So far - Simon - $45 Cary - $45 Shag - $65 Serv - $68 Van - $75 Ed - $75
-----Original Message----- From: Jason Service <[email protected]> To: theuniquegeek <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jun 14, 2011 11:03 am Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] Official Green Lantern Box Office Prediction Contest Thread I would guess...$68M US On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: 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. -- 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.
