Age of Ultron Early Avengers 2 Box Office Prediction Thread - Part 2

[JKKS085]

Honestly he did nothing to my puppies.

It sure doesn't sound like it.
Then again if there was another, better, cheaper, easier to work with actor, Marvel would hire that guy to play Tony Stark.

Sure Downey is getting paid a lot, but that is only a fraction of the money Marvel made on his name, talent and hugely popular interpretation of a character that was a forgotten, bygone c-lister before he turned it onto a white hot pop culture icon in the span of one film (for which dare I remember you, he was paid less than Terrence Howard).

And most of all the guy is being paid a lot, but his salary is surely not outrageous compared to past standards in the industry. Depp made 250M off the last Pirates film. Nicholson was paid 60M+ to star in Tim Burton's Batman (that is 100M+ in 2015 dollars). Marlon Brando worked 12 days for Superman and Superman II and walked with a paycheck of 19M dollars in 1978. Closer to us Keanu Reeves was paid 160M for the two Matrix sequels and within the MCU, Hemsworth got almost 40M for Thor TDW which grossed around half of RDJ's Iron Man 3.

Now if your snap judgments make you feel like a better person, good for you. If calling someone that you have never met "pathetic" makes you feel all grown up and powerful, whatever floats your boat man. It's just really sad that you can't move on and have at least a well ordered thinking behind all this bitterness you display.

But if the guy really did something to your puppies that would explain it all. Just sayin'.

PS: Oh and I think you are gonna get infracted for that F word.

 

[hafizbat]

Do we know how much the MCU actors get paid for their movies? All I know is that for The Avengers RDJ got $50 million and the rest only got around $2-5 million and that whole episode with the actors demanding a raise and RDJ sticking up for them.

Everyone seems happy now, and we don't hear much about Marvel being cheap like we used to. I had no idea Hemsworth got $40 million for TDW, I'd be very interested to see how much Evans, Scarjo, etc make now. Is there a website or something with the info?

 

[OcStat]

According to the report posted today on SSH!, Avengers still holds the highest grossing second weekend.

 

[Leenie]

8ulk ... How is RDJ a pathetic human being ... ? I mean, if he were still doing what he was doing 10-20 years ago, then I'd be able to understand what you mean.

RDJ has used his fame as Iron Man to do a lot of good for people, and he's made a lot of people really happy as the character (to the point where the vast majority of movie watchers say that RDJ is the only one who can be Iron Man). Visiting that kid to deliver that prosthetic arm? Raising millions for a children's hospital a few months ago? Spending his birthday to host a screening of one of his films with a bunch of kids/fans? Being nice and enthusiastic about the Marvel brand in general? But yeah, tell me more about how horrible of a person he is. RDJ is the top money-earning actor in Hollywood right now ... And I think it's well-deserved.

If you don't like him as the character or as an actor, that's fine ... But the way you're talking makes it sound like RDJ pulled a Bill Cosby on you or something. I think you need to take your hate down a couple of notches. :\

 

[Tymminator]

Inside Out did very well, Jurrasic World held very, very well. FF should be happy it moved its date as it would have been crushed and A:AoU should be heading to the dollar theaters soon.

EDIT: Looks like its estimate for Sunday is quite a Father's Day bump.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

According to the report posted today on SSH!, Avengers still holds the highest grossing second weekend.

We won't know for certain until actuals come out tomorrow.

Jurassic World's second weekend tally could go up.

 

[See Cap Run]

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[Spiderdevil]

It sure doesn't sound like it.
Then again if there was another, better, cheaper, easier to work with actor, Marvel would hire that guy to play Tony Stark.

Sure Downey is getting paid a lot, but that is only a fraction of the money Marvel made on his name, talent and hugely popular interpretation of a character that was a forgotten, bygone c-lister before he turned it onto a white hot pop culture icon in the span of one film (for which dare I remember you, he was paid less than Terrence Howard).

And most of all the guy is being paid a lot, but his salary is surely not outrageous compared to past standards in the industry. Depp made 250M off the last Pirates film. Nicholson was paid 60M+ to star in Tim Burton's Batman (that is 100M+ in 2015 dollars). Marlon Brando worked 12 days for Superman and Superman II and walked with a paycheck of 19M dollars in 1978. Closer to us Keanu Reeves was paid 160M for the two Matrix sequels and within the MCU, Hemsworth got almost 40M for Thor TDW which grossed around half of RDJ's Iron Man 3.

