Even though I have posted it before, I will post again. I had already predicted $75. I'm sure I will be way off, but we will see. Again, here is what I posted before:
Opening Weekend Gross 1. Harry Potter - $140m 2. Pirates - $137m 3. Transformers - $110m 4. Captain America - $90m 5. X-Men - $88m 6. Thor - $82M 7. Super 8 - $80m 8. Cowboys - $78m 9. GL - $75m 10. Rise - $68m 11. Conan - $45m 12. Priest - $37m Here is a good site to follow: http://boxofficemojo.com/ http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/ I was way off with Thor and X-Men. ---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:54 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm going to go slightly higher, only because school is now out in most > parts of the country. X-Men was released while school was still in. While > you'd think school shouldn't impact the weekend gross, you'd be surprised > how much "summer" can boost ticket sales. > > Shag says $65 million > > > The Irredeemable Shag > http://firestormfan.com > http://onceuponageek.com > http://twitter.com/onceuponageek > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Official Green Lantern Box Office Prediction > Contest Thread > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, June 13, 2011 4:29 pm > To: [email protected] > > > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
