citizenpain
violent messiah
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the film is now less than a month away from being released and it has come a long way. it had a $20 million production budget.
the 04 punisher had a $33 million budget and went on to make about $33.7 million after opening to $13.8 million in its first weekend. keep in in mind that it opened up against kill bill 2 which was such a dumb move since that movie snatched $25 million that weekend. that was in april.
now punisher: war zone is set to hit theatres december 5th with no real competition on that date. there's been some controversy over the film being released in december, having originally been set for september. now there's just 4 weeks until we finally get to witness what should be the most faithful and best adaptation of the punisher yet on the big screen and the tv spots are coming along with lots of promotional crap.
the poll question is for how much the film make total at the box office in domestic figures only. what do ya'll think? chime in with what you think it might make on the opening weekend too. will it bomb or will it be a surprise hit? will it surpass expectations financially and warrant a sequel or will it disappoint and bury the character into obscurity for a few more years?
personally i think war zone has a good chance of being a success. i don't see the sequel/reboot issue being a big deal. i doubt tom jane's punisher is so fresh in most people's memory that they're going to go "wtf? that's not the punisher i know!" they're going to see that there's a new marvel/punisher film and its filled with crazy badass action and that's enough to get the average joe to the theater. with quantum of solace and transporter 3 being released in the weeks before war zone, people will be fresh off that adrenaline rush and in need of some more, and this movie will provide them with just that. with no tough competition on opening day, i think the film could make $15-20 mill opening weekend and go on to accumulate $30-40 million overall.
i shall end this with a quote from lexi alexander back from when the film was initially pushed back.
"They also moved our release date to December 5th, which is, according to my reps, a much, much better date. I myself would have thought that people will think twice about going to see an extremely violent movie the closer it gets to Jesus B-day, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or whatever other holy holiday youre celebrating. Well, the box office records prove different and instead, all you sick ****s get more blood thirsty that time of year. (And I say that with lovingly affection, cause Im relying on all the sick ****s to show up)."
the 04 punisher had a $33 million budget and went on to make about $33.7 million after opening to $13.8 million in its first weekend. keep in in mind that it opened up against kill bill 2 which was such a dumb move since that movie snatched $25 million that weekend. that was in april.
now punisher: war zone is set to hit theatres december 5th with no real competition on that date. there's been some controversy over the film being released in december, having originally been set for september. now there's just 4 weeks until we finally get to witness what should be the most faithful and best adaptation of the punisher yet on the big screen and the tv spots are coming along with lots of promotional crap.
the poll question is for how much the film make total at the box office in domestic figures only. what do ya'll think? chime in with what you think it might make on the opening weekend too. will it bomb or will it be a surprise hit? will it surpass expectations financially and warrant a sequel or will it disappoint and bury the character into obscurity for a few more years?
personally i think war zone has a good chance of being a success. i don't see the sequel/reboot issue being a big deal. i doubt tom jane's punisher is so fresh in most people's memory that they're going to go "wtf? that's not the punisher i know!" they're going to see that there's a new marvel/punisher film and its filled with crazy badass action and that's enough to get the average joe to the theater. with quantum of solace and transporter 3 being released in the weeks before war zone, people will be fresh off that adrenaline rush and in need of some more, and this movie will provide them with just that. with no tough competition on opening day, i think the film could make $15-20 mill opening weekend and go on to accumulate $30-40 million overall.
i shall end this with a quote from lexi alexander back from when the film was initially pushed back.
"They also moved our release date to December 5th, which is, according to my reps, a much, much better date. I myself would have thought that people will think twice about going to see an extremely violent movie the closer it gets to Jesus B-day, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or whatever other holy holiday youre celebrating. Well, the box office records prove different and instead, all you sick ****s get more blood thirsty that time of year. (And I say that with lovingly affection, cause Im relying on all the sick ****s to show up)."
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t: maybe i'll make some more one of these days.