Now if your snap judgments make you feel like a better person, good for you. If calling someone that you have never met "pathetic" makes you feel all grown up and powerful, whatever floats your boat man. It's just really sad that you can't move on and have at least a well ordered thinking behind all this bitterness you display.

But if the guy really did something to your puppies that would explain it all. Just sayin'.

PS: Oh and I think you are gonna get infracted for that F word.

Downey owes Marvel more than Marvel owes him, sure he did an excellent job on IM1, but since then his Iron man/Tony has been derivative and predictable, some of it might be the scripts fault

He was a washed up actor in 2008, toxic to work with because of his drug issues, Marvel gave him that chance, and frankly in his 50s now, I don't think he can command that salary anymore.

After IWs I would like Marvel to kick out ungrateful brats like Downey and Evans and focus on passionate and humble guys like Pratt, Cumberbatch, Cox etc

 

[JKKS085]

What's with BOM these days ? That Sunday number is bogus. That's the reported 3 days total they put right there not the Sunday gross ($1,007,000). Movie is at $449,322,953 not $451,039,000 as incorrectly reported by BOM.

The film should pass 450M on Wednesday.

It probably has another 6/7M dom in the tank now. 460M seems doubtful.

 

[hafizbat]

Downey owes Marvel more than Marvel owes him, sure he did an excellent job on IM1, but since then his Iron man/Tony has been derivative and predictable, some of it might be the scripts fault

He was a washed up actor in 2008, toxic to work with because of his drug issues, Marvel gave him that chance, and frankly in his 50s now, I don't think he can command that salary anymore.

After IWs I would like Marvel to kick out ungrateful brats like Downey and Evans and focus on passionate and humble guys like Pratt, Cumberbatch, Cox etc

 

[JKKS085]

Downey owes Marvel more than Marvel owes him, sure he did an excellent job on IM1, but since then his Iron man/Tony has been derivative and predictable, some of it might be the scripts fault

He was a washed up actor in 2008, toxic to work with because of his drug issues, Marvel gave him that chance, and frankly in his 50s now, I don't think he can command that salary anymore.

After IWs I would like Marvel to kick out ungrateful brats like Downey and Evans and focus on passionate and humble guys like Pratt, Cumberbatch, Cox etc

Ungrateful brats. How nicely put.

As washed up and "toxic" as he was back in 2008, that's his Tony Stark that launched the MCU and the very reason why Iron Man was received the way it was (I mean do people remember that Downey and Bridges pretty much improvised on set because they had no script and dialogues to work with ?). The ONLY reason why Marvel was able to expand its universe as fast as they did was because of Downey's genius portrayal of Tony Stark (that is still being praised as of today FYI). So yeah maybe Downey was a washed up actor but Marvel was just non existant. Makes me wonder who the ungrateful brats are, really.

And who cares what salary you or 8ulk think this guy can command ? If the Disney owned Marvel Studio, who is not exactly known for being the generous kind when it comes to salary, think it's reasonable to give that kind of money to that guy, they are giving it away for a reason, not out of godwill but because it is a decision that makes sense business wise. They are not paying Downey more money than he makes them earn. Or maybe Disney is a charity and they think it's OK that Marvel is in the business of loosing money. I don't know. Do enlighten me.

 

[OcStat]

I've never read anything from Downey or Evans that gave me the impression they are ungrateful.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Did Hemsworth really get 40 million for The Dark World?

 

[See Cap Run]

What's with BOM these days ? That Sunday number is bogus. That's the reported 3 days total they put right there not the Sunday gross ($1,007,000). Movie is at $449,322,953 not $451,039,000 as incorrectly reported by BOM.

The film should pass 450M on Wednesday.

It probably has another 6/7M dom in the tank now. 460M seems doubtful.

Very good catch, I guess I didn't look closely enough at the numbers. Iron Man 3 pulled in about another $6 million at this point in its run: AOU is running a bit ahead of it each weekend so I could see it doing another $7-8 million domestically.

 

[Tymminator]

What's with BOM these days ? That Sunday number is bogus. That's the reported 3 days total they put right there not the Sunday gross ($1,007,000). Movie is at $449,322,953 not $451,039,000 as incorrectly reported by BOM.

The film should pass 450M on Wednesday.

It probably has another 6/7M dom in the tank now. 460M seems doubtful.

Really good catch, I was just too hopeful in my wishing, I didn't question it.

