InnerSanctum said:
It was smart for FOX to move this film from July 4th to it's current slot. Transformers would have crushed it.
Hmm. Well, today the regulars at the comic shop I frequent were complaining about the murky, uber-serious
Transformers trailer and geeking out over the blurry-as-hell
FF2 trailer on YouTube.
Transformers doesn't have nearly the cross-the-board built-in audience that
FF does.
FF appeals to a lot of the same sci-fi and action audience as TF, but FF is a date movie and a fun-looking, family-friendly movie.
I'm glad they're not going head-to-head because that would be bad for the whole industry, but in a box office showdown, I'd give FF2 the edge.
InnerSanctum said:
The trailer looks pretty good and it appears that this sequel focusing more on Johnny than the rest of the crew. Or let's hope that's the case.
Sandwiched between Pirates, Ocean's 13 and Evan Almighty, I think those films will probably hurt it's endurance chances then there's DIE HARD sequel that will surely put a stop to F42 doing any better business. The week after will be the Transformers which will hog the rest of business away from F42.
This production will be lucky if it makes it's budget back. I predict that FOX will most likely move this film again or at least is should.
Other than PIRATES, none of those films skews to FF's audience much at all. Transformers is the film that should be worried about DIE HARD and PIRATES.
And HARRY POTTER.
FF2 will open huge and then play to steady, ever-shrinking audiences through the rest of the summer, just like 2005. But stronger.
Fox move
FF2 again? Yeah, right. They just announced the June 15th date to the whole freakin' world.
They ain't movin' it.