Days of Future Past 'Days Of Future Past' BOX-OFFICE worldwide prediction - Part 1

[FeedOnATreeFrog]

Seems a general consensus that Films make "more" from each dollar earned in the US compared to Overseas where they get a lesser cut of the income, ie

$100 Dollars made in US makes Producers say $60 where as in Overseas they would only get say $30.

Thats just a very broad example not actual figures.

Ah, gotcha.

And an X-Men movie (which have never done gangbusters) opening as big as Spidey (which are always huge)? I don't see how that's a failure.

 

[X-Maniac]

Considering the last 2 films didn't get $60 million in the opening weekend, 90 million is hardly a failure. Do people really think this X-Men film will get a really big boost after First Class (a prequel) and The Wolverine (a spin-off)? Maybe if we had an OT cast film first before this, then this would have performed so huge but no.

Yes, that's exactly the reason. The franchise hasn't got consistency established. They haven't found their formula yet.

Also, this weekend is the start of the school holidays and a lot of people do go away with their children. It can't be assumed that everyone rushes to the cinema on a holiday weekend.

 

[Mr. Dent]

Ah, gotcha.

And an X-Men movie (which have never done gangbusters) opening as big as Spidey (which are always huge)? I don't see how that's a failure.

I mean, that's cherry picking. TASM2 underperformed from past Spider-Man movies and DOFP did about on par with the original X-Men trilogy domestically. It's not like DOFP hit $120m+ its OW like original Spider-Man movies.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

According to Mojo DoFP sold less tickets then X2, Last Stand and Origins. What makes it look better is inflation and 3D.

 

[The Endless]

that is why I don't want it going to Disney. The social commentary is why X-men was created and taking it out is making it pointless.

IM3 and TWS had plenty of commentary on real life things.

IM3 is basically saying "What if Osama Bin Laden was an artificial terrorist threat created by the US"

TWS is basically saying "What if the CIA is creating unrest and terrorist threats so we willingly give up more of our freedoms"

DoFP is basically saying the same thing every single X-Men film has been saying. Bigotry is bad.

 

[T"Challa]

IM3 and TWS had plenty of commentary on real life things.

IM3 is basically saying "What if Osama Bin Laden was an artificial terrorist threat created by the US"

TWS is basically saying "What if the CIA is creating unrest and terrorist threats so we willingly give up more of our freedoms"

DoFP is basically saying the same thing every single X-Men film has been saying. Bigotry is bad.

Yeah, as great as DOFP was, i think its time for the franchise to be less heavy handed about the whole racism/bigotry thing. The X-Men are more than just an allegory.

People just don't like being overly preached to and Singer isn't very subtle about the messages he's trying to send.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

The theme of bigotry and persecution inspired X-men. They will never part with the franchise. But X-men is more than just that. X-men is also about misfits trying to fit into a family. It's about adolescent romance and soap opera. With young Cyclops, Jean and Storm in the next film, they have the perfect opportunity to explore them.

 

[The Endless]

Oh don't get me wrong. I thought it was handled well in this film. And X1, X2 and First Class.

But just because the allegory in this film is more of a focus than it is in IM3 or TWS, doesn't mean those things exist in those films.

And yea i agree it's time they stopped using "bigotry is bad" as a crutch.

 

[The Endless]

The theme of bigotry and persecution inspired X-men. They will never part with the franchise. But X-men is more than just that. X-men is also about misfits trying to fit into a family. It's about adolescent romance and soap opera. With young Cyclops, Jean and Storm in the next film, they have the perfect opportunity to explore them.

Yea, it's about individuals finding a place to be. Finding a home. X1 and X2 did that well with Rogue.

But most of the X films aren't about individuals. Most of the time the other mutants are just card board cut outs with different super powers. Like with this film, all the mutants in the future scenes apart from Mags, Charles, Logan and to an extent Kitty, have no individuality outside of their powers.

Even their uniforms in the comics show that it's still about individuality. They all have different costumes and uniforms, even as a team they stand out on their own.

