ChD Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 I think it's a good number.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manu Delpech Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Yeah, true, it becomes superheroic in the third act (and that's the problem some critics have with it, but it's fine really). Wolverine does act very heroic though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 FX had both Origins and Last Stand on back to back. I know this might not be a popular opinion, but I would watch Origins anytime before I'd watch Last Stand again. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Yeah, true, it becomes superheroic in the third act (and that's the problem some critics have with it, but it's fine really). Wolverine does act very heroic though. Well you gotta please the general audiences somehow I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Didn't the production on this get pushed back because of the earthquake Japan suffered a few years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Well you gotta please the general audiences somehow I guess. It ended up bringing the movie down imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Didn't the production on this get pushed back because of the earthquake Japan suffered a few years ago? I think it was suppose to come in 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmscholar Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 X-Men Franchise Multiplier: X-Men: 2.89 X2: 2.51 X3: 2.28 Origins: 2.11 First Class: 2.65 LOL, Ironically the lowest grossing X-men films had the best mutiplier. But this is all the evidence you need. X-men is a frontloaded series domestically. If "The Wolverine" gross over 60 million than 125-140 will be the goal domestically if it can make it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 (edited) It ended up bringing the movie down imo. Eh! Edited July 26, 2013 by Boxofficefanatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 X-Men Franchise Multiplier: X-Men: 2.89X2: 2.51X3: 2.28Origins: 2.11First Class: 2.65 LOL, Ironically the lowest grossing X-men films had the best mutiplier. But this is all the evidence you need. X-men is a frontloaded series domestically. If "The Wolverine" gross over 60 million than 125-140 will be the goal domestically if it can make it there.It's not irony, lower openers generally get better multis because it's just easier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmasterclay Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 It's not that it became too superhero-y and action-packed in the final act- that's fine. It's just that the final battle scene literally felt exactly like an outtake from Origins after a movie that so far had been so much better and more intelligent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 So its The Floperine right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 BoxOffice @BoxOffice 15s DESPICABLE ME 2: $3.21M Thursday / $290.39M Domestic Total / 3,820 Locations / $840 Location Avg. #DespicableMe2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jandrew Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 FX had both Origins and Last Stand on back to back. I know this might not be a popular opinion, but I would watch Origins anytime before I'd watch Last Stand again. Just like what people are saying about TW, the 3rd act is when Origins falls apart IMO. I know the 2nd act was mixed, but the 3rd was just downright terrible. For some reason though it's still one of those perfect boring Saturday afternoon type movies and I'd watch it 1000x over TLS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmscholar Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 It's not irony, lower openers generally get better multis because it's just easier. Generally sure but not all the time. "X-Men the Last Stand" to me was the peak of popularity of the franchise with that over 100 Million OW. Had the movie been better maybe it could of grossed 300 Million. I was also shocked to see the franchise never crossed 500 Million WW for a single film. In defense of the X-men though, Along with the 1st Blade, many feel it was apart of the comicbook superhero uprising after "Batman and Robin" damn near killed the genre so a lot of future comic book films benefited from X-men's success. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted July 26, 2013 Founder / Operator Share Posted July 26, 2013 Right around where I was expecting. I agree with Gopher, looks positioned for ~$65m OW. Maybe a bit more, but I was predicting $64m so I'll stick with that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZattMurdock Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manu Delpech Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 (edited) It's not that it became too superhero-y and action-packed in the final act- that's fine. It's just that the final battle scene literally felt exactly like an outtake from Origins after a movie that so far had been so much better and more intelligent. Kinda, but really, it's just the last 10 min or so, it doesnt hurt the movie at all imo. Edited July 26, 2013 by RonSwanson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 I'm glad for jackamn. FC really suffered without him. Fassy and McAvoy are fine but no match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Pacific Rim estimate - $1,765,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
