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The Amazing Spider-Man The Amazing Spider-Man: Box Office Thread

How much will The Amazing Spider-man make in the domestic market?

  • $0-100m

  • $110-200m

  • $210-300m

  • $310-400m

  • $410m-500m

  • $510-600m

  • $610-700m

  • Over $700m

  • $0-100m

  • $110-200m

  • $210-300m

  • $310-400m

  • $410m-500m

  • $510-600m

  • $610-700m

  • Over $700m

  • $0-100m

  • $110-200m

  • $210-300m

  • $310-400m

  • $410m-500m

  • $510-600m

  • $610-700m

  • Over $700m

  • $0-100m

  • $110-200m

  • $210-300m

  • $310-400m

  • $410m-500m

  • $510-600m

  • $610-700m

  • Over $700m


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It's an implausibilty that kills suspension of disbelief. And it's cheesy. And there were many such moments in the film.

Yes you can. For one thing certain materials absorb sound (Thus sound-proof rooms, etc. ). But in Spidey's case his strength and speed allows him to place his hands and feet on a surface without making a noise. I'm not saying that if Spidey dropped from the ceiling to the floor there'd be no sound, just when he's crawling across the surface.

I'm also not saying that Spidey's body would make noise entering the car (although it is different from climbing on a ceiling) but the door would make noise opening and closing. He couldn't control that. Moreover, he just appears in the car even though we'd had a shot where we were constantly looking at his only area of entry.

I don't think many people would agree it's cheesy, but everyone has a different opinion. I just think that almost nobody cares exactly how he got in the car. It doesn't add to the scene to show him opening the door and getting in. You can believe someone gets spider powers, but dammit there was no door opening so the whole movie is ridiculous. Why couldn't he have opened the door (quietly) and then not closed it? Have it almost closed but not latched shut?

So you're saying Spider-Man's suit is made of material that absorbs sound and they never think that this is worth mentioning? That is the most crazy and far-reaching thing I've EVER heard.
 
Sooooo, 341,600,000~ so far. I know that covers the budget, but do you think that covers the money spent on marketing too?
 
I've put forward evidence regarding my argument. I'm waiting for one of you to back up yours... Still waiting.
Others have already put forward the evidence countering yours, my repetition of them would be redundant seeing as you already dismissed them.

Look at what you're arguing in context of the entire film. You're willing to believe that a man can get the proportionate abilities of a spider but are unwilling to believe that he could use those aforementioned abilities to enter a, now unlocked, car quietly. Given that in the same post that i am quoting part of you have stated seeing as Norman wasnt actively looking at the ceiling then he wouldnt have noticed Peter, why cant the same principle apply to the car thief who wouldn't have been looking at the back door or seat?
 
Sooooo, 341,600,000~ so far. I know that covers the budget, but do you think that covers the money spent on marketing too?
is it not more? i could've swore i saw that it was more earlier?
 
Nope. He climbed out the window and into the shadows. Since at that point, for those cops someone being able to scale a wall is impossible, they don't bother to look up toward the roof of the building.

And yet they didn't keep the light on him when it was shining up at Peter? Yah, nice excuse, but less plausible that any answer for him in being in the car in TAS-M.

Plus, saying it was new for someone to scale up a building, THAT would be an excuse for them to not follow Peter's traces going up the building? The NYPD aren't that lazy now.

Spidey was already in the backseat when the burglar sits down. So Spidey had to have entered through the back door (You're not really suggesting that Spidey crawled over the burglar without his feeling it, right?) thus, Spidey broke into the car on his own. So he's just as guilty. And there is no "answer". It was a bull**** gimmick on the filmmaker's part because they couldn't think of anything that would make sense.

And how would you suggest Spidey broke in? Breaking the handle of the car when it was locked? Breaking a window that wasn't broken in the film? What's your "answer" of how he broke in?

The car was locked after the valet parked it. Spidey wasn't in the car that entire time and since the valet locked the car, the guy had to use that machine and Spidey could have easily used his SPEED to get inside the car without the thief noticing.

