Weekend Actuals | Spy 29.09M, SA 25.84M, Ins3 22.69M, Ent 10.28M, MM 7.83M, PP2 7.57M, TL 7.2M, AoU 6.34M

[Chaz]

Tough sell? He's been a popular comic book character for over 50 years, and the Marvel brand is still strong, even in the wake of AoU. It will surpass the first Captain America.

[Krissykins]

This post is stupid.

A cute talking tree and a smartass raccoon isn't actually all that hard to sell.

A man who turns into an ant is incredibly difficult to sell and so far Marvel has failed.

No, this post is stupid.

Anyone who thinks GOTG was an easy sell to the general audience is a moron.

[mahnamahna]

Imho, 150M? Thats very embarrassing.

$150 million isn't that bad considering the lack of buzz. Anything over $175 million DOM is a minor victory for Marvel since it shows they can set any of their properties up for success.

 

Ant-Man isn't helped by the fact that this July has some family-friendly competition (Minions, Pixels) 

[Ethan Hunt]

No, this post is stupid.

Anyone who thinks GOTG was an easy sell to the general audience is a moron.

People were excited GotG many months before it came out. Here now a month before Ant-Man the only thing people are saying is that looks stupid.

Take that how you will

[Mr Terrific]

Revisionist history. I'm a big MCU fan and I hoped for $200m domestic for GOTG.

There's nothing intrinsically great or bad about selling a tiny superhero. Green Lantern is a great concept IMO, but the movie stunk.

I'm hopeful AM hits $150m Dom.

[MrFanaticGuy34]

People were excited GotG many months before it came out. Here now a month before Ant-Man the only thing people are saying is that looks stupid.

Take that how you will

 

I have to agree with Krissykins on this one.

 

GOTG wasn't that easy of a sell, and let's be honest....nobody thought that film would do $333M DOM.

 

But that film got there through WOM.

 

And that's one factor we have to keep in mind about Ant-Man too.....WOM. If it's good..it will have legs..and people will see it again.

Edited June 8, 2015 by MrFanaticGuy34

[#ED]

Mad Max, 300M WorldWide!

 

 

Edited June 8, 2015 by #ED

[Ethan Hunt]

I have to agree with Krissykins on this one.

GOTG wasn't that easy of a sell, and let's be honest....nobody thought that film would do $333M DOM.

But that film got there through WOM.

And that's one factor we have to keep in mind about Ant-Man too.....WOM. If it's good..it will have legs..and people will see it again.

Yes if it's good it might get to 150M, you are correct

[MrFanaticGuy34]

Yes if it's good it might get to 150M, you are correct

 

Well...I said $175 DOM...for Ant-Man.

 

But yeah....my number is more close to what GOTG did in 10 days.

[miketheavenger]

I think as long as Ant-Man makes 150m domestic and 400-450m WW it should be considered a success since the budget was probably quite low for a superhero movie. And I can't see it going much lower than 150m DOM/400m WW. The Marvel brand is too strong.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

ant-Man going to make 250m+. 85m OW.+

[Avatree]

^ finally, a sensible post about Ant-Man.

[keysersoze123]

Now that Dex Curse is in full effect I am predicting 125m for Ant Man

[DAJK]

75/185 for Ant-Man

[PDC1987]

People were excited GotG many months before it came out. Here now a month before Ant-Man the only thing people are saying is that looks stupid.

Take that how you will

Again, people were shouting flop for GOTG.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Now that Dex Curse is in full effect I am predicting 125m for Ant Man

I have an Ant-Man over 80m club lot of people joined.

[Captain Craig]

Wow. Anyone doubting Minions getting over 300M is insane. It's not just trailer views. Everyone is talking about it and sharing it. It's everywhere. And all of those people are not kids, but teens and grown-ups. Also, anyone thinking Ant-Man will make over 200M is equally crazy. That will be lucky to make 175M. 

1-You act like this a vast chasm. 

2-Most expect this exact range. $175m-200m

[Krissykins]

Anyway this thread isn't about Ant Man.

Dreading Spy's actual cause with that estimated Sunday hold there's no way it gets to $30m.

[Jandrew]

Tammy had to have negatively effected Spy's OW. It had too. I hope it was just initial and the WOM and holds is stellar in the coming weeks.

[baumer]

What was the Sunday hold?

My guess is it drops less than 25% on Sunday.