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1. Iron Man 3
2. Thor: The Dark World
3. Oblivion
4. After Earth
5. The Wolverine
6. Fast & Furious 6
7. Monster University
8. World War Z
9. Pacific Rim
10. Man of Steel
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Bryan Singer: Mark Millar "Not Involved" In DOFP
So I assumed that Singer and Millar would have talked at some point between October and February, when Singer and I sat down to chat…
But no.
I asked Singer to clarify how much Millar will be contributing to Days of Future Past, even if this was in the most basic of consultancy roles, and he told me that Millar wasn’t any part of it - and that he didn’t even really know what Millar’s job with the studio is.
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If the standard for the A-List is only $700M WW, The Avengers is in a class by itself.
A-List
The Avengers
Iron Man
Spider-Man
Batman
B-List
Thor
Captain America
Guardians of the Galaxy
Superman
Justice League (if it ever gets made)
C-List
Ant-Man
Doctor Strange
X-Films
Fantastic Four
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If I had to guess, I would say that Phase 3 will have Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, Thor 3, Captain America 3 and The Avengers 3. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 might fit into this phase if Marvel decides to go with more than two films a year.
Phase 4 would move on from the Avengers-centric formula somewhat, giving us Namor the Sub-Mariner, a possible Strange 2, Black Panther, perhaps The Inhumans to expand Cosmic Marvel, and The Defenders. Strange, Namor & the Hulk headline The Defenders, with Hawkeye as a subsidiary member and many others. This is a team that a dyed-in-the-wool geek like Feige will be drawn to as it is both classic Silver Age Marvel as well as home to a lot of powerful yet eccentric characters. Successfully launching Defender, Inhumans and GotG will give Marvel some great event franchises to accompany The Avengers, and places to use its minor characters.
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Reading the earlier pages in this thread was fun. Attitudes towards The Hobbit's slow-but-steady box office pace have me smh. Floppit!
Enough of that, though.
My prediction for IM3's OS haul is $700M. If anyone thinks that's trolling, well, the so-called "Floppit" made that much though that's not why I'm predicting it for RDJ & Co. My confidence stems from several factors: 3D spectacle, the Avengers boost, RDJ's massive popularity, balls-to-the-wall action and terrific trailers selling the same. I'm tempted to make an IM3 over TDKR thread, but I'm sure it would be closed as soon as it opened. For a movie as good as IM3 gives every indication of being, topping $448M/$1.08B is not unthinkable.
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The trailer was cute and a lot funnier that the one for MU. The first movie was more fun than I expected, though it ran a little long. Families ought to love the sequel.
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1. Iron Man 32. Thor: The Dark World3. The Hobbit Pt. 24. Oz: The Great and Powerful5. Pacific Rim6. Oblivion7. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs II8. The Wolverine9. G.I. Joe: Retaliation10. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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But YouTube isn't a moderated forum. This is. The standards should be higher here. Allowing and in some instances encouraging flaming is something the moderators here should avoid.I guess it's fun to flame? There's so much in The Hobbit thread.Also, compared to YouTube, this place is tame
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A bit of a rough-and-tumble attitude is fine, but when people resort to namecalling and personal attacks it gets very unpleasant here. That happens a little too often for my taste. I have no problem with people cursing about something, but when they curse at others it becomes a problem. Saying that a movie is a piece of #### is fine, but saying that another member is a ##### definitely is not, at least for me. Most sites would not tolerate that sort of behavior but the moderators here do, and sometimes skirt the line themselves when it comes to civility.
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I'd love to see articles analyzing the marketing campaigns for various films. Oftentimes fans make assumptions about the efficacy of film marketing that may or may not be supported by facts. Or they may notice definite deficiencies in a campaign and wonder why a studio would make such mistakes (e.g.: John Carter's lackluster marketing). It would be interesting to have these things put into perspective so that we can better understand how decisions are made and the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches. There are bound to be behind the scenes power struggles and in-fighting that figure in, and perhaps you could shed some light on those things.
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It's great to see Bourne off to such a good start. Hopefully this will propel Renner into the top tier of leading men. Critics are divided on it, but the Washington Post gave it a very positive review. I'll have to see it for myself to decide.
Oddly enough, I haven't liked the Bourne franchise for my own rather idiosyncratic reasons. When the first one came out I saw it while seriously ill in a hospital. Something about that experience rather unfairly turned me against Bourne and I never warmed to it. Unlike Terminator 2, which I first saw while in a morphine-induced haze after surgery and love to this day. I suppose the difference is that mainlining morphine made movie watching more enjoyable than Oxycontin did.
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Why the hell would anyone who calls him/herself a journalist obey the demands of a movie studio when it comes to reporting on a news story? If the answer is, "Because they want to curry favor," then they're bought-and-paid-for hacks instead of journalists. But that probably goes without saying.But that only explains part of it. He was hugely disappointed in Total Recall and you didn't see him stop writing about that one for two weeks. I think he was embarrassed as hell by his predictions, plus Warner Brothers apparently told people not to write about the shooting's effect on the numbers. Subers took it more literally than other places. He just flat out didn't write anything, while others wrote the numbers while not mentioning the shooting.
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I am so disappointed that TR wasn't able to beat TDKR. That would have been good for at least a few Internet tizzies and a meltdown or two among the Bat-faithful. It's getting awfully boring on the box office scene now. Hopefully a strong contender will emerge to mix things up in the next few weeks.
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Damn! I was hoping this was about Megamind's minion. I loved that freaky fish/ape/bot.
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WB doesn't want to seem like they're celebrating the movie's earnings in the aftermath of a tragedy that cast a pall over the weekend. Rational people might not care about reporting the numbers, but there are plenty of irrational ones, especially in the US news media, who would slam the studio for thinking about money. Not wanting to see headlines like: WB Touts TDKR Numbers - Crass or Business As Usual? is understandable.WHAT A FUCKING GRAND GESTURE THIS IS!
What has reporting numbers got to do with anything?
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One account I heard said that the gunman kicked the emergency exit door in from outside after tossing smoke bombs in the front of the theater. Then he calmly marched through shooting people as they fled in terror. He is one sick bastard.Apparently he burst in through the emergency exit, and there may have been no security there.
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It has always amazed me that X:FC was considered a "blockbuster" by many when it really didn't perform spectacularly at the box office. It only took in $146 DOM/$353 WW, which is not an earth-shattering total.Very good for TASM. 140m is absolutely wonderful for a reboot. First Class made 146m total. Awesome.
Box Office Theory's Most Anticipated Films
in The Speakeasy
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1. Iron Man 3
2. Thor: The Dark World
3. Oblivion
4. After Earth
5. The Wolverine
6. Fast & Furious 6
7. Monster University
8. World War Z
9. Pacific Rim
10. Man of Steel