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Lawlight said:
crissindahouse said:

The movies releasing (or not releasing) all the weeks after SS explain it mostly

Plenty of movies got released during that time. None of them had legs like SS. Not even Don't Breathe.

Yes plenty of small movies or movies in a totally different category got released after SS. Like I said, nothing which hurts the legs of this "Blockbuster" movie.

But who knows, maybe it was the word of mouth which helped it. Because we all know word of mouth is so great for it...



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crissindahouse said:
Lawlight said:

Plenty of movies got released during that time. None of them had legs like SS. Not even Don't Breathe.

Yes plenty of small movies or movies in a totally different category got released after SS. Like I said, nothing which hurts the legs of this "Blockbuster" movie.

But who knows, maybe it was the word of mouth which helped it. Because we all know word of mouth is so great for it...

 

 

It's been pretty divisive but it showed better legs than Civil War. I mean it grossed just as much as CW in Australia. It wouldn't have if people didn't like it.



Lawlight said:
crissindahouse said:

Yes plenty of small movies or movies in a totally different category got released after SS. Like I said, nothing which hurts the legs of this "Blockbuster" movie.

But who knows, maybe it was the word of mouth which helped it. Because we all know word of mouth is so great for it...

 

 

It's been pretty divisive but it showed better legs than Civil War. I mean it grossed just as much as CW in Australia. It wouldn't have if people didn't like it.

I wonder how it would do if  X-Men would have released in SS's I believe fourth week. You know, same category and stuff, pretty much what I'm talking about all the time. SS's competition are small movies or something like Sully which has a completely different audience. Heck, even Turtles could have hurt the legs more as anything which released the last 7 weeks (which Captain America also run against but sure, that's only a smaller problem compared to X-Men). 

Also not sure how Don't Breathe didn't have so good legs in your opinion. When I check the percentual losses per week or weekend then it looks pretty decent for Don't Breathe compared to SS.

Sure, it does less compared to SS every single week compared to SS at the same time but that has nothing to do with Don't Breathe's legs and more because it is simply a much smaller movie made for a much smaller audience. 

Don't get me wrong, I think SS did ok for what it is but I don't find the legs really impressive considering the circumstances. Maybe in a few markets but not as a whole. 



Lawlight said:
crissindahouse said:

Yes plenty of small movies or movies in a totally different category got released after SS. Like I said, nothing which hurts the legs of this "Blockbuster" movie.

But who knows, maybe it was the word of mouth which helped it. Because we all know word of mouth is so great for it...

 

 

It's been pretty divisive but it showed better legs than Civil War. I mean it grossed just as much as CW in Australia. It wouldn't have if people didn't like it.

 

SS is like Donald Trump.

 

To the overall public it was trash, but to select groups it was well liked.

 

With ticket prices these days select groups liking a film is still a lot of money. 



I don't know, it seems like some people have been quick to find every excuse available for why this movie performed BETTER than most anticipated. $720 million (and counting) is a lot of money and I'd say it took a little more than some fringe groups going and seeing it to have the legs it's had. Enough people have liked it obviously and perhaps instead of trashing it because it's DC or because it's the cool thing to do since the critics did, maybe we should just simply say "cool" or "congrats." Anymore some people come across as thinking it's perfectly acceptable for a Disney/Marvel film to make money but when WB/DC does it, there are conspiracoes everywhere. 


I don't know. Quite honestly I don't care as much as I used to.



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The films box office is great but great box office does not mean a film is great or better then another film...

 

Is Avatar one of the best films ever? 

Is Transformers 3 better then Return of the King?

Is SS better then Captain America 2? 

 

Batman vs Superman made a lot more money then a lot of good films, is it better?

 

 



Should be around $730 million by Sunday should easily be north of $750 million by the time its done with it theatrical run. So even if the higher numbers are true it will at least easily break even. It definitely was more successful at the box office then the last two Spiderman movies who also had big production and advertising budgets.



Chris Hu said:
Should be around $730 million by Sunday should easily be north of $750 million by the time its done with it theatrical run. So even if the higher numbers are true it will at least easily break even. It definitely was more successful at the box office then the last two Spiderman movies who also had big production and advertising budgets.

It really does look good, I thought it would rest at 650-700, when I made the thread. Also obviously I assume the comment made by the insider that it it does not take into account merchandising and other revenue streams that movie has. 



 

Acevil said:
Chris Hu said:
Should be around $730 million by Sunday should easily be north of $750 million by the time its done with it theatrical run. So even if the higher numbers are true it will at least easily break even. It definitely was more successful at the box office then the last two Spiderman movies who also had big production and advertising budgets.

It really does look good, I thought it would rest at 650-700, when I made the thread. Also obviously I assume the comment made by the insider that it it does not take into account merchandising and other revenue streams that movie has. 

Extended cut for 15 November  digital hd release. Blu-Ray for Decemeber 13. Can't wait! 



LadyJasmine said:

 

The films box office is great but great box office does not mean a film is great or better then another film...

 

Is Avatar one of the best films ever? 

Is Transformers 3 better then Return of the King?

Is SS better then Captain America 2? 

 

Batman vs Superman made a lot more money then a lot of good films, is it better?

 

 

It's also like briniging in other franchises for comparison, The Fast and the furious movie also had a tough time with critics with the second sequel going down the drain. Critics' score doesn't have to reflect all times whether a movie is actually  better or not, because the audience gives the final verdict. How many movies do often that are terribly rated get past the 300 million dollar?  SS according to critcs is not as good as BvS, yet when you compare its BO legs to BvS, it is more. More audience have flocked to see SS than GOTG( if you rule China out). Same applies for Avatar and Star Wars:TFA,  making the former a more widely accepted movie by audience while ruling out domestic gross.