Would like to see Malaysia numbers. Robot was so down on the lack of marketing there.
I think this is good news as OS legs for action films tend to be stronger than in the US. I think MOS will not have all that great legs here but the OS market will make up the difference I hope. As I've said repeatedly.
Hey Tobias... back to the forum? Have you seen it yet?
Anyways, you won't believe this.. they finally have displays in the theaters a couple days before opening.. haha.. funniest thing I have ever seen...
But marketing or not, EVERYBODY here knows who superman is, so I guess it sells itself... First weekend is fully booked (for the evening time-slots)...
I can't shake the feeling that other films with lower expectations such as various CBM's would have prevailed in this situation.
Marvin, I think you're exactly right.. I thought about the same thing. Basically because it was Superman, and the hype was so great, the critics tend to be less forgiving. I think if this was any other CBM, or any other movie of any kind, it'll have gotten a fresh... at least 75-85%...
Superman is even bigger like in China than Spiderman. It will break records mark my word. May be able to beat our Ironman 3's total earning in China too.
I don't think so.. IM3 broke China's record by a HUGE margin... the reason? They actually did a joint venture with a local chinese production company and shot a few minutes of footage with top chinese actors... you won't see those scenes, but the chinese audience would. If you had gone to china, you won't recognize the posters because they are actually promoting the local actors in them....
Now, if only WB was as shrewed as Disney in their international marketing.. China is a 100M dollar market.. that's by no means small... i think spending a couple million extra doing some extra footage is money well spent...
I was only $2 million off for my 3-day weekend prediction.
Wow.. you really know your stuff... that's within the margin of error.. you're spot on... what's your WW figure?
Exactly!
My PERFECT theater is 3D with D-Box motion seats.
Oh, boy.. i think if this comes out, people would just go watch every movie over and over again.. like going for a ride in Disneyland..
But they need to have really high def Projectors first... the 4K projectors they use are still pretty pixellated... I think it needs at least 16K projectors and movies need to be shot in super high def digital cameras as well, at least 16K.. 35mm film just won't do...
I think the only thing holding back the ultimate experience is that the true IMAX 70mm film can't be used for movies (because to shoot a movie with it would be prohibitively expensive)... need to wait another 10 years for digital cameras/projectors to reach at least 16K or even 32K...
Because in to many situation the 2D screenings are being shut out, especially when it come to IMAX. In many parts of Europe you couldn't see Thor unless you watched it in 3D. And Thor in 3D is nearly unwatchable.
Yeah, I hate that.. in my country, the 2 Imax screens only show 3D.. I think 2D on the imax would be far better... considering we still don't have very high def digital projectors.. (only 4K max, so in passive form, you're only watching 2K for each eye)
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?
Actually that's not what it means.. it means that in 80% of the locations / cineplexes there are both 2d/3d options... that doesn't mean ALL the screens in those locations are in 3D... chances are there'll still be more screen in 2d compared to 3d... for instance, in a typical cineplex in my country, it has upwards of 10-20 screens.. they are playing Man of Steel in something like 5 screens,.. and maybe only 1 of them would be 3D while the other 4 would be in 2D...
