Um.... no, it's not. You do know how studios "sell" movies, right? Through marketing. And the marketing has given us some extremely strong selling points:

Leonardo DiCaprio
Matrix-style visual effects
Guns/action
Awesome city-bending, crumbling buildings, and other scenes of chaos/destruction
"From the director of The Dark Knight"

Put all of those together, and you have a strong seller. And the fact that the movie's buzz is practically through the roof shows that the marketing is working -- and the movie is strongly selling.


It's a sequel, not a reboot, but more to the point... online activity and buzz already shows people are more interested in Inception than Predators. And regarding interest in original films, I seem to recall a similar movie called The Matrix doing fairly well back in 1999. Hell, Shutter Island wasn't an effects-heavy film but managed to gross $41 million on OW primarily on the appeal of its director and star. As for interest in sequels/reboots/remakes of popular 1980s action films, as I recall, 2008's Rambo only grossed about $42 million in its entire run. I'm not saying Predators will gross that low (I'm sure it won't), but it shows that movies based on popular 1980s action films do not necessarily equal blockbuster.

ha ha we all know that it is true but the other way. I think we should even stop posting here otherwise BKB will have more and more pointless points to add here

BKB, remember how you spent the entirety of summer 2008 proclaiming The Dark Knight would flop, then would have no legs, then only was doing well because of Heath Ledger's death, then saying people didn't actually like the movie and only pretended they did because of guilt?

Yes, I'm sure the Warner Bros. is desperate to appeal to you with Inception.

Yeah, um... BKB/Tony Stark? If the marketing "sucked," then the movie wouldn't have the anticipation/buzz meter that it does. Remember, it's the marketing that builds buzz. Then again, I'm not really surprised you're ignoring this fact; I've been reading comments around here and it seems you have a history of making outlandish assertions and usually (always?) being wrong. I'm assuming now you're just posting for the entertainment value, to which I say... thanks!

BKB, thanks for going strong against Inception. Now it'll be a surefire blockbuster. :wink:

Inception: 50m/160m
Predators: 17m/42m

BKB/TS (can I call you BS for short? ), while Ledger's passing certainly contributed to TDK's massive opening, it was the movie's exceptional WOM that allowed it to maintain excellent legs throughout the summer. It's the WOM that primarily allowed it to gross $533m domestically (not to mention the $468m international gross). I don't understand why it's so hard for you to accept that the reason the movie did so well is primarily due to how well it was received. Anyone with a brain should know this, including a... well, whatever you are.

Inception is so doing $90+m OW. Keep doing what u r doing...

And I could dig up plenty of media stories that suggest Glenn Beck is Saint Peter incarnate. None of them reliable, mind you. Dude, seriously, we already know TDK's massive opening gross was assisted by Ledger's death, just as we know it was the movie's strong WOM which allowed it to hold up so well in subsequent weeks (as also reported by numerous, more reliable, media sources). I'm not sure what it is you're trying to prove here, because we already know why the movie made the money it did. The Batman characters, the positive reception of Batman Begins, TDK's WOM, IMAX screens, and, yes, Heath Ledger's performance in the aftermath of his death all played a factor. With all the evidence in the world contradicting your viewpoint, saying that TDK made most or all of it because of Ledger is just, quite frankly, stupid. But you will go right on saying it, no doubt.


If you say so, man, but I'm telling you: Predators a movie that is unlikely to reach the $30m mark in its OW. It just doesn't have the fanbase or the buzz and it'll most likely be rated R, further limiting its audience. Inception is practically guaranteed to open no lower than $40 million, and that's just worst-case-scenario. While I doubt it will open to the $80-90 million some are predicting (though that's supposedly what it's tracking), to think that it can