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[Tobor]

I guarantee you that is never going to happen.

If it does, and we are both still on GAF, I'll let you choose an avatar for me to wear for 3 months.

Lol. Deal. Dont worry, I'll make sure it's tasteful.

 

[Cheebo]

It's funny that people think Joss Whedon will actually have a viable film career.

 

[Nesotenso]

Why is everybody saying that Avengers will save Disney's bottom line or something like that?

I thought Paramount had the distribution rights from a prior agreement with a pre-buyout Marvel, and that Disney only has the home video rights.

Disney is distributing Avengers and future Marvel movies. The Paramount logo appears before the promos because the deal they worked out allowed their name to be attached in the promos.

 

[Good Job Bob]

It's funny that people think Joss Whedon will actually have a viable film career.

He barely had a viable TV career.

 

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

It's funny that people think Joss Whedon will actually have a viable film career.

It's even funnier that he will.

 

[Speedymanic]

It should pass Deathly Hallows II's 381m at least. HG has been gaining on DH every weekend.

Compare Deathly Hallows II's weekends:

To Hunger Games' weekends:

Damn, that's seriously impressive. Sequels will make crazy bank.

 

[Barrage]

I wonder how many of the white liberal intellectuals who were trashing Girls for it's lack of other ethnicities paid $10 to see Think Like A Man this weekend.

 

[JdFoX187]

Disney is distributing Avengers and future Marvel movies. The Paramount logo appears before the promos because the deal they worked out allowed their name to be attached in the promos.

I still don't understand that. What's the point of having a studio logo attached to a movie it had nothing to do with?

 

[GuitarAtomik]

What's the business reason for opening Battleship a month early overseas? Just curious.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

I wonder how many of the white liberal intellectuals who were trashing Girls for it's lack of other ethnicities paid $10 to see Think Like A Man this weekend.

Girls was just a badly directed movie based on a decent play but translated badly by the screenplay author.

 

[Tom_Cody]

Damn, that's seriously impressive. Sequels will make crazy bank.

For sure.

Normally one would expect opening weekend revenues specifically to increase with sequels. Considering how strong the debut of this one was, it seems extremely likely to me that Catching Fire will break the opening weekend record. As far as total box office though, I think that will depend on the quality of the finished product. The second book is tonally very different than the first plus there will be a new director. A strong opening weekend is a given, but weak reviews and word of mouth could prevent CF from matching HG's domestic total.

More than that though, I will be interested to see what Lionsgate will do to try to get international returns to where they should be. I'm sure there will be more CG and it will be prominently featured in marketing.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Girls was just a badly directed movie based on a decent play but translated badly by the screenplay author.

He's talking about Girls the TV series on HBO.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

He's talking about Girls the TV series on HBO.

Oh whoops. Thought he was talking about the For Black Girls Who Something Something And Are Victimized And Stuf movie directed by Ms. Perry.

Still, The movie had a couple White bruhs and Snow Bunnies in it, only 2 played a decent sized role though.

 

[justjohn]

I wonder how many of the white liberal intellectuals who were trashing Girls for it's lack of other ethnicities paid $10 to see Think Like A Man this weekend.

Its funny seeing a token white dude in an all black movie. bizarro world indeed.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Its funny seeing a token white dude in an all black movie. bizarro world indeed.

Don't a lot of black movies have a token white guy/girl?

 

[Cipherr]

Its a real fucking shame HG couldn't keep its same director for at least the second movie. They have a stick of dynamite ready to go with the sequel. This first movie is doing VERY well man.

Being able to bring everyone back, including the talent behind the camera would be a sure fire way to print money. Sort of insane that they couldn't manage to come to an agreement.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Titanic 3D:

Domestic: $52,828,000
International: $225,400,000
Total: $278,228,000

Insane, particularly considering the $18m conversion budget.

 

[Tom_Cody]

Its a real fucking shame HG couldn't keep its same director for at least the second movie. They have a stick of dynamite ready to go with the sequel. This first movie is doing VERY well man.

Being able to bring everyone back, including the talent behind the camera would be a sure fire way to print money. Sort of insane that they couldn't manage to come to an agreement.

I agree with you, but I can definitely see why it happened.

I'm sure Gary Ross is happy to be able to leverage this success in order to make a more personal/prestigious project.

From the studio side, they probably just think that they don't need him. The Twilight films have had 4 directors. The Harry Potter franchise has had even more than that. We'll see what happens.

 

[Tom_Cody]

Titanic 3D:

Domestic: $52,828,000
International: $225,400,000
Total: $278,228,000

Insane, particularly considering the $18m conversion budget.

Quite impressive indeed. The international take is ironically less surprising to me actually since the international film audience is so much bigger than it was when it first premiered.

 

[WrikaWrek]

Good reviews and word of mouth will make it or break it. So far it sounds like it will do better than I expected.

Fast Five made 600 million dollars on word of mouth and reviews. So I'm now putting Avengers higher than that.

 

[fushi]

Any reason why Battleship is hitting the US so late?

I just saw it here and it was more fun that I expected. Rihanna sucked pretty bad, tho.

 

[WordAssassin]

Oh my God. Cabin in the Wood. This fucking movie.

OH MY GOD.

 

[Pachterballs]

Oh wow just realised America gets battleship in mid may? That's incredible... I wonder why viamobile

 

[Ridley327]

Any reason why Battleship is hitting the US so late?

I just saw it here and it was more fun that I expected. Rihanna sucked pretty bad, tho.

Oh wow just realised America gets battleship in mid may? That's incredible... I wonder why viamobile

Xia links to the relevant information in the Battleship overseas grosses thread, but to keep it simple: it's not that it's releasing late in the US; it's that it had to release early internationally.

 

[Messofanego]

Oh my God. Cabin in the Wood. This fucking movie.

OH MY GOD.

Considering the love-or-hate the movie is getting, this is a very ambiguous post.

 

[LakeEarth]

He barely had a viable TV career.

He's had two shows go passed 100 episodes.

 

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

He's had two shows go passed 100 episodes.

Decades of popular TV shows is 'barely viable' now, I wonder if the poster is as critical about himself?

 

[Deleted member 1235]

America doesn't get The Avengers until May, we get it first?

What madness is this.

yeah this is weirding me out. It's out right now in Amsterdam, I'm pissed I woulda had tickets already HAD I KNOWN.

will go this week and see on imax.

 

[mckmas8808]

I wonder how many of the white liberal intellectuals who were trashing Girls for it's lack of other ethnicities paid $10 to see Think Like A Man this weekend.

What does that have to do with anything?

 

[WordAssassin]

Considering the love-or-hate the movie is getting, this is a very ambiguous post.

Oh, I loved it. More than any horror movie I've ever seen. It hit all the right notes for me (and yes, I did get the deeper meanings as well)

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

The Avengers makes 178.4 million OW internationally

 

[Tom_Cody]

The Avengers makes 178.4 million OW internationally

Wow, set to pass Captain America's international take tomorrow.

 

[Count Dookkake]

What does that have to do with anything?

I couldn't figure out the logic in that one, either.