X3 Box Office Tracker

[NateGray]

I agree. I think we can all say, the film was a success. But it had the potential to be the great end to the trilogy, aka Return of the King, but it preformed more like Batman Forever. A good movie, just not great, and thus it preformed slightly better than it's predecessor. Not an iconic film that could've gotten to $300 million, or even $250 million.

See and I will agree with this but take it a step further all three movies are just good and could and should have been great like LOTR instead they were just good movies.
Alot of people seem to let Singer slid for things they bash Ratner for IMO.

 

[crappymovie]

See and I will agree with this but take it a step further all three movies are just good and could and should have been great like LOTR instead they were just good movies.
Alot of people seem to let Singer slid for things they bash Ratner for IMO.

You're right Nate, I'll admit it. X1 was pretty mediocre in itself, but I excused it because it was an origin film. I think we all did (especially after the budget Singer was given, and the basic tyranny of Fox at that time.) X2 stepped it up in many ways, and I think the film ranks pretty great. Furthermore, I forgave it's problems because the film seemed to correct a lot of problems with the first film and even more: set up an explosive third movie.

With the third movie, everything came crashing down, but definitely fell short of hitting the ground. It was a good movie, considering the constraints, but it's just disappointing to think that X3 could potentially a) be the last film and b) complete the original trilogy. Because I don't feel that it did, because sure, it killed of a few characters and had a MINI-war, it...just didn't feel resolved.

I think X2 was far more in the right direction, than X3, although X3 had it's great points. The action sequences were good, and...well that's about it that I can think of right now. It was a little more frenetic as well.

 

[TheVileOne]

Unfortunately the attention span of the average moviegoer that X3 was targeted at wouldn't sit in an X-Men film for 3 hours. LOL

According to what? Why do you buy into this false perception that young people can't sit through longer movies?

People sat through X-men 2 didn't they.

They sat through the Harry Potter films and Chronicles of Narnia.

They sat through Return of The King which was the longest Lord of the Rings movie, and was the only one not just over 3 hours, but over 3 hours and 15 minutes.

 

[TheVileOne]

^ How could it. It was the final chapter that tied everything together from the first 2 films and it's being touted as the "last film" which I think was a mistake. It was fun, it was exciting, it did it's job...now we move onto the character study of Wolverine. It's all fun stuff. Nobody should take this stuff too seriously.

Return of the King and Revenge of The Sith. You might've heard of them.

It's like half the board members here are like Kathy Bates in Misery and they want Brett Ratner and Tom Rothman tied up in a bed with broken legs. LOL

It's more like Ratner and Rothman are Kathy Bates, and X-men 3 was what was tied up.

 

[Carp Man]

SR probably won't open as big, but it should go on to gross more since it looks to be an epic adventure that has something for everybody - it seems critics agree so far as well.

Critics. LOL. Take their collective brains, put it in a bird, and the bird would fly backwards. The public will decide if this movie is suscufull. Word of mouth, and viewers reviews. Word of mouth will be huge in determing the suscess of this movie. So far looks like another 50 % drop for X3 this week.

 

[narrows101]

Critics. LOL. Take their collective brains, put it in a bird, and the bird would fly backwards. The public will decide if this movie is suscufull. Word of mouth, and viewers reviews. Word of mouth will be huge in determing the suscess of this movie. So far looks like another 50 % drop for X3 this week.

XMen has pretty much made it's money domestically I think - it was predicted it would make about $225M domestic. I remember a quote where it was said "we will play all of June" so I don't think they expect much after June 30.

 

[BMM]

Critics. LOL. Take their collective brains, put it in a bird, and the bird would fly backwards. The public will decide if this movie is suscufull. Word of mouth, and viewers reviews. Word of mouth will be huge in determing the suscess of this movie.

Haha. Interesting analogy, although with Returns it appears their collective brains are in agreement, and the bird looks to be flying straight ahead toward success . . . although you're right, word of mouth will ultimately determine how well Returns does (like any movie), but if early reports are correct . . . it looks to appeal to a wide range of people . . . as it has certainly appealed to a range of critics thus far.

 

[Carp Man]

XMen has pretty much made it's money domestically I think - it was predicted it would make about $225M domestic. I remember a quote where it was said "we will play all of June" so I don't think they expect much after June 30.

Mojo is predicting 4.4 million this weekend for X3. X3 is loosing another 404 theaters this week. Down to 2,408. SR is opening at 3,900 + theaters.

