Man of Steel Box Office Prediction Thread - Part 4

[Tony Stark]

I think the problem with SR was more the fact that it never really inspired anyone to take Superman further.

It made money but no impact, which never bode well for a Superman sequel. Begins made similar money to SR (albeit on a far smaller budget) but generated momentum for Batman that SR never did for Superman. MOS seems to be creating momentum for Superman.

Begins was marketed horribly by the studio, and it didn't help that a lot of the discussion around the film was more about Katie Holmes hooking up with Tom Cruise, who was just coming out with War of the Worlds.

I think where Superman Returns failed was no one really wanted to see a tribute film to the Donner films.

 

[Street Vendor]

Found this to be interesting in regards to Man of Steels opening vs Superman Return's (its from Forbes).

Overall I'm very satisfied with these numbers the movie was great and the crowd loved it here.

The only problem with the Forbes article is that it assumes that SR wasn't heavily marketed, and it was. Also, a five day gross isn't comparable to a weekend, I don't care how you crunch the numbers.

 

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