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[JadedWriter]

Ang Lee's Hulk was actually a well made movie with a decent script and nice acting. The problem (if you think there was one) was that it aped Bruce Jones' run on Hulk at the time which was all about "less is more". When you can build that sort of suspense for months to a payoff, it works well. However many (most?) people have expectations of a Hulk movie.. #1 being Hulk Smash and #1 being Smash A LOT Hulk DOES.

Ang Lee made an outstanding comic book movie centered around the mythology of The Hulk. But people mostly wanted a modern CGI version of the 70s TV show. Neither is right or wrong.. but when you went in hoping for the latter, you were probably pretty pissed when it turned out to be the former.

I still can't believe people are putting Ang'Ang's Hulk and BvS on the same list. Two very different movies.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

So my fairly pessimistic estimate of a bit over $400m domestic for BvS has likely become overly optimistic? Goddamn.

Let's see how my international estimate pans out (low $500's).

 

[vinnygambini]

Actuals just came it. $4M short.

Bomba

 

[Ridley327]

Now that we have a British Superman, why not give an American James Bond a try?

We got REALLY damn close to this happening at one point.

 

[Broken Joystick]

BvS made more money domestic this weekend than FURY ROAD did in its whole run.

Oh, globally too. BvS beat FURY ROAD in one weekend.

 

[Kusagari]

I have had coworkers just come up to me today asking if I saw the "shit Batman movie".

I have never seen negative reaction like this among people lmao.

 

[RBelong2Us]

I have had coworkers just come up to me today asking if I saw the "shit Batman movie".

I have never seen negative reaction like this among people lmao.

See that's the other problem too. Future Batman films get effected by this, people will label this with whatever comes out next in the batman world.

 

[gamz]

I have had coworkers just come up to me today asking if I saw the "shit Batman movie".

I have never seen negative reaction like this among people lmao.

The worst I've seen was Godzilla. I loved it, but most people hated it. And it was reviewed well.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Is this movie doing well so far?
I mean, it's at over $400m, but I'm getting that they need to achieve at least a billion to be happy with this thing.

 

[gamz]

Is this movie doing well so far?
I mean, it's at over $400m, but I'm getting that they need to achieve at least a billion to be happy with this thing.

We'll know after next weekend. And, yes, it has to reach 1B. Anything less is a failure. It's still a tad over 60% on MT. That's good.

It should be at 500M by the start of next weekend.

 

[Discotheque]

See that's the other problem too. Future Batman films get effected by this, people will label this with whatever comes out next in the batman world.

Thats a big problem. Nolan slowly developed batman to GOAT status and now snyder is hurting his name with his very ambitious but poorly made film. I loved some scenes in there so much. But the movie itself and how it's paced and the cynical tone was just too much blah.

 

[Effect]

I have had coworkers just come up to me today asking if I saw the "shit Batman movie".

I have never seen negative reaction like this among people lmao.

Is that based on reviews they're reading or their own reaction.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Thats a big problem. Nolan slowly developed batman to GOAT status and now snyder is hurting his name with his very ambitious but poorly made film. I loved some scenes in there so much. But the movie itself and how it's paced and the cynical tone was just too much blah.

I'd argue that had more to do with the circumstances surrounding TDK more than anything Nolan did himself. Nothing unlike what we saw with Furious 7.

 

[Kusagari]

Is that based on reviews they're reading or their own reaction.

Their own reaction. Trust me these are not the type of people who ever read reviews on anything.

 

[gamz]

See that's the other problem too. Future Batman films get effected by this, people will label this with whatever comes out next in the batman world.

Eh. If Suicide Squad comes out to good reviews and the next batman movie comes out to good reviews it's all moot.

 

[jackdoe]

Their own reaction. Trust me these are not the type of people who ever read reviews on anything.

I completely believe they had that reaction. When I left my theater I could hear a bunch of different groups of people saying that the movie was both awesome and awful. It is a 100% divisive movie and I completely understand how people can either like it or hate it.

 

[RBelong2Us]

Eh. If Suicide Squad comes out to good reviews and the next batman movie comes out to good reviews it's all moot.

I remember so many people connected batman begins to the 90s films.

That movie got great reviews and needed to like crawl to 200m...all on word of mouth. It had fantastic drops week to week.

 

[Raptor]

THAT WASN'T WHAT I MEANT
GODDAMNIT DAI

Mjolnir getting trolled?

Thats the only thing I remember about that movie, it was hilarious to me.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

One "upside" to the overestimation

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/

It's like poetry. It rhymes.

 

[G-Fex]

more like price budget dishwashing soap of justice

 

[TheSeks]

Congratulations Botty, you became a meme. What's the next step of your master plan to ruin Ben Affleck?

 

[kewlmyc]

Marvelous things BTW.

She wears a hoodie the entire movie though.

Loki continues to be the only remotely interesting thing about the Thor movies.

 

[CaviarMeths]

Is that based on reviews they're reading or their own reaction.

It actually doesn't matter. WoM is WoM.

 

[y2dvd]

Bay and Snyder should co-directed the next JL movie. Insta $2mil. Bay v Snyder.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

Bay and Snyder should co-directed the next JL movie. Insta $2mil. Bay v Snyder.

Bay v Snyder

Whoever Wins, We Lose.

 

[duckroll]

One "upside" to the overestimation

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/

It's like poetry. It rhymes.

So following that trend, it'll do 355 million domestic?

 

[Timedog]

Hey GAF is batguy vers superman a good movie?

 

[GhaleonEB]

So following that trend, it'll do 355 million domestic?

That's actually a decent possibility. :lol

I'm using FF7 from last Easter weekend as yard stick. BvS Fri-Sun opened $19m higher, but their respective Sunday takes were similar with ~$33m. So if BvS tracks identically to FF7 from today forward, it will end with ~$372m ($19m higher than FF7's final total of $353m).

