spiderman 3 is a lock for 300 million.

I think Meet the Parents had better word of mouth, and it was a smaller movie than National Treasure, so it sequel would have more room for expansion.

I'm a hardcore Pirates fan, and I haven't even gone to Yahoo to vote for PotC, much less give SM3 a bad grade. And on IMDb, I only rate the films I've actually seen.

Joy

where are people getting this idea that the word of mouth is horrible? spidey 2 wooulda done 3.5 had it opened on a friday. spidey 3 minimum multiplier is 2.5 and thatsreally pushing it. kids love this and will be seeing ti all summer.

By reading.

Nah, tho I see Spider-Man 3 with a chance at 315-330 now, and Shrek in that range too.

Spiderman was pretty bad, but I still see ateast a 2.7 multiplyer. No way it makes less than 300m

Shrek is the one, It will fail to make 300m. Potter 5 will fucking own it.

Hmm, perhaps you should judge it by seeing... reading about a movie is not always accurate.. i saw it with a sold out crowd . Yeah, the quality isn't up there with the first two, but the film itself is still enjoyable, especially the final fight scene.. It certainly could have been a little less cheesy (there's a lot of cheese!), but people were cheering at the end, and generally I was hearing a lot of positive feedback.

I can understand how die hard Spidey fans might have been disappointed with the film, but you guys are making a huge mistake by basing your opinions on what a the diehard fans who saw the midnights had to say.... you'll notice that once the general audience has seen the film this weekend, the WOM isnt nearly what you people think it is.

To even think about comparing it to Catwoman, or The Hulk, or Batman in Robin is stupid, and I think a big over-reaction.

I could respect it if you saw the film and that was your own opinion.
But to say that it is based on what you have been reading, I think is a huge mistake.

And I don't mean that in a rude way, or to attack you. It's really just a statement to everyone..

http://www.worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopi ... &start=125

word is its a lot like spidey 1 instead of spidey 2.

thats good for word of mouth amongst teens n kids n famililes but bad for adults.

alright, you've certainly got me there, but to be fair, you're reply in this thread gave no indication that you saw it at all.

I still think there is a general over-reaction to the WOM...
Even the Yahoo score is a decent B with over 6000 reviews...

It's nothing like 1. 1 was awesome. 3 has too much in it, and introduces it in akward and ridiculous ways. And the middle of the movie blows.

Well of course. I only wrote two words.

I think hell will freeze over if Spiderman 3 doesn't make 300. The worse case is a 2.3 multiplyer like X3 had although I am thinking it will be higher than that.

No no no. It should manage $340-50m atleast.

word of mouth is piss poor but even then it wont finish with below 350m.

350 is no lock, but 300 should still be. There is a remote possibility though, depending on the Saturday number.

I would eat my hat if it didn't do 300. I think it will do around 350, of course I think it will do around that more because of Shrek 3 and POTC more than anything else.

Won't they hurt it even worse though?

Poor WOM in general, from both the general audience, critics, and fans, is an obvious factor to bring it's total down, and also major competition from Shrek and Pirates. It's a doube-whammy, tied in with the poor WOM. It's also possible, that some screens could be taken away since some theatres added it to more because of all the sell-outs. That could even happen this weekend.

Alot of negatives against it's legs, but under 300 seems impossible. 350...I don't know. Using a 140M OW, it's a 2.5X. It should be close in the end. And won't be surprised if it lands around 325-340.

I might have overreacted. It was on the higher half of a B yesterday and it has yet to drop to a B- today. I suppose there is a slight chance it could still finish with a B-, although I'd still bet on a C+.

The IMDb average has dropped from 8.2 with over 2,000 votes on Thursday to 7.9 with over 4,000 votes yesterday and 7.3 with over 10,000 votes after Saturday's update. It should fall below 7 eventually.

The WoM is okay, nothing terrible about it. It is just not out-of-this-world excellent like for the last Spidey flick or Batman Begins. It is certainly not worse than for, say, Fantastic Four.

It will top $300 million with relative ease as it'll be at around $180 million after 7 days. I see a total of about $350 million wth Shrek The Third and Pirates biting a chunk out of its audiences, but it'll still sand a fair chance at the top spot of the year.

Basically, I think all three with make $300 million easily with Harry Potter 5 having a shot as well.

Yeah it'll past 300 easily with it's OW now.

Well 1 out of 3 isn't so bad.

Shrek 3: GUARANTEED to finish below 300.

Under $208 Million? YOU ARE INSANE!!!