Man of Steel Box Office Prediction Thread - Part 4

[Pickle-El]

Everyone who has kids. And loves Pixar movies.

What was the last breakout film? Toy Story 3? Seems like they have all been disappointing domestically lately.....most actually.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Eh. I'm not one to care about records. After they started limited theatrical runs from months to weeks and now they do re-releases a few months after some movies leave theaters it doesn't make sense to me.

But I give major kudos to whoever thought up the Walmart thing. Money in the hand, babe

Agree on both accounts.

 

[Poni_Boy]

Not sure what you mean. Toy Story 3 was in 2010.

Cars 2 did $559,852,396 worldwide in 2011.

Brave did $554,606,532 worldwide last year. And won the Oscar.

Pretty sure Pixar is still a box office powerhouse. Is that even debatable?

 

[Superhero 101]

I am glad that this movie is doing well at the BO it deserves it.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

What was the last breakout film? Toy Story 3? Seems like they have all been disappointing domestically lately.....most actually.

Breakout? No. But they have all done solid to great business for the most part. "Brave", which I love, was considered a disappointment creatively by many. It did $237mil domestically, with their first female lead.

Not sure what you mean. Toy Story 3 was in 2010.

Cars 2 did $559,852,396 worldwide in 2011.

Brave did $554,606,532 worldwide last year. And won the Oscar.

Pretty sure Pixar is still a box office powerhouse. Is that even debatable?

I am right there with you. And Monsters U. is a sequel to one of their most beloved films. No brainer.

 

[Project862006]

A new-ish take on them, sure. I'm really tired of TWD after three seasons and after all the company's shortsightedness I won't be sticking around for more. I'm not against going against the grain for any genre tropes as long as it has purpose. The angle they're using for the zombies in WWZ is one I'm intrigued by. If it was the same, shuffling, moaning stuff from TWD.. not so much.

read the book instead max brooks washed his hands away from WWZ film it does'nt respect his book at all

 

[Poni_Boy]

read the book instead max brooks washed his hands away from WWZ film it does'nt respect his book at all

I've read the book twice. Interviewed Max last year. I respect his opinions on the matter and would have felt the same way as he had I been in his shoes.

However, I have no interest in seeing another shuffling zombie movie. Warm Bodies was great in the respect if parodied that. Bring on the rage monsters of WWZ

 

[schiz0id]

For the Pixar debate the only film other than Finding Nemo that deserves a sequel/prequel is The Incredibles. Cars 2 and Monsters U should've just been straight to DVD.

And what's funny is Monsters U, which is opening next week, is from Pixar and Planes opening in August (which essentially is a Cars 2 spin-off) is from Walt Disney Animation (a sequel has been greenlit for this, coming out next year).

 

[Pickle-El]

Not sure what you mean. Toy Story 3 was in 2010.

Cars 2 did $559,852,396 worldwide in 2011.

Brave did $554,606,532 worldwide last year. And won the Oscar.

Pretty sure Pixar is still a box office powerhouse. Is that even debatable?

Like I said, domestically. OS is covering up for a lot of these numbers lately....None of these has opened up/finished anywhere near Toy Story 3 to hit "blockbuster" status. They are hits in the 200 million dollar range since UP. (Ratatouille, Tangled, Ice Age, Cars 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, Rio, Megamind, etc.)

Most do just about 175-225 million with an opening of around 60 to 70 million. Man Of Steel should do just fine.

 

[Astrodust]

I really hope it makes to $111 million for the 3 days then we won't have the whole Wal-Mart issue when it comes to the June record.

Personally I think the Walmart screening took away some tickets from either the midnight screening or the weekend. MoS should take the June record but no big deal if it doesn't.

 

[kalelvis]

I might have missed something, but what is the debate about the Walmart tickets? Is it because Walmart didn't sell out but WB still gets to count the box office? If so, i can kind of see it, but to be honest, MOS would have probably made even more money if it hadn't lft the advertising for Walmart and had just had 10 pm and midnight shows like the other movies this summer. I had friends go in to Walmart to buy the tickets (yes, right past the big posters advertising the tickets) and the employees had not what idea what they were asking for.

To me Walmart dropped the ball on selling those tickets. That said our 7pm showing was pretty packed but not as crowded as the Midnight I went back and watched.

I guess what we all want to avoid is the "will there or won't there be a sequel" that happened after SR.

As far as the impact of MU, it has the potential to be huge. Superman is a big name brand and will draw first week sales, as it did with SR, which was doing solid business until Potc: Dead Man's Chest hit the next week and killed its momentum.

So, I am really hoping that MOS can hit some really high numbers before Thursday night just in case.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Wal-Mart screenings made $12 million.

 

[Liam_H]

So Rth over at BO says $36.5-37 million for Saturday. So depending on how big of a Sunday drop the weekend is looking at $111-114 million. I mean the NBA finals shouldn't hurt it too much.

 

[Poni_Boy]

Wal-Mart screenings made $12 million.

Yup. WB pre-sold that to Walmart so it didn't matter that Walmart couldn't resell all the tickets.

So Rth over at BO says $36.5-37 million for Saturday. So depending on how big of a Sunday drop the weekend is looking at $111-114 million. I mean the NBA finals shouldn't hurt it too much.

Isn't the Stanley Cup on Sunday too? I see all kinds of stuff around town for it

 

[Liam_H]

Oh, its hockey so I don't know jack about it. No offense to the people who are fans.

 

[Poni_Boy]

Here on the East Coast it's hella popular. Most of my favorite bars in town are packed hours before a hockey game starts. Boston is even worse haha

 

[Rust]

Has MOS really made $150mill so far in BO alone?

 

[Liam_H]

If you count WW I believe so.

 

[Rust]

Not bad, I guess, even if it is WW.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Yup. WB pre-sold that to Walmart so it didn't matter that Walmart couldn't resell all the tickets.




Isn't the Stanley Cup on Sunday too? I see all kinds of stuff around town for it

The hockey game was tonight. Was amazing again. Next game is Monday.

 

[Poni_Boy]

Ok good. So the NBA game is the only "event" that could hurt numbers but not really by much

 

[Ugly Casanova]

So how much did MoS make on Saturday?

 

[kalelvis]

Deadline is saying that MOS took in about 36m on Saturday.

 

[Juha Bach]

Btw if i recall STID made $38.5 dollars after two weeks in china. Hopefully this movie surpasses that number.

 

[Poni_Boy]

Something of note: out of 4,207 venues this movie is playing at 3,357 are 3D (that's over 80%) but only 31% of box office receipts are for 3D version

That along with what happened with the STID 3D sales could be signaling some major changes. Is this the beginning of the end of 3D?