The Fri-Sun % drop was worse, so it might track below that.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

So following that trend, it'll do 355 million domestic?

Pretty decent chance, in fact! A 2.14 multiplier is quite low, but Snyder's average for his live-action films is a 2.26, and this is by far his biggest opener.

 

[Toa TAK]

Hey GAF is batguy vers superman a good movie?

It's better than Batman v Superman for SURE.

 

[Ushay]

I just saw BvS.. It's nowhere near as bad as it was panned by the so called critics. I really enjoyed it, although it felt like too much was forced into a single movie.

Massive opening is good news. I want DC to do more. And fo it right this time, there is HUGE potential here.

 

[The Beard]

I don't see this standing long.

I'm guessing it falls to 2 next week

Are you talking about this week? Or next? It has this weekend locked down because nothing is coming out. Next weekend it'll fall to the McCarthy comedy and maybe even Hardcore Henry to drop to #3.

BvS probably won't hit $1 Billion. The drop after this upcoming weekend is going to be very steep.

 

[LFMartins86]

Are you talking about this week? Or next? It has this weekend locked down because nothing is coming out. Next weekend it'll fall to the McCarthy comedy and maybe even Hardcore Henry to drop to #3.

BvS probably won't hit $1 Billion. The drop after this upcoming weekend is going to be very steep.

Hardcore Henry probably won't even reach 10M$ on it's opening weekend.

 

[gamz]

Are you talking about this week? Or next? It has this weekend locked down because nothing is coming out. Next weekend it'll fall to the McCarthy comedy and maybe even Hardcore Henry to drop to #3.

BvS probably won't hit $1 Billion. The drop after this upcoming weekend is going to be very steep.

Hell no. lol

 

[mreddie]

Hardcore Henry probably won't even reach 10M$ on it's opening weekend.

What if it's a smash hit without being #1? It has happened before.

 

[The Beard]

Hell no. lol

Hell yes. Mark my words. McCarthy will dethrone BvS.

 

[gamz]

Hell yes. Mark my words. McCarthy will dethrone BvS.

Okay...It's tracking 20M, so that would be something to over-perform by that much.

BvS will do better if you'd combine that two films you mentioned.

 

[Kusagari]

We live in a world where we're discussing the legitimate possibility BVS ends up grossing less than Deadpool in NA.

What a time to be alive.

 

[Branduil]

The Thor 2 discussion reminds me that Marvel also has some of the least-memorable mooks in cinema history. Quick, without looking, describe for me the mooks in The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy.

 

[Divvy]

The Thor 2 discussion reminds me that Marvel also has some of the least-memorable mooks in cinema history. Quick, without looking, describe for me the mooks in The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy.

The ninth doctor and the pie maker

 

[LFMartins86]

What if it's a smash hit without being #1? It has happened before.

B vs S third weekend will beat Hardcore Henry´s domestic run.

 

[Discotheque]

The Thor 2 discussion reminds me that Marvel also has some of the least-memorable mooks in cinema history. Quick, without looking, describe for me the mooks in The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy.

I've seen guardians like 6 times on TV and I still don't remember any action sequences outside of rocket and groot vs gamora vs starlord and Michael rooker with the arrow

That third act had some pretty forgettable action. It's the case with even BvS tho as well imo. I didn't care for the doomsday fight nearly as much as earlier action sequences (especially the goat opening metropolis scene)

Superhero third acts need to step the hell up now.

 

[duckroll]

Pretty decent chance, in fact! A 2.14 multiplier is quite low, but Snyder's average for his live-action films is a 2.26, and this is by far his biggest opener.

Jesus. He's so busy toning those arms he forgot all about his legs!

 

[inky]

The Thor 2 discussion reminds me that Marvel also has some of the least-memorable mooks in cinema history. Quick, without looking, describe for me the mooks in The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy.

What's a mook, do you mean villains? I mean, people who know comics know who Malekith or Ronan are, so it's a bit of a dumb question.

They are extremely underdeveloped in the movies, so there is nothing to describe. If you are talking about the generic minions, well, yes, they are just generic minions.

 

[Kusagari]

I actually thought Ronan was okay in GotG. He just didn't do anything, like most Marvel villains.

 

[Plasticine]

I have had coworkers just come up to me today asking if I saw the "shit Batman movie".

I have never seen negative reaction like this among people lmao.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I've seen guardians like 6 times on TV and I still don't remember any action sequences outside of rocket and groot vs gamora vs starlord and Michael rooker with the arrow

That third act had some pretty forgettable action. It's the case with even BvS tho as well imo. I didn't care for the doomsday fight nearly as much as earlier action sequences (especially the goat opening metropolis scene)

Superhero third acts need to step the hell up now.

I don't really remember the bolded except for Rocket shooting Quill with that stun thing and Quill using his ankle rocket to send Gamora flying. Oh, and Groot losing his arms. That's it.

Now Gamora vs Nebula? That shit was baaaaaad.

 

[Jimmy King]

Only thing I remember about Guardians is some scene where the Raccoon got hold of a gun and they did the cliche slow down time to lock and load then say "Oh Yeah" but since it's a raccoon it's special or something.

And that soundtrack-as-a-crutch.

 

[jett]

Jesus. He's so busy toning those arms he forgot all about his legs!

He probably trains with Huge Jackman.

 

[Eidan]

I'd argue that had more to do with the circumstances surrounding TDK more than anything Nolan did himself. Nothing unlike what we saw with Furious 7.

The Nolan films were critically acclaimed, box office giants, and adored by the public. Nolan deserves complete credit for this, and revitalizing a film franchise that had been all but dead.