Iron Man 2 The Iron Man 2 Box Office Prediction Thread

[Tony Stark]

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

I agree with you about the Rachel Dawes point, and have been saying that for a while.

It's one of those things that's unfortunate, but still a reality of show business.

 

[marcvader]

I would say the movie was still a fun and entertaining film to most.

 

[JeetKuneDo]

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

Can't agree on Scarlett. I think she was awesome.

Not a bad point about Rhodey. I'm a huge Don Cheadle fan...but there was something about him in this that didn't hit home. You may have pointed out the reason.

That was actually my only gripe about the movie though.

 

[JeetKuneDo]

IM2 is at $582,961,184 as of Thursday.

$2,213,038 til it passes IM1. It may be happening right now.

 

[marcvader]

And the recast itself was insignificant.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

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.

LOTS of people between my age range(28)-35 are REALLY looking to Tron Legacy, because we grew up with the original which is a cult classic of its time, now its not very good, but back in the day people loved, and all of those people will be going to see it.

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

Definately, just a bit more effort for IM2 and I think it would have made a lot more money than it has. Overall, the movie was enjoyable, but it just came off as wholly unsatisfying because so many things werent done up to scratch, and that made a lot of difference in the final product IMO.

Also, before anyone says it, i'm not hater, I just found the movie unsatisfying as a whole.

 

[danoyse]

LOTS of people between my age range(28)-35 are REALLY looking to Tron Legacy, because we grew up with the original which is a cult classic of its time, now its not very good, but back in the day people loved, and all of those people will be going to see it.

I grew up with the original Tron too, and everyone I know seems kind of mystified why they decided to drag that one back. It actually does look kind of cool, and I make no guesses as to how it's going to do since I haven't really been following the whole sequel thing, but I was never a big fan of it.

I saw The A-Team tonight (which was awesome) and they had Iron Man 2 playing on the Imax screen. I thought that had been totally taken over by Shrek, so I was suprised they were still playing the Imax version.

 

[Karelia]

Well, I wasn't born when the original TRON came out, I actually over heard my Uncle talking about it (about a year ago) and decided to look it up. I bought it on DVD and thought it was a great movie And I think TRON: Legacy looks amazing! I'm pretty excited for it. After watching the race test trailer (whatever you call it) I find it hard not to get excited for it.

And I preferred Don Cheadle over Terrance Howard. They should have gave him the role from the beginning, since supposedly he wanted to play as War Machine before Terrance did in the first place.

 

[Catman]

IM2 is at $582,961,184 as of Thursday.

Um, it's $294.7 million. And the first movie grossed $318.4 million, so it'll be a while.

 

[Rumpy Bulge Dubz]

And I preferred Don Cheadle over Terrance Howard. They should have gave him the role from the beginning, since supposedly he wanted to play as War Machine before Terrance did in the first place.

regardless who was better in the role, Terrence had it first, the role is HIS and nobody elses. When you recast, it brings down the final product, no if's, and's, or but's about that.

 

[hatebox]

So A-Team will probably open with a $27m, yet another disappointment of the summer, but Karate Kid will open over $50m. As bizarre as that figure is, it marks the first movie this season to actually perform above expectations.

IM2 appears to have held quite well, nabbing $4.5m, but it's still currently short of the magic 300. Paramount will probably leave it in theaters until it definitely crosses the first movie, but that'll be weeks away.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I grew up with the original Tron too, and everyone I know seems kind of mystified why they decided to drag that one back. It actually does look kind of cool, and I make no guesses as to how it's going to do since I haven't really been following the whole sequel thing, but I was never a big fan of it.
I saw The A-Team tonight (which was awesome) and they had Iron Man 2 playing on the Imax screen. I thought that had been totally taken over by Shrek, so I was suprised they were still playing the Imax version.

Yeah, people are mystified, but looking forward too it nontheless, people I know anyway.

regardless who was better in the role, Terrence had it first, the role is HIS and nobody elses. When you recast, it brings down the final product, no if's, and's, or but's about that.

Have to agree, re-casts definately lose something from the character.

So A-Team will probably open with a $27m, yet another disappointment of the summer, but Karate Kid will open over $50m. As bizarre as that figure is, it marks the first movie this season to actually perform above expectations.

IM2 appears to have held quite well, nabbing $4.5m, but it's still currently short of the magic 300. Paramount will probably leave it in theaters until it definitely crosses the first movie, but that'll be weeks away.

Cant believe KK is gonna beat A-Team, havent seen either of course but AT looks SO much better.

 

[marcvader]

IM2 appears to have held quite well, nabbing $4.5m, but it's still currently short of the magic 300. Paramount will probably leave it in theaters until it definitely crosses the first movie, but that'll be weeks away.

You don't say? It only makes sense since the first one took 5 months to reach its total and this one has only been out about 5 weeks.

 

[hatebox]

It may be stating the obvious but it's the only milestone left to talk about regarding IM2's box office. The only topic of dicussion is how long it takes.

 

[Kent]

Um, it's $294.7 million. And the first movie grossed $318.4 million, so it'll be a while.

He's clearly looking at the worldwide boxoffice.

 

[JeetKuneDo]

Um, it's $294.7 million. And the first movie grossed $318.4 million, so it'll be a while.

You're forgetting that the planet has more than one country.

 

[JeetKuneDo]

IM2 appears to have held quite well, nabbing $4.5m

Sweet...that puts IM2 above IM1 easily.

 

[terry78]

You're forgetting that the planet has more than one country.

That's a good one.

 

[kedrell]

Yes, as of friday it had $883K left to match IM1's WW totaql so I'm sure it's already happened by now. Domestically? Eh, it'll be within $5M plus or minus of the first movie's total but it really doesn't matter as IM2 has already won the war(world-wide gross) and will be coming in over $600M. Probably between $600-$650M WW.

 

[JeetKuneDo]

$584,291,000 as of Friday. IM1 made $585,174,222 so it is probably passing it right now.

Congrats IM2!

 

[topdog1]

Sweet...that puts IM2 above IM1 easily.

I know it was a small amount but what happened to the box office of the re-release of Iron Man 1 on the Thursday before IM2 opened? I was there and they clearly differentiated between the two and sold tickets to IM1 only. Why didn't those numbers get tacked to IM1's numbers? Or did it?

 

[Immortalfire]

You're forgetting that the planet has more than one country.

The heck you say

 

[JeetKuneDo]

I know it was a small amount but what happened to the box office of the re-release of Iron Man 1 on the Thursday before IM2 opened? I was there and they clearly differentiated between the two and sold tickets to IM1 only. Why didn't those numbers get tacked to IM1's numbers? Or did it?

I have to assume Box Office Mojo added it to IM's total they now list.

 

[ironman_rick]

So A-Team will probably open with a $27m, yet another disappointment of the summer, but Karate Kid will open over $50m. As bizarre as that figure is, it marks the first movie this season to actually perform above expectations.

IM2 appears to have held quite well, nabbing $4.5m, but it's still currently short of the magic 300. Paramount will probably leave it in theaters until it definitely crosses the first movie, but that'll be weeks away.

Yeah...i caught the A-team a couple of days back....and it was the only summer movie i enjoyed from the beginning till the end (and it is opening around 30 million only ). Somethings wrong with this summer. Almost all the movies are performing below expectations.

Anyway...IM2 shd get to 300 million soon...and tats all that matters with the way this summer is going.

 

[Catman]

As of today, the movie has grossed $299.3 million. On Monday it'll pass the $300 million mark. So, the road to $320 million continues.