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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory grossed $474,968,763 WW which is not bad. However other than Alice all his mega hits have have been within the Pirates franchise.

It's not bad, its good. But no where near as good as to knock Avengers train off the track, which was the context to begin with.

Regardless, the genre and look of Dark Shadows seems closer to Sweeney Todd (I know its not a musical but still)/Sleepy Hollow than Charlie. A number between Sleep Hollow and Charlie seems like a good bet for DS but its not enough to stop the Avengers juggernaut.

They still make their money back here and OS they always make good money. Except Sweeny but we can all understand why...

Not talking if Depp/Burton flicks are flops or hits or earners, we're talking about Dark Shadows in context of effecting Avenger's grosses and hence its legs to reach the 1B mark.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

To be honest, before this release, none of those but TDKR had much of a chance of making 1B. No way The Hobbit will even get close, in my opinion

Fellowship of the Ring, the lowest grossing movie in the LOTR trilogy, made $869 million worldwide. Adjust for inflation and it would be well over a billion. If The Hobbit sells as many tickets as that (and it will sell more), it will break $1 billion easy. Fellowship was the unproven movie, and The Hobbit is the first Middle Earth film in 9 years. Add in higher ticket prices, as well as 3D surcharge, and you have a recipe for a HUGE film.

Hobbit will make over $1b worldwide this year, and will easily top TDKR worldwide as well. Unless it is a giant clusterfuck. I will put an avatar bet on that one.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Hobbit will make over $1b worldwide this year, and will easily top TDKR worldwide as well. Unless it is a giant clusterfuck. I will put an avatar bet on that one.

You already do.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Probably the only thing more predictable than The Avengers being a huge hit was the legion of trolls the movie would bring out. JUst look at the Top 10 posters in this thread. :lol

Nice, I'm the second top poster.

CaptYamato really didn't like this movie, not sure what to make of that because I almost never agree with him on anything.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

You already do.

I know. Just gotta remember the people that I made it with.

 

[Tom_Cody]

Stick Ghost Rider and The Punisher in the same film.

I have a better question: who gives a shit? Ghost Rider is pretty cool occasionally but the fact that he has two movies baffles me. He never had a cartoon (although he did destroy Galactus that one time
). I reckon Marvel will end up with the rights again eventually, just because no-one knows what to do with him.

Ghost Rider and Punisher were both featured in one of the sequels to The Ultimates. And it was Glorious:

Ultimate Comics Avengers: Volume 2. I am a very happy owner of the hardcover.

 

[3N16MA]

^ I see the potential.

 

[Deleted member 13876]

Should just combine the characters into Ghostpunisher.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Should just combine the characters into Ghostpunisher.

Nah man, they're two very different characters. Ghost Rider hunts down scum because he has to. The Punisher does it because he wants to.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

If The Hobbit sells as many tickets as that (and it will sell more)

So disagree. the Hobbit is nowhere near as popular as Lord of the Rings and given the much higher ticket prices it will do much less ticket wise.

That is unless closer to release it is extremely marketed as a LOTR.

Just my opinion.

 

[Glass Rebel]

Holy shit, I expected Stan Lee to have a cameo in Hulk but even Ferrigno? <3

 

[TheKaeptain]

Hasn't the Hobbit sold more books than the other LOTR books?

 

[The Elite]

So disagree. the Hobbit is nowhere near as popular as Lord of the Rings and given the much higher ticket prices it will do much less ticket wise.

That is unless closer to release it is extremely marketed as a LOTR.

Just my opinion.

To most people The Hobbit is going to be more Lord of the Rings.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Still burned about Guillermo del Toro not directing The Hobbit.

 

[noah111]

Ghost Rider and Punisher were both featured in one of the sequels to The Ultimates. And it was Glorious:

http://i.imgur.com/oBtG5.jpg?1[IMG]

Ultimate Comics Avengers: Volume 2. I am a very happy owner of the hardcover.[/QUOTE]
Ultimate Avengers sucked but boy did I love that issue.