Plus, you do hear a car slammed shut after the thief slides out of the window.

The justice system:whatever:

I am sorry you didn't understand what I meant. Even if they find fingerprints, it's still murder on Peter for killing the guy in everyone's eyes. Self defense could help him, but Peter did, in their eyes, murder that guy who DIDN'T kill anyone.

Sorry, but they can tell when someone falls out of a window versus being pushed based on their trajectory. Someone forcefully pushed (Especially by someone with Spidey's strength) would fall further from the building than someone who tripped. There'd also likely be bruising on the crook's ankle when he smacked into the pipe.

Obviously they can't figure it out when they immediately thought of Peter to be the one who pushed him.

It's overrated in that so many folks says it's THE GREATEST CBM EVER! It isn't. And proclaim it to be near flawless. It's very flawed. In the overall however it's the best Batman film. Don't get me wrong. There are things in B'89, Returns and even Forever that are better. But again, in the overall TDK is the best.

Because it is the greatest CBM ever. Look at the accolades of the film.

What, I guess you say Spider-Man 2 is? It WAS the greatest, but there's always going to be a better movie that "takes" the trophy, and TDK is at the moment.

Again, this is BS on your part. In nearly every post I've made about Spidey 3 I've said it was subpar. I said it has some great MOMENTS. And it does. In the overall it isn't a good film as was Spidey 1 and 2.

You've said it's subpar, sure, but you HAVE said I should look past the flaws as I do with TDK supposedly.

The thing with me is that unlike alot of professional fans I don't say a film is all or nothing. It's all great or it's all bad. And I don't go for the flash in the pan. Isn't it funny that in every franchise, when you have a much panned film- the next film is hailed as being "Great" by fans?

Batman & Robin/Batman Begins
X3 / First Class
Spider-Man 3/The Amazing Spider-Man

Fans love to go in extremes. I don't do that. I have a laundry list of what I didn't like about all three Raimi films. But they are good and this new film is in no freakin' way great/dark/realistic/non-cheesy. It's very flawed.

Compared to Batman Begins or First Class, I wouldn't called TAS-M "great". It's good, but yah, after Spider-Man 3 which I hated, seeing TAS-M and how well it is being received in the box office and by word of mouth, I am pleased to see this new take now.

S-M 3 is most likely more "loved" than Batman & Robin and X-Men 3, but it was still a movie that takes that series down a notch as with the Batman films of that time and the X-Men film(which got even worse with Wolverine and First Class finally brought it back to be amazing).

It's not terrible to be excited for new takes if you didn't enjoy the last film, or films.
 
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I would think a movie's budget covers everything to do with the movie, including the marketing.
 
Hmm.. would X-Men First Class be a good introduction to the X-Men movies? I never really got into them since I never thought X-Men was appealing.
 
Hmm.. would X-Men First Class be a good introduction to the X-Men movies? I never really got into them since I never thought X-Men was appealing.

X-Men 1 and 2 are phenomenal. X-Men 3 and X-Men Origins: Wolverine are terrible.

If you wanna start with the old series, watch the first two but if not, definitely just watch First Class.
 
I think First Class is at RedBox still. I'll pick it up next time I pass by.
 
Thats a terrible terrible idea

Recast everyone and make Spidey 4?? Terrible
There was a turmoil when there were rumours that Jake Gyllenhaal was replacing Tobey for spidey 3

This reboot was a terrible idea. And the turmoil was over Gyllenhaal replacing Maguire in the second movie not the third. There was expectation for the second to be a continuation. I'm not saying a direct Spider-man 4. Just a new Spider-Man movie where he's already Spider-Man. His origin has already taken place. Get some new villains and just go from there.

The whole problem with the reboot is that it was so soon after the Raimi trilogy and audiences didn't want to see the same exact basic origin done AGAIN. And whether you guys like it or not, audiences found this origin story INFERIOR to Raimi's trilogy and no amount of what you find are lame and cheesy quotes will change that.
 
