Webslinger Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I'm surprised that the spots for The Watch haven't done more to push the alien invasion angle, especially given that the filmmakers already changed the title to distance the film from the Trayvon Martin shooting. As is, the fact that references to aliens in most of the advertising are cursory makes it seem like a dumb comedy where Stiller, Vaughn, and Hill run around spouting vulgarities and occasionally firing their weapons. Between that and the tracking, I wouldn't be surprised to see it open under $20 million.As for The Dark Knight Rises: It's disappointing that the movie isn't reaching the same stratospheric heights as its predecessor, but it's impressive that it's still making so much money while also being tied to a headline-dominating tragedy. And as someone else has probably already pointed out in this thread, the hold for Dark Knight Rises on Tuesday was stronger than that of The Dark Knight on its first Tuesday (8.5% vs. 14.8%). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I'm surprised that the spots for The Watch haven't done more to push the alien invasion angle, especially given that the filmmakers already changed the title to distance the film from the Trayvon Martin shooting. As is, the fact that references to aliens in most of the advertising are cursory makes it seem like a dumb comedy where Stiller, Vaughn, and Hill run around spouting vulgarities and occasionally firing their weapons. Between that and the tracking, I wouldn't be surprised to see it open under $20 million.As for The Dark Knight Rises: It's disappointing that the movie isn't reaching the same stratospheric heights as its predecessor, but it's impressive that it's still making so much money while also being tied to a headline-dominating tragedy. And as someone else has probably already pointed out in this thread, the hold for Dark Knight Rises on Tuesday was stronger than that of The Dark Knight on its first Tuesday (8.5% vs. 14.8%).Everyone has to realize that 60% of "Movie-Goers" are still a little shaky because of Fridays incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordanstine Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 The Dark Knight Rises $17,762,472 -8% 4,404 -- $4,033 $198,038,896 1 Warner Bros. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Pretty decent number all things considered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Everyone has to realize that 60% of "Movie-Goers" are still a little shaky because of Fridays incident.I think it's closer to 37.665%. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 That is very close to my predictions made yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 The Watch was fucked for the longest time anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 If The Watch looked funny it would be fine. But it doesn't. And the fact that they're reusing the same jokes in each trailer/TV spot is telling of how funny the rest of the movie will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 The Watch will be considered a flop if it's under $20M, am I correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Yes the hear his face joke was funny the first time I heard it. Since it's the only thing they're showing in the spots we have a law of diminishing returns already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Or, like Ted, The Watch is holding back all the funny stuff for the audience to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Alfred Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I really doubt it. It won't even do half of Ted's OW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Difference is Ted had a universal hook (What if your teddy-bear came to life and grew up to be a pot-smoking, beer-drinking slacker?)... and a funny red-band trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I think it's closer to 37.665%.No, 33.33% repeating, of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 The Watch looks unfunny and dry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Or, like Ted, The Watch is holding back all the funny stuff for the audience to see.Yeah, but the ads for Ted were still pretty consistently funny. The ads for The Watch have just been "meh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Ted was also Seth McFarlane's first movie. I think his fans knew most of the jokes would be too raunchy for spots and were excited for the movie itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xube Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) Weren't people expecting Tues numbers to rise? That's what I was wondering. Why did TDKR drop >8% while everything else in the top ten increased by double digit percentages for Tuesday compared to Monday? Possibly predicting bad legs for TDKR? Edited July 25, 2012 by xube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 That's what I was wondering. Why did TDKR drop >8% while everything else in the top ten increased by double digit percentages for Tuesday compared to Monday? Possibly predicting bad legs for TDKR? No, just what follows a 160m weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkshop36 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 That's what I was wondering. Why did TDKR drop >8% while everything else in the top ten increased by double digit percentages for Tuesday compared to Monday? Possibly predicting bad legs for TDKR? There was no way it was increasing. Most big movies see decreases on their first Tuesday. TDK dropped 14% it's first Tuesday. The only reason TDKR dropped less is due to the prevalence of discount Tuesdays. Also, TA decreased on its first Tuesday as well by 6.5% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
