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

[mayo23]

Movie tickets are expensive these days.

 

[Troy_Parker]

Sure as hell are.

But that's not going to stop me from watching TASM and TDKR.

 

[UltimateWebhead]

Movie tickets are expensive these days.

So is gasoline. What's your point?

But that's not going to stop me from watching TASM and TDKR.

Seconded.

 

[SpideyFan866]

One of my old posts:

The good outweighs the bad by alot because, along with what you said, TASM also has going for it that fact that

1) It's Spider-Man and everyone (especially little kids) love Spider-Man.

2) It's in 3D. A huge addition to its take.

3) It opens July 4th, the biggest movie going week of the year, and it has 4 days, including the day it releases, all to itself and then only small competition over the weekend. Then 2 and half more weeks to take in money with, still, no significant competition releasing until TDKR releases.

4)The asian market loves Spider-Man and That's where majority of the take for these films come from. Considering its been 5 years since the last one, I think they'll be itching to see this one.

5) People are interested in this film. The trailer piqued the interest of a lot of people and most will be seeing this so see if its a good restart to the series.

So, I thinks there's a fair chance it will take a billion at the box office.

This plus the fact it has TF3's spot from last year, a movie facing similar circumstances to TASM and which made a Billion dollars in 2 and 1/2 weeks.

 

[mayo23]

So is gasoline. What's your point?

What's your point to my point?

Where I live, regular price for movie tickets are $11.50, I don't even know how expensive 3D tickets are. How do you think people will spend their money? Money to pay for gasoline which will get people to work and to other places or money to buy movie tickets? Some people probably aren't willing to spend so much money on movies every few weeks, especially when things are only getting more expensive and when there's a "remake" of Spider-man vs highly anticipated sequel to TDK. People have to worry about paying bills, buying groceries, paying for gas every week. It might go, should I spend my money for ASM or TDKR when I have time to actually go the movies.

And obviously we can't take anyone on here into account because we're all mostly likely going to watch every movie.

 

[Troy_Parker]

I've said this before and I'll say it again, people who want to see Batman will see TDKR. People who want to see Spider-Man will see TASM. And people who want to see both... WILL SEE BOTH! ;O

There's no life or death decision here. If they're in a position where money's very tight, they shouldn't/won't even be spending money on a single cinema ticket.

 

[SpaceWay2009]

Good thing for me is AMC movie tickets are only 5 dollars.

 

[UltimateWebhead]

What's your point to my point?

Where I live, regular price for movie tickets are $11.50, I don't even know how expensive 3D tickets are. How do you think people will spend their money? Money to pay for gasoline which will get people to work and to other places or money to buy movie tickets? Some people probably aren't willing to spend so much money on movies every few weeks, especially when things are only getting more expensive and when there's a "remake" of Spider-man vs highly anticipated sequel to TDK. People have to worry about paying bills, buying groceries, paying for gas every week. It might go, should I spend my money for ASM or TDKR when I have time to actually go the movies.

And obviously we can't take anyone on here into account because we're all mostly likely going to watch every movie.

Look at the sales of the new iPad. And the sales of the new PS Vita. No matter how expensive "things" become and whether or not they are a 'need' or a 'want,' people are going to buy it. When the economy was in it's worst, deepest part of the crapper, women's hairdressers were still really busy. Why is that?? It's not a necessity for a woman to have cut/colored hair?? Is it?? Especially when there are so many other more important things to pay for...bills, mortgage, gas, groceries, etc. My sister is a hairdresser and I'm using her as an example. But anyways, yeah, people will always have their 'wants.'

Spider-man is a huge draw. It doesn't matter what age you are, he is a very well-known and loved character. People will flock to this movie.

 

[SpideyFan866]

I went so see the Hinger Games last night.

You know, the movie that just made over 150 million in its first weekend?

Well, all of the people in the auditorium were pretty excited when the TASM trailer 2 played.

I also heard many saw they wanted to see the new spider-man when they walked pass the poster for it.

I know its a small bit of the movie going population but it shows that people are indeed excited for this film.

 

[Thwip!]

I've said this before and I'll say it again, people who want to see Batman will see TDKR. People who want to see Spider-Man will see TASM. And people who want to see both... WILL SEE BOTH! ;O

There's no life or death decision here. If they're in a position where money's very tight, they shouldn't/won't even be spending money on a single cinema ticket.

 

[UltimateWebhead]

I went so see the Hinger Games last night.

You know, the movie that just made over 150 million in its first weekend?

Well, all of the people in the auditorium were pretty excited when the TASM trailer 2 played.

I also heard many saw they wanted to see the new spider-man when they walked pass the poster for it.

I know its a small bit of the movie going population but it shows that people are indeed excited for this film.

I got the same response from the crowd in my theater when the TASM trailer showed on the screen. The excitement for the new Spidey is abundant.

 

[Ultimatehero]

I posted this in the regular box office thread but figured it's really important here:

I don't know how SM3 & B&R are that different. General audience really didn't like either all that much. Most of SM3's box office is due to SM2, after that? It dropped really heavily. Plus films that made less at box office, Pirates, turned around and made more than it on DVD. To fans, yeah SM3 is better. But, to non-fans? They're really not the main B&R haters. It's a fan thing. Thus, I see it as more equal-grounds. Also there was a longer time span between the two to forget B&R.

Same could be said for Bale.

