Man of Steel Box Office Prediction Thread - Part 4

[HighFivingMF]

Deadline update:

Est. $51M Friday, $124.4M for the three-day weekend, and $134.4M for the four-day cume through Sunday

 

[Heretic]

They are both equally important and I've never stated otherwise.

You said that this movie Superman used violence (and the regret of using that violence) to discover his true path. That kind of goes against the idea of the Kents upbringing putting him on that path. In this movie, it wasn't the Kents who made a good man...it was the shame of killing the last of his race that did it.

 

[Joeyjojo72]

If it is going higher than even the estimates this morning then I take it that there is very strong WOM! t:

You would be wrong to do that. Next weekend will be the earliest you can judge word of mouth.

 

[GreenKToo]

I'm just saying...its a shame that Superman can't fly. He could have maybe grabbed Zod by the neck and flew him away into an area where there were no innocents instead of intentionally keeping the fight in one of the most populated cities in the world. But, since Superman can't fly, he had no choice in the situation.

Did we watch the same film?? so, how was he gonna fly zod away seeing as how he couldnt control him. It was pretty much a stalemate.
Maybe he shoulda asked nicely, pretty please, can we fight in the desert.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

And yet the haters are already saying it has terrible word of mouth...

 

[Ultimatehero]

You said that this movie Superman used violence (and the regret of using that violence) to discover his true path. That kind of goes against the idea of the Kents upbringing putting him on that path. In this movie, it wasn't the Kents who made a good man...it was the shame of killing the last of his race that did it.

I never stated that and everyone can back me up that I never stated that. The ONLY time he was violent was when he had to stop the Kryptonians from putting people in risk of danger and death. And he struggled with killing even Zod, I find it so odd people are acting like he didn't struggle - it took him a good 30 seconds for him to decide what to do. He didn't just up and killed him, you could see it was the HARDEST thing in the world for him to do. But knew he had no other choice so he made the heroic action of tainting himself with an emotional scar that won't leave over letting Zod put other lives in risk of danger and death.

He was a good man from the very START. That is what I stated. Him putting others ahead of himself always by having the instinct of saving people and holding himself back. With Zod, he couldn't - Zod was far from over. So, he had to do the thing Zod least expected. It was his only choice. You grab Zod and fly out - Zod would break free and go back to his killing spree. Without the Kents, child Clark might have accidentally killed someone if he fought back against the bullies since he didn't know his own strength. He held back from those bullies and saved Pete because of what the Kents instilled in him. His instincts were telling him to fight back against the bullies because he could easily take them on, his moral compass instilled by the Kents had Clark resist from doing so.

SMALLVILLE captures perfectly what I see as the possible Clark Kent without having the Kents there to guide him and much more deranged parental figure.

 

[KingKane88]

Didn't SR do like 52-Mill during its entire 3 day weekend run if I remember correctly? If so, MOS will be close to tripling that number!

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Did we watch the same film?? so, how was he gonna fly zod away seeing as how he couldnt control him. It was pretty much a stalemate.
Maybe he shoulda asked nicely, pretty please, can we fight in the desert.

 

[The Batman]

Same here, but no one wants to like BOTH everyone has the "pick a side" mentality.

I think both are terribly overrated, so I'm pretty much on the fence.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I still don't smell that anywhere.

They are all totally different and separate characters. Hell IM3 can make 1.2 billion but don't expect fellow avengers Cap and thor to come close to that.

Well the Thor and Cap franchises prove my point. The sequels are looking at 500-800 m. WW.

Now we know MOS and other non-Batman characters can also make Warner Bros alot money.

If MOS had opened in the Star Trek 2 range it would put all Justice League related projects in danger.

 

[GreenKToo]

And yet the haters are already saying it has terrible word of mouth...

Let em hate. The BO is speaking loud and clear.

 

[Princess Denise]

You would be wrong to do that. Next weekend will be the earliest you can judge word of mouth.

WOM affects the first weekend as well as the first to see it start telling their friends and family what they thought. Nowadays, especially, with social media buzz on a film spreads very quickly.

 

[Skrilla31]

And yet the haters are already saying it has terrible word of mouth...

Don't assume someone that didn't like the movie is just a hater.

 

[Heretic]

Did we watch the same film?? so, how was he gonna fly zod away seeing as how he couldnt control him. It was pretty much a stalemate.
Maybe he shoulda asked nicely, pretty please, can we fight in the desert.

