Mojoguy Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Oh, man. What if... what if EVERYTHING this summer disappoints? Would it be like last year all over again? Will we be looking at Fantastic Four as the breakout August story? Furious 7 did awesome! But I guess that doesn't count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxOfficeZ Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Furious 7 did awesome! But I guess that doesn't count? Don't forget American Sniper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Furious 7 did awesome! But I guess that doesn't count? Don't forget American Sniper. Neither of those are Summer movies. He is talking about only Summer movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Don't forget American Sniper. Fifty Shades was a great one weekend wonder, but CJohn and basically every other poster on this forum let expectations get so high for FSOG that the weekend and the weekend thread both ended up being a damp squib. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAtGender Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Furious 7 did awesome! But I guess that doesn't count? Yes, it has the CA:TWS slot of the year. Don't forget American Sniper. The Frozen + Ride Along slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 So it's a possibility that Ultron sells less tickets than TDKR... I have TDKR at 19.4M tickets sold on its OW. When we get a proper weekend 3D breakdown tomorrow/Monday for AOU I will calculate it's attendance as well. This morning I had it pegged for ~19.5M tickets, so they're going to be close. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Fifty Shades was a great one weekend wonder, but CJohn and basically every other poster on this forum let expectations get so high for FSOG that the weekend and the weekend thread both ended up being a damp squib. I tried to tell people there was no chance of a 100M OW for 50 Shades, but nobody listened. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Oh, man. What if... what if EVERYTHING this summer disappoints? Would it be like last year all over again? Will we be looking at Fantastic Four as the breakout August story? Everything disappointed in summer 2013, too What if it's our summer expectations that are the problem? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Furious 7 did awesome! But I guess that doesn't count? Summer, LOL Everything disappointed in summer 2013, too What if it's our summer expectations that are the problem? Expectations. There's that dirty word again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 (edited) Everything disappointed in summer 2013, too What if it's our summer expectations that are the problem? No. Nobody here ever sets their expectations to high and over predicts movies. We are always reasonable. Edited May 3, 2015 by Empire Out 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxOfficeZ Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Everything disappointed in summer 2013, too What if it's our summer expectations that are the problem? Alright, everyone take your remaining summer predicts and dial them all back by 50-100m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmasterclay Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I guess that 10 page argument I had with Neo and others about whether the fight would have an impact turned out to be merely annoying and boring instead of completely pointless and stupid. I've messed up enough in the past year to celebrate that I finally picked the right cause to champion, even if it was a mind-boggling lame fight. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Alright, everyone take your remaining summer predicts and dial them all back by 50-100m. Summer Games predicts are already in, so to late for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I guess that 10 page argument I had with Neo and others about whether the fight would have an impact turned out to be merely annoying and boring instead of completely pointless and stupid. I've messed up enough in the past year to celebrate that I finally picked the right cause to champion, even if it was a mind-boggling lame fight. LOL You fought better than they did. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orestes Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Furious 7 did awesome! But I guess that doesn't count? Not summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I guess that 10 page argument I had with Neo and others about whether the fight would have an impact turned out to be merely annoying and boring instead of completely pointless and stupid. I've messed up enough in the past year to celebrate that I finally picked the right cause to champion, even if it was a mind-boggling lame fight. It was pointless because you were never going to convince them of the truth, not because you were wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxOfficeZ Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 No. Nobody here ever sets their expectations to high and over predicts movies. We are always reasonable. How dare you. I assure you we are professionals and all have PhDs in predicting box office grosses of movies per year! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAtGender Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Everything disappointed in summer 2013, too What if it's our summer expectations that are the problem? I can see that. We've gotten used to the summer season having the big openings and splashing stuffs, but it's clear with things like CA2 and AS and Hunger Games and F7 that summer openings can happen anywhere. Well, not in September. But anywhere else. This early May date might be a relic of the past. It's often generated huge openings and big films, but that could far more be because of the films than the date. It might behoove studios to really look at calendar configuration to plan on the best dates for these films to capitalize. That is, of course, if they're really interested in the huge, splashy numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Everything disappointed in summer 2013, too What if it's our summer expectations that are the problem? I think Pixels is gonna break-out as long as people don't start screaming 200M+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 (edited) My goodness how many points will I lose in Baumer's game? Edited May 3, 2015 by kayumanggi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
