Lordmandeep Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Mos opened huge and for it not 300 is a dissapointment but overall a huge hit.Interesting that now Asm was seen as a failure and now as a big hit...The revisionism on this forum is epic. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasanahmad Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 (edited) Mos opened huge and for it not 300 is a dissapointment but overall a huge hit.Interesting that now Asm was seen as a failure and now as a big hit...The revisionism on this forum is epic. Mos opened huge and for it not 300 is a dissapointment but overall a huge hit.Interesting that now Asm was seen as a failure and now as a big hit...The revisionism on this forum is epic.In comparison to what raimi spidey did, tasm was aFailure. Box office wise Edited June 25, 2013 by Hasan Ahmad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasanahmad Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Dude, now you are trolling. Mr and Mrs. Smith was gigantic. And BB's could have died if it wasn't any good. WOM carried that film, competition or not.50 million opening is not gigantic, gigantic is 100 million+ openings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 (edited) Mos opened huge and for it not 300 is a dissapointment but overall a huge hit.Interesting that now Asm was seen as a failure and now as a big hit...The revisionism on this forum is epic. I've always said I dont understand why TASM is picked on. TDKR destroyed TASM. Its legs went to shit after TDKR weekend. Edited June 25, 2013 by #ED 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 50 million opening is not gigantic, gigantic is 100 million+ openings It's gigantic. It's not a sequel It's not from a best seller It's just two big stars, two very sexy stars, shooting at each other. That's huge. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 50 million opening is not gigantic, gigantic is 100 million+ openings $186m for an original action-comedy. Sure. That movie has made money hand over fist between box office and then home market and TV (it's on FX like every week). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 In 2005, Mr and Mrs. Smith had the 7th biggest opening weekend and the BIGGEST opening weekend for an original film. http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view=releasedate&view2=domestic&yr=2005&sort=opengross&order=DESC&p=.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 I've always said I dont understand why TASM is picked on. TDKR destroyed TASM. Its legs went to shit after TDKR weekend. Yes, dumb release date by Sony. They did much better with the sequel release date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punishment Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 I don't have time to do it now, but it would be interesting to take films that had a trilogy (or more...4-5-6 films) that came out before Avatar (3D boom) and look at how many times the final film increased in NA, from the first film. My guess is not many. I know 3D has skewed the international grosses but take out 3D and not many films (with the exception of ROTK) really made more than the first one in a series. I think The Return of the King is the only answer to this question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Mos opened huge and for it not 300 is a dissapointment but overall a huge hit.Interesting that now Asm was seen as a failure and now as a big hit...The revisionism on this forum is epic. Amazing Spider-Man was only seen as a disappointment when compared to its expectations (Many professional box-office analysts projected $300M) and against the previous Spider-Man installments even with the 3D/IMAX bumps. As a reboot/franchise (re)starter and as a movie as a whole, it did great and did better than many of us thought. At least that's what I said at the time. Can't speak for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 I think The Return of the King is the only answer to this question. Really? Thanks, that proves the point then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZattMurdock Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Crap, after that drop i have to readjust my dom . Between 275-290 . Not reaching 300 now but will surpass TASM for the biggest reboot of all time That's what I've been saying: $275m-$285m tops, and that's an optimistic prediction. It will indeed surpass TASM for the biggest reboot, but I'm not sure it'll be capable of doing the same OS. Regardless if TASM keeps the crown or MoS takes it, these are SPECTACULAR numbers for a reboot. 2nd Monday: TASM 4.3m MOS 4.5m It's virtually mimicking TASM run domestically, which is great for a reboot. If there was a lesson learned from TASM when it comes to box office, it's that reboots won't set the box office on fire, they exist to restabilish the franchises to the public. And that both TASM and MOS delivered in spades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Homer Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Don't all reboots have less attendance than previous films? I'm confused here. But SR itself was a "soft" reboot (it ignored Superman 3 and 4). MOS is behaving more like a sequel than a reboot. Really, the only impressive thing about it is the opening weekend and the OS gross (and even that is nothing special considering epic action + 3D is a guaranteed draw with OS audiences). It's going to have the worst reviews and legs of any reboot, so clearly WB focused on getting that big opening to the detriment of everything else. Yes, it's a huge financial success still, but the sequel will suffer because of that short-sightedness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 I think The Return of the King is the only answer to this question. One caveat to the point though is that it has to be a series of films where the first already did well. There are dozens of films where the first was a minor hit and then blew up for the sequel. Films like First Blood, Austin Powers and so on. They were decent sized hits but then exploded afterwards. But take films that really did well originally and try to find the third film be the highest grossing, not many at all. Rocky and Rocky IV would be another example, but that is eons ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZattMurdock Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Yea, that's impossible. That means it has a 20 mill weekend, no way it drops 60% every week after. Except that's exactly what happened with TASM last year. I'm aware that MOS will have July, 4th and some summer time to get better numbers, but I feel like competition will just keep coming, to the point where after this weekend, it'll make more $30m+$40m tops, stopping between $275m-$285m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ent Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 (edited) I think The Return of the King is the only answer to this question. The Bourne trilogy comes to mind too. Edited June 25, 2013 by Ent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Except that's exactly what happened with TASM last year. I'm aware that MOS will have July, 4th and some summer time to get better numbers, but I feel like competition will just keep coming, to the point where after this weekend, it'll make more $30m+$40m tops, stopping between $275m-$285m. Yes, I think 280-290 is where it will land too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZattMurdock Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Yes, I think 280-290 is where it will land too. Your first $275m prediction is still looking good IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Your first $275m prediction is still looking good IMHO. That would be great for points in the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punishment Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 The Bourne trilogy comes to mind too. Yep, I always miss that one - thanks. And Baumer, good point on the lower grossing first films 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
