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So does Avengers still have a shot at $600 mill?
So does Avengers still have a shot at $600 mill?
600 mil is pretty much in the bag at this point. It will be in the theaters at least through August.
"I'm not sure I've seen people talk about a movie the way they did like this," he says. "It was an old-fashioned cinema experience: popcorn, larger than life, fun. This may be the greatest word-of-mouth movie ever."
It's so funny y should say that:
'Avengers' is one for the record books
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/story/2012-05-29/avengers-box-office-history/55272816/1
Last week, the trade website Thewrap.com called the movie "the blockbuster that ate Hollywood."
"In the past, the superheroes' moneymaking powers would have been good news for other summertime movies, like Dark Shadows, The Dictator and Battleship," the column said of films that challenged and fell to Avengers. "Instead, those movies have struggled to stay afloat."
But Avengers executive producer Jon Favreau, who first referenced the film in his 2008 hit Iron Man, says the film's legacy will have been to raise the bar.
"It sets a new level for what people can expect from franchises," Favreau says. "A lot of work went into making this pay off, and there was a lot of buildup. But we still had to stick the landing. I think this shows what the payoff can be when you put the time in to do it right."
Avengers does have the best word of mouth I've ever seen coupled with the fact that there really is a lot of crap out at the cinema. How can any sane person not answer Avengers to a friend that asks... "should I see Battleship or Avengers?"
Movie execs worldwide seem to think that boobs and explosions are enough to break worldwide box-office records. And to an extent, yes, that can be relied on to pay the bills. But the biggest mistake they made was thinking that this was the sole reason for Hasbro's other toy-based hits -- Michael Bay's record-breaking Transformers trilogy and 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
Avengers does have the best word of mouth I've ever seen coupled with the fact that there really is a lot of crap out at the cinema. How can any sane person not answer Avengers to a friend that asks... "should I see Battleship or Avengers?"
Because Spiderman only existed in a movie theater?
By that logic, the only people who remember Star Wars are the people who saw it in 1977.
Kids have had the Spiderman DVDs forever, they know all of the movies. My friend's son can quote the first Spiderman movie better than I can, and I saw that movie in the theater before he was born.
The part of the article that caught my attention were the anonymously sourced claims that execs at Sony and WB are afraid that The Avengers has earned so much that their own films will be overshadowed. I don't usually put much stock in anonymous sources, but this is funny if true. It makes this seem like a competition between the studios, but for what? Buzz? Bragging rights?
When did finding Nemo come out? Try the lion king, try star wars, try even the prequel trilogy.Not every kid owns or rents dvds from 10 years ago.
It's so funny y should say that:
'Avengers' is one for the record books
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/story/2012-05-29/avengers-box-office-history/55272816/1
Ha Ha,it's so funny THAT y mention 'Battleship':
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/uloop/battleship-movie-review_b_1547044.html
Question:
"However, despite doing great in overseas markets (having already made $200 million overseas), Battleship bombed its opening weekend here in the U.S., bringing in only $25 million."
For those here who are more knowledgable about box-office analysis... is Battleship's $200+ million overseas really "doing great"? For having been out overseas for over a month prior to opening in the U.S.?
Granted, it's "great" compared to what the movie has done in the U.S. so far. But objectively speaking, it doesn't seem that great; it seems kind of paltry for a month's worth of overseas receipts. Am I wrong?
But I think The Bourne Legacy is the one that'll knock it out of #1 first, giving TDKR 2 weeks at #1.
I'm not convinced at all that the next Batman film is guaranteed to surpass it's predecessor. W/O the Joker I just don't see how it will perform better. At the same time, I don't get the sense that ASM will perform much at all outside of the already established Spider-man box office range. I think a lot of Raimi lovers over estimate just how beloved their original trilogy currently is and are purposefully low-balling ASM.
I personally hope if flops not because I care much for the Raimi films(the best they ever got for me was OK with SM2) but because I think it's a necessary step if Sony ever will be willing to sell Spidey back to Marvel(who make stupendously better movies, IMO).
And I don't see any film for several years touching TA's gross, DOM or WW.
But TDKR has a benefit of being the last big blockbuster of the summer. I mean what comes after it? Expendables 2 won't do much to it. It really has the rest of the summer without any threatening competition. Avengers had the beginning and TDKR has the end. And depending on how good TDKR, is it's possible it can do alot. As much as TDK remains to be seen but I dont' think it will make as much as Avengers.
Brilliant observation, since apparently you're pretty close! Avengers did around $3.3 million though so $21-$22 million in effect if the holds are correct.Based on its pace vs TDK, i predict the week from tue to sunday will look like this:
Tue $3,042,165.45
Wed$2,248,175.77
Thu $2,280,106.20
Fri $6,147,320.48
Sat $9,466,478.18
Sun $6,205,448.56
Total Tue through sunday- $29,389,694.65
Again the pace vs TDK is remarkably consistant