Days of Future Past The Official X-Men: First Class Box Office Discussion Thread!

[Angamb]

THERE WILL BE A SEQUEL.

can we stop the discussion already?

t:

 

[Raiden]

Or any sense of scope.

I haven't seen FC yet (going to this Friday), but I like Thor alot and it managed to avoid alot of the potential pitfalls that would've easily derail that movie. And in terms of characterization and depth I always felt that Thor lacks behind X-Men in the comics, but they made the wise decision to focus on Thor's family issues in the movie, and it gave the film a much-needed gravita and emotional anchor. Thor is a terrific effort to introduce this Norse god/superhero, and I believe when Thor 2 comes along (which will be made after Avengers), they will be able to have more freedom telling the story instead of having the Avengers casting a shadow over it.

 

[JP]

Definitely, I agree. I liked Thor. But I feel like Marvel took it's biggest character and made their smallest film yet.

 

[Frodo]

I'm not too surprised at the 56 mil opening, considering the fact that it can't be treated as just another X-Men movies with several factors to keep in mind:

1) New cast, relatively unknown
2) It's a prequel/reboot set in the 60's
3) No Wolverine (it's a good thing for me but probably not to GA)
4) New director

I think it is more important to make sure it is a good, solid movie with generally positive reviews, and FC seems to have these bases covered. Fox will not give up the X-Men franchise anyway, so unless they decided to make X4 (which would be a terrible idea), I think a sequel is inevitable.

I agree. Like it or not, Xmen is a case cow and its too much money for them to walk away from ,regardless of what die hard fans may nitpick about FC. 56 million opening week, 120 wordwide so far, and postive word of mouth still shows fox the francise is still has juice in it.

 

[Angamb]

lets not talk about Thor here please.

I was really dissapointed.

 

[Marvin]

THERE WILL BE A SEQUEL.

can we stop the discussion already?

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as "bad" as this film performed, how "badly" do people think a sequel to it will perform, I mean using sequel logic that is.

Fox understands this.
More over, they don't want to lose the rights to Marvel of all people so why on earth would they not make a sequel to a praised solid bank films such as this?
Cause it didn't make 15mill more opening weekend?


It is a shame that Ratner got a notch on his belt for X3, whereas this film didn't get the push of "threequel" that film did.

 

[Tony Stark]

X-men does have legs the question is wheather Fox is the company to do it or not. I would like Marvel to regain the rights, but I want X-men to be treated as a separate entity (not part of the MCU).

 

[Angamb]

I know is TOO soon....

but my bet is that the sequel will debut around 80-100 millions.

Time will tell if I was wrong or not.

 

[Downhere]

as "bad" as this film performed, how "badly" do people think a sequel to it will perform, I mean using sequel logic that is.

Fox understands this.
More over, they don't want to lose the rights to Marvel of all people so why on earth would they not make a sequel to a praised solid bank films such as this?
Cause it didn't make 15mill more opening weekend?

I think a sequel to FC would do better just as was the case with X1-X2, considering FC is well reviewed and liked by the general audience.

 

[SuperT]

as "bad" as this film performed, how "badly" do people think a sequel to it will perform, I mean using sequel logic that is.

Fox understands this.
More over, they don't want to lose the rights to Marvel of all people so why on earth would they not make a sequel to a praised solid bank films such as this?
Cause it didn't make 15mill more opening weekend?


It is a shame that Ratner got a notch on his belt for X3, whereas this film didn't get the push of "threequel" that film did.

Huh? A sequel would more than likely do BETTER than the first one, much like how X2 did better than X1.

Honestly, does anyone think another Wolverine or X4 would do better? I personally don't think so.

 

[Angamb]

X4 would do much much better, definetly.

they have such a great cast and the general audience loved it, so the expectation would be high, after all these years, even if X3 was worse.

 

[akfj]

X4 would do much much better, definetly.

they have such a great cast and the general audience loved it, so the expectation would be high, after all these years, even if X3 was worse.

We don't know about that part. They don't have anyone signed, and the cast members' salaries have had to have increased since The Last Stand. Who knows which actors would want to return and which would not, or who they could even afford.

 

[Angamb]

I mean supposing all the alive characters return.

 

[danoyse]

Yeah, aside from the fact that X3 was a lousy movie, it also made any sequel after that problematic because it'll be forced to reverse several important things from that movie, such as the death/rebirth of Prof. Xavier, the whole mutant cure thing (hinted by Magneto at the final scene), and the death of several characters like Cyclops and Jean Grey. Like Superman 3 & 4, I think it'll be a bad idea to make a sequel from and FC is needed to avoid the whole situation. And the GA will be even more confused to see FC and then later have X4 came along later.

I was watching X3 on FX last night (after seeing FC for the 2nd time earlier in the day), and I kept randomly saying "Dammit, this movie...!"

For us, forgetting it happened is probably easy...but considering how many people are asking questions about why Xavier was walking in the first scene of X3 and stuff like that, it will probably confuse casual fans of the movies.

Doesn't mean I would mind an X4, but I think it would ultimately be confusing for most people.

 

[Marvel]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/x-men-first-class-how-194979

Let's just hope XFC has legs at this point. I know it's the only movie I'm going to PAY to see until July 22. (Pay to see XFC but walk in to see what I want, different movie)

 

[MARVEL ROCKS]

According to ERC, X-Men made 55 mill, not 56.

It went down from the estimates, which tells me that like all the other x-men films wom isn't really going to help this movie.

I don't see it doing more than 135m domestically.

 

[Electrix]

According to ERC, X-Men made 55 mill, not 56.

It went down from the estimates, which tells me that like all the other x-men films wom isn't really going to help this movie.

How does it?

The estimate is 1 million out and suddenly the movie is doomed? Marvel Rocks you're silly.

 

[akfj]

According to ERC, X-Men made 55 mill, not 56.

It went down from the estimates, which tells me that like all the other x-men films wom isn't really going to help this movie.

I don't see it doing more than 135m domestically.

It's been great to have your optimism throughout this thread.

 

[Downhere]

According to ERC, X-Men made 55 mill, not 56.

It went down from the estimates, which tells me that like all the other x-men films wom isn't really going to help this movie.

I don't see it doing more than 135m domestically.

Wow...


If you follow box office, you'll notice that most films drop from estimates. I've been following box office numbers since the first X-Men film, this happens all the time. Even for huge movies, estimates are just that... estimates! It can go up or down, doesn't have any indication on legs and the like.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

Calm down, children.

 

[X-Maniac]

How surprising that Marvel Rocks is trying to create negativity...

 

[JP]

Wow...

 

[danoyse]

Marvel Rocks, try to tone down the doom and gloom a little bit. It's right up there with your earlier claim that the only bad reviews were written by women who missed Hugh Jackman.

 

[FingersMcGhee]

You can easily make a sequel to X3 without retconing it. You just have to be creative.

easier just to redo the bad, then accepting it.

 

[FingersMcGhee]

According to ERC, X-Men made 55 mill, not 56.

It went down from the estimates, which tells me that like all the other x-men films wom isn't really going to help this movie.

I don't see it doing more than 135m domestically.

Avatar only made 77 million it's opening weekend.