 

[josh8]

X-Men had a multiplier of 2.89
X2 had a multiplier of 2.5
X3 has a 2.13, will end up at MOST with a 2.34, factor in the extra holiday day, and you're at a 1.97 multiplier.

X2's legs got cut short because of the Matrix, but what about X3? Perhaps "all films have short legs these days?" But wait...didn't Batman Begins have a 4.21 multiplier just last year? or more importantly, Star Wars III had a 3.5? Wouldn't the fans have frontloaded these openings as well? But maybe, because they weren't disappointments, people came back to watch them.

But I guess you could say the same of X2 because of it's short legs. I just wish Superman had opened earlier so we could have done a better comparison of X2 and X3....

batman begins is THE success story. it was a questionable franchise that was met with a little fear but was ultimately reinvigorated by quality.

HOWEVER, it was a fluke. these things hardly happen anymore and the recent times (say about five years) can be counted on your two hands. the overall multilpliers of big movies are often below 3 now (and not even in the summer), for good movies and bad. yeah, it's kind of sad, but that's how moviegoing is nowadays.

 

[Advanced Dark]

7. X-men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox 2,810 855,000 304 -41% 219,622,000

http://www.showbizdata.com

X3 will cross 220 million domestic easily with today's #'s when they're reported tomorrow.

230-235 will be the total.

 

[Carp Man]

7. X-men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox 2,810 855,000 304 -41% 219,622,000

http://www.showbizdata.com

X3 will cross 220 million domestic easily with today's #'s when they're reported tomorrow.

230-235 will be the total.

Doesn't that squrel ever stop drinking ? What A lush. I said it would make 225 to 230 by time SR opens.

 

[Iceman]

Mojo is predicting 4.4 million this weekend for X3. X3 is loosing another 404 theaters this week. Down to 2,408. SR is opening at 3,900 + theaters.

This will probably be X3's last significant weekend with the Supes debut on the horizon.

 

[Carp Man]

This will probably be X3's last significant weekend with the Supes debut on the horizon.

Then POTC following weekend ? Yep. This week is the last horrah. Drips and drabs will be it after Wednesday. Still don't see anything about SR openings overseas. Overseas #'s will keep it going for a bit, but domesticly this is the last biggy till Wednesday. Why it was soooooooooo front loaded. Fox knew they would have to make it before SR opened, and it did.

 

[demitri_vampiro]

haha maybe so. But I always thought of the X-franchise public as a bit more "mature." I mean, X2 doesn't have the same tone as Spider-man. I think it's a little darker, and a little more cerebral. So we COULD have gotten a 2 1/2 hour film (it's 95% likely after seeing the running time for Superman Returns), but instead we got a film that played out like an episode from the cartoon.

It didn't have to be mind-numbingly long, just had to have that "epic tone." A little longer, a little more emphasis on characters, and a big finale.

...btw, ever wonder why Phoenix was standing around while the X-Men fought the soldiers, etc. and just watched. What was she doing before she decided to de-molecularize everyone? Maybe, someone got some blood on her costume and she thought, "That's it, these *****es are gonna get it?"....It's moments like that, that made the film so anti-climactic and shoddy.

phoenix did nothing because she doesn't care for magneto's goals. and she can't be controlled. she does what she wants when she wants.

 

[TheVileOne]

7. X-men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox 2,810 855,000 304 -41% 219,622,000

http://www.showbizdata.com

X3 will cross 220 million domestic easily with today's #'s when they're reported tomorrow.

230-235 will be the total.

This isn't very impressive considering that the movie had a budget well over $200 million.

X-men 3 also got beat in its second weekend by an anti-romantic comedy that had a QUARTER of the budget X-men 3 did. That's pretty sad.

 

[Carp Man]

This isn't very impressive considering that the movie had a budget well over $200 million.

X-men 3 also got beat in its second weekend by an anti-romantic comedy that had a QUARTER of the budget X-men 3 did. That's pretty sad.

Only reason Break Up did well is because Jen, and Vince are an issue. Other then that it wouldn't have done diddly. You just have an issue With either X-Men, or Fox. Plain as day.

 

[Advanced Dark]

Vile you're not one known for pointing out the negative side of things. I'm surprised. It's made over 400 million and should hit 450+ million and is the #1 film at the box office this year in the US. It's gonna make a healthy profit when it's all said and done and there's nothing sad about it. Everyone saw X3 who wanted to see it in the first week on over 8000 screens. Break up was a sorely needed comedy and fit the bill for those suffereing from Wedding Crashers withdrawal since we hadn't had a good comedy this year till then. It's far from sad for X3, Fox, MVL, etc...X3's total box office is higher than every single financial and box office analyst expected at this point right now. You won't find a reputable analyst anywhere that said before X3 came out that it would already be at 400+ million not one. Most had 300-350 worldwide figured and some lower. None higher.

