Weekend Estimates: Ant-Man 58.04 | Minions 50.24 | Trainwreck 30.24 | IO 11.66 | JW 11.36 (Page 88)

[Dingdong123]

Going to see Ant-Man tonight. Does if have a post-credits scene? If so, is it related to the Avengers?

Go for the post credits scene! I actually liked it.

[Orestes]

Going to see Ant-Man tonight. Does if have a post-credits scene? If so, is it related to the Avengers?

 

Yes x2.

[The Futurist]

This is Marvel Studios we are talking about here.

 

Let me reiterate:

 

You know, the studio behind the "pretty good" Iron Man series, Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy? I would describe the Cap and Thor films' box office as "pretty good" at least in relation to the three franchises I mentioned before. If Ant-Man does under 60 and under 150 total, that's TIH territory...which is not "pretty good" at all. It's just OK. Again...relatively(and strictly domestically).

 

Let s not pretend that Marvel Studios was bound to make box office smashes out of every low tier Marvel character.

 

It s very difficult to pull off, having constant slam dunks.

 

Do I have to really explain why Ant Man is a tougher sell than any other Marvel Character ?

Always found the very concept of Ant Man ludicrous . I bet other people think so too ...

Guardians worked so well but it was an anomaly, I wouldn't even call it a superhero movie( did the characters have superpowers or were there just aliens ?), it was an off beat- cool Star Wars, very expensive (Almost 200M) with big production values and lots of VFX, a great cast, tone, humor, a star in the making ( Pratt!), 2 unforgettable CGI characters, a genius concept for the soundtrack etc

I was VERY skeptical about Guardians but somehow Marvel and Gunn found a way to make it work perfectly.

 

I think Ant Man is even more difficult to sell to audiences than Guardians and Marvel knew it, the movie being their lowest budget since the studios' inception.

And Marvel movies are very expensive now nothing under 170m since 2012.

Edited July 18, 2015 by The Futurist

[#ED]

15M for Minions?

TDK is on?

Good night so far.

[vc2002]

Nolan loves Bay.

Bay loves Cameron

Cameron loves Spielberg

 

Spielberg is GOD.

 

[MrPink]

TDK just ended on AMC and they're playing it again.

 

I just paused it on the DVR so I could see the last five minutes after I ate dinner. I own 3 versions of this movie on Blu-Ray.

 

WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME

[BourneFan #1]

Not that many Marvel fanboys out tonight.

[Bishop54]

Ant-Man is pretty boring.

[baumer]

Nolan has made 3 fantastic films.

He's made two incredibly silly films  

and some other decent ones 

He's never won an oscar

His box office is very good but not legendary.

 

I don't have to say anything about Spielberg.  If there is a director GOD, he is it.  No questions, no doubts, nothing.

Period.

End of discussion.

[redfirebird2008]

I just paused it on the DVR so I could see the last five minutes after I ate dinner. I own 3 versions of this movie on Blu-Ray.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME

Good question. It has a crappy transfer.

[MrPink]

Nolan has made 3 fantastic films.

He's made two incredibly silly films  

and some other decent ones 

He's never won an oscar

His box office is very good but not legendary.

 

I don't have to say anything about Spielberg.  If there is a director GOD, he is it.  No questions, no doubts, nothing.

Period.

End of discussion.

 

Spielberg the Father, Nolan the Son, Ben Affleck the Holy Spirit.

 

Or something like that.

[Blankments]

I want Ant-Man to make a bazillion dollars. Not because it's a good movie...

 

BUT BECAUSE BLANK FINALLY SAW THE STAR WARS TRAILER AND IT WAS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY

[vc2002]

I just paused it on the DVR so I could see the last five minutes after I ate dinner. I own 3 versions of this movie on Blu-Ray.

 

WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME

 

Buying Blurays is like gravity. All it takes is a little push.

[MrPink]

Good question. It has a crappy transfer.

 

Yeah but I'm pretty sure the broadcast is based off this transfer so it's not like it's any better.

[redfirebird2008]

Yeah but I'm pretty sure the broadcast is based off this transfer so it's not like it's any better.

Just saying why buy it 3 times? lol

[Blankments]

The 7.50 a ticket was worth it for that Star Wars trailer alone. Downloading that trailer right now to rewatch in glorious HD

[grim22]

The IMAX at Irvine Spectrum just introduced "Reserved Seating". Thank the gods. This has been the #1 thing I have wanted from the Spectrum IMAX since I moved to OC. Now to book my tickets for top row center for Rogue Nation.

[JohnnY]

Let s not pretend that Marvel Studios was bound to make box office smashes out of every low tier Marvel character.

 

It s very difficult to pull off, having constant slam dunks.

 

Do I have to really explain why Ant Man is a tougher sell than any other Marvel Character ?

Always found the very concept of Ant Man ludicrous . I bet other people think so too ...

Guardians worked so well but it was an anomaly, I wouldn't even call it a superhero movie( did the characters had superpowers or were there just aliens ?), it was an off beat- cool Star Wars, very expensive (Almost 200M) with big production values and lots of VFX, a great cast, tone, humor, a star in the making ( Pratt!), 2 unforgettable CGI characters, a genius concept for the soundtrack etc

I was VERY skeptical about Guardians but somehow Marvel and Gunn found a way to make it work perfectly.

 

I think Ant Man is even more difficult to sell to audiences than Guardians and Marvel knew it, the movie being their lowest budget since the studios' inception.

And Marvel movies are very expensive now nothing under 170m since 2012.

 

I gotta disagree about Pratt, he really wasn't a big star before Guardians, Zoe Saldana had more star power than him at that time.

 

But, yeah, Ant Man is a tough sell, I actually had never heard about Ant Man until last year.

[DeeCee]

Going to see Ant-Man tonight. Does if have a post-credits scene? If so, is it related to the Avengers?

These two post credit scenes probably have more meaning to the general audience (non comic book readers) then those of the last few films. 

 

The first one teasers a sequel and the second was teasers a character interaction in Civil War

[keysersoze123]

Nolan has made 3 fantastic films.

He's made two incredibly silly films

and some other decent ones

He's never won an oscar

His box office is very good but not legendary.

I don't have to say anything about Spielberg. If there is a director GOD, he is it. No questions, no doubts, nothing.

Period.

End of discussion.

No comparisons between nolan and spielberg. After all spielberg has been around for 4 decades. Plus I dont see nolan trying to be as versatile as spielberg.