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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 25, 2019 14:20:50 GMT -5
169 million from day one overseas Or, put another way, in one day it's taken one third of the entire box office gross of the movie that started it all, Iron Man.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2019 14:47:44 GMT -5
So doing predictions here in terms of box office because I’m bored.
$303M for US. Just breaks $1B for worldwide opening...like, $1.01B.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 25, 2019 15:00:00 GMT -5
So doing predictions here in terms of box office because I’m bored. $303M for US. Just breaks $1B for worldwide opening...like, $1.01B. Just imagine the reaction you'd get if you went back in time 25 years when Marvel were desperately trying to keep the lights on and you said that a Marvel movie would do a $1 billion opening weekend (or very close to it) without the X-Men and Fantastic Four, and without Spider-Man for all but the final battle scene.
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 25, 2019 15:03:11 GMT -5
So doing predictions here in terms of box office because I’m bored. $303M for US. Just breaks $1B for worldwide opening...like, $1.01B. Good. Everyone should go see this movie, multiple times.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 25, 2019 15:05:11 GMT -5
So doing predictions here in terms of box office because I’m bored. $303M for US. Just breaks $1B for worldwide opening...like, $1.01B. Good. Everyone should go see this movie, multiple times. You really want to see Avatar knocked off its perch, don't you?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2019 15:09:50 GMT -5
So doing predictions here in terms of box office because I’m bored. $303M for US. Just breaks $1B for worldwide opening...like, $1.01B. Just imagine the reaction you'd get if you went back in time 25 years when Marvel were desperately trying to keep the lights on and you said that a Marvel movie would do a $1 billion opening weekend (or very close to it) without the X-Men and Fantastic Four, and without Spider-Man for all but the final battle scene. I remember when the 2002 Spider-Man opened and sitting in my 9th grade English class hearing the news from my teacher that the movie made $114M in its opening week and being like...”wait, WHAT? That’s completely insane! A movie making a 100M in its first three days. And here we are, 17 years later and a movie made by the same company is going to make almost three times that amount and we just pass it off like nothing. This is the power of Marvel.
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 25, 2019 15:15:39 GMT -5
Good. Everyone should go see this movie, multiple times. You really want to see Avatar knocked off its perch, don't you? I just hate it. Also, I need Marvel to make shitloads of money to protect the #1 box office position from Avatar 2, Avatar 3, Avatar 4, Avatar 5, and probably Avatar Endgame.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Apr 25, 2019 15:17:50 GMT -5
Good. Everyone should go see this movie, multiple times. You really want to see Avatar knocked off its perch, don't you? Speaking of, if you're James Cameron, are you shook right now with your number one spot on the verge of being taken, or are you tickled that it took eleven years of buildup and a series of record breaking blockbusters to unseat Ferngully in Space?
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Post by mattperiolat on Apr 25, 2019 15:19:57 GMT -5
You really want to see Avatar knocked off its perch, don't you? Speaking of, if you're James Cameron, are you shook right now with your number one spot on the verge of being taken, or are you tickled that it took eleven years of buildup and a series of record breaking blockbusters to unseat Ferngully in Space? Dances with Smurfs crushed by Grimace.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Apr 25, 2019 15:22:19 GMT -5
You really want to see Avatar knocked off its perch, don't you? I just hate it. Also, I need Marvel to make shitloads of money to protect the #1 box office position from Avatar 2, Avatar 3, Avatar 4, Avatar 5, and probably Avatar Endgame. I think you're overestimating that movie's impact. It's massive box office is almost entirely based on the then-revolutionary use of technology. Ask the average person on the street to name one character (besides maybe Neytiri) and you'll get a blank stare. Don't be surprised if Avatar 2's BO guarantees we DON'T get an Avatar 3 or anything else.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Apr 25, 2019 15:31:24 GMT -5
I just hate it. Also, I need Marvel to make shitloads of money to protect the #1 box office position from Avatar 2, Avatar 3, Avatar 4, Avatar 5, and probably Avatar Endgame. I think you're overestimating that movie's impact. It's massive box office is almost entirely based on the then-revolutionary use of technology. Ask the average person on the street to name one character (besides maybe Neytiri) and you'll get a blank stare. Don't be surprised if Avatar 2's BO guarantees we DON'T get an Avatar 3 or anything else. I just call the blue guy Avatar.