Any really significant contributions will have to come from Japan, and really the most we can hope for is 1.4+B, 1.5 is not going to happen.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Ungrateful brats. How nicely put.

As washed up and "toxic" as he was back in 2008, that's his Tony Stark that launched the MCU and the very reason why Iron Man was received the way it was (I mean do people remember that Downey and Bridges pretty much improvised on set because they had no script and dialogues to work with ?). The ONLY reason why Marvel was able to expand its universe as fast as they did was because of Downey's genius portrayal of Tony Stark (that is still being praised as of today FYI). So yeah maybe Downey was a washed up actor but Marvel was just non existant. Makes me wonder who the ungrateful brats are, really.

And who cares what salary you or 8ulk think this guy can command ? If the Disney owned Marvel Studio, who is not exactly known for being the generous kind when it comes to salary, think it's reasonable to give that kind of money to that guy, they are giving it away for a reason, not out of godwill but because it is a decision that makes sense business wise. They are not paying Downey more money than he makes them earn. Or maybe Disney is a charity and they think it's OK that Marvel is in the business of loosing money. I don't know. Do enlighten me.

Disney/Marvel are not Unicef. Maybe one day they will get into the charity movie making game but until then, if you like the MCU, they're the guys to see t:

 

[JB33]

I'd be surprised. With the week day numbers, a 29M Friday, Father's day ahead I don't think it will, unless maybe Inside Out takes a sizable chunk off its Saturday gross. But it'll likely outgross TA's second week end as well (even if it's just by a few hundred thousand dollars, Universal will fudge it if they have too).

No one should see this as a defeat though. The Avengers held both records for three straight years which is an impressive achievement with the evergrowing ticket price inflation. And records are meant to be broken. Although AOU should probably have been the one to do it.

AOU grossed an estimated $689,000 on Friday and is expected to make around 2.7M over the week end, easing 27%, possibly catching on Mad Max (after it leapfrogged Tomorrowland last week). The film is showing pretty good later legs in a very competitive environment.

Came here to say this. I always thought that just how high Age of Ultron reaches domestically will depend on how many weekends it can hang around and pull in a couple million. It's hanging around long enough to stick within $100K of the "masterpiece" that is Mad Max: Fury Road and $600K within Pitch Perfect 2. Plus, movies like Tomorrowland and Entourage are already falling behind.

 

[JB33]

How in the world is Chris Evans an ungrateful brat?? And Downey Jr. for that matter (although I can at least see the background there, even if I don't personally see it as grounds for calling him an ungrateful brat)?

 

[Val_Zod]

How in the world is Chris Evans an ungrateful brat?? And Downey Jr. for that matter (although I can at least see the background there, even if I don't personally see it as grounds for calling him an ungrateful brat)?

Chris Evans has said and done nothing that suggest he's ungrateful. The only thing he's publicly stated was that he would like to move on from acting, and become a director after his contract was up.

Downey, I wouldn't say was down right ungrateful, but rather undercut how significant Marvel was to his current career status. After the Judge underperformed, I think he's realized how important the MCU was to building his career and image, that he's now become more willing and humble about his participation.

 

[InCali]

A bit like when the made The Hobbit into x3 movies aka nearly x3 times the box office. t:

And frelled it up beyond recognition. I don't mind part 1 and 2 and, even, 3 if it really makes sense. They can be standalones or cliffhangers. I don't really care as long as they do a good job and don't Jacksonize it (ie stretching a good 3 1/2 to 4 hour movie into 8 hours or whatever the frell it was) in order to squeeze the public while simultaneously wrecking the movie.

Really nice work on that one.....

 

[InCali]

Chris Evans has said and done nothing that suggest he's ungrateful. The only thing he's publicly stated was that he would like to move on from acting, and become a director after his contract was up.

Downey, I wouldn't say was down right ungrateful, but rather undercut how significant Marvel was to his current career status. After the Judge underperformed, I think he's realized how important the MCU was to building his career and image, that he's now become more willing and humble about his participation.

I don't know Downey or Evans well enough to know what they are thinking and what their "true" motivations are, so I just take them at their word. I'm fine with both of them and, beyond their contracts, they don't owe anybody anything. Believe me, Marvel/Disney/etc. don't feel like they owe them anything. It's a business relationship and people tend to accept business relationships as okay from the business side, but think people owe business when they've made money from the relationship. In fact, the shoe matches. If Chris doesn't want to act anymore, fulfills his contract, and gets behind the camera, it's nobody's business but his. If RDJ walks away from Marvel after fulfilling his contract and makes Indie films for the rest of his life, ditto. No one would criticize the studio for not casting them after their current run is up, so why criticize the individual?

