Guardians of the Galaxy

[karamazov80]

I'm glad I didn't know who is. Don't watch rasslin' anymore. Is Superfly Snooka still around?

He isn't, but his daughter actually is!

 

[Brainiac]

This would've been so awesome to see in the movie.

that looks awesome, I didnt really like the Nova Corps in this movie but they were OK I guess

 

[Ultron-7]

Any guesses on final box office numbers then? $600 million or more?

 

[karamazov80]

I reckon it will beat Spider-Man 2, possibly X-Men. I figure over $700 million. But sometimes humor doesn't translate well across countries.

 

[creature4000]

Great flick.. Don't know much about the characters in the comics but thought this translated very well.

 

[guy66657]

Great flick.. Don't know much about the characters in the comics but thought this translated very well.

They translated the characters from the comics very well from 2008 to the present

 

[pturtle]

I reckon it will beat Spider-Man 2, possibly X-Men. I figure over $700 million. But sometimes humor doesn't translate well across countries.

Domestically it has a great shot, but I can't see it topping DOFP or ASM2 worldwide.

 

[Khev]

Not picking on you, but while it's going to be a big hit, it certainly doesn't qualify as a sleeper. There was a huge amount of money pured into advertising for this.

If it beats all other superhero films (including TWS) and possibly The Hobbit for all we know I'd definitely call it a sleeper. Sure it had a big budget and marketing campaign, but this was a movie of unknown characters with no big stars.

 

[pturtle]

If it beats all other superhero films (including TWS) and possibly The Hobbit for all we know I'd definitely call it a sleeper. Sure it had a big budget and marketing campaign, but this was a movie of unknown characters with no big stars.

It had a talking raccoon and tree, with the Disney/Marvel brand slapped right on every trailer and poster, there was no way this wasn’t going to make any money. People were already saying that RR was their favorite character based just on what they had seen from the trailers. I actually think making a film like this is a safer bet than making Thor or Captain America films, this appealed to Disney fans, and the Marvel fans, it would have had to have been a terrible film for this to at least not make it’s money back in my opinion.

Most of Disney’s animations are original movies with original characters usually end up being very successful, and films featuring talking animals historically always does well at the box office.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Domestically it has a great shot, but I can't see it topping DOFP or ASM2 worldwide.

It's already close to the $200 million mark

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

This would've been so awesome to see in the movie.

Looks awesome, and the real Nova not the kid. Have it Gold and it's a home run.

Not picking on you, but while it's going to be a big hit, it certainly doesn't qualify as a sleeper. There was a huge amount of money pured into advertising for this.

It had a talking raccoon and tree, with the Disney/Marvel brand slapped right on every trailer and poster, there was no way this wasn’t going to make any money. People were already saying that RR was their favorite character based just on what they had seen from the trailers. I actually think making a film like this is a safer bet than making Thor or Captain America films, this appealed to Disney fans, and the Marvel fans, it would have had to have been a terrible film for this to at least not make it’s money back in my opinion.

Most of Disney’s animations are original movies with original characters are usually successful, and films featuring talking animals historically always does well at the box office.

Agreed. There's been talk of it being a huge gamble and risk but since Avengers Marvel has brand security.

None of their films for a long time will flop, all will profit, it's just the level of profit that'll be different each time.

 

[pturtle]

It's already close to the $200 million mark

I believe DOFP was already over 300 million after 7 days, I could be wrong though.

Fortunately GOTG doesn’t have the stiff competition DOFP had, so anything can happen, but personally, I don’t think it’s going to outgross DOFP, or Spidey.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I believe DOFP was already over 300 million after 7 days, I could be wrong though.

Fortunately GOTG doesn’t have the stiff competition DOFP had, so anything can happen, but personally, I don’t think it’s going to outgross DOFP, or Spidey.

