All I can say is this year it's anyone's guess which movie will have the top domestic box office gross. WW it will probably be Harry Potter because of the fan base it has. It all depends on the legs these movies have... Pirates and Harry Potter should be good for /- $300 mil domestically, don't think MI4 will reach those numbers, prolly in the low $200 mil range tops. Transformers will prolly be in the /- $300 mil area as well for a mindless summer action flick. I don't see a "Dark Knight" or "Avatar" type phenomenon coming out this year.
Kung Fu Panda 2 and Cars 2 have the potential to be top earners as well, but I doubt they'll do Toy Story 3 numbers (last year's top movie at the box office, by the way) because they have neither the hype nor will they have the critical acclaim that TS3 got, but each could easily do $250-$300 mil because family friendly movies tend to have pretty good legs and lead to repeat viewings. Also, you got Happy Feet 2 coming out this fall... that could surprise everyone and be a big draw too since the original was so popular. And you got the Shrek-spinoff Puss-in-Boots coming out too, but since the last 2 Shreks sucked this can't be any better.
Then of course there's yet another Twilight movie coming out this fall, but fuck Twilight... nobody likes that shit except for teen girls.
So yeah, it will probably come down to Pirates and HP in the end. Pirates has the benefit of coming out first over Memorial Day weekend, and HP is back in the summer instead of a late-fall, so it could surpass Deathly Hallows Pt. 1. In the end, this year looks pretty weak for movies overall, so I really don't care which one gets the most cash since I probably won't be seeing any of them lol.
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
