Green Lantern Box Office Prediction Thread - Part 1

[rogue trooper]

I just meant that it was not on Thor's second weekend. Which makes it an irrelevant comparison point when discussing Bad Teacher potentially outgrossing GL this weekend.

Well, on that I just have to dissagree. I believe in these tough times people seem to want to laugh just a little more than be "thrilled". A little. I think.

 

[KalMart]

Movies are just movies. There's nothing wrong with a small comedy being more well received than a superhero movie...in any era...or vice versa. I think any movie of any kind that's actually good should be appreciated for just being a good movie...likewise, a bad movie should be acknowledged as such in any genre or time. Heck, they still charge the same per ticket for all of them.

Bridemaids might end up grossing more than Thor, GL, or X3 when all is said and done. Outside of a financial interest in the superhero movies, is there anything inherently wrong with that concept?

 

[Mysteryman]

I hear its hilarious and we need more quality comedies .

 

[jmc]

Bridesmaids is really good, it's not a chick flick guys so don't be afraid to go and see it.

 

[Lighthouse]

FIRST BOX OFFICE: 'Cars 2' & 'Bad Teacher' Look To Be Overperforming Friday

Looks like Green Lantern might place 3rd after all.

 

[Tony Stark]

Not a suprise, this movie was not going to get more than 19M this weekend. It's pretty much tanked durring the week, people have not reacted positively outside of the hard core fans.

This movie is a failure on all accounts. We can either hope they are extremely generous with a sequel or the whole thing gets rebooted, under new direction.

 

[jj9126]

FIRST BOX OFFICE: 'Cars 2' & 'Bad Teacher' Look To Be Overperforming Friday

Looks like Green Lantern might place 3rd after all.

It's extremely early, but Variety reports that Bad Teacher is heading for an upper 20's/low 30's weekend (excellent) and Cars somewhere in the 60's (good, but not spectacular). GL will be in 3rd, just a matter of how low it goes.

 

[SuperAl]

Not a suprise, this movie was not going to get more than 19M this weekend. It's pretty much tanked durring the week, people have not reacted positively outside of the hard core fans.

This movie is a failure on all accounts. We can either hope they are extremely generous with a sequel or the whole thing gets rebooted, under new direction.

id prefer something along the lines of what is happening with ghost rider. not really a reboot but new direction. theres no need to recast people, i thought the cast wasnt the problem.

 

[Mysteryman]

Deadline is saying early estimates for Cars 2 and Bad Teacher are 65 million and 30 million respectively.
Nothing on GL yet.

 

[J.Howlett]

Green Lantern is done. We might as well close this thread. Considering what they spent, it's just done.

There's really no more discussions that need to take place.

 

[The Shape]

Green Lantern is done. We might as well close this thread. Considering what they spent, it's just done.

There's really no more discussions that need to take place.

Sad, really now.

 

[Willi Berg]

This guy at Forbes seems to have put an optimistic spin on GL:

http://blogs.forbes.com/markhughes/2011/06/24/what-do-green-lantern-and-harry-potter-tell-us-about-the-future-of-superhero-franchises/

 

[Rock Sexton]

$87 million world wide before the start of this weekend? Yikes.

 

[Mysteryman]

Whole lot of"ifs" in that article.

 

[Willi Berg]

Whole lot of"ifs" in that article.

I don't know about fans going back two or three times to see it happening so much. He seems to be a big fan of the movie and GL, so there's a lot of wishful thinking. He doesn't mention the other movies opening like Transformers 3. He really wants WB to keep the superhero franchises going.

 

[Mysteryman]

I think they will.
I just dont know if GL will be the launching pad ,maybe The Flash.

 

[Lestat74]

This guy at Forbes seems to have put an optimistic spin on GL:

http://blogs.forbes.com/markhughes/2011/06/24/what-do-green-lantern-and-harry-potter-tell-us-about-the-future-of-superhero-franchises/

as much as I've been bagging on this movie and sharing my disappointment, ....this guy is mostly right. GL should not be branded with the same label as things like Speed Racer, Sorcerer's Apprentice, and similar movies that just flat out tanked. The midnight and first Friday numbers showed there was just as much an audience out there for GL as there was for Thor and X-Men. This will end up the same as the Incredible Hulk. The big difference being that people generally seemed to like TIH a whole lot more.

 

[jmc]

This guy at Forbes seems to have put an optimistic spin on GL:

http://blogs.forbes.com/markhughes/...-us-about-the-future-of-superhero-franchises/

Thing is I've heard him and read his stuff before, he's very much a GL fan and is looking at it through fan coloured glasses. He's being overly optimistic and has been very defensive of the film.

 

[Stephen K. Hone]

I don't know about fans going back two or three times to see it happening so much. He seems to be a big fan of the movie and GL, so there's a lot of wishful thinking. He doesn't mention the other movies opening like Transformers 3. He really wants WB to keep the superhero franchises going.

So far I haven't spoken to a single person who has seen GL out in the real world who didn't either like it a lot, or actually loved it. Quite a few have said they are going to see it again. The critics certainly hindered GL's Box office of that there is no doubt, however, if GL can keep building good word of mouth it might generate enough revenue with DVD/Blu-Ray, toys etc for WB to Green light (Green light that's kind of ironic!) a sequel.

 

[jmc]

GL hindered it's chances. Stop blaming the critics.

 

[Stephen K. Hone]

GL hindered it's chances. Stop blaming the critics.

That's your opinion. The critics share a big chunk of that blame, and that's my opinion.

 

[KalMart]

But can you really blame them for simply sharing their opinions about a film....like they do with every film they see, since it's their job? Or is there still some suspicion of extra wrongdoing on their part?

I mean, these are the same critics that were even harder on Sucker Punch...so is it their fault that that movie did so badly?

 

[jmc]

The only blame should be toward WB and those involved with the film for producing something that got ripped to shreds in the first place. Blame goes to WB, no one else, the critics review the film and the box office failings are the fault of the movie and the movie alone.

 

[KalMart]

The only blame should be toward WB and those involved with the film for producing something that got ripped to shreds in the first place. Blame goes to WB, no one else, the critics review the film and the box office failings are the fault of the movie and the movie alone.

That's too simple an answer, you know?

I mean...this is Green ^%$#@ing Lantern! With the ring, and the shapes, and the aliens, and the poem and....

 

[Stephen K. Hone]

The only blame should be toward WB and those involved with the film for producing something that got ripped to shreds in the first place. Blame goes to WB, no one else, the critics review the film and the box office failings are the fault of the movie and the movie alone.

I'm curious, what was your opinion of GL?