 

[Mr. Sam]

Still burned about Guillermo del Toro not directing The Hobbit.

Actually, yeah. I've had my fill of Peter Jackson's view of Middle Earth.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Nice, I'm the second top poster.

CaptYamato really didn't like this movie, not sure what to make of that because I almost never agree with him on anything.

Well one of us has good taste in film and women.

Spoiler

I'm talking about myself just in case you didn't get the point.

 

[duckroll]

To most people The Hobbit is going to be more Lord of the Rings.

Yeah, so much so that they might think it is just a re-release like Titanic! That's what I thought from the first trailer!

 

[3N16MA]

Still burned about Guillermo del Toro not directing The Hobbit.

I swear you typed "Toronto" instead of "Toro." Maybe I'm just seeing things.

 

[DonasaurusRex]

Dark Shadows looks fucking stupid. Why are they even bothering using that name when it's nothing like the original series? How many fans did it even had that would come out to see it?

oh it had shit tons in its day, and it stayed on for a lot of episodes. It was the soap opera back in the day, most original fans i spoke to are not interested in Burtons update.

 

[Good Job Bob]

I swear you typed "Toronto" instead of "Toro." Maybe I'm just seeing things.

LOL

My phone auto-corrected it to Toronto but I edited it swiftly.

Well one of us has good taste in film and women.

Spoiler

I'm talking about myself just in case you didn't get the point.

eyeroll.gif

Actually, yeah. I've had my fill of Peter Jackson's view of Middle Earth.

Seriously.

Enough is enough.

 

[Deleted member 13876]

Nah man, they're two very different characters. Ghost Rider hunts down scum because he has to. The Punisher does it because he wants to.

I know, but you have to admit that's one sweet name.

 

[The Elite]

I swear you typed "Toronto" instead of "Toro." Maybe I'm just seeing things.

Toro is in Toronto directing his new film I believe.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Toro is in Toronto directing his new film I believe.

Yep, Pacific Rim.

 

[noah111]

Ghost Rider and Punisher were both featured in one of the sequels to The Ultimates. And it was Glorious:

http://i.imgur.com/bt9KP.jpg?1[IMG][/QUOTE]
Some context to that shot, since it's true glory isn't adequately described in a single panel;[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8zSFY.jpg

This guy won't ever be on the Avengers. All I can think back to is this scene from the Civil War;

 

[Glass Rebel]

Is it weird that I like Hulk and all the random nods like Ferrigno and the pants?

Edit: I'm kinda meh on Tyler though :-/

 

[TAJ]

People must be smoking some good whedon to think that this film is hitting 1b.

You're still going to be saying this when it's at $999 million a few weeks in.
You have a knack for being wrong about everything.
I goes mods noticed, too.

 

[Htown]

Seriously.

Enough is enough.

Yeah, fuck that guy for... making fantastic movies out of the Lord of the Rings series. What an asshole, I guess.

 

[Jackpot]

Everyone in the trailer threads kept posting how Whedon was making it look like a cheap TV series but that was the most detailed CGI I've ever seen.

 

[Funky Papa]

Everyone in the trailer threads kept posting how Whedon was making it look like a cheap TV series but that was the most detailed CGI I've ever seen.

And for the most part the cinematography itself was fine. Not stellar, but perfectly adequate. That whole "lol tv camera angle", "lol, tv lighting" was BS. And I'm glad, because I can say that I also fell for it.

 

[effzee]

Everyone in the trailer threads kept posting how Whedon was making it look like a cheap TV series but that was the most detailed CGI I've ever seen.

Some of the clips that were first shown seemed like tv productions. Majority of the trailer material always looked polished.

 

[Discotheque]

Still burned about Guillermo del Toro not directing The Hobbit.

I'm glad. The Hellboy films were worse than King Kong. Keep Del Toro away from anything with the English language in it. The only reason I think Pacific Rim will be cool is that he's not writing any of it.

