X3's competition getting slammed by critics!

[TNC9852002]

Whoa...DVC made more on Monday than what Poseidon made on its opening day..

-TNC

 

[Supreme Power]

I haven't bothered to see this. I'm sure X3 will do better this weekend.

 

[mutant]

I have a feeling that X3 could be the biggest hit of the year, box-office-wise. It won't make the same kind of money as Star Wars/Narnia/Harry Potter, but I really don't see what could beat it, unless there's another Harry Potter film coming out this year.
I think Pirates of the Caribbean will not be as successful as the first film and Superman doesn't seem to be as anticipated as the X-Men.

Just to give you an idea of how some films have performed at the box-office the last 6 years:

2006 (so far)
1. Ice Age 189 millions
2. Mission Impossible III 105
3. DaVinci Code 92
4. Scary Movie 4 87
5. Failure to Launch 87
6. Inside Man 87
7. Pink Panther 82
8. Eight Below 81
9. Big Momma's House 2 70
10. V for Vendetta 69

2005
1. Revenge of the Sith 380
2. Chronicles of Narnia 291
3. Harry Potter 290
4. War of the Worlds 234
5. King Kong 218
6. Wedding Crashers 209
7. Charlie and the chocolate factory 206
8. Batman Begins 205
9. Madagascar 193
10. Mr. and Mrs. Smith 186

2003
1. Return of the King 377
2. Finding Nemo 339
3. Pirates of the Caribbean 305
4. Matrix Reloaded 281
5. Bruce Almighty 242
6. X2 214
7. Elf 173
8. Terminator 3 150
9. Matrix Revolutions 139
10. Cheaper by the dozen 138

2000
1. How the Grinch stole Christmas 260
2. Cast Away 233
3. Mission Impossible II 215
4. Gladiator 187
5. What Women Want 182
6. The Perfect Storm 182
7. Meet the parents 166
8. X-Men 157
9. Scary Movie 157
10. What lies beneath 155


So most of the movies that have made more money than the X-Men over the years are trilogies that have already ended, animated films (and I don't see any animated films having the same success as Nemo or the Incredibles this year), or comedies usually with guys like Jim Carrey. It looks like they will try to push that new Adam Sandler movie as the comedy of the year, but I doubt it will mak ethat much money. There's also the Tom Cruise factor, but MI3 underperformed, so his public persona has obviously made him lose some of the appeal he had.

 

[TNC9852002]

I don't expect X3 to make over 210m domestically..

I don't expect...

-TNC

 

[ultimatefan]

Well, specialized sites like www.boxofficereport.com and www.boxofficeguru.com are predicting a mammoth opening in the 105-plus million area for XMTLS. According to Guru, the movie has the appeal to teens and young adults the first three big releases of the summer lacked - after all the MI movie series begun in the mid-nineties...

 

[Karea07]

this will make more than mi3 opening day no doubt

 

[Advanced Dark]

Hey guys let's make it friendly ok. Also admit when you quoted me wrong.

Let's put up our figures. I do not edit your post for any reason or your guess won't even be considered.

X3 85 million 3 day, 100 million 4 days.

Mark this post...you won't miss it.

Here's what Joker said:

there's just no way it's going to make 100 million......... Star wars, Spiderman, and Pixar films are the only ones I can remember in the past few years that made around 100 million a weekend


lets say the reviews are so-so
that will scare away a good number of non fan boys
fan boys will go see this though
but there is no little kid aspect to this film, therefor eliminating parents and their kids, Spiderman, Star wars and of course, pixar films, heck, and shrek had this major audience going for them, Spiderman is huge with lil kids right now too, but x-men doesn't appeal to a 6 year old the way spiderman or star wars does......


we can all agree that this film, is not a lil kid film, it's an adult film,

name me the last adult film that made around 100 million it's first weekend?

Then Shadowboxing:

Look AD stop. You have no facts to back up that this film will do 100 mil in 4 days when no film has done that in a long time, sorry it won't happen.

Lastly look at Shadowboxing's response to my one day estimates:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Advanced Dark
^ X3 is highly likely to have 2 35-40 million dollar single day takes.

Dude your in a friggin fantasy world, sorry. That kind of money was do able back when SM1 came out or X2 came out, but today the market has been drying up. People have been fed up with movies for a while,http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/10/news...summer_movies/ this article illustrates it nicely. You also have to understand much more people are buying DVDs, and ordering movies direct these days and the threatres are having a tougher time getting an audience because of that. -Shadowboxing

LMFAO at Jokernick, shadow, and everyone else that said I was dillusional, screamed about how X3 would make less than X1, and didn't use any common sense. LMAO at you guys. Toldya. 100 million is in the bag already. We got almost half of that on day 1.