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Post by Killah Ray on Apr 25, 2019 15:32:54 GMT -5
And there goes something spoiled....that's what I get for browsing something on Reddit by new. (in this case something absolutely nothing to do with movies whatsoever) Someone posted a news story with the link title as CHARACTER IS GONE! Not as specific as the Force Awakaens spoiler memes that made me stop visiting 4chan for good. Yep assholes are posting spoilers literally on any story now. I was reading a political article and yep some f***ing asshole posted spoilers under the article...
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 25, 2019 15:37:03 GMT -5
My anti-Avatar 2 campaign is currently in the planning stages. It will be finalised in time for December 2020.
Hopefully Marvel will have a movie ready to destroy it, as part of their Phase.....uh....whatever it will be by then.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 25, 2019 15:40:24 GMT -5
My anti-Avatar 2 campaign is cureently in the planning stages. It will be finalised in time for December 2020. Hopefully Marvel will have a movie ready to destroy it, as part of their Phase.....uh....whatever it will be by then. Well, Avatar is Disney now, so no chance of Marvel or Star Wars releasing anything against it.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 25, 2019 15:40:42 GMT -5
I just hate it. Also, I need Marvel to make shitloads of money to protect the #1 box office position from Avatar 2, Avatar 3, Avatar 4, Avatar 5, and probably Avatar Endgame. I think you're overestimating that movie's impact. It's massive box office is almost entirely based on the then-revolutionary use of technology. Ask the average person on the street to name one character (besides maybe Neytiri) and you'll get a blank stare. Don't be surprised if Avatar 2's BO guarantees we DON'T get an Avatar 3 or anything else. Someone posted the "name an Avatar character" question before (either her or on reddit) and the only one I could guess was Neytiri, and I was NOT at all confident that wasn't a Lion King or Black Panther background character. Only other guess I had was "Captain Lang", but it turns out the actors name is Stephen Lang and the character is Quaritch.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 25, 2019 15:43:56 GMT -5
I think you're overestimating that movie's impact. It's massive box office is almost entirely based on the then-revolutionary use of technology. Ask the average person on the street to name one character (besides maybe Neytiri) and you'll get a blank stare. Don't be surprised if Avatar 2's BO guarantees we DON'T get an Avatar 3 or anything else. Someone posted that before and the only one I could guess was Neytiri, and I was NOT at all confident that wasn't a Lion King or Black Panther background character. Only other guess I had was "Captain Lang", but it turns out the actors name is Stephen Lang and the character is Quaritch. You mean you forgot about Michelle Rodriguez's character? You know, the one that's exactly the same as every other Michelle Rodriguez character.
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 25, 2019 15:49:56 GMT -5
My anti-Avatar 2 campaign is cureently in the planning stages. It will be finalised in time for December 2020. Hopefully Marvel will have a movie ready to destroy it, as part of their Phase.....uh....whatever it will be by then. Well, Avatar is Disney now, so no chance of Marvel or Star Wars releasing anything against it. *sighs* I give up. I am suspending my campaign.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Apr 25, 2019 16:26:27 GMT -5
My anti-Avatar 2 campaign is cureently in the planning stages. It will be finalised in time for December 2020. Hopefully Marvel will have a movie ready to destroy it, as part of their Phase.....uh....whatever it will be by then. Well, Avatar is Disney now, so no chance of Marvel or Star Wars releasing anything against it. I bet James Cameron is thrilled. 😂😂😅
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Post by Celexa Bliss on Apr 25, 2019 17:00:57 GMT -5
And there goes something spoiled....that's what I get for browsing something on Reddit by new. (in this case something absolutely nothing to do with movies whatsoever) Someone posted a news story with the link title as CHARACTER IS GONE! Not as specific as the Force Awakaens spoiler memes that made me stop visiting 4chan for good. Yep assholes are posting spoilers literally on any story now. I was reading a political article and yep some f***ing asshole posted spoilers under the article... This is why I don't read comment sections of anything. I will be staying clear of the YouTube homepage until Monday, however. When the Gilmore Girls Netflix series came out a few years ago, I got recommended a video on their front page that spoiled something in the title. Not making that mistake again.
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Post by héad.casé on Apr 25, 2019 17:08:17 GMT -5
I heard this on Twitter the other day, but guys - if you're looking to avoid spoilers but follow hashtags, don't click on the #DontSpoilTheEndGame one - a few are being dicks and posting spoilers using it.
Just giving a friendly warning.
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