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[Alcibiades]

....none of which explains a $600m haul and nearly $2 billion world wide.....

If Revenge of the Sith's biggest B.O. threat for 3 months was a movie called Spice World, then it too would have a good shot at $600 million & $2 billion...

 

[suaveric]

If Batman crosses 200 million, I think WB will be very happy. 250+ is just too much of a long shot in today's climate.

 

[J2 Cool]

I think Batman will do 215-220 million

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

They would be very happy if it crossed 200 million, considering the fact that only the original Batman film managed that. And that would obviously be a vast improvement over the embarassing 107 million for Batman and Robin (which is amazingly high considering what it is).

 

[Willco]

Batman & Robin cost more to make (production, marketing and all) than Batman Begins.

 

[Forgotten_Taco]

Batman & Robin cost more to make (production, marketing and all) than Batman Begins.

I think they should take the difference and add it to Liam Neeson's paycheck, I love that boy.

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

According to the info I just looked up, BandR had a production budget of 125 million, and Batman Begins has 120 million....

 

[Shinobi]

wrong. star wars will destroy batman in total box office sales. watch. batman looks stupid. gimme another burton directed batman. this new one looks like utter shit.

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Especially if the general public's last great impression of the Batman franchise was Batman & Robin.

Tough sell.

On the flipside, the last impression left by the Star Wars franchise was Attack of the Clones. :lol

i never said i wasn't going to see it. at least i'm still interested in what nolan can do with this franchise. bottom line is that it still won't top star wars at the box office. that is what i originally stated. peace.

It's the other bullshit you stated that people reacted to. I'd be plesantly surprised if BB gets within spitting distance of the $250 millon mark for the domestic box office gross.

I've said this a million times, and I'm gonna say it again. Burton's Batman movies were shit. Complete shit. Huge, stinking piles of shit. Shit battles, shit character development, shit logic, boring as fuck story. It's redeeming qualities were half decent performances by Keaton and Nicholson, a terrific performance by Pfieffer, a dark setting (big fucking deal, Battlefuck Earth had a dark setting for fuck's sake), and a didlo on wheels that managed to conjure up protective sheilds out of thin air. Even the worst animated Batman movies beat these turd burgers to a pulp.

Batman Begins will demolish the Burton flicks critically, and probably commercially as well. So there.

If i want to watch a skateboarding movie, i'll pop in Gleaming the Cube.

Was that the one with Slater and the kick ass chase scene at the end? I think I taped that last scene back in the day...the bit with the boarder darting under the 18 wheeler on the highway was just ridiculous.

apology NOT accepted. Go to hell.

:lol You were two posts late yourself bitch!

 

[Matlock]

According to the info I just looked up, BandR had a production budget of 125 million, and Batman Begins has 120 million....

B&R wound up going far past the budget. Rumored to be around 200$

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

B&R wound up going far past the budget. Rumored to be around 200$

Really? Source please. It would be funny to read about that vast, VAST waste of money.




























vast.

 

[Willco]

Really? Source please. It would be funny to read about that vast, VAST waste of money.




























vast.

You'll never get anyone on record, but it's pretty much common knowledge that Warner Bros. lied about the budget to not get humiliated. It's well known that the budget reached upwards to $200 million.

 

[Shinobi]

On the bright side, at least it didn't bomb like Pluto Nash. :lol

 

[jett]

I have no idea how BB will do...my guess is that its box office take will be pretty average. I hope it does at least X-Men 2 numbers...

 

[Dan]

They would be very happy if it crossed 200 million, considering the fact that only the original Batman film managed that.

... in 1989. That's a hair over $400 million after inflation.

I don't see Batman Begins breaking any records or anything, but it'll do pretty well and I think with word of mouth and time it'll be very successful, whether in theater or on DVD. By the time the sequel's coming around, I think doubters and the people who are still stuck thinking about the Burton and Schumacher films will have forgotten.