Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted June 9, 2012 Founder / Operator Share Posted June 9, 2012 Just curious, but wouldn't the crowd pleasing aspect of TA possibly have an adverse effect on TDKR OW, perhaps that maybe people aren't as excited to see doom and gloom vs a feel good type of movie like TA and I'm not talking about the built in internet fanbase.. I'm talking about the General Audience?? I don't really think so. Nolan is arguably the most consistent crowd-pleasing filmmaker making movies right now (excluding Cameron, who isn't exactly "active" anyway). His Batman films may have dark overtones, but ultimately, they're uplifting in the end. Otherwise people wouldn't keep going to see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 The Variety guys are great (Fucking awesome job taking over for Fleming). But it was obvious they were blowing their wad saying $70M was in play for Prometheus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skykisser Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Boxoffice @Boxoffice Official Friday domestic estimate: $21.4 million for PROMETHEUS from 3,396 locations. Location avg. = $6,302. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yads Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Prometheus opened well, but again, it'll fall of a cliff because of the word of mouth.100% agree with this. Prometheus is gonna die fast. I genuinely prefer Alien 3, and that's a movie with major problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviefanatic Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Was Variety the one that said TA would have a hard time breaking Avatars second weekend record after a 29 million Friday or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I don't really think so. Nolan is arguably the most consistent crowd-pleasing filmmaker making movies right now (excluding Cameron, who isn't exactly "active" anyway). His Batman films may have dark overtones, but ultimately, they're uplifting in the end. Otherwise people wouldn't keep going to see them. No matter what you say, BKB will spin it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 RotPotA was an average film. Highly unmemorable.Strongly disagree. I thought it was bloody brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted June 9, 2012 Founder / Operator Share Posted June 9, 2012 Was Variety the one that said TA would have a hard time breaking Avatars second weekend record after a 29 million Friday or something?Someone actually said that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 (edited) Was Variety the one that said TA would have a hard time breaking Avatars second weekend record after a 29 million Friday or something?Yep. Edited June 9, 2012 by druv10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviefanatic Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Yep.Fools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviefanatic Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Someone actually said that? The box office experts over at Variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Someone actually said that? Yes, Variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Thank you! Now I know I'm not the only one who was completely underwhelmed by that movie.Most of my friends were. Great visual effects, but other than that, it's way too ordinary. I found the action scenes to be rather boring, and Tom Felton's American accent was ATROCIOUS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 FoolsWith that blunder, Variety took a credibility hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 As an American, I never had a problem with Felton's accent except for that forced "Damn Dirty Ape" line. You just can't sound convincing saying that with a contemporary American accent.I really liked it the first time I saw it, but the flaws became much more apparent on repeat viewings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punishment Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 (edited) I don't really think so. Nolan is arguably the most consistent crowd-pleasing filmmaker making movies right now (excluding Cameron, who isn't exactly "active" anyway). His Batman films may have dark overtones, but ultimately, they're uplifting in the end. Otherwise people wouldn't keep going to see them. I saw TDK once in the Theaters and that was enough for me, and I'll probably only see TDKR once as well if it is as dark.And I didn't feel any "uplifting" at the end of TDK. I have, however, watched Batman Begins several times - definitely my favorite of the two. Edited June 9, 2012 by Punishment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted June 9, 2012 Founder / Operator Share Posted June 9, 2012 I saw TDK once in the Theaters and that was enough for me, and I'll probably only see TDKR once as well if it is as dark.Fair enough, everyone has their opinion. Seeing a movie one time in theaters is pretty common anyway. Only fans and movie buffs usually go more than 1-2 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 TITLE STUDIO SITES GROSS AVG TOTAL 1 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED Paramount · 4258 · $62,000,000 · $14,561 · $62,000,000 2 PROMETHEUS Fox · 3396 · $53,000,000 · $15,607 · $53,000,000 3 SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN UNIVERSAL · 3777 · $24,000,000 · $6,354 · $99,000,000 4 MEN IN BLACK 3 SONY · 3792 · $15,000,000 · $3,956 · $137,000,000 5 THE AVENGERS WALT DISNEY · 3129 · $12,000,000 · $3,835 · $574,000,000 6 THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL FOX SEARCHLIGHT · 1298 · $3,500,000 · $2,696 · $31,000,000 7 WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING LIONSGATE · 2087 · $3,000,000 · $1,437 · $36,000,000 8 BATTLESHIP Universal · 1954 · $2,500,000 · $1,279 · $60,000,000 9 MOONRISE KINGDOM FOCUS FEAURES · 96 · $2,250,000 · $23,438 · $3,750,000 10 THE DICTATOR PARAMOUNT · 1651 · $2,000,000 · $1,211 · $51,000,000 11 DARK SHADOWS WARNER BROS. · 1550 · $1,500,000 · $968 · $74,000,000 12 CHERNOBYL DIARIES WARNER BROS. · 1180 · $600,000 · $508 · $17,000,000 ERC's estimates.http://www.ercboxoffice.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 That's kinda meh for Prometheus. With the WOM this thing seems to be getting, 150m may even be in doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 And I didn't feel any "uplifting" at the end of TDK. I have, however, watched Batman Begins several times - definitely my favorite of the two.I kind of felt the same way about TDK for awhile after I saw it. I found it pretty depressing and wasn't sure I wanted to see it again, but I've grown to like it as much as everyone else does on further viewings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
