So, it opens this weekend. I've been very confused by the last few weeks. Some films I thought would make a lot of money (X-Men, Super 8) made only a little bit (relative to, say Fast Five or Thor).
But, GL has got to be the most-advertised film of the last three years. Unavoidable commercials, posters, etc. They've easily spent half the film's budget on the marketing. Will that have an effect? Will it's being in 3D boost the numbers? People are starting to shun 3D, so....probably not. There's lots of marketing, but it looks terrible (to me. Beyond the costume, the flying characters appear not to engage properly with the background). I know massive CGI is the "visual language of film now" (or whatever phrase Luke used), but it looks good in, say, Transformers, and bad in GL. People can tell the difference. Also, the lantern looks like a hard candy. But! There's nothing going up against it except Mr. Popper's Penguins. But! There was nothing going against Super 8 and it only made $38 million. So.... I predict....for opening weekend domestic box office.... $45 million American Dollars. Less than X-Men: First Class and much less than a hit. I say, they've thrown good money after bad over-promoting it and "fixing" the graphics. So.... Ravenface: $45 million -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
