Iron Man 2 The Iron Man 2 Box Office Prediction Thread

[rashad]

BOM Monday numbers
$802,229 -64% $292,232,099

 

[LostSon88]

Yet 2010 is down by all accounts. I am not saying it's the economy, but it has to be something. Maybe it is just the writers strike that pushed back a lot of movies. Whatever it is, people just aren't going to movies this summer as much as years past.

Its the lack of BIG films...that's why this summer is down.

Honestly, outside of IM2 and to an extent, Shrek...not much has been going on this summer.

The only real big one left is TS3 in two weeks.

 

[BestGirl]

Its the lack of BIG films...that's why this summer is down.

Honestly, outside of IM2 and to an extent, Shrek...not much has been going on this summer.

The only real big one left is TS3 in two weeks.

And Inception.

 

[Tony Stark]

I hope people don't dissapoint themselves with Inception. Inception does not equal TDK. I'm sure it will do well, but I'd expect Star Trek type numbers for it, which would be a big success.

 

[rashad]

No one said it was trying to.

 

[hatebox]

The interesting thing about Inception is that the're marketing it more as a Christopher Nolan film than a Leonardo DiCaprio film, which is probably a wise move. It's certainly got the internet talking, and in an increasingly dull, derivative summer I think audiences will be rather hungry for a comparatively cerebral blockbuster.

That said, I don't have wild expectations for it. Unless the momentum really picks up I still only expect a $65-75m opening and $200-240 finish. Internationally who knows. While I commend WB for investing so much in something original, a $180m price tag is risky to say the least. Probably part of the gentlemen's agreement for him to do Batman 3.

 

[Tony Stark]

No one said it was trying to.

Really? Go read the BoM forums, and the Inception forum on SHH.

 

[Tony Stark]

The interesting thing about Inception is that the're marketing it more as a Christopher Nolan film than a Leonardo DiCaprio film, which is probably a wise move. It's certainly got the internet talking, and in an increasingly dull, derivative summer I think audiences will be rather hungry for a comparatively cerebral blockbuster.

That said, I don't have wild expectations for it. Unless the momentum really picks up I still only expect a $65-75m opening and $200-240 finish. Internationally who knows. While I commend WB for investing so much in something original, a $180m price tag is risky to say the least. Probably part of the gentlemen's agreement for him to do Batman 3.

Agreed. It's certainly a film that's out of the ordinary from the usual summer blockbuster.

 

[Anita18]

Really? Go read the BoM forums, and the Inception forum on SHH.

I don't think people over at the Inception thread are going box office bonkers over it yet. We aren't even really discussing box office at all right now, just ing over the awesome posters and stuff.

WoKJ and BOM on the other hand....their excitement is hilarious.

 

[Evil Twin]

After 33 days of release, IM2 sits at $293,059,560 after pulling in $827,461 on Tuesday. So, it should go over $300 million early next week.

Since whether it will make more than IM1 is about the only other milestone it has a chance of hitting, at 33 days after release IM1 sat at $278,733,064 with a daily haul of $1,336,009. IM2 sits at $14,326,496 ahead, but the gap is going to close as IM1 had better legs. Day 14 was the last time IM2 was ahead of IM on daily grosses and that doesn't look to change anytime soon.

 

[JeetKuneDo]

After 33 days of release, IM2 sits at $293,059,560 after pulling in $827,461 on Tuesday. So, it should go over $300 million early next week.

Since whether it will make more than IM1 is about the only other milestone it has a chance of hitting, at 33 days after release IM1 sat at $278,733,064 with a daily haul of $1,336,009. IM2 sits at $14,326,496 ahead, but the gap is going to close as IM1 had better legs. Day 14 was the last time IM2 was ahead of IM on daily grosses and that doesn't look to change anytime soon.

That milestone is going down soon. We should start some sort of countdown for IM2 passing IM1.

IM2 currently (as of Tue) at $581,259,560 worldwide. IM1 made $585,174,222.

