The Amazing Spider-Man 2 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Box Office Prediction Thread

[marcvader]

Sinister Six and Venom movies seem like a huge risk and mistake for this studio.

 

[spider-neil]

Yeah... they own Spidey now in everything but the movies. You can bet they are eyeing the rights seriously.

Sony is just in desperation mode now. And I don't think a Sinister Six or Venom movie is the answer to their prayers.

Disney are idiots. They OWN the Spidey merchandising rights, putting Spidey in the Avengers would give their movie a boost and they'll sell more Spidey toys. Sure, Sony benefit from that boost but so what?

 

[spider-neil]

Sinister Six and Venom movies seem like a huge risk and mistake for this studio.

Disasterous ideas and Sony can't see it.

 

[GuestStar2004]

Sony won't give up the rights to spider-man back to marvel, TASM2 will probably make more money then most movies, it may even make more then CA:TWS and if that happens we shall get TASM3 (no doubt about it either way) in 2016 and say if that fails sony would be more likely to reboot again then actually give the rights back

 

[Ms. Marvel]

Disney are idiots. They OWN the Spidey merchandising rights, putting Spidey in the Avengers would give their movie a boost and they'll sell more Spidey toys. Sure, Sony benefit from that boost but so what?

Spider-Man in the Avengers? As much as I love Spider-Man, I'd be really annoyed at a hypothetical situation where he ends up in Avengers 3 or something and all new characters get stunted development to accommodate him and the rest of the Avengers are given less to do as a result.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Disney are idiots. They OWN the Spidey merchandising rights, putting Spidey in the Avengers would give their movie a boost and they'll sell more Spidey toys. Sure, Sony benefit from that boost but so what?

Disney makes money no matter what. That is why they don't need to help any other studio.

 

[GuestStar2004]

the major problem with sony is that i think they feel trapped with Spider-man being their only source of super hero product and because of that they have nothing to back it up with so all the weight is on that 1 character spider-man, they don't have the X-Men characters to throw back and forth and look for the next big character, they don't have the Avengers characters the play with

so i can understand why Sony would wanna expand the universe the best way they can

 

[DarthSkywalker]

the major problem with sony is that i think they feel trapped with Spider-man being their only source of super hero product and because of that they have nothing to back it up with so all the weight is on that 1 character spider-man, they don't have the X-Men characters to throw back and forth and look for the next big character, they don't have the Avengers characters the play with

so i can understand why Sony would wanna expand the universe the best way they can

What they are doing makes no sense. They should Bond Spider-Man. Attempt to make a quality film every three years. Instead they seem to be running it into the ground, like they are trying to cash in.

At this point it would not surprise me if they end up selling Spidey back to Marvel for a nice chunk of change in the next 10 years.

 

[spider-neil]

Supervillians in a movie with no hero? That is a DISASTEROUS idea.
Sony for pity sake vet some of the general audience reaction to this idea before making this movie before it's too late.

 

[LizardMan07]

This film series hasn't been a failure at all though right?

At the very least, we got a perfect representation of the Gwen Stacey arc on-screen! That's a plus! Spiderman is the only CMB that has had Emma Stone in it right? That's a plus!

I loved the first two films, but I'd prefer if the concluded the Gwen Stacey arc in the third film and then handed the rights back to Marvel to sit on for 10-15 years and then bring back spidey.

 

[spider-neil]

What they are doing makes no sense. They should Bond Spider-Man. Attempt to make a quality film every three years. Instead they seem to be running it into the ground, like they are trying to cash in.

At this point it would not surprise me if they end up selling Spidey back to Marvel for a nice chunk of change in the next 10 years.

If Marvel recieved the rights back for Spidey tomorrow I doubt you'd see a Spidey movie for a decade because a 2nd reboot in a decade will kill any love for the movie character of Spidey. Although I think a live action TV series of Spidey could work.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

If Marvel recieved the rights back for Spidey tomorrow I doubt you'd see a Spidey movie for a decade because a 2nd reboot in a decade will kill any love for the movie character of Spidey. Although I think a live action TV series of Spidey could work.

