Iron Man 3 The Iron Man 3 Box Office Prediction Thread

[kedrell]

Well...heres hoping Cap and Thor are even better this time

Fixed.

 

[kedrell]

That's just your opinion. Many people including myself considered Captain America quite good.

I thought it was great. And I have never been a Cap fan. But Johnston brought his excellent Rocketeer A-game and made a fantastic movie. I liked it better than Thor, Iron Man 2 and TIH(all of which I liked as well).

 

[Sharkboy]

Fixed.

Please don't fix my opinion.

 

[T"Challa]

Please don't fix my opinion.

Then don't come on an MCU board and keep remarking about how the MCU movies aren't up to scratch for you. You don't like them, we get it. No need to keep hammering on that with this crowd.

 

[schiz0id]

I am being conservative, as I mentioned in my first post. But I honestly can't see Thor doing more then 800-850mil, but perhaps I am underestimating the call of Hiddleston.

Cap still has a few things going against him, including being the most underwhelming Avenger in Avengers, and him being a symbol of America. I think anywhere near 600mil would be extremely good.

There is still no way of knowing how the Avengers will effect these movies. IM3 is still its own special kind of beast. We shall see.

I think that The Incredible Hulk is the most underwhelming Avenger (and movie in the MCU) in terms of WW/Dom gross and critic ratings and not Captain America.

 

[Juicy J]

I thought it was great. And I have never been a Cap fan. But Johnston brought his excellent Rocketeer A-game and made a fantastic movie. I liked it better than Thor, Iron Man 2 and TIH(all of which I liked as well).

There really hasn't been a stinker in the bunch. TIH was the weakest in my opinion, and even that is a good movie. Marvel knows what they're doing.

I think that Hulk is the most underwhelming Avenger in terms of WW/Dom gross and critic ratings and not Captain America.

I think he was specifically referring to their performance in the actual Avengers film, in which case the Hulk stole the show.
Welcome to the boards, by the way.

 

[kedrell]

Please don't fix my opinion.

Ok. Just a gag, btw.

 

[KangConquers]

I thought it was great. And I have never been a Cap fan. But Johnston brought his excellent Rocketeer A-game and made a fantastic movie. I liked it better than Thor, Iron Man 2 and TIH(all of which I liked as well).

Same here. The only people I've seen who have hated Captain America are the types who demand everything be grim and dark, or hypermodern. The First Avenger was a wonderful love letter to the pulpy action movies of the 1970s and 1980s.

 

[Sharkboy]

That's just your opinion.

Oh and here I thought i was speaking for everyone here, thanks for clearing that up guy.

Captain America: The First Avenger is probably in my top 5 or 10 CBM's ever.

God no, first half yeah sure. Second half...hell no. Unless you like montages and hugo weavings insanely disappointing performance Anyway it should be fine I don't even like Marvel Comics and Brubaker's Winter Soldier is easily one of my favourite comic book arcs ever. They ignore the fact that the guys who directed "you me and dupree" are at the helm and translate the comic to screen to the t.

Thor 2 on the other hand...that trailer shut me up good haha.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

That's just your opinion. Captain America: The First Avenger is probably in my top 5 or 10 CBM's ever.

Every time I watch The First Avenger, it gets better and better. It is kinda of ridiculous, but it really does. The cast brought their A-game and bring a lot out of their characters, and there are a lot of great, quite character moments. Steve and Peggy are my favorite Superhero film couple. Also brings the Indiana Jones in terms of action more then once. At this point it might be my favorite Superhero film, outside of Nolan's Batman and the Incredibles. The First Avenger, Iron Man, Thor and First Class all trade places at varying times.

 

[schiz0id]

Well...heres hoping Cap and Thor are actually good this time

Good? Tell that to Green Lantern LOL

 

[KangConquers]

Oh and here I thought i was speaking for everyone here, thanks for clearing that up guy.



God no, first half yeah sure. Second half...hell no. Unless you like montages and hugo weavings insanely disappointing performance Anyway it should be fine I don't even like Marvel Comics and Brubaker's Winter Soldier is easily one of my favourite comic book arcs ever. They ignore the fact that the guys who directed "you me and dupree" are at the helm and translate the comic to screen to the t.

Thor 2 on the other hand...that trailer shut me up good haha.

The second half contained a heart rending moment between Peggy and Steve when the Valkyrie crashed. A moment that moved me far more than when Rachel Dawes and Harvey Dent had a similar scene.

 

[Sharkboy]

Then don't come on an MCU board and keep remarking about how the MCU movies aren't up to scratch for you. You don't like them, we get it. No need to keep hammering on that with this crowd.

Damn me for not liking what you like ey?

