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Another thing SP will determine is how easy or hard will it be to make another billion dollar film. Was SF a fluke? we shall see.
That's not entirely true. One week after "Skyfall", "Twilight: Breaking Down Part 2" premiered. And like "Hunger Games", also "Twilight" is a young adult novel adaptation. And don't forget the first "Hobbit" film in December 2012. Here it was actually the other way around: "Skyfall" in the long end did better than "The Hobbit".
On top of that, audiences are different between Bond on one hand and sci-fi franchises on the other hand.
"SF", like I said before, wasn't a fluke. It was in the making.
Who thinks that? It's a guaranteed success regardless of critical acclaim.
Go to previous page 17 of this thread. I also still think it will relatively easily cross the 1 Billion Dollar mark.
"SPECTRE" is on no#10, not no#3. Where do you see that?
Yes. SPECTRE currently at number 3 on the IMDB meter. Star Wars EP 7 at number 49! and that Fast and Furious 7 film at number 1....
i saw it at number 3 also. its still there at number 3...
How do we think about this several months into production of "SPECTRE" @SaintMark & @PanchitoPistoles :-P?
So far, my predictions seem to be quite OK :-). "Furious 7" did not have any chance of passing the $ 1 Billion @PanchitoPistoles ;-)? At this stage "Furious 7" most certainly joins a very elite group of non-sci-fi 2D-movies into that illustrious "1 Billion Dollar Club", together with:
--> "The Dark Knight",
--> "Bond 24: Skyfall",
--> "Titanic" &
--> "The Dark Knight Rises".
And it could narrowly pass the $1.1 Billion from "Skyfall". Let's see how it goes.
It is telling though. It shows that the weak Euro isn't that much of a problem for a movie to actually pass the 1 Billion Dollar mark. Actually, it becomes more common. And as I said before, 2015 is an insane year crowded with tentpole blockbusters.
Also, I predicted that "Kingsman: The Secret Service" would narrowly pass the $500 Million mark globally. Now that's not going to happen, but it now will most certainly pass the $425 Million globally, thanks to a perfect first 10 days in China. "Kingsman" there is now at a whopping $54 Million after only 10 days!
Down below my predictions from last January:
Perhaps it's updated later here? Or earlier? This is my IMDB-moviemeter as of 6th of April 2015, 9:03 PM CET:
By the way, you need to interpret this Movie Meter carefully. It really jumps up and down based on how much a particular movie has been in the news during one week. "SPECTRE" was also at 3rd place back in December, entirely due to the press presentation of the film the week before, on December 4th 2014.
Then there are also more quiet weeks and this can make a movie fall down like 10 to 20 spots. It's really quite a lot of liquidity on that list.
STILL, from all movies appearing much later this year, like "SPECTRE", "Hunger Games" and "Star Wars", "SPECTRE" is clearly the most well-known of it....so far.
http://pro.boxoffice.com/news/2015-04-06-twitter-futures-spectre-explodes-deadpool-makes-first-appearance
Hey @Dinovelvet. I already saw the Twitter-tracking information. I'm following that closely. As well as this weekly Digital-Audience-Rating-update from Variety:
http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/digital-audience-ratings-spectre-soars-southpaw-packs-a-punch-1201464269/
For me it wouldn't be a surprise at all if "SPECTRE" does a 3-digit figure in its opening weekend. Actually, I think it could surpass "Furious 7"s opening weekend of $143 Million.
I also thought beforehand that it was a stunning and perfect coup-d'état from the marketeers at Sony to premiere its first teaser trailer so damn early (for Bond standards) and attach it at the release of "Furious 7". Marvellous bit of marketing.
It's still very early days yet. And let's not forget "SPECTRE" doesn't appear in the TOP 10 of Facebook-tracking from boxoffice.com. But that's because there are too many Facebook-groups for Bond, and even two official Facebook pages: For "SPECTRE" and for "James Bond" in general.
BUT I do think another stunning box office figure is in the making....one that could surpass the already wunderful "Skyfall" box office figure....and that could leave even Bond fans stunned afterwards :-).
I don't have full access to the imdb movie meter. It just show thats it at number 3 in the right hand corner when I click on the SPECTRE main IMDB page. I can't bring up the whole list because I don't have an IMDB account.
I see it now as well, via this link. This "IMDB-MovieMeter" includes TV-series as well and is featured on IMDB-Pro....the paid content of the free IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/chart/?ref_=ft_cht
On there "SPECTRE" is indeed no#3. But upon checking the "free" "IMDB-MovieMeter", which is excluding TV-series, I see "SPECTRE" at no#10:
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?at=0&sort=moviemeter,asc&title_type=feature&year=2015,2015
Or is the latter link a more generic poll, that includes IMDB-MovieMeter-content? What do you think?
I still think it will be less than any QT attempt and I am not even a fan of the mans work, even if I respect his body of work. An with SF I noticed that Mendes di not hire a half decent scriptwriter to make Waltz look cool. Like in SF casting an actor that did an unforgettable baddie and then not giving him enough to play with script-wise that is.
;)
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?year=2015,2015&title_type=feature&sort=moviemeter,asc
And this "IMDB-MovieMeter", which includes TV-series as well as featured on IMDB-Pro (paid content) it's on no#3:
http://www.imdb.com/chart/?ref_=ft_cht
SPECTRE predicted to join the billion dollar club by those at the wrap...
Yes, I've been saying that for quite some time now. But still, there are other more sceptical Bond fans, who are convinced "SPECTRE" will stall at a "lacklustre" 900 Million globally.
"SPECTRE" will be aiming at bigger shock results in: China, USA, Mexico. But also expect "SPECTRE" to do big in Japan, South-Korea and the Euro-less United Kingdom.
Most likely or a good possibility it could be the biggest money maker in the UK again as with Skyfall before it back in 2012?!
Though SF wasn't up against Star Wars, and Star Wars will be MASSIVE. EP:1 made a bucketload, It's the 11th highest grossing of all time in the UK and of those eleven it's tenth oldest, only behind Titanic. To put it in perspective it still made more than TDK and Avengers, despite not being 3-D or IMAX.
Seeing the prequel 3 and how they turned out? I would not like to hazard a guess what Disney will churn out? Will be interesting to see though?