X-Men 3 Makes $44.5 million in One Day!
Source: ShowbizData May 27, 2006


According to early Friday estimates from ShowbizData, X-Men: The Last Stand, the third chapter in the Marvel superhero franchise, has grossed $44.5 million in its first 24 hours, including midnight showings on Thursday night. It opened in over 3,688 North American theatres, which is fairly small by today's standards, although it averaged roughly $12,000 per theatre, as fans of the previous movies flocked to see the movie as soon as possible.

Although it didn't break the opening day record or one-day record held by Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith which grossed over $50 million on its opening Thursday last year, the Brett Ratner directed action flick has made more on its first Friday than any other movie. Previously, the biggest Friday opening was held by Spider-Man, which opened in May 2002, though last November's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire came very close to beating it.

X-Men: The Last Stand is certainly going to make a valiant effort to destroy the current three-day weekend record held by 2002's Spider-Man with the added advantage of being a holiday weekend with most people out of work and school on Monday.

Last week's new movies, Sony's The Da Vinci Code starring Tom Hanks, and DreamWorks' Over the Hedge took significant plunges to make room for the mutant threequel with the Dan Brown adaptation grossing an estimated $10.2 million yesterday, barely a third of its opening day last week. Over the Hedge made roughly $7.6 million yesterday.

F'n owned up and down.

 

[Aiden]

That's ******* huge

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ Quite huge. 110-120 million for 4 days is very likely. Even if it makes 30 on Sat and 30 on Sunday only that's 105 million without Monday's total. LOL

I'm so dillusional.

 

[Pickle-El]

Advanced, you could say you were 'owned' too....I remember 100 for the 4 days as you wrote?

Ownage is ownage in my book.

 

[Advanced Dark]

Go away Troll-El if you read through my posts you'll see that that I wasn't saying it couldn't make more than 100 million over 4 days. The ownage is to the others who said that my 100 million dollar estimate was dillusional, out of line, baseless, and that I was crazy for thinking it could make 30-40 million in one day. Stay out of the thread unless you're going to contribute or part of the conversation. So again read the entire context of posts before you comment on someone elses discussion that you had no part in.

 

[newwaveboy87]

LMFAO at Jokernick, shadow, and everyone else that said I was dillusional, screamed about how X3 would make less than X1, and didn't use any common sense. LMAO at you guys. Toldya. 100 million is in the bag already. We got almost half of that on day 1.

actually people WERE using common sense if you think about a few of the factors such as the previous supposed summer blockbuster movies performing WAY below expectations and the recession movie theaters were in. having said that - i am amazed, shocked, and be lying if i said i wasn't a little excited.

now...don't make an X-Men 4....

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ I disagree because common sense tells me x2 made 85 million opening weekend with lower ticket prices and a fast growing fan base not from the comics but from the first film and cartoon series. It was an easy 100 million for 4 days but 120 million was a bit of a shocker.

 

[newwaveboy87]

can we agree on no X4?

 

[TNC9852002]

It's not that I don't want an X4...I kinda do, but it's just that I don't think it could happen...

-TNC

 

[YJ1]

^ I disagree because common sense tells me x2 made 85 million opening weekend with lower ticket prices and a fast growing fan base not from the comics but from the first film and cartoon series. It was an easy 100 million for 4 days but 120 million was a bit of a shocker.

Box Office Mojo sent me my favorite email I'll receive this week...

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BOX OFFICE MOJO
NEWS BULLETIN
PREPARED FOR yj1
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Blazing past expectations, 'X-Men: The Last Stand' raked in an estimated $120.1 million, breaking the Memorial Day weekend record…

Weekend Report by Brandon Gray:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2078&p=l.htm

 

[YJ1]

^ I disagree because common sense tells me x2 made 85 million opening weekend with lower ticket prices and a fast growing fan base not from the comics but from the first film and cartoon series. It was an easy 100 million for 4 days but 120 million was a bit of a shocker.

Box Office Mojo sent me my favorite email I'll receive this week...

-------------------------
BOX OFFICE MOJO
NEWS BULLETIN
PREPARED FOR yj1
-------------------------

Blazing past expectations, 'X-Men: The Last Stand' raked in an estimated $120.1 million, breaking the Memorial Day weekend record…

Weekend Report by Brandon Gray:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2078&p=l.htm

 

[YJ1]

^ I disagree because common sense tells me x2 made 85 million opening weekend with lower ticket prices and a fast growing fan base not from the comics but from the first film and cartoon series. It was an easy 100 million for 4 days but 120 million was a bit of a shocker.

Box Office Mojo sent me my favorite email I'll receive this week...

-------------------------
BOX OFFICE MOJO
NEWS BULLETIN
PREPARED FOR yj1
-------------------------

Blazing past expectations, 'X-Men: The Last Stand' raked in an estimated $120.1 million, breaking the Memorial Day weekend record…

Weekend Report by Brandon Gray:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2078&p=l.htm

 

[newwaveboy87]

It's not that I don't want an X4...I kinda do, but it's just that I don't think it could happen...

