The Official TASM Weekly Thread (6 Day EST-140m) (Warning: Whiten Out Spoilers/Spoiler Tags)

[druv10]

Dude, movies didn't drop 20% on average on Wednesday in 2007.Some holdovers may see increases on July 4th, but TASM will definitely drop to 20-25M depending on frontloading.

Thank you, TA's Nostradamus.

[Olive]

Rallx, you can just leave ijack alone.

[vc2002]

TASM succeeding is more than a cool trend or an Hollywood usual thing.I see it as a Pandora'sBox.Reboot was, for years, a synonym of "last hope in a dead franchise with no sign of any vitality of any kind".Sorry but, despite SM3 weaknesses, that wasn't the case with the last franchise.Now, any studio caprice could be enlightned/okayed by this present situation.Creative differences?Ego tensions?Budgets problems?Losing rights fears?Quick/easy screeplays demand?Let's R E B O O T the thing.

I agree. This and TF4.

[Deep Wang]

Rallx, you can just leave ijack alone.

What? The dude has been gloating that he was going to be right about everything forever. He was really, really wrong. I just want him to man up an admit it instead of bragging about how well it is doing.

[RTX]

300M total is possible, but not likely. It's going to need truly amazing WOM.

[Olive]

What? The dude has been gloating that he was going to be right about everything forever. He was really, really wrong. I just want him to man up an admit it instead of bragging about how well it is doing.

Yeah, he was. He knows few things about box office, you are wasting your time. Edited July 4, 2012 by Olive

[druv10]

Awesome number, I was right with my 35M OD prediction. 300M is on the cards. Like I've always maintained, Spiderman's too popular for TASM to flop. This absolutely proved it. :shades:

[Gideon]

TASM didn't invent the reboot or the remake (didn't say it did),

TASM won't change anything, even a TASM failure wouldn't fear Hollywood for a reboot of Batman or Superman, only the marketing strategy would change. (of course, they would be back. But that close in time? Hollywood doesn't know how to catch its own breath.)

TASM is a good movie (i'm waiting to see it),

I'm happy of its success, SM3 was bad (I loved Raimi's Spidey movies), a bad SM4 was likely too given the trends. (Are you sure? Raimi knew atfer SM3 release that it got weaknesses. SM4 could have acted like a personal challenge to him before really quiting. Its not like the first 4 Batman where the second director destroyed the thing his predecessor has built. Raimi could have been his own savior).

[Ezen Baklattan]

Looks like I'll be eating some crow today.

[Gideon]

Awesome number, I was right with my 35M OD prediction. 300M is on the cards. Like I've always maintained, Spiderman's too popular for TASM to flop. This absolutely proved it. :shades:

The Marvel fan in me didn't want particularly a "flop".

Just low enough to KILL any studio-suits new "bright" idea to reboot any piece of their catalogue.

TASM success says a lot about the audiences...maybe as much as the character popularity.

[Taylor]

Great number! The A- CinemaScore is encouraging too. I knew WOM was better than people here were saying. I've heard nothing but good things from everyone else but members here.

[Fullbuster]

You'll see the movie, it's a good thing already ;)I understand your worries, but I don't think they will happen.

[RTX]

I said it so many times, Spiderman is a box office giant, a success was an obligation.

Pirates used to be a giant franchise too, but the 4th movie declined...I guess Jack Sparrow isn't incorporated into American popular culture to the extent that Spiderman is.

[Fullbuster]

Awesome number, I was right with my 35M OD prediction. 300M is on the cards. Like I've always maintained, Spiderman's too popular for TASM to flop. This absolutely proved it. :shades:

Yeah, it's Spiderman and in 3D, we repeated it so many times, the character can't be underestimated.I expect good numbers here in France, let's see this...

[Fullbuster]

Pirates used to be a giant franchise too, but the 4th movie declined...I guess Jack Sparrow isn't incorporated into American popular culture to the extent that Spiderman is.

Pirates 4 passed the billion WW, so we'll have Pirates 5 & 6, such a failure indeed....

[RTX]

Pirates 4 had more things going for it than TASM imo. Perhaps, it was hurt by the box office slump in 2011?

[druv10]

In honor of Kayu. He hasn't been on so I'm doing it. :shades:

[Gideon]

You'll see the movie, it's a good thing already

I understand your worries, but I don't think they will happen.

The day i will pass on a big Marvel movie in theatre will be the Day something so terrible happened in my life that it sucked out all my will to see a big Marvel movie in theatre.

And i'm curious to see if there's a post-credit scene or something like that.

[vc2002]

So, this is basically one of Marvel fans' happiest years ever?

[Hatebox]

And i'm curious to see if there's a post-credit scene or something like that.

There is. Tony Stark meets up with him and asks him to join... him in the bathroom to do a line of coke.