Green Lantern Box Office Prediction Thread - Part 2

[Mysteryman]

Manhunters?

Well if they used The Manhunters this time around they might be able to compete with the Transformers a little better .
Btw, Dave,
GOOD ONE!

 

[Webhead38]

I really liked the movie. It should have flourished at the Summer box office. What ultimately killed it was the marketing campaign. They took some of the oddest moments in the film to use in a trailer. And by doing this, a lot of the film (and those scenes) were taken completely out of context. People didn't know what to think, so they leaned on the critics to tell them, who knew even less. Hopefully, this film will find it's following on DVD. I for one thought it was a lot of fun and will get it on DVD.

 

[DaveMoral]

Well if they used The Manhunters this time around they might be able to compete with the Transformers a little better .
Btw, Dave,
GOOD ONE!

t: Thank you, sir!

 

[Iron_Stark]

The iron's been cooling since 2008, god help them when the superhero craze wears out, they've got nothing else to fall back on.

lol, so cbms were dying pre-2008, TDK comes and goes, and now they're dying again.


Sounds like someone's bitter.

What is the other Marvel movie announced for 2013 besides Thor 2? Btw, I don't think it is a dig at all; Marvel just wanted to secure that opening weekend, that's why they made the announcement as early as they did.

Iron Man 2 and Wolverine 2.

A 4th film is rumored - supposedly launching one of their other franchise characters.

If Cap is a hit maybe it too? Marvel is waiting just 2 years on Thor.

Shellhead 2

Fox probably want to launch Deadpool too if RR is available.

Umm, Iron Man 3.

 

[merced]

The iron's been cooling since 2008, god help them when the superhero craze wears out, they've got nothing else to fall back on.

I'm not so sure of that at all. Since then we've had 2 uber successful Iron Man films, a blockbuster Batman film, another cash cow franchise created out of Thor and it's looking like Captain America may be bigger than Thor so add that one too.

I thought the super-hero film craze was going to cool too but so far it hasn't.

Maybe it is a permanent feature of the film industry now with 3 or 4 such films a year each doing well for the studio and maybe a couple like GL that don't do so well.

Not only is 2013's dance card full look at 2014.

My bet:

Avengers 2

Captain America 2

Re-booted Spiderman 2

X-Men related film

Re-boot Hulk? Or Daredevil?

That's at a minimum.

I do think that 4 Marvel related superhero films a year is about the limit. In order to avoid saturation.

Releasing one in spring, 2 in the summer and 1 at Xmas seems like a winning formula for Marvel.

 

[CaptainCraig]

I thought the super-hero film craze was going to cool too but so far it hasn't.

Maybe it is a permanent feature of the film industry now with 3 or 4 such films a year each doing well for the studio and maybe a couple like GL that don't do so well.

I'm continually amazed that any would think the comic book film genre is going to "go away".

No one complains at there being 8-10 animated films a year.
No one complains at there being 10-12 R-rated comedies

The comic book film at most has had 6 movies a year, well below other genres.


Green Lantern is just this years bomb in the genre. All genre's have them. Love Guru didn't kill the comedy sector, The Dilemma's failure isn't going to sideline buddy comedy flicks so a few disappointments or bombs in the comic book genre isn't going to kill this one either.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Box Office Mojo:

1)TF3: $37,725,329

2)Cars2: $5,540,193

3) Bad Teacher: $2,979,609

4)Mr. Popper's Penguins: $1,340,791

5) Green Lantern: $1,212,252

6) Super 8: $1,192,725

Ouch! GL fell behind Popper's Penguins? If you had told me this a few weeks ago, I would have called you crazy. With Larry Crowe and Monte Carlo opening this week GL will fall way way behind. If this movie reaches 125 mil domestic, it will be a miracle.

 

[Gamma Burst]

Never thought it would perform that bad!

 

[merced]

Thursday's numbers: 1,270,000 for a total of 95,692,000.