Though many seem to operate under the belief that there is only one country on this planet, that is actually not true.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

And Inception.

And Eclipse.

 

[dark_b]

i remember when in 2008 everyone was talking about IM. in 2010 almost noone.

 

[Iron_Stark]

i remember when in 2008 everyone was talking about IM. in 2010 almost noone.

You still are.

I bet people will have talked about IM far longer than they will Tron 2.0

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

^Actually, I kinda doubt that at this point, with IM2 now being out and quite a few finding it dissapointing, Tron is one of the most anticipated movies for the rest of the year.

 

[Iron_Stark]

Tron won't come close to IM's B.O.

 

[Tony Stark]

You still are.

I bet people will have talked about IM far longer than they will Tron 2.0

LOL! Isn't funny how the haters have to come on here and brag about how much people aren't talking about IM2!

What's really funny is the haters think they've taken over the board, but the truth is everyone that loved the movie is all over on the Avengers, Thor and Cap boards. lol.

 

[dark_b]

LOL! Isn't funny how the haters have to come on here and brag about how much people aren't talking about IM2!

What's really funny is the haters think they've taken over the board, but the truth is everyone that loved the movie is all over on the Avengers, Thor and Cap boards. lol.

i am a fanboy. i am on a forum called superherohype.

i wasnt talking about me. i was talking about the general public. they talked about IM in 2008. in 2010 almost noone.

 

[JeetKuneDo]

$582,107,591 as of Wednesday. IM2 will be passing IM1 any day now. (As it should...it was better)

 

[danoyse]

i remember when in 2008 everyone was talking about IM. in 2010 almost noone.

I saw a long line of people waiting to get their picture taken with Iron Man at the Toys R Us in Times Square today...

 

[Rumpy Bulge Dubz]

Tron won't come close to IM's B.O.

seriously, where are people getting this idea that Tron will be huge. I don't know a single soul anticipating that movie, not a single one

Tron, Hex, and Robin Hood are all text book definitions of FLOP!

the ONLY movie that has a chance of making any serious money is Toy Story 3, the rest of the movies coming out are just fan boy over hype.

 

[hatebox]

Tron will live and die on how enticing and effective its 3D is. I've yet to see a story driven film that was really enhanced by the potential of 3D - Avatar was no more enjoyable for it.

I don't think it'll be anything more than a moderate hit.

 

[Rumpy Bulge Dubz]

There's a crap load of movies coming out this year where the ONLY hype I'm seeing is from a few people on this board, that's it. It's already been proven that this is a flop year at the movies as studios just aren't promoting their products, for whatever reason, they're just not. There's no driving force pushing people to see any film coming out that's not Toy Story 3 (and I'm not saying that film will be huge either as the hype for it is split 50/50). Sure there may be older fans of the first two films anticipating it (those fans happen to post here btw). Everyone else, I'm almost positive are skipping it (I know myself, along with my friends and family couldn't care less about it).

 

[Iceman]

Yeah, this is looking like an awful summer for films. IM2 really could have cleaned up to a greater extent. I was hoping for at least $400m ROTF territory Still it's certainly not done badly.

 

[Rumpy Bulge Dubz]

If IM2 would have just tried a fraction of a hair harder, it would have made a world of difference. They should have casted better with Widow and kept Terrence as Rhodey (even if just for continuity sakes). My gripe with recasting is you lose your sense of, well, giving a crap about the character in a nutshell. Sorry to bring this up, but the the death of Rachel Dawes in TDK wasn't nearly as effective to the viewer as it should have been due to a different actress portraying the character. (when the character has a different, face, body, voice, and overall appearence than they did in the previous film, they come off as an entirely new character all together). Same situation with Don/Rhodey

now it was still a fun and entertaining film (to some), but wasn't what it could have been. It failed in parts where it really shouldn't have failed at all as the mistakes they made should have been easily avoided