ChD Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I remember people predicting 100M+ OW... When i said it wouldn't touch that they called me crazy. THEY CALLED ME CRAZY. WHO'S CRAZY NOW YOU NARGLES...? Uhm, nevermind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 I took a quick sample from the summer game and the average prediction for the first ten people was 295 mill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Damn I went to bed and all hell breaks loose! STID only 14m? Does that include Wednesday previews? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Hindsight is always 20/20. Certain people/someone said it would be impossible for IM3 to do a billion... Yea, I also said the original Hangover would make 15 million total. I don't hide from my predictions. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I`m loving this. They wasted too much time marketing the villain instead of the iconic crew. As if the villain is The Joker, Vader or other icon GA knows and want to see. And spent too much time making ST look like anything but ST which sits so well with Trekkies...not. All these blockbusters try and try and try but none can ever match the Joker. Heath set the bar too high. Bardem in Skyfall, Guy Pearce, Hugo Weaving in CA, Mickey Rourke, all flop wannabes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Damn I went to bed and all hell breaks loose! STID only 14m? Does that include Wednesday previews? YES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Yea, I also said the original Hangover would make 15 million total. Greatest prediction ever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Harris Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I'm not putting much stock in STID's Thurs number. I watch BO numbers closer than most (not NEARLY as closely as some of you folks, though, admittedly!), and I honestly thought Trek opened on Wednesday! I kept looking around on Wed for Tues midnight numbers. I eventually found that it was a Thursday release (strange strategy, IMO), but surely I'm not the only one who was in the dark about STID's release date. I won't draw any conclusions until today's numbers pop up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Well, it should go up by about 300% in Ontario today. The reason it did poorly here is because of the impending LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) strike. Now that it has been averted, everyone is going to rush out to see Trek today. And Victoria Day on Monday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75Live Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Damn I went to bed and all hell breaks loose! STID only 14m? Does that include Wednesday previews? Yes it does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I really wish I did BSG predictions. I'd have called this bomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Damn I went to bed and all hell breaks loose! STID only 14m? Does that include Wednesday previews? Include, it seems ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Damn I went to bed and all hell breaks loose! STID only 14m? Does that include Wednesday previews? Yep. So $12m Thursday. Forget Star Fleet, this is Star Flop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Cumberflop fo' real. I always knew this would fizzle and flop. serves them right. Instead of selling the chemsitry of the crew, they were selling Lector/Joker/Loki/Bardem-whatever-his-name-was-in Skyfall Redux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Greatest prediction ever. It's my best worst prediction ever. Some runner ups include: TTT 264 mill The Day the Earth Stood Still: 200 mill No summer film opening over 140 and finishing with 400 Those are just off the top of my head....I'm sure there are at least 10 more terrible predictions I could find of mine if I thought about it more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Yea, I also said the original Hangover would make 15 million total. I don't hide from my predictions. You should have hidden that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 When it was hardly increasing in UK and AU last week, people should have seen what now is coming DOM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 You should have hidden that one. Naaaa...why hide from your epic fuck ups. They are just as much fun as the ones you nail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackzack Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I think you hit the bulls eye when you mentioned novelty. ST09 had it by the ton and ST2 barely has any at all. It just feels like a TV episode with bigger budget. The filmmakers (incl the writers) do not bother to build suspense or come up with an inventive sequence that audience gonna love (EMPIRE's Falcon chase through the asteroids, JEDI's hovercraft sequence, MI4 Dubai scene etc). The film also has convoluted plot, creating unnecessary labyrinth of plots that never go anywhere. And we all know sometimes, the best movies have the simplest plots (The convoluted-ness of INCEPTION & USUAL SUSPECTS is the point of the story). They spend more than $200 million on this project? It's crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Horrible, but I'm holding out hope it can have a big, big increase today. If it doesn't..well, then it's certified into flopness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