 

[jett]

And for the most part the cinematography itself was fine. Not stellar, but perfectly adequate. That whole "lol tv camera angle", "lol, tv lighting" was BS. And I'm glad, because I can say that I also fell for it.

I thought the trailers were indicative of the end product, visually the movie is fairly bland. But no, it doesn't look made for TV.

 

[RetroMG]

My wife surprised me today by getting tomorrow off so we could go to the Avengers Marathon together.

SO HYPE!

 

[PhoncipleBone]

My wife surprised me today by getting tomorrow off so we could go to the Avengers Marathon together.

SO HYPE!

I hate you. Seriously.

Spoiler

Not really

I tried to get the day off, but could not find anyone else wanting to go for the marathon. If I didn't go to that, I planned on doing a weird double feature. My theater is showing Godfather II at 7pm. I planned on doing that, then Avengers. But again, no one else wanted to do it.

For now it is meeting friends/coworkers for food at 8, then off to see HULK SMASH!

 

[XxCGSxX]

Got my tickets for the 7:15pm showing tomorrow! Here in Puerto Rico it started today and when I went to get tickets at 2pm the theater was packed considering most people were working and at school. So hyped!!!!

 

[Joel Was Right]

Do you think they got their idea from here for the last act?

Spoiler video. Do not click

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=uM9qA_OnXXY#t=128s

 

[Solo]

Looks like Ill be seeing this Friday. The hype got me!

 

[BARKSTAR]

Is it weird that I like Hulk and all the random nods like Ferrigno and the pants?

Edit: I'm kinda meh on Tyler though :-/

Not at all. I like all the little nods throughout and I think it is a great movie. I would have loved to have had Jennifer Connelly again in place of Liv Tyler though. Also having Sam Elliot back as Ross would also have been superb.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Yahoo article about Tim Hiddleston asking Hemsworth to actually hit him while filming certain scenes. Not really spoilery.

 

[SmithnCo]

Is it weird that I like Hulk and all the random nods like Ferrigno and the pants?

Edit: I'm kinda meh on Tyler though :-/

Yeah, I actually like that one too, I think I've seen it around four times and it's still pretty good.

I like the lighting in some of the scenes, as weird as that sounds, lol. Sometimes there's a green glow that has a nice effect.

 

[williamsan]

Yahoo article about Tim Hiddleston asking Hemsworth to actually hit him while filming certain scenes. Not really spoilery.

Lol, "Dude, just hit me"

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Lol, "Dude, just hit me"

Having Hemsworth in Thor shape hit you would NOT be fun. Well, maybe. But damn, that is dedication. I always like hearing stories like that. Costars telling each other to actually hit each other. I always liked the story from Air Force One of Harrison Ford telling Gary Oldman that he wasn't selling the punch and to actually hit him. So Oldman decked Ford. For the next few weeks Ford had a black eye and thanked Oldman every day for it, because it sold the scene.

Ford's take on that stuff: that is still part of acting. Jumping through a window, falling out of a car, shooting a fight scene=all part of acting. But jumping out of a plane or really super crazy, Jackie Chan level stuff=stuntwork.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Damn, the employee screening didn't have the final added bit post-credits. Gonna have to catch it opening night anyway!

 

[SilentProtagonist]

Going to see an employee screening of this tonight! Super excited.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Damn, the employee screening didn't have the final added bit post-credits. Gonna have to catch it opening night anyway!

That's the joke. Gotta get dat opening weekend record.

MMMM...26 hours until I get to see HULK SMASH!

 

[Salsa]

this is cool

 

[Escape Goat]

Black Widow has to get back to the Avengers Mansion so her sticky buns dont burn in the oven. But she has time to kick some butt in the mean time.

 

[LaserBuddha]

this is cool

So old school Hulk is having a crying fit and new school Hawkeye is about to hurt his chin real bad when he releases that arrow.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

So old school Hulk is having a crying fit and new school Hawkeye is about to hurt his chin real bad when he releases that arrow.

Old Skool Hulk is crying because there is nothing left to smash.