Who's hammering? I'm following up my assertion that Thor and Cap won't reach the numbers that IM3 will and that the MCU franchise would actually suffer without Downey and Iron Man, hence how important it is for Cap and Thor's sequels to be of a much better quality this time round.

Don't jump down people's throats because they have a different opinion, this isn't the Bat-Board haha.

 

[schiz0id]

I think he was specifically referring to their performance in the actual Avengers film, in which case the Hulk stole the show.
Welcome to the boards, by the way.

Oops sorry. I kinda jumped to conclusions there I think Cap held his own in Avengers. And thanks for the warm welcome.

 

[kedrell]

There really hasn't been a stinker in the bunch. TIH was the weakest in my opinion, and even that is a good movie. Marvel knows what they're doing.

I agree about TIH being their weakest effort(but still a good movie). It's the closest they've come to getting the characterization of one of their heroes in a film wrong(yes, I will or ever keep harping on this until somebody gives Hulk an actual personality and lines to speak). But then I heard Letterrier say that he was going for an adaption of the TV show and in that case I'd say he made a good adaption. But I would have preferred an adaption of the 616 Hulk personally since he's my all time favorite fictional character. I gave TIH a 7.5/10. All the rest of the MCU films go up from there.

 

[Mr. Dent]

Thor should make $700m+ and Cap $500m+. Considering I thought IM3's ceiling was $900m back in December though, and how Marvel movies keep shattering expectations, I wouldn't be surprised to see Thor hit $800m+ and Cap $600m+.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Oh and here I thought i was speaking for everyone here, thanks for clearing that up guy.



God no, first half yeah sure. Second half...hell no. Unless you like montages and hugo weavings insanely disappointing performance Anyway it should be fine I don't even like Marvel Comics and Brubaker's Winter Soldier is easily one of my favourite comic book arcs ever. They ignore the fact that the guys who directed "you me and dupree" are at the helm and translate the comic to screen to the t.

Thor 2 on the other hand...that trailer shut me up good haha.

"I'm not kissing you".

The Star Spangled Man sequence is pure class. While I don't love the war montage, you are underrating the last act terribly. The "You want to live" and "dignity of choice" scenes are wonderfully acted, and Cap doing his Indiana Jones impression in the finale is great. The bomb sequence has some great stunts and sound engineering. A lot of great sci-fi and adventure in the final act, and that last scene is heartbreaking.

Hugo did kinda of phone it in, but he is still good and everyone else killed it. Film could of a used at least one more scene after the montage to flesh out Cap's time in the war and before we lost Bucky, but it still works very well.

The second half contained a heart rending moment between Peggy and Steve when the Valkyrie crashed. A moment that moved me far more than when Rachel Dawes and Harvey Dent had a similar scene.

Why do we have to make this Marvel vs. DC?

 

[KangConquers]

"I'm not kissing you".

The Star Spangled Man sequence is pure class. While I don't love the war montage, you are underrating the last act terribly. The "You want to live" and "dignity of choice" scenes are wonderfully acted, and Cap doing his Indiana Jones impression in the finale is great. A lot of great sci-fi and adventure in the final act, and that last scene is heartbreaking.

Hugo did kinda of phone it in, but he is still good and everyone else killed it. Film could of a used at least one more scene after the montage to flesh out Cap's time in the war and before we lost Bucky, but it still works.

The only real flaws for me were Bucky's death being a little uneventful (though I understand, because a later death would've stolen from the centerpiece of the film, Steve going down with the Valkyrie), and the montage (though I understand why they did it. Doing more action scenes would've made it a 3 hour movie.)

I actually consider it a better pure movie than the first Iron Man, but I think Downey's charisma bumps that picture slightly passed Cap.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I agree about TIH being their weakest effort(but still a good movie). It's the closest they've come to getting the characterization of one of their heroes in a film wrong(yes, I will or ever keep harping on this until somebody gives Hulk an actual personality and lines to speak). But then I heard Letterrier say that he was going for an adaption of the TV show and in that case I'd say he made a good adaption. But I would have preferred an adaption of the 616 Hulk personally since he's my all time favorite fictional character. I gave TIH a 7.5/10. All the rest of the MCU films go up from there.

I don't think there has been a great MCU film yet, but they have all been quite good, outside of IM2 and TIH, which I see as closer to mediocre then good. Lot of wasted potential on screen in those movies, but also more then a few bright spots and performances.

Thor should make $700m+ and Cap $500m+. Considering I thought IM3's ceiling was $900m back in December though, and how Marvel movies keep shattering expectations, I wouldn't be surprised to see Thor hit $800m+ and Cap $600m+.

Yep. No way of telling at this point.