 

[TheVileOne]

Only reason Break Up did well is because Jen, and Vince are an issue. Other then that it wouldn't have done diddly. You just have an issue With either X-Men, or Fox. Plain as day.

Of course I do. I'm not sure what person with common sense wouldn't.

I didn't see much about Aniston and Vaughn being an item, outside of some questions in the EW interview. And what does Vaughn say? Nothing really. He's very private about it. I don't see him jumping around on a couch on Oprah acting like some goofball man in a mid-life crisis.

You seem to be forgetting that everything Vaughn does these days is gold especially at the BO. The man is a draw plain and simple. It has nothing to do with going out with Aniston.

 

[TheVileOne]

Vile you're not one known for pointing out the negative side of things. I'm surprised. It's made over 400 million and should hit 450+ million and is the #1 film at the box office this year in the US.

Had they given the movie the time and care it deserved, it could've made a lot more.

Look at the huge jump X-men 2 made, they could've done something equally bigger with X-men 3. All they did was spend twice as much money to deliver a mediocre product.

It's gonna make a healthy profit when it's all said and done and there's nothing sad about it.

I think it is sad considering it's 20th Century Fox's biggest release of the year. It could've performed so much better.

Everyone saw X3 who wanted to see it in the first week on over 8000 screens. Break up was a sorely needed comedy and fit the bill for those suffereing from Wedding Crashers withdrawal since we hadn't had a good comedy this year till then. It's far from sad for X3, Fox, MVL, etc...X3's total box office is higher than every single financial and box office analyst expected at this point right now.

I assume expectations were low then.

You won't find a reputable analyst anywhere that said before X3 came out that it would already be at 400+ million not one. Most had 300-350 worldwide figured and some lower. None higher.

Mainly because of inflation of ticket prices and adjusted grosses. The movie isn't much more profitable than X-men 2 at all.

 

[Carp Man]

Ok. Thursdays #'s are in. Updated #'s below.

Week 1 $ 141,331,162. -
Week 2 $ 44,834,912. - 68.2 % drop.
Week 3 $ 22,232,526. - 54.8 % drop.
Week 4 $ 11,265,612. - 49.5 % drop.

 

[Carp Man]

You know I could go here : http://www.themoviespoiler.com/ and get the ending to SR, and give it to everyone. Many movies I go here, read all about it, and don't have to go to the movie at all. Great little site. Any movie you want you can read the whole movie, or go right to the ending. The most fun you can have at the movies, without being there. And I'm sure SR will be up soon after the midnight showing. Wouldn't do that, but boy it sure would be tempting.

 

[BMM]

^ Uh . . . random . . . is that supposed to stop people who frequent spoilers boards from going to see the movie (as though that would actually put a dent in Returns money making abilities)? . . . wouldn't posting the ending be more of a deterrent concerning people in the Returns boards rather than those individuals in The Last Stand forum? . . . I mean, you can post away Returns spoilers all you want, but that's not going to stop me from seeing the movie (and I doubt anyone else to the extent that it would matter). Visually, Returns looks better than any other movie released thus far this summer . . . I would go to see it simply for the visuals regardless of whether or not I knew the ending.

 

[Carp Man]

vvvvv Like I said. I'll give it my 2 quarters when it comes to the cheep movie theater. 50 cents all day Tuesday. Bout all it's worth to me. Don't support DC.

 

[danoyse]

You know I could go here : http://www.themoviespoiler.com/ and get the ending to SR, and give it to everyone.

Wow, so then I officially stop reading this thread.

Exactly what do you want to accomplish with that, Carp? The world won't see SR because you gave away the ending?

It's going to be a big hit. It looks great. I firmly believe that the worlds of Marvel and DC can co-exist as long as the movies don't suck.

I saw X3 last night--it was still decently crowded, and the audience reacted very enthusiastically to the SR trailer, myself included. I'm probably going to see it at the Imax theater after I go to the Yankee game on Wednesday.

Give it up...you really think you're cooler because you can give away the ending?? No one's particularly impressed.

 

[Advanced Dark]

Hey Carp put the spoiler in your sig. LMAO

j/k