GL still should hit 100 million on Saturday thought there is a small chance it will be Sunday.

GL is still in 5th place just ahead of Super8. Wouldn't be surprised to see it fall to 6 this weekend just behind Super8.

 

[jmc]

lol, so cbms were dying pre-2008, TDK comes and goes, and now they're dying again.


Sounds like someone's bitter.

Ah, bitter of what exactly?

 

[jmc]

I'm not so sure of that at all. Since then we've had 2 uber successful Iron Man films, a blockbuster Batman film, another cash cow franchise created out of Thor and it's looking like Captain America may be bigger than Thor so add that one too.

I thought the super-hero film craze was going to cool too but so far it hasn't.

Maybe it is a permanent feature of the film industry now with 3 or 4 such films a year each doing well for the studio and maybe a couple like GL that don't do so well.

Not only is 2013's dance card full look at 2014.

My bet:

Avengers 2

Captain America 2

Re-booted Spiderman 2

X-Men related film

Re-boot Hulk? Or Daredevil?

That's at a minimum.

I do think that 4 Marvel related superhero films a year is about the limit. In order to avoid saturation.

Releasing one in spring, 2 in the summer and 1 at Xmas seems like a winning formula for Marvel.

Like I said, over saturation is not a good thing.

 

[jacobed]

There will be no Avengers 2. Avengers is a one and done thing.

 

[HighFivingMF]

There will be no Avengers 2. Avengers is a one and done thing.

Then why are the actors signed on for an Avengers trilogy?

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Like I said, over saturation is not a good thing.

Yep, there are too many of these films being released.

 

[EML420]

People only seem to complain about the saturation thing when one of the films does bad but when it does good no such talk.

 

[Gamma Burst]

People only seem to complain about the saturation thing when one of the films does bad but when it does good no such talk.

So true.

 

[HighFivingMF]

People only seem to complain about the saturation thing when one of the films does bad but when it does good no such talk.

... Yeah. You don't complain about leaky pipes when the floor isn't wet.

 

[Docker2.0]

Also it may just be the economy as well. I mean, Thor made ONLY $445M WW but it's like the 4th or 5th ranked film of the year. Just saying that may play a part but I think a main problem is 3D. That brought all of the comic films down this year.

 

[Mysteryman]

Yes, 3D might slow down a bit,I doubt it will die though.

 

[jmc]

People only seem to complain about the saturation thing when one of the films does bad but when it does good no such talk.

Ah, no they don't actually. Film audiences are fickle and to continually bombard them with 2-3 superhero movies a year is only going to lead to an inevitable rejection.

 

[Poni_Boy]

Heyo, so so anyone think GL will miss the $100 mil mark this weekend? I said awhile back my guess was $7 mil for 5th place. What are the latest estimates?

 

[Nemesis Prime]

GL is in the 5th place (behind Penguins for crying out loud) and falling fast. Still think WB will push through a sequel no matter how bad the box office numbers end up, but other SH like Flash and WW may not see their movie released in the forseeable future. This will definitely curtail WB's plans to rely on their stable of SH to succeed Harry Potter as movie franchises.

 

[bullets]

This is too sad to even read about. I hope this doesn't detriment WW, Flash, and others from getting films.

 

[Poni_Boy]

GL is in the 5th place (behind Penguins for crying out loud) and falling fast. Still think WB will push through a sequel no matter how bad the box office numbers end up, but other SH like Flash and WW may not see their movie released in the forseeable future. This will definitely curtail WB's plans to rely on their stable of SH to succeed Harry Potter as movie franchises.

I think you have that backwards. GL 2 is far from getting the go ahead, too much risk at this point

 

[EML420]

Ah, no they don't actually. Film audiences are fickle and to continually bombard them with 2-3 superhero movies a year is only going to lead to an inevitable rejection.

I dont think so if a super hero film is good it does good thats the way I look at it 2-3 superhero films thats nothing compared to the amount of terrible rom coms and kids film.