 

[Sharkboy]

Ok. Just a gag, btw.

np, Sorry that reply wasn't meant to come off that condescending.

Good? Tell that to Green Lantern LOL

Who's talking about Green Lantern? Might as well add transformers in there if you are going to add random movies that Captain America and Thor are better than.

The second half contained a heart rending moment between Peggy and Steve when the Valkyrie crashed. A moment that moved me far more than when Rachel Dawes and Harvey Dent had a similar scene.

It was a good scene, but i don't exactly base my overall enjoyment of a Captain America film based on the romance scenes. I guess i was too busy getting over my disappointment at the Red Skull climax. (the stuff outside the Valkyrie was fantastic though)

 

[KangConquers]

Why do we have to make this Marvel vs. DC?

Whenever someone comes around stuffing their opinions down the throats of everyone to such a degree that they have their top 10 in their signature, I think it's worth addressing their top 3.

 

[Juicy J]

I don't think there has been a great MCU film yet, but they have all been quite good, outside of IM2 and TIH, which I see as closer to mediocre then good. Lot of wasted potential on screen in those movies, but also more then a few bright spots and performances.

You wouldn't classify the Avengers as great? I'm not saying you're wrong or anything haha, I'm just wondering what's holding you back from calling it great cause I looooved the Avengers t:

Oops sorry. I kinda jumped to conclusions there I think Cap held his own in Avengers. And thanks for the warm welcome.

It's all good. Yeah I personally think the Avengers is as close to perfect as a movie could get, and I was perfectly fine with the portrayal of Cap, but I felt he possibly could have been used a little bit more. I think me saying that stems from the fact that they cut a good deal of his scenes in the modern day, but even that is a tiny minuscule gripe that doesn't overall effect my enjoyment of the movie one bit.

I agree about TIH being their weakest effort(but still a good movie). It's the closest they've come to getting the characterization of one of their heroes in a film wrong(yes, I will or ever keep harping on this until somebody gives Hulk an actual personality and lines to speak). But then I heard Letterrier say that he was going for an adaption of the TV show and in that case I'd say he made a good adaption. But I would have preferred an adaption of the 616 Hulk personally since he's my all time favorite fictional character. I gave TIH a 7.5/10. All the rest of the MCU films go up from there.

My least favorite thing about that movie, honestly, was Edward Norton's boring portrayal of Bruce Banner (that and some weak CG in places, but I digress). His portrayal was just completely flat and unimaginative, in my opinion. Granted a lot of that stems from the fact that he wasn't given much to work with in the screenplay, but whatever. Just sort of a 'meh' effort all around, although it still ended up an enjoyable enough movie. I'd probably give it a 6.5.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The only real flaws for me were Bucky's death being a little uneventful (though I understand, because a later death would've stolen from the centerpiece of the film, Steve going down with the Valkyrie), and the montage (though I understand why they did it. Doing more action scenes would've made it a 3 hour movie.)

I actually consider it a better pure movie than the first Iron Man, but I think Downey's charisma bumps that picture slightly passed Cap.

There are some "cheap" moments (their CGI warehouses are horrible ), but they more then make up for it. The Bucky and montage sequence problems are directly related to the movies length, but I got over that long ago. I enjoy it far too much.

I find TFA and IM hard to compare. Such different films, along with Thor. But as I said earlier, right now I probably take TFA. Just wish they had left in when Cap asked if we won. Should of been his first question after owning where he was. That it is in the deleted scenes makes me more annoyed.

Whenever someone comes around stuffing their opinions down the throats of everyone to such a degree that they have their top 10 in their signature, I think it's worth addressing their top 3.

Too be fair, your sig is no better. t:

I just want to talk and enjoy these films without it all becoming a pissing contest.

 

[schiz0id]

Who's talking about Green Lantern? Might as well add transformers in there if you are going to add random movies that Captain America and Thor are better than.

Because Green Lantern was DC's Summer 2011 answer to Marvel's comic book heroes. It's not a random mention on my part. 2012 was The Avengers vs TDKR. 2013 is IM3 vs Man of Steel. Your avatar has Man of Steel on it so I'm guessing you're a DC advocate, if not then my apologies.

 

[kedrell]

I don't think there has been a great MCU film yet, but they have all been quite good, outside of IM2 and TIH, which I see as closer to mediocre then good. Lot of wasted potential on screen in those movies, but also more then a few bright spots and performances.

Well YMMV as with all things art. To me 1/2 of the phase 1 movies were great(IM1-9.5/10, TA - 9.25/10, CATFA - 9/10) and the other half varied from good(TIH - 7.5/10, Thor - 8/10) to very good(IM2 - 8.5/10).