REVISED Weekend Estimates 6/14--6/16: Man of Steel OW $116.7M($128.7M including WM)

[ExcelFTW]

I literally feel sorry for anyone who thinks this movie is anything more than mediocre.

 

I feel sorry for folks who think overthinking things makes them have finer taste.

 

Man of Steel is a better film with better acting, better production values, and a better story, thematically and in pretty much every measurable way, than every superhero film every made which does not have 'THE DARK KNIGHT' in the title. Any Spider-man, Batman Begins, Superman-The Movie - none of them compare with MAN OF STEEL. MAN OF STEEL might not be fully developed, but it is far better than many give it credit for.

 

You guys went in expecting MILD MANNERED KANSAS FARM BOY Clark Kent to have Tony Stark's charisma or Bruce Wayne's coolness. It yourselves who don't understand the character. He has to be able to say "I can do things other people can't" with a straight face and not sound laughable. Cavill was great, the film was great, the sequel will hopefulll explore and fully realize some of the themes this one hinted at.

 

Those of us aware of the films greatness simply have a better grasp for the character and went in with no preconcived notions to judge the film against. The ones who enjoyed the film are the ones who understand what a modern Superman film needs to be. Those of you finding it too boring or too dumb are the ones totally misunderstanding what you just watched, so you might want to peek in the mirror when trying to see who is worth feeling sorry for.

Edited June 15, 2013 by ExcelFTW

[The Stingray]

Maybe he mad cause Lois wasn't played by JLaw...

[#ED]

Good numbers for Man Of Steel....BTW the walmart thing, my sisters boyfriend worked at walmart and they only sold 20 of those tickets. They gave the rest for free. I got to see Superman for free

My cousins gay lover's friend said his Walmart sold out on all tickets.

[ecstasy]

Many WM screenings were made Thursday afternoon (5pm, 7pm).

 

5 pm?

[Chewy]

 

Flopover below IM3 

[ecstasy]

My cousins gay lover's friend said his Walmart sold out on all tickets.

 

Come on now.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

I'm assuming Ray is predicting a massive increase today?Is he reliable?

He is not.

[Sam]

No fudging love for THE HANGOVER lll.Good drop by the way for STID.

I was surprised how little WB care to salvage THO3. They bumped theater counts for 42 yet letting THO3 drop like 1300+ :lol:And agree, STiD is showing good legs

[kayumanggi]

5 pm?

 

Take that Americans! A Chinese knows more than all of you! lol

[ecstasy]

I was surprised how little WB care to salvage THO3. They bumped theater counts for 42 yet letting THO3 drop like 1300+ :lol:And agree, STiD is showing good legs

 

42 is getting close to 100m. Ho3 is a lost cause in US.

[The Futurist]

Guys guys guys. Why are we even responding to Futurist? Don't feed the troll. I have him on ignore and I'm reading his every post cus you guys are quoting him so much.

:rolleyes:

 

Me ?

 

A troll ?

 

Would you just please get off your self-righteous high horse ?

 

Thank you very much, sir.

 

Edited June 15, 2013 by The Futurist

[kayumanggi]

No need to badger the guy. He's just giving some info, lol.

 

I was just confirming.

[riczhang]

Many WM screenings were made Thursday afternoon (5pm, 7pm).

SThey were all 7pm.

[Blankments]

silly costume  Cavill is vanilla  action is not enough to make me pay  save money for other movies

 

... these aren't really good reasons, except for the last one... but whatever.

[riczhang]

:rolleyes:

You know it's true.

[Brilliant Dynamite Neon]

I don't get the big deal on the Walmart thing.  They bought a bunch of tickets, but didn't use all of them.  Do we discount everyone who pre-buys tickets and then doesn't end up going?  Cause otherwise, every movie has some amount of this kind of shift in it's take.

[riczhang]

Is 3D IMAX worth it?

[druv10]

Many WM screenings were made Thursday afternoon (5pm, 7pm).

 

Actually no. Walmart screenings were done at 7 PM just like other previews starting at 9. It only had shows at that time so I see no reason why the 12M shouldn't be part of the OW as pretty much everyone has since Colorado shootings.  

[Elessar]

And agree, STiD is showing good legs

 

Do we have estimates?

[The Futurist]

You know it's true.

In case you ve missed it the first time.

 

Me ?

 

A troll ?

 

Would you just please get off your self-righteous high horse ?

 

Thank you very much, sir.