Man of Steel Box Office Prediction Thread - - Part 11

[badgrammar]

Thanks

 

[Jim-El]

I'm sorry but a bald Brad Pitt as Lex would just have me laughing too much.

 

[Ms. Marvel]

He actually looks good!

 

[Jim-El]

He actually looks good!

I just can't stop laughing...t:t:

 

[MrMaooz]

 

[Jim-El]

LOL! Mr!!!........bAHhaAHahHAAHAaaaaaaa...That's all we need is a Bald Ben Stiller.

 

[sf2]

Yep. Lex is the quintessential greedy, narcissistic, non-empathetic, self-interested businessman. He IS a villain just on those characteristics alone. All the scheming, crazy plots, taking over the world, and attempting to kill Superman, are just unnecessary to make him a completely vile individual.

Just make him a typical businessman (Gordon Gekko style) and his villainy will shine through on its' own, and it will be a strong character to portray on screen. That approach to him hasn't been done in live-action yet.

that's the Lex i wanna see too.

 

[JOE]

Christopher Waltz. There, someone had to say it. Ultimate baddy. I don't care what he plays, I just want him being bad.

 

[Liam_H]

With two more huge releases coming out MoS is gonna take a big hit to its theater count, we'll see how that effects it going forward

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/counts/chart/?yr=2013&wk=27&p=.htm

 

[Ms. Marvel]

With two more huge releases coming out MoS is gonna take a big hit to its theater count, we'll see how that effects it going forward

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/counts/chart/?yr=2013&wk=27&p=.htm

At least there definitely will be a sequel. t:

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Eh, those drops were expected. Like Ms. Marvel said we're getting a sequel and that's all that matters.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

MOS has made 520 million WW with several markets still remaining. 600m is a lock as many predicted but I'm hoping it gets to 700m.

 

[Bruce Malone]

Even though we're getting a sequel i'd still like to see MoS have decent legs continuing on.

The more front-loaded a film is the likelier there's a possibility less people will be interested in the sequel.

 

[writer0327]

Christopher Waltz. There, someone had to say it. Ultimate baddy. I don't care what he plays, I just want him being bad.

He was good in Django though.

Too old for me. I want a younger Lex. Mid-30s to 40.

 

[Liam_H]

He was better in Inglourious Basterds.

 

[Knightstalker]

Yep. Lex is the quintessential greedy, narcissistic, non-empathetic, self-interested businessman. He IS a villain just on those characteristics alone. All the scheming, crazy plots, taking over the world, and attempting to kill Superman, are just unnecessary to make him a completely vile individual.

Just make him a typical businessman (Gordon Gekko style) and his villainy will shine through on its' own, and it will be a strong character to portray on screen. That approach to him hasn't been done in live-action yet.

Agreed. Just no more real estate schemes this time please

 

[DarthSkywalker]

He was better in Inglourious Basterds.

He was great in Basterds. I adored him in Django. One of my favorite characters.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Christoph was so great in IB and DU.

 

[Princess Denise]

http://www.deadline.com/2013/07/despicable-me-2-opens-with-huge-4-7m-late-shows/

‘Lone Ranger’ Disastrous $10M Wednesday

Disney’s expensive The Lone Ranger (3,904 theaters) is underperforming with only $10M today: rival studios say that means the Jerry Bruckheimer actioner may not even pass $55M for its first 5 days. That’s below even Disney’s low-ball projection and would be disastrous

Hope LR's underperformance helps MOS.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Yikes. Jerry Bruckheimer can't catch a break apparently(with the exception of Pirates 4 of course).

 

[mclay18]

Bruckheimer should just stop producing these expensive flops, and go back to mid-range budgeted films. Not every film he makes now should be a franchise in the making.

He was pushing it with those horribly inflated budgets for POTC 2 and POTC 3, and had a bad 2010 with the franchise non-starters Prince of Persia and The Sorcerer's Apprentice.

 

[roach]

Yikes. Jerry Bruckheimer can't catch a break apparently(with the exception of Pirates 4 of course).

to be fair Disney interfered heavily on this film

 

[InJustice]

Not surprised, a lot of online reviewers I've read/watched didn't like the film (JeremyJahns being one of them).

 

[Princess Denise]

I just read on BoxOffice that today MU had the biggest drop of all the holdovers. It makes sense with DM2 coming into the fold and vying for the same audience. With LR and WHD underperforming it will be interesting to see if MOS and WWZ benefit because if LR and WHD had been big hits then it undoubtedly would taken mostly from the MOS and WWZ audiences. If I were WB I would amp up the advertising for MOS and try to take full advantage.

 

[113]

Haha I knew Lone Ranger was going to be a terrible film the moment it was announced.

Most people younger than, say 40, don't even really know the character. At least not in any significant way that would warrant a modern franchise. Also, Western's haven't made money for Hollywood since the 1960s...people are largely over it.

Add to that the relatively still unknown Armie Hammer as the leading guy, and you have a recipe for crap and a financial bomb. The only part of me that is a bit bummed about it being so craptastic is that I really like Ruth Wilson; she's incredible in Luther and I hope to see her take Hollywood by storm. But Lone Ranger isn't the vehicle for that and could set her career back since it's her first big film. Hopefully it doesn't and she bounces back with some great movies.

Otherwise, I hope LR bombs hard and MoS takes that business. $800m ww here we come