It was at 200 in 2 or 3 days, it's probably more than that now

 

[Khev]

It had a talking raccoon and tree, with the Disney/Marvel brand slapped right on every trailer and poster, there was no way this wasn’t going to make any money. People were already saying that RR was their favorite character based just on what they had seen from the trailers. I actually think making a film like this is a safer bet than making Thor or Captain America films, this appealed to Disney fans, and the Marvel fans, it would have had to have been a terrible film for this to at least not make it’s money back in my opinion.

Most of Disney’s animations are original movies with original characters usually end up being very successful, and films featuring talking animals historically always does well at the box office.

I agree that the MCU brand is a significant thing right now, almost on par with the 1999-2010 Pixar era. However a talking animal or plant is not some magical guarantee of success (as we see all the time with movies like Stuart Little, Marmaduke, Legends of the Guardians, Ninja Turtles, etc.) Back when GOTG existed as nothing more than concept art everyone agreed it was a pretty risky venture on Disney/Marvel's part. Then the trailer won everyone over because...it looked awesome. The fact that the movie followed suit doesn't make it somehow not a risk, or a surprise, or a sleeper compared to what we were all assuming would be the "sure things" of the summer/year.

Obviously we're just a few days into its release and it could still peeter out or whatever but it looks like it just might have some surprising legs. We'll see.

 

[Zodach]

TF: AOE - $1b WW
DOFP - $741m
CA: WS - $713m
ASM2 - $708m
GOTG - $184m and counting

 

[pturtle]

I agree that the MCU brand is a significant thing right now, almost on par with the 1999-2009 Pixar era. However a talking animal or plant is not some magical guarantee of success (as we see all the time with movies like Stuart Little, Marmaduke, Legends of the Guardians, Ninja Turtles, etc.) Back when GOTG existed as nothing more than concept art everyone agreed it was a pretty risky venture on Disney/Marvel's part. Then the trailer won everyone over because...it looked awesome. The fact that the movie followed suit doesn't make it somehow not a risk, or a surprise, or a sleeper compared to what we were all assuming would be the "sure things" of the summer/year.

Obviously we're just a few days into its release and it could still peeter out or whatever but it looks like it just might have some surprising legs. We'll see.

Yea, it’s not guaranteed success, but theres a market for it already, people love talking animals, insects, plants, trees, toys etc… Most of the time, those kinds of films end up very successful.

Something like Captain America is a little more of a risk, especially these days with foreign box office becoming more and more important.

 

[pturtle]

It was at 200 in 2 or 3 days, it's probably more than that now

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottm...re-past-earns-261m-over-memorial-day-weekend/

X-Men: Days of Future Past has earned $90.7 million on its first weekend of release, with a Memorial Day four-day debut of $111m. That total that includes $8.1m worth of Thursday previews. That’s a lower opening than the 2006 debut of X-Men: The Last Stand, which earned $102m Fri-Sun and $124m Fri-Mon over its Memorial Day debut. Heck, adjusted for inflation, it’s a smaller Fri-Sun debut than X2: X-Men United ($85m back in 2003) about on par with X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($85m in 2009) and X-Men ($54m in 2000, which would be about $80m today without any 3D bump). The question becomes exactly how 20th Century Fox viewed this seventh X-Men picture. Was it merely intended to improve upon the box office fortunes of the last three installments, or was the “franchise all-stars to the rescue” super-sequel meant to shoot the 14-year old X-Men franchise to towering new box office heights? If it’s the former, then the picture will certainly be a success. But in terms of relative comparisons to the X-Men franchise as a whole, it’s coming up somewhat short. X-Men may no longer be a god among insects in America. I add that caveat because it also earned $191m overseas this weekend. So as of Monday, the film has already earned $302m worldwide, or more than the $296m total of the first X-Men.

302 million it’s first weekend.

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

TF: AOE - $1b WW
DOFP - $741m
CA: WS - $713m
ASM2 - $708m
GOTG - $184m and counting

Funny how the lowest rated of those is the highest grossing

 

[pturtle]

Funny how the lowest rated of those is the highest grossing :dut

I wonder where TMNT is going to end up on that list.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

People love watching trainwrecks