The Dark Samurai Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) That's a brilliant number! If everything goes well it's weekend gross is poised to beat The Avengers opening.....................................day. I can't imagine what the third part is going to do...will it do the unthinkable and beat the Hancock's gross of $227 mill?Stay tuned,this franchise has been on a roll: Edited May 2, 2014 by The Dark Samurai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggestgeekever Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 That Franco picture is exactly what I wanted to see while checking this thread at school. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ando918 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) Looks to me like this is probably headed towards an OW of 80 million. That is pretty terrible when you consider that it is not going to have the legs of Captain 2, considering Captain 2 has a 93% Flixster score and 90% RT score from critics. I hope the same kind of OW crash happens to Transformers 4 - so studios get the message that they are going way, way overboard with the number of sequels and reboots. Edited May 2, 2014 by Ando81 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Craig Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 I will say that you can say what you want about Webb's version but you have to at least admit the origins of all of the enhanced people coming from Oscorp is a hell of a lot better than a random meteor. Not really. Over the course of a year a number or recorded strikes are recorded by meteorites on the Earth. Most are small enough to burn up so the idea that this beat the statistical odds, perhaps due to it's alien stowaway, makes it plausible enough. The flaw of the scene is just how little of an impact is made from a sound perspective and kicking up some debris spray. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Funny how SM has plummeted so far from where it used to be. It was once absolutely untouchable, THE superhero movie, a massive movie event. Now it's just like any average summer blockbuster, but Hollywood doesn't seem to care, or listen. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bballman24 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 This is a shit number. Can't believe a SM film can't hit 100m in the coveted first OW in May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Funny how SM has plummeted so far from where it used to be. It was once absolutely untouchable, THE superhero movie, a massive movie event. Now it's just like any average summer blockbuster, but Hollywood doesn't seem to care, or listen. Yeah, it's strange to see franchise fatigue unfold before our eyes. Also sucks cuz it means we're all getting older. I do think Spidey can bounce back eventually. If Batman could do it, then so can Spidey. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ban1o Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 this could still hit 100 million OW 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2k Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) Range of $80-105m possible this weekend. Hmm... If we look at the last 2 Marvel May openers the midnight to weekend multiplier was pretty much the same. TA : 207.44/18.7 = 11.09 IM3 : 174.14/15.6 = 11.16 Would give TASM2 96.5 - 97m. TASM2 has a relative lack of buzz, but 90m+ is very likely. Edited May 2, 2014 by a2k 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGossamer Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) Funny how SM has plummeted so far from where it used to be. It was once absolutely untouchable, THE superhero movie, a massive movie event. Now it's just like any average summer blockbuster, but Hollywood doesn't seem to care, or listen. Partly why I'm less forgiving in my criticism of TASM2. The way Sony's handling this franchise irritates the hell out of me. And, has since they first tampered with Raimi's formula and thrust Venom on him. They're bleeding it. Straight medieval bloodletting.The goodwill's draining from movie to movie. BUT, an ambitious, young talent like Goddard just may save the day. Sinister Six may well be a damn fun blockbuster. Come on, Sony, let Goddard put his stamp on the damn thing. Edited May 2, 2014 by JohnnyGossamer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manu Delpech Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Yup, the hate is still amazing in here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackzack Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Funny how SM has plummeted so far from where it used to be. It was once absolutely untouchable, THE superhero movie, a massive movie event. Now it's just like any average summer blockbuster, but Hollywood doesn't seem to care, or listen. The Nolan killed that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Samurai Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Yeah, it's strange to see franchise fatigue unfold before our eyes. Also sucks cuz it means we're all getting older. I do think Spidey can bounce back eventually. If Batman could do it, then so can Spidey. The biggest issue of this reboot is that they tried to have the cake and eat it too...and they didn't even had the flour. They wanted it to be close enough to the previous franchise so they don't alienate the huge build-in audience and they tried it to make it hip.Neither of those things worked.It's lacking in almost every department compared to the first two films and the films bring nothing new to the table in an age of Marvel's heroes and Nolan's Batman. Every reboot that has succeeded has been a big transformation from it's predecessors.Let's take the example you took,Batman,it has 7 major films and the distinction between Burton/Schumacher/Nolan is HUGE.A lot of people weren't fans of the previous Batman reincarnations but fell in love with Nolan's vision. This reboot offers nothing we haven't seen and better,10 years ago. You can also take the wonderful Casino Royale as an example,it erased from our memories anything Pierce Brosnan related,with one trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2k Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Yeah, it's strange to see franchise fatigue unfold before our eyes. Also sucks cuz it means we're all getting older. I do think Spidey can bounce back eventually. If Batman could do it, then so can Spidey. Hail Nolan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackzack Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 ..And Joss Wheedon proved that 6 Marvel heroes are better than one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Samurai Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) The Nolan killed that. Not really.Marvel's films are huge successes and are nothing alike Nolan's Batman. Batman Begins came out in 2005 and Spider-Man 3 opened in 2007 with by far the biggest opening weekend until then.Sony(and Raimi to certain point) wounded the franchise with awful third film and this franchise has made Spider-Man completely irrelevant. Edited May 2, 2014 by The Dark Samurai 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accursed Arachnid!™ Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 I don't care if it's reverent. That doesn't make it good. I just said the early Ultimate run was "excellent", and if it's reverent to that....ergo... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Alfred Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Nope, Raimi built a franchise that and Sony destroyed it. Spidey is in ruins now. If they were to do SM4 with Garfield, TASM would have easily cleared 300m. They decided to remake SM1, the result was meh and the box office was disappointing. Ok for some films, but for a Spidey film the tall was underwhelming. They could have still bounce back and come up with a refreshing film and a different director using the potential in Garfield and Stone, but no, they had to go down the SM3 route and now TASM will be lucky to hit 230m and end up losing to CA and X-Men. TASM3 will be begging for 200m... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 I just said the early Ultimate run was "excellent", and if it's reverent to that....ergo... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
