Apocalypse X-Men: Apocalypse Box Office Prediction Thread

[En_Sabah_Nur]

That's no defense for X-Men. A lot younger audience means kids with parents; this means those parents aren't going to a different movie, like X-Men.

Good point. I'd bet the parents will just jump to the X-Men showing while the kids are sleeping through Alice.

 

[En_Sabah_Nur]

X-Men is for mature adults. Only silly children would miss it.

ish tru

 

[Wildcard]

I don't know, thinking about it now....maybe Deadpool being such a massive success is a sign that XMA will be a billion dollar hit? It's definitely not outside the realms of possibility & the movie is tracking incredibly strong even now, 14 weeks away from its release.

 

[Johnny-Oh]

It all depends on the quality, I don't think it will hit a billion but it might do better than DOFP if it's on a similar level of quality.

 

[GuestStar2004]

Deadpool in general won't help X-Men apocalypse but the good will from it may since so far the films have been on the up since FC, even the wolverine was fairly well received

 

[Johnny-Oh]

I do think Deadpool helps XMA a bit, just the mention of the X-Men and mutants keeps the universe fresh in people's minds.

 

[BlackFox]

I think they will use Reynolds/Deadpool a fair amount in the marketing leading up to Apoc, they would be crazy not to.

If they want to crack the billion mark though the film will have to be stellar, better than both X2 and DOFP which is a high bar to pass and with almost unanimous agreement by critics on that. Even then that may still not be enough coming after BVS and Civil War which might both pass that level.

 

[GuestStar2004]

I think using deadpool to market the movie wouldn't be a good idea, you don't want comedy to market what's probably a serious movie, plus he isn't even in the movie

You probably want people to judge the movie on its own merits, it's not like they were marketing Jackman for FC

 

[Weather Witch]

I'm actually counting on this to be the first X-Men film to crack $300 million domestically but it has to be really superb for that to happen.

Unless Deadpool does it first. It is already higher than all the X-Men movies before it.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

It's gonna be so embarrassing if Apocalypse makes less than Deadpool.

 

[marvelrobbins]

which is going to happen now.

 

[BMM]

It's gonna be so embarrassing if Apocalypse makes less than Deadpool.

Barring a miracle, it's going to outgross Apocalypse domestically. It's also going to outgross a hell of a lot more superhero movies than that.

 

[TeeKay]

I'd be laughing even more hard if it crosses all the X-men films. Damn tho. Singer has held back the franchise in terms of its potential and even with Apocalypse it just came a little too late.

 

[GuestStar2004]

I think its pretty fair game tbh, I don't see why Apocalypse won't open big

 

[iacobusleo]

I'd be laughing even more hard if it crosses all the X-men films. Damn tho. Singer has held back the franchise in terms of its potential and even with Apocalypse it just came a little too late.

Boiling it down to 'Singer is holding back the franchise' kinda disregards everything else that made Deadpool such a hit. It was not just about being comic book accurate (most people don't care about that anyway), it was the combination of the marketing, Ryan Reynolds, it coming off the well-received DOFP, the fact that the character himself is a comedic character (funny characters are better received by audiences) and the oversaturation of superhero movies in this current time period which would make Deadpool seem like a refreshing breath of fresh air in comparison.

It's literally a lightning in the bottle situation that you really can't say that all movies, as long as they're comic book accurate, would be billion dollar hits.

 

[kasjan]

Still saying it's too early for marketing?

 

[marvelrobbins]

Boiling it down to 'Singer is holding back the franchise' kinda disregards everything else that made Deadpool such a hit. It was not just about being comic book accurate (most people don't care about that anyway), it was the combination of the marketing, Ryan Reynolds, it coming off the well-received DOFP, the fact that the character himself is a comedic character (funny characters are better received by audiences) and the oversaturation of superhero movies in this current time period which would make Deadpool seem like a refreshing breath of fresh air in comparison.

It's literally a lightning in the bottle situation that you really can't say that all movies, as long as they're comic book accurate, would be billion dollar hits.

well the fox and singer haters coming out of woodwork i see.your probally right in your response.

 

[GuestStar2004]

Not really because once marketing really kicks in we will probably loads of it, i remember with TASM2 it was quiet for months before anything started and when it did start it got to the point many felt it was over marketed

I don't think you can market X-Men: Apocalypse the same way they did deadpool though

 

[BMM]

Still saying it's too early for marketing?

Right now, I think it's safe to say that the Super-Bowl spot and Deadpool are doing more favors for marketing than the Days of Future Past Empire covers you're lamenting.

 

[CaptainCanada]

I don't think you can market X-Men: Apocalypse the same way they did deadpool though

Yeah, that wouldn't work.

I could maybe see them doing a few gimmick posts/interviews, somewhat like that Instagram video that Munn did with Reynolds a few weeks ago, but X-Men is just not like Deadpool as a property (nor should it be).

 

[GuestStar2004]

During the twitter Q&A bryan did say there is alot more to come so i think by the 2nd trailer things will really start to kick in

 

[Zarex]

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It's gonna be so embarrassing if Apocalypse makes less than Deadpool.

It's not just Apocalypse. It may be a long shot, but "the little R rated comedy that could" may actually top the superhero BO charts this year. It's certainly going to be the most profitable.

 

[CaptainCanada]

People have been talking about more scope, etc.; for people like me already sold on the movie, what I really want is more of the character interactions discussed in interviews.

It's not just Apocalypse. It may be a long shot, but "the little R rated comedy that could" may actually top the superhero BO charts this year. It's certainly going to be the most profitable.

I think Deadpool would probably have outgrossed a third Captain America film had they not basically turned it into another Avengers movie (in terms of its marketing, if not fully its content).

 

[JP]

Right now, I think it's safe to say that the Super-Bowl spot and Deadpool are doing more favors for marketing than the Days of Future Past Empire covers you're lamenting.

Seriously. 2nd DoFP trailer was Mar 24, 2014. We'll get one with BvS...

 

[JP]

It's gonna be so embarrassing if Apocalypse makes less than Deadpool.

Er, it will. And that's not embarrassing. It's already made more domestically than any previous X-Men film and that's not going to suddenly change with Apocalypse.

Deadpool is going to make over 300m domestic, a feat that no previous X-Men film has reached.