNorman]

Norm, we need to have a Pro-SR coalition, so we can defend this great movie.

I would but I am already involved with one group of militants with my Bettanists - if I had another people would consider me power hungry

 

[nogster]

i agree that singer is a good director. i liked both xmen films, usual suspects was awesome. but superman returns was a big letdown. massive for me. i love superman but the story was poor. i cant overlook the massive flaws in the film.
i know with BB the big flaw is the microwave emmiter should affect humans too but i can overlook that as the movie explains it emmits "focused" microwaves. but i cannot overlook the fact that superman carried a kryptonite island into space when 20mins before hand he couldnt even defend himself against lex standing on this island. and he had a shard stabbed in him?? wtf. singer and the writers in one sequence threw out all i have been shown/told/read about superman. that kryptonite mutes his powers and kills him.......but no... a bit of a sunbake and wham even his achilles heel. his ONLY weakness is not enough. so much for lex's idea of a new krypton that superman cant do anything about as its krypotnite. noo. supes can actuall lift this continent into space..
it ruined the film for me. that and the dissapointment on the arc they went with the days of our lives love triangle.....
i cant express my dissapointment in this film enough even though i still enjoyed it, but the more i think about, the worse it gets. this film needed to be better than what it was.

 

[Mee]

Superman's box office would only hurt a World's Finest film, it shouldn't matter to the Batman series.

 

[gillberg2k1]

In the WF scenario, my issue would be whether or not it was Singer's Superman being used along side Bats.

If it was indeed the Superman of SR, than I'd venture to say it'd go over about as well as a screen door on a submarine. The public have taken very well to Bale's Batman, but not so much to Routh's Supes. I think AKW had the right idea in his original BvS screenplay, but I'd remove any connection to the previous franchises (save for Begins, in which case, the ideal BvS would be made about 10 years or so from now).

As for Singer directing, I'd probably pass on that one and find a third party who's willing to give the whole thing a fresh look without bias to one side or the other. (Remember, by the time this thing gets made, both franchises should have at least a trilogy, though I doubt the SR franchise will).

 

[Retroman]

If they can make Kingdom Come as the BvS movie i'll do a happy dance for a week.

 

[Van Petrol]

SR was great and excellent superhero movie, but it is making very low numbers, especially I cant imagine what will happen after POTC2 opening day

If it doesn't make more than $230m, can it influence on BB sequels?

I mean SR has $260m budget and as what we can expect from it, will flop.

The same happened with Poseidon. The only normal franchise, which makes very high numbers is Harry Potter. Batman is also not bad in box office.

Summer 2006 wasn't good for WB, so they can change something in marketing strategy or even stop making superhero movies.

What you think?

As for my mind, I dont want WB to stop making superhero movie blockbusters. But they should be smarter with marketing and release dates.

I wouldn't think it would affect it.

 

[ultimatefan]

One franchise has nothing to do with the other.