Except that it opened to 128 million on its opening weekend in the NA and it won't even make 300 million LT in that region. It had better word of mouth than movies like Iron Man 2, At Worlds End which like MOS were extrememly frontloaded but somehow movies like Iron Man 2 and Pirates 3 have better LT sales in that region.

MoS had experienced extremely fierce competition from movies like World War Z, The Heat and the amazing animated duo that is Monsters Uni. + Despicable Me 2 ( almost $600M dom. combined as of now ).

You might say that animated movies wouldn't hurt a movie like MoS, because the audiences differ a lot, but these 2 animations have been so big that MoS lost a shitload of theaters because of them.

Even the combined force of White House Down, The Lone Ranger and Pacific Rim hurt its legs.

Fruitvale will do fine it already made $1.68 million in 14 days and so far it only showed in 34 theaters and almost 600K of that came from its first seven days when it only showed in 7 theaters.  Also since the movie was largely a labor of love I doubt it cost very much to make.  Michael B. Jordan is the front runner when it comes to winning next years best actor Oscar.

All in all, it is still a more successful reboot than Batman Begins was,from a box office perspective. I seriously doubt it will beat its DVD/BR sales.

Impossible. They would never give him the Oscar over DiCaprio. He's way too young,and it is DiCaprio's time to finally taste the pie.

Still the new batman and superman film (Man of Steel 2) if marketed correctly and if its a quality movie could make as much as The Dark Knight Rises (Domestic) maybe even more than the Avengers if it gets amazing word of mouth like the Dark Knight trilogy.

I don't think DiCaprio perfomace will be good enough as matter of fact he should be a distance third with Matthew McConaughey being a close second (could win also) for his performance in Dallas Buyers Club.  DiCaprio might not even get nominated Steve Carell will probably get nominated for his role in Foxcatcher and there will probably be a couple of more better performances in movies that are not on my radar yet and there are only five spots available.  Idris Elba will probably get nominated also for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.  DiCaprio will have a better change if that Teddy Roosevelt bio pic will be revived and made sometime in the future.  Playing a historical figure very good increases your changes at a Oscar.

Sorry to change the subject, but I want to talk about Planes.
Can 't find the budget for the film. It was supposed to be a direct to video film so I would guess it didn't have a huge budget. Toy story 2 was also a direct to video film that was released in the theaters to become a huge success for Disney.
Question. How much do the voice actors contribute to animated movies? I would guess that at least one major start should be in it to promote the movie. but since Planes is a direct to dvd film, it does not have a top tier actor in it.

I will watch Planes eventually for the voice actors. Some used to be great.
Val Kilmer (loved him in Top Gun, Real Genius, Top Secret), Teri Hatcher (Lois and Clark - had huge crush on her), Dane Cook (i like his humor), Anthony Edwards (Top Gun), Jon Cleese (best of all Montys), Sinbad (whatever happened to this guy? glad he is still working), Jon Ratzenburger (voice of Pixar movies), Cedric the
Entertainer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and some others.

Good cast I think.
Planes can be a huge success or be another turbo.

The Wolverine takes in $4m on Thursday night.
That's $1m less than the original.

I expect planes to be the next Thurbo. It remidnet me to much of cars and cars wasnt that big of a success if i remember correctly. I didnt see this movie pulling huge numbers like Desciable me 2 or Monsters.