Gideon Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 So, Estimates by studio now: "we don't respect families! We are greedy! We have no heart! We are cold businessmen!" Actuals by studio in 2 days: "we showed our deep respect and our humanity. Talking about money is fine now". Terribly stupid. Worse: Terribly hypocrital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I'd take something like BB/TDK/TDKR with an actual backstory over a "fun" and light SH film like TA. That's my main issue with Marvel as a whole (aside from ASM).So would I actually. It's just more satisfying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 It's perfectly reasonable. Midnights are bigger (as is the trend with all movies), the post-midnight gross is about the same as TDK. Similar to how the Harry Potters behaved.Potter/Twilight redefine what frontloaded is and Batman should never be that frontloaded. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Thing is TA did not sell it self to be some storyline film.It promised to be fun simple pure fun.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acsc1312 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 If people don't turn out for opening weekend as much isn't it safe to say we'll see some very soft drops?I think WOM will be the telling story when all is said and done. If it has great WOM (which is all I've been seeing), the weekend drops should be pretty good and should help this make a decent final gross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) If people don't turn out for opening weekend as much isn't it safe to say we'll see some very soft drops?It'd be nice. I think the film deserves a good run, though having seen it I know it won't have TDK's legs. Its structure means people that don't like it really don't like it. Edited July 21, 2012 by Hatebox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideon Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Yeah.When TDK came out, dark and bleak was the new great thing for comic movies. Now people want light and fun like TA.X100.How fast trends can go in Hollywood.Maybe WB or Nolan took too many things for granted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Potter/Twilight redefine what frontloaded is and Batman should never be that frontloaded.YesBased of 30 million Midnights it should have done around 85-90 million for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Nikki playing with us...... not old news.....I'm glad I wasn't here around that time, otherwise I'd be having a meltdown as well. Baumer was doubting 400 mill at one point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pieman Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 The other thing is, TDKR requires too much thinking for many people, which isn't a huge amount either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) "So would I actually. It's just more satisfying."I agree but frankly seeing some comic book movies trying to be all dark and serious like TDK ruins them.It works for Batman Edited July 21, 2012 by Lordmandeep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Ok...lets put this into points. Easy to digest. 1. TDKR hype was nowhere near TDK hype 2. TDKR was always going to be more frontloaded than TDK 3. The media have dubbed this 'THE BATMAN MASSACRE' so it will obviously effect TDKR. 4. This will always remain the biggest 'What if?' in box office history 5. It is still a impressive OD 6. My hype for TDKR went to 30% after the shootings and I was the most exited anyone could be for the movie so I am sure it stopped others from seeing it. 7. Everyone chill....we really don't need the anger on a already miserable weekend. Thank for those two especially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideon Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 "So would I actually. It's just more satisfying."I agree but frankly seeing some comic book movies trying to be all dark and serious like TDK ruins them.It works for BatmanTASM, for example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 "TA should be on par with SM3....too close to call a winner."Really, thats amazing..You are better at adjusting what is the biggest film on Friday non midnights?DMC, SM3, TA all are really close..... within 0.2M of each other. Maybe I'll prepare a chart about it after we have TDKR actuals..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 No a superhero film should not perform like a Potter movie Says who?TDK broke the midnight record. It's clearly more frontloded (weekend internal multiplier) than the Marvel movies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) The funny thing about ASM the best part is when he is a cocky superhero or when he was swinging around NYC."DMC, SM3, TA all are really close..... within 0.2M of each other. Maybe I'll prepare a chart about it after we have TDKR actuals....."DMC is a beast... Edited July 21, 2012 by Lordmandeep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rthmessiah Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 So someone finally caved in and gave Nikki some data , even thought I was thinking 80 hours ago i wouldnt be at this point going above the 77In brief TDKR was above TA in a few markets and quite a few it was just under, then there were ones with a bigger diff, in Canada Toronto TDKR was marginally behind TA,but Montreal bigger diff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 The other thing is, TDKR requires too much thinking for many people, which isn't a huge amount either.I don't think it does. In what's now standard Nolan fashion, characters deliver too much exposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I'd take something like BB/TDK/TDKR with an actual backstory over a "fun" and light SH film like TA. That's my main issue with Marvel as a whole (aside from ASM). Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 So, Estimates by studio now: "we don't respect families! We are greedy! We have no heart! We are cold businessmen!" Actuals by studio in 2 days: "we showed our deep respect and our humanity. Talking about money is fine now". Terribly stupid. Worse: Terribly hypocrital. That's what I said. It was completely unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