I mean, don't get me wrong - I'm a Spidey fan first and foremost. But I'm not getting my hopes up that it'll do that good since I've seen what happened to 'Batman Begins' and really can't distinguish between what 'The Amazing Spider-Man' is going to do for Spider-Man from what 'Batman Begins' did for Batman. And yep, I am saying - placing my money on it - this new franchise is going to make the old one a memory.

Also to further this - look at what happened to X-Men:First Class. Very well critically acclaimed and I have yet to hear one bad word about it from general audience members YET it brought in the least money of all X-Men films and X-Men 3 performed very similarly to Spider-Man 3. Most of it's money coming in that first week due to X2. And then First Class got even lower - due to Wolverine most likely.

http://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=xmen.htm

Having a bad superhero film in a franchise, despite a somewhat reboot? It didn't work in Batman's favor. It didn't work in X-Men's favor. I'm just not getting my hopes up for Spider-Man because I have no idea how it'll be that different. You're saying the film will rock, that's for granted - I agree. But so did First Class and Begins, that didn't help - audience was still wary. For these films? As First Class 2 will show. You earn back the trust - then the second go around you can earn gold. Look for MOS to show similarly most likely. This happens time and time again. And I doubt there'll be an exception.

I'm seeing it do the same business as Batman Begins (better than what happened to X-Men First Class) because it's a bigger name and it didn't really have two bad films before it - just one.

Now SONY isn't looking for this film to bring in top numbers. They already know it wont'. The audience has shown it's pattern. They know it's a handicapped race horse. So what they're hoping for is just a good performance with that in mind. And the sequel is already green-lit regardless because they already know somewhat how it will perform. As said, you can readily and easily see how the audience reacts.

Basically saying, to SONY at this point any money is good money for a come-back.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Spider-man movies always drop domestically but I'm sure Sony is expecting huge numbers overseas.

I'd say the worst they can expect is 850 m worldwide.

 

[SoNicRaDiATioN]

SM3 only dropped because of the response to it. It had the biggest opening but the lowest total. If it had been recieved like the first two, it likely would have had the biggest domestic haul of the three. At the very least a step up from SM2, which ironically is considered the best in most circles despite grossing the least of the three.

I agree with Ultimatehero for the most part. This is Batman Begins all over again. But with 3D and expanded markets, it think it will surpass BB. I look for IM + numbers WW. Great start for a reboot. Would be nice if Messiah's prediction happened though.

In Rhodey's words, "Next time baby."

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I just noticed how bad this poll is.

It doesn't tell us much.

"210-300 m"???

 

[Superhero 101]

I predict 250 Domestic and 550-600 Overseas

 

[acejammer31]

I predict 250 Domestic and 550-600 Overseas

I agree with those estimates. Not Avengers money, but definitely enough for the sequel, which will break all sorts of records and become the greatest CBM of all time!t:t:

 

[Jordanstine]

Apparently the forecast in Japan (comes out June 30 there) is coming in a little underwhelming according to boxoffice.com.

 

[TheGambler]

Apparently the forecast in Japan (comes out June 30 there) is coming in a little underwhelming according to boxoffice.com.

Actually, there were some ASM previews this past weekend in Japan (not full theatrical release) as it still hasn't officially open there. Those numbers (around $3.5M I think) are not big because the weekend was really weak for some reason. Big summer season hasn't started there yet. I still think ASM will be big in Japan.

 

[redp]

Great News...ASM has already broken some international opening records. http://box-office-film-news.blogspot.com/2012/07/amazing-spider-man-international.html

I currently am projecting a $65.6M opening weekend for Spider-Man, read more @
http://box-office-film-news.blogspot.com/2012/06/amazing-spider-man-opening-weekend.html

Any Thoughts?

 

[Spidey_62]

That's nuts!

 

[redp]

That's nuts!.

Well, the problem is that many people are saying that some-to-most plot elements are similar to those of Spider-Man 1

 

[Micromind]

http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/spider-man-opens-bigger-than-avengers-in-early-foreign-markets-exclusive/

‘Spider-Man’ Opens Bigger Than ‘Avengers’ In Early Foreign Markets:

By NIKKI FINKE | Sunday July 1, 2012 @ 12:01am PDT

EXCLUSIVE: Sources are telling me that Sony Pictures’ The Amazing Spiderman swept the Asian box office this weekend as the much-anticipated actioner opened early in a handful of international territories. The reboot of Marvel’s most popular character will be released July 3rd in the U.S./Canada where rival studios report the tracking has been flat. ”It’s off to a fantastic start overseas,” an insider gushes to me. In Korea the 3D film debuted to $13M, bigger than Marvel’s The Avengers which scored one of the biggest openings ever there. The sources say that India took in $5+M, more than Avengers, for the biggest opening ever there for an American film.

Singapore, Hong Kong, Phillippines all reported “huge” openings, too. It’s a very auspicious start for director Marc Webb and stars Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone in the Spider-Man origins film similar to the original told just 10 years ago. Disney may own Marvel now, but Sony Pictures doesn’t have to share its worldwide box office grosses from The Amazing Spider-Man. Instead, Disney/Marvel receives all the merchandising loot

 

[Spiderdevil]

TASM breaks the record of highest earning hollywood movie on 1st day in India
Although the reaction has been mixed

 

[Abudefduf]

TASM breaks the record of highest earning hollywood movie on 1st day in India
Although the reaction has been mixed

I wouldn't say mixed... not yet at least. I'd say the reaction has been mostly positive so far.