Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 1st, 2015)

[jye4ever]

Ha. I thought it looked like the well where Thor got his visions explained.

Oh, then Thor related.

I think she's an Asgardian Hooker.

 

[jye4ever]

$195 million seems to be the opening weekend at the office, well below expectations and the $207 mill from the first Avengers. I knew the fight was going to take away from the opening boxoffice , which means SW7 will have the biggest opening of the year, especially since there's nothing else on the month of December. I still think Avengers might make the most money this year, thanks to China and the foreign markets.

What a ****** opening, time for a reboot.

Hey, if it can happen to ASM2, that movie grossed over 700 million and it was considered a bomb.

 

[HPGR_Thrawn]

Saw it last night. Still a lot to process and think about. Overall I enjoyed it. Maybe too much stuff going on with not enough time to actually digest what was happening.

Overall, I think the only flaw of the movie is that it was trying to lay the groundwork for all of the Phase Three films by introducing lots of concepts and hints of future things, while the first movie was really just a climax of all the films that had come before.

Also, I never felt that Ultron posed any sort of physical threat to the team. Sure some characters were wounded or scraped up, but apart from you know who, there was no serious damage done by Ultron himself.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Overall, I think the only flaw of the movie is that it was trying to lay the groundwork for all of the Phase Three films by introducing lots of concepts and hints of future things, while the first movie was really just a climax of all the films that had come before.

That probably held it back some.

 

[jye4ever]

Saw it last night. Good fun, but for me it didn't top the first one. The opening was great, showed so much promise... but then there was so much to cover.

Spoiler

Ultron shined here and there, mostly at the beginning and the end. My problems: Iron Man paled with no distinctive suit or real moment -- he was more interesting in Stark form. I have to say, the Hulkbuster sequence was a bit of a letdown. The flying city spent way too much time trying to save the Slovokokians or whoever they were. And sometimes Cap is just too indestructible. Some of the dreams were unclear (for me). Some of the action fight scenes moved so fast it was hard to follow -- although that will be solved on repeat viewings as always. The Witch was good, so was Hawkeye; not sure I get why everyone likes Vision since he didn't so very much. In all, everyone had a lot to do, but very little of it stood out for me. But it moved swiftly and again was a lot of fun seeing everyone back. I also loved the "lift the hammer" scene -- especially when Cap moved it so slightly and Thor lost his grin for a moment, and then of course when Vision handed it to him (although I like that only Thor can lift it).

Funny bit about: can the Hammer rise in an elevator, but the elevator is not worthy.

Elevator line was funny.

"No surrender!"

"Yeah!"

"I'm going to surrender"

Cheesy as hell, but gets me every time.

Yup.

 

[jye4ever]

It's showing 187 million.

See ya later Feige.

 

[LexiKon318]

Saw it last night. Still a lot to process and think about. Overall I enjoyed it. Maybe too much stuff going on with not enough time to actually digest what was happening.

Overall, I think the only flaw of the movie is that it was trying to lay the groundwork for all of the Phase Three films by introducing lots of concepts and hints of future things, while the first movie was really just a climax of all the films that had come before.

Also, I never felt that Ultron posed any sort of physical threat to the team. Sure some characters were wounded or scraped up, but apart from you know who, there was no serious damage done by Ultron himself.

Great points

 

[The Ween]

$195 million seems to be the opening weekend at the office, well below expectations and the $207 mill from the first Avengers. I knew the fight was going to take away from the opening boxoffice , which means SW7 will have the biggest opening of the year, especially since there's nothing else on the month of December. I still think Avengers might make the most money this year, thanks to China and the foreign markets.

So the weekend take doesn't include Sunday?

 

[jye4ever]

It does.

 

[The Ween]

It does.

Ummm....then wouldn't they have to wait till tomorrow for the final tally?

 

[jye4ever]

Nope, they never do.

It can go up ever so slightly tomorrow, but this is pretty much it.

Hell, sometimes it even goes down.

 

[The Ween]

Nope, they never do.

It can go up ever so slightly tomorrow, but this is pretty much it.

Hell, sometimes it even goes down.

I noticed on Mojo that it was released to less theaters than the first one. Odd.

But what a BIG FAIL! They should just pull it from the theaters now!

 

[spindrift]

$195 million seems to be the opening weekend at the office, well below expectations and the $207 mill from the first Avengers. I knew the fight was going to take away from the opening boxoffice , which means SW7 will have the biggest opening of the year, especially since there's nothing else on the month of December. I still think Avengers might make the most money this year, thanks to China and the foreign markets.

Wow that is not gonna make Disney happy- LESS even with HIGHER ticket prices than 2012 for the first one.
I was wrong- I thought $220 million and record shattering. I think this one may peter out at $500 million domestic well below first one.

 

[jye4ever]

Let's see what the World Wide box office will be, this might not matter.

But joke all we want, greed is #1 priority in Hollywood/WallStreet marriage, this opening will be considered a failure up in the almighty boardroom at Goldman Sachs.

Put it this way, budget has been lowered on all MCU movies as of right now, too late to change RDJ's contract though.

 

[spindrift]

Let's see what the World Wide box office will be, this might not matter.

But joke all we want, greed is #1 priority in Hollywood/WallStreet marriage, this opening will be considered a failure up in the almighty boardroom at Goldman Sachs.

Put it this way, budget has been lowered on all MCU movies as of right now, too late to change RDJ's contract though.

Yes absolutely! this , if true, will be considered a big disappointment. Has the bubble burst?
Seriously I think it will be below Avengers in final domestic gross. That alone will cause major shockwaves at Disney..

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

It's all about China now. That's the biggest foreign market and it's even surpassing the US boxoffice, so even if AOU doesn't make as much domestically, China will makeup for it, IMO. One thing is certain, AOU won't get near Avatar. I think the people that didn't go see the film this weekend will see it next week, so it'll be fine. I wonder if the "mixed" reviews had something to do with it? I doubt it, but you never know.

 

[jye4ever]

Reviews no, look at Transformers.

China has wacky agreements with the studios, % are all whack!

 

[EVILFACE]

Surprised with the lower BO take as well. With all the hype, I was thinking $225m.

Could also be a little bit of fatigue of Thor, Capt and Iron Man.

 

[jye4ever]

Marvel's The Avengers still holds the record with a $207.4 million bow, followed by Age of Ultron with an estimated $187.7 million.
Avengers 2 outperformed Iron Man 3's opening ($174.1 million) to bump that to third place on the list of the biggest opening weekends of all time at the North American box office. Yes, Marvel Studios owns the top three spots on that list (at least until Star Wars: The Force Awakens, another Disney release, undoubtedly knocks one of them out of there come December.)

 

[Irvy]

It's weird here in the UK I've seen zero billboards or ads for this flick anywhere. Dunno what the deal is with that.