These arguments never make sense, just like the Fantastic Four ones. Marvel would simply market it as "Spider-Man done right" by the studio that brought you Iron Man, Cap and The Avengers, and add him to the Avengers.

 

[miltonh]

Opening day in Russia 35% down.

 

[Ms. Marvel]

Oh wow....

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Sony won't give up the rights to spider-man back to marvel, TASM2 will probably make more money then most movies, it may even make more then CA:TWS and if that happens we shall get TASM3 (no doubt about it either way) in 2016 and say if that fails sony would be more likely to reboot again then actually give the rights back

This movie could make a paltry $400 million worldwide and we would still see The Amazing Spider-Man 3.

Sony NEEDS Spider-Man and sadly, I feel they will run him into the ground.

 

[starkresilient]

wow another decrease from tasm? not a good look

also

The Other Woman is also prospering in Australia, where it opened last weekend opposite The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The female comedy debuted to $4.2 million for the weekend, compared to $5.2 million for Spider-Man 2, but pulled ahead of the superhero tentpole on Wednesday. It came in No. 1 Thursday and Friday as well.

From THR.

 

[JOE]

That's why they're expanding on his universe. Spidey is a cash cow and they're going to milk it.

 

[Joeyjojo72]

repost:

A bitter disappointment for Sony if this movie makes less than ASM1. Not a disaster but changes will be made if that happens. Personally I don't see this movie making a dime less than 800 mil regardless of the critical response or the so so wom.

edit: some of those overseas numbers are a bit disturbing. is it possible that TWS sucked some of the oxygen out of certain markets?

 

[ban1o]

repost:

A bitter disappointment for Sony if this movie makes less than ASM1. Not a disaster but changes will be made if that happens. Personally I don't see this movie making a dime less than 800 mil regardless of the critical response or the so so wom.

edit: some of those overseas numbers are a bit disturbing. is it possible that TWS sucked some of the oxygen out of certain markets?

Boxofficemojo is predicting 705 million WW. That would be extremely disappointing for Sony. It decreased in Russia, Australia, Japan, South Korea and a lot of other markets. I was predicting 850 million but now I'm not so sure.

 

[GuestStar2004]

Even if it makes $700 its still a big money maker (cash cow) esp if you want to say how reviews are terrible and how thats gonna effect it, its just wouldn't add up to how much money sony put into it

When you compare it to Thor: the dark world which came off the Avengers and made $644,783,140

 

[DarthSkywalker]

$700mil would continue a downward trend. It shows that a cash cow is waning. That is not what you want.

 

[ban1o]

Even if it makes $700 its still a big money maker (cash cow) esp if you want to say how reviews are terrible and how thats gonna effect it, its just wouldn't add up to how much money sony put into it

When you compare it to Thor: the dark world which came off the Avengers and made $644,783,140

Yeah it's still a lot, but it would be lower than the first one and a lot lower than the previous Spider-man movies especially when you account for 3d and inflation. Sony even said that they wanted a billion so this would definitely be disappointing. You can't compare Spider-man to Thor. Spider-man is WAY more popular than Thor. If Sony wants to milk Spider-man and make a Sinister Six or Venom movie, it needs to make more than 700 million imo.

 

[ban1o]

Hopefully it does well in China and the US to compensate for the decreases in some markets! The first opened against TDKR in China so this will have a good increase.

 

[UltimateWebhead]

This movie could make a paltry $400 million worldwide and we would still see The Amazing Spider-Man 3.

Sony NEEDS Spider-Man and sadly, I feel they will run him into the ground.

With sequels and spin-offs planned already, yeah, sadly, that's exactly their intention. Run Spidey right into the ground. Makes me think Sony is actually JJJ.

 

[ban1o]

This movie could make a paltry $400 million worldwide and we would still see The Amazing Spider-Man 3.

Sony NEEDS Spider-Man and sadly, I feel they will run him into the ground.

LOL well I don't know about 400m because apparently TASM2 was the most expensive SM movie and cost like 280 million so they would be losing a lot of money if only made 400 million (but it's obviously not going to make 400 million.) But yeah your sentiment is true, they really need Spider-man and will run him to the ground.