And whether you guys like it or not, audiences found this origin story INFERIOR to Raimi's trilogy and no amount of what you find are lame and cheesy quotes will change that.
RottenTomatoes (user): SM1 - 65%, TASM - 84%
IMDb (user): SM1 - 7.4/10, TASM - 7.7/10
 
RottenTomatoes (user): SM1 - 65%, TASM - 84%
IMDb (user): SM1 - 7.4/10, TASM - 7.7/10

The first Spider-Man movie came out over 10 years ago and that score which is less than Amazing Spider-Man by about 3 tenths is based on over 250,000 votes. The Amazing Spider-Man score is based on a fraction of that amount of votes.

Also those user ratings mean nothing to me. The proof is in the pudding and the box office grosses. This movie opened low for the franchise and none of your statistics will change that.

The RT user scores? Spider-Man's score averaged from a vote of 32 million freaking users. Once again Amazing's score averaged by a fraction of that amount. Let's see what the score is in several years after the votes are in the millions.
 
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700 m WW is enough to cover the budget and marketing.

Any further box office gross, dvd revenue, and tv rights revenue is pure profit.

I think ASM will make over 775 m.
 
The first Spider-Man movie came out over 10 years ago and that score which is less than Amazing Spider-Man by about 3 tenths is based on over 250,000 votes. The Amazing Spider-Man score is based on a fraction of that amount of votes.

Also those user ratings mean nothing to me. The proof is in the pudding and the box office grosses. This movie opened low for the franchise and none of your statistics will change that.

Okay so the user rating of every popular movie website is bogus where's your evidence that audiences liked Raimi's origin better?
 
The first Spider-Man movie came out over 10 years ago and that score which is less than Amazing Spider-Man by about 3 tenths is based on over 250,000 votes. The Amazing Spider-Man score is based on a fraction of that amount of votes.

Also those user ratings mean nothing to me. The proof is in the pudding and the box office grosses. This movie opened low for the franchise and none of your statistics will change that.
Opening low for the franchise doesn't mean people felt it was inferior. It just means that less people made the effect to go see it. My statistics show that those who did see it don't find it inferior at all.
 
The first Spider-Man movie came out over 10 years ago and that score which is less than Amazing Spider-Man by about 3 tenths is based on over 250,000 votes. The Amazing Spider-Man score is based on a fraction of that amount of votes.

Also those user ratings mean nothing to me. The proof is in the pudding and the box office grosses. This movie opened low for the franchise and none of your statistics will change that.

Get off your high horse. Stop speaking for everyone, you're not psychic. Just because you think the origin in sm1 is better doesn't mean everyone else does.
 
The first Spider-Man movie came out over 10 years ago and that score which is less than Amazing Spider-Man by about 3 tenths is based on over 250,000 votes. The Amazing Spider-Man score is based on a fraction of that amount of votes.

Also those user ratings mean nothing to me. The proof is in the pudding and the box office grosses. This movie opened low for the franchise and none of your statistics will change that.

Box office only proves people went to see the movie. It doesn't mean more people enjoyed it.

Just because I paid to see something does that mean I have to like it?
 
Okay so the user rating of every popular movie website is bogus where's your evidence that audiences liked Raimi's origin better?

Never said it was bogus, just pointing out the facts of the numbers.

Where's my evidence? Look at the weekend performance. People were not as enthused about a reboot origin movie for Spider-Man.
 
Box office only proves people went to see the movie. It doesn't mean more people enjoyed it.

Just because I paid to see something does that mean I have to like it?
That guy is making the most silly argument ever. Sure, look at how much money sm3 made at the box office. The majority of the people who've seen that film thinks it's rubbish. He's talking out of his ass.
 
Box office only proves people went to see the movie. It doesn't mean more people enjoyed it.

Just because I paid to see something does that mean I have to like it?
In terms of the Spider-Man franchise and this opening the lowest it means a lot.

Unless it has a strong second weekend without a big dropoff it might not surpass the grosses of any of the previous movies.
 
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