During that final battle, Zod's only goal was to kill Superman. Superman chose to stay in Metropolis and fight it out.

And he couldn't control Zod...but he had him down, by the neck, and could snap his neck.

 

[Bruce Malone]

Well the Thor and Cap franchises prove my point. The sequels are looking at 500-800 m. WW.

Now we know MOS and other non-Batman characters can also make Warner Bros alot money.

If MOS had opened in the Star Trek 2 range it would put all Justice League related projects in danger.

My point was that Thor and Cap who are directly attached and associated to Iron Man through the avengers franchise can't expect to come close to Iron Man's success.

So why would we expect flash or wonder woman who aren't even associated in the same movie franchise with Superman as of now to benefit off the success of MOS alone?

Unless there is a DC avengers initiative type thing formed i don't see the public yearning for solo DC comic movie's aside from Supes and Batman for the time being.

 

[fake]

51M OD without Walmart, and 63M with Walmart.

Even though i loved the movie, i didn't see that coming.

 

[Ultimatehero]

And he couldn't control Zod...but he had him down, by the neck, and could snap his neck.

To me, I saw that entirely differently, I saw it as Zod playing with him because he knew how difficult it would be for Clark to kill him. He didn't expect him to. This is what gave Clark the upper hand. To me, at least, especially after the beat-down on the roof of the construction building Zod held all the cards. And when Zod realized what these people meant to him, he wanted revenge for Clark taking away what was important to him. Zod didn't want to just kill Clark in that moment, he wanted to destroy him.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Don't assume someone that didn't like the movie is just a hater.

There is nothing wrong with you hating on this film but you are clearly a hater. You disliked or hated the movie and thus think it's going to have terrible word of mouth. I liked the film but I don't say it's a lock to have great word of mouth because I don't think the world revolves around my opinion. You do though for some reason.

 

[Iceman]

It's a really good start. Should know by next weekend what its long term prospects are. At least underperforming overall can almost be ruled out already even it drops badly.

 

[Astrodust]

WOM affects the first weekend as well as the first to see it start telling their friends and family what they thought. Nowadays, especially, with social media buzz on a film spreads very quickly.

And word of mouth has been strong if you go by how they increased their projections as today went on. I'm thinking over 300 million domestic is very likely now. 800-900 million worldwide also feels likely. MoS2 makes a billion easily.

 

[Ultimatehero]

There is nothing wrong with you hating on this film but you are clearly a hater. You disliked or hated the movie and thus think it's going to have terrible word of mouth. I liked the film but I don't say it's a lock to have great word of mouth because I don't think the world revolves around my opinion. You do though for some reason.

Ironically Skrilla's rant about how he wants the movie to disappear, for everyone to forget about it, and it to be left behind was the most heated thing I've heard from anyone that disliked it.

 

[Tony Stark]

Don't assume someone that didn't like the movie is just a hater.

Exactly, I certainly didn't hate the movie, but it had some severe pacing problems.

 

[psylockolussus]

Even if this movie gets more than $100million at the opening weekend. I'm pretty sure the drop for the 2nd weekend will be huge! at least 60%.

 

[Iceman]

Well the Thor and Cap franchises prove my point. The sequels are looking at 500-800 m. WW.

Now we know MOS and other non-Batman characters can also make Warner Bros alot money.

If MOS had opened in the Star Trek 2 range it would put all Justice League related projects in danger.

MoS doing badly would put all JL projects in danger of not getting greenlit but MoS doing well won't give much of an indication that the other non-Batman JL properties will do well, especially without the assistance of a JL link.

My point was that Thor and Cap who are directly attached and associated to Iron Man through the avengers franchise can't expect to come close to Iron Man's success.

So why would we expect flash or wonder woman who aren't even associated in the same movie franchise with Superman as of now to benefit off the success of MOS alone?

Unless there is a DC avengers initiative type thing formed i don't see the public yearning for solo DC comic movie's aside from Supes and Batman for the time being.

Yeah, the public don't even know which heroes are DC & Marvel. Go anywhere outside of a superhero forum where superhero films are being discussed and they can't even keep track of which characters are in Avengers 2 days after seeing the film. t:

 

[Tony Stark]

BTW, I think it's great this film is going to break the June record.