I don't think Singer has ever really got that or shown it at least. Him having them all wear the same uniform like a sports team is a distillation of that mentality.

 

[Bruce Malone]

According to Mojo DoFP sold less tickets then X2, Last Stand and Origins. What makes it look better is inflation and 3D.

Not totally shocking but I think some people might have forgotton how Origins was considered a smash sucess BO wise on its weekend debut. It's only later it dropped like a log.

 

[The Endless]

Yea didn't Origins have a 120 mill OW?

 

[danoyse]

Yea didn't Origins have a 120 mill OW?

About $83-$85 million. And that was after the movie leaked online a month earlier.

 

[Bruce Malone]

Yea didn't Origins have a 120 mill OW?

No not that high at least domestically but I think it was 88 million.

However coming off of X3 and the fact it only had wolverine that was considered very impressive. No 3D either.

 

[Manila Vanilla]

$ 261 M is the current numbers of DOFP, it already surpassed it's budget, which is amazing!

 

[The Endless]

It hasn't surpassed it's budget yet. Out of that 260 mill Fox only get about 130 of it.

And yea that is pretty impressive for Origins OW. Thanks for the info guys!

 

[KangConquers]

The 3-day gross in the U.S. is okay, but considering the fact that First Class/The Wolverine earned less than 60 million in the opening, this is pretty good. I imagine if DOFP had a bigger lead-in movie, it would have earned 100 million in the opening weekend but no. So 90 million is decent.

The foreign gross, I'm very happy about it! I think $550 million worldwide is already a lock!

The one problem DOFP will have reaching that number is the stream of forthcoming releases, chopping off it's leges.

Despite a superior foreign opening to Winter Soldier, that film had to deal with absolutely no real competition until Amazing Spider-Man 2, by which time it had already earned $420 M foreign.

DoFP in the same "No competition" bubble as Winter Soldier could've been an $800 M+ film. Easily. But with Malifecent and other properties on the horizon, I'm not sure that $550 M is a sure thing. I'm kind of expecting $225 M domestic, $500 M foreign, based on the competitive weeks ahead.

 

[Lord]

It's kinda difficult to develop some 10+ mutants, in least in DoFP, the team in the 70s had their moments to shine, and Logan didn't outshine the others for once. Hopefully, Bryan Singer will keep this idea of dividing screentime in the sequels.

 

[Electrix]

#XMen #DaysOfFuturePast a little better than estimated. $91.4M 3day, $111M 4day opening wknd.

https://***********/giteshpandya/status/470948902925918208

 

[Manila Vanilla]

#XMen #DaysOfFuturePast a little better than estimated. $91.4M 3day, $111M 4day opening wknd.

https://***********/giteshpandya/status/470948902925918208

Well that's good news!

 

[HIA]

great to see a little increase. Hopefully 50m more during this week

 

[marvelrobbins]

This Is actully good news often film go below intial estimates.

It had same 3 day weekend as Godzilla and 111 4 day weekend is a bit better than some
weekend projections.

 

[Electrix]

Global gross $282 million (estimate) after 3 days

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=xmen2014.htm&12

 

[Storm22]

That's fantastic! Biggest global opening of the entire franchise.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

It's kinda difficult to develop some 10+ mutants, in least in DoFP, the team in the 70s had their moments to shine, and Logan didn't outshine the others for once. Hopefully, Bryan Singer will keep this idea of dividing screentime in the sequels.

Hence why I prefer Joss Whedon's approach of having a small, core group being developed about evenly than glorified cameos. It's incredible how Iron Man was clearly the star of the franchise, but still giving import to the leader, Captain America. It was a graceful bit of balancing act. The same grace characterized Whedon's X-men run.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I'm glad the 3Day was a little better but I still wish it would have cracked 100mil. Oh well I'm hoping for a 2.6-2.7multiplier now. I know this is kinda mean but as long as it beats TASM 2 domestically (and hopefully internationally) I will be happy. Maybe that will cause Sony to reivaluate that franchise.