-TNC

i dont want it. plain and simple.
they have a great trilogy...dont eff it up!!

 

[Advanced Dark]

Nothing you can do about it. This was basically one story line with 3 chapters. There's loads of stories to tell. An origin x-film, we've seen nothing of the beast, angel, there's so many villains left it'll make your head spin, there's been really no crossovers, etc...This is about making money...it's a business. Wolverine will come next and Fox will hire several writers to come up with some new ideas to start the next storyline. Clearly the "cure" is temporary. The legacy virus could be addressed, and days of future past is there to play with. There's 40 years of history to tell and we've only seen 1 story arc. If you don't want it I suggest when x4 comes out or x-men the beginning that you don't buy a ticket to it. Any film you don't want to see you don't have to. There are millions and millions of others who can't wait for it. Clearly x3 made more than anyone expected. Common sense and business sense tells you 100% for sure Fox won't lose the rights because of a few fanboys feel like it's been enough. Like it or not there will be more around 2009/2010.

 

[newwaveboy87]

i know there will be a fourth...
more Moira, Beast, and Angel please. bring Cyclops back, and add Gambit, Sinister, and Emma to the fold. possibly Proteus....?

 

[Pickle-El]

Go away Troll-El if you read through my posts you'll see that that I wasn't saying it couldn't make more than 100 million over 4 days. The ownage is to the others who said that my 100 million dollar estimate was dillusional, out of line, baseless, and that I was crazy for thinking it could make 30-40 million in one day. Stay out of the thread unless you're going to contribute or part of the conversation. So again read the entire context of posts before you comment on someone elses discussion that you had no part in.

Jesus, could you be any more touchy about a Marvel property?


You said 100 Million over 4 days....X3 surpassed that. You got owned, yes or no?

I'll admit I got owned, I thought 110 was the absolute limit for X3 over 4 days....I guess I'm a troll because I have a different take on these results and what they mean for Marvel fans. (Not talking about bottom line like you seem to do all the time AD) If I'm wrong, please let me know....I think FOX has the proof they need to keep rushing these films out. And that is something that should make all Marvel fans weep in frustration. You point to the bottom dollar (like many are doing at the moment to try and 'prove' something) but all you'll get is less than memorable flicks that result in big weekends, and bad legs........I wish someone at FOX would see what's going on and take this **** more seriously than throwing bucks at its 5 month time-frame.

 

[Advanced Dark]

^ You missed the point. I said 100 million and was told how ridiculous 100 million over 4 days would be because it was too HIGH and Shadowboxing said it would make 50 million and it would take 3 weeks to make 100 million. I never suggested it wouldn't make more than 100 million. The "POINT" was that my 100 million was NOT crazy, out of line, ridiculous, idiotic, dillusional...on the high end like I was told. However it was stupid, crazy, dillusional, idiotic, and out of line to say it would make 50 million in 3 days let alone 4 days and that it would take 3 weeks to make 100 million after X2's #"S.

 

[Advanced Dark]

i know there will be a fourth...
more Moira, Beast, and Angel please. bring Cyclops back, and add Gambit, Sinister, and Emma to the fold. possibly Proteus....?

I highly advise you to go to Brett Ratner's website and start making suggestions because no doubt he'll get the nod for X4. I loved the film and thought it was just pure enjoyment at the box office and I had a blast. I do think it could have been about 15-20 minutes longer with a bit more Angel and a bit more Beast but that's for the next story arc. They were just supporting roles here where the anchors who carried the first 2 films still remained. I think Beast, Angel, Colossus, and a few others will be the anchors for the next series if it takes place after this one with Halle returing as storm to play a more subdued role with less action taking care of the students. X4: The New Mutants.

 

[Pickle-El]

^ You missed the point. I said 100 million and was told how ridiculous 100 million over 4 days would be because it was too HIGH and Shadowboxing said it would make 50 million and it would take 3 weeks to make 100 million. I never suggested it wouldn't make more than 100 million. The "POINT" was that my 100 million was NOT crazy, out of line, ridiculous, idiotic, dillusional...on the high end like I was told. However it was stupid, crazy, dillusional, idiotic, and out of line to say it would make 50 million in 3 days let alone 4 days and that it would take 3 weeks to make 100 million after X2's #"S.

Keep on ignoring what I was attemping to get across....this isn't all about you AD. I wanna hear what you think, but I don't wanna hear purely 'numbers'.

Do you personally think HOW Fox handled X3 was correct? We all know it made money, does that solely make it a success as a Marvel property? Does cutting corners, restricting shoots, shortening time for FX make it okay for X-Men comic fans as long as a dizzying marketing campaign brings in big first week bucks?


(BTW. X3 surpassed all expectations....we CAN talk about the ****ty production now)