They've both done more charity work than 99.99% of the people who criticize them so I think I'll give them a pass and save my distain for the critics who don't do jack.

 

[8ulk]

It sure doesn't sound like it.
Then again if there was another, better, cheaper, easier to work with actor, Marvel would hire that guy to play Tony Stark.

Sure Downey is getting paid a lot, but that is only a fraction of the money Marvel made on his name, talent and hugely popular interpretation of a character that was a forgotten, bygone c-lister before he turned it onto a white hot pop culture icon in the span of one film (for which dare I remember you, he was paid less than Terrence Howard).

And most of all the guy is being paid a lot, but his salary is surely not outrageous compared to past standards in the industry. Depp made 250M off the last Pirates film. Nicholson was paid 60M+ to star in Tim Burton's Batman (that is 100M+ in 2015 dollars). Marlon Brando worked 12 days for Superman and Superman II and walked with a paycheck of 19M dollars in 1978. Closer to us Keanu Reeves was paid 160M for the two Matrix sequels and within the MCU, Hemsworth got almost 40M for Thor TDW which grossed around half of RDJ's Iron Man 3.

Now if your snap judgments make you feel like a better person, good for you. If calling someone that you have never met "pathetic" makes you feel all grown up and powerful, whatever floats your boat man. It's just really sad that you can't move on and have at least a well ordered thinking behind all this bitterness you display.

But if the guy really did something to your puppies that would explain it all. Just sayin'.

PS: Oh and I think you are gonna get infracted for that F word.

Honestly if you think bob Diva jr OWNS Iron Man and his mythos and actors should be parasite feeding of CB legend then i have nothing to say to you. You cant be reasoned with.

Just try to understand that if all actors demanded 75 millions per flick you wouldnt have the chance to see any CB movie.

There are no puppies hurt here. Just a greedy actor who has a VERY BAD REP in hollywood and for a good reason.

 

[Joeyjojo72]

Honestly if you think bob Diva jr OWNS Iron Man and his mythos and actors should be parasite feeding of CB legend then i have nothing to say to you. You cant be reasoned with.

Just try to understand that if all actors demanded 75 millions per flick you wouldnt have the chance to see any CB movie.

There are no puppies hurt here. Just a greedy actor who has a VERY BAD REP in hollywood and for a good reason.

8ulk you are definitely not getting your puppies back now. Also, you have zero insight into RDJ's reputation or personality. A fact everyone can easily "understand".

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Seems like your beef is with Marvel because they don't have to pay RDJ anything, they could recast the role if they don't want to pay him.

 

[Spiderdevil]

Ungrateful brats. How nicely put.

As washed up and "toxic" as he was back in 2008, that's his Tony Stark that launched the MCU and the very reason why Iron Man was received the way it was (I mean do people remember that Downey and Bridges pretty much improvised on set because they had no script and dialogues to work with ?). The ONLY reason why Marvel was able to expand its universe as fast as they did was because of Downey's genius portrayal of Tony Stark (that is still being praised as of today FYI). So yeah maybe Downey was a washed up actor but Marvel was just non existant. Makes me wonder who the ungrateful brats are, really.

I agree with everything you said here, he pretty much made the MCU a success (although Jon F gets WAY less credit than deserved) but he did take away a lot of money after than, 50m just from Avengers, so in total it could be easily north of 200m
Plus do you really consider his work on Iron Man post IM1 anything extraordinary? I don't
Marvel is the star, not Downey, I don't think it will much difference to throw him out and cast someone younger and more dynamic, who would save Marvel atleast 40-50m is salary, if not more, it has to be done eventually

The 'Ungrateful' word was more for Evans, in many interviews he talks as if he is contractually obligated and tied down by Marvel, he hates to work out and spend so much time on these movies apparently, which stops him to do the movies he loves, which is hilarious considering his other movies are mostly run-off-the-mill romantic comedies and his directional debut crashed and burned. That guy was gonna spiral down into the macho-cute-plank-face oblivion with hundreds other actors until Marvel picked him up and made him a star, and he talks as if he is Daniel Day-Lewis

Frankly I am not of the opinion to make one star man, who holds the studio ransom whenever he wants, its more healthy to have 3-4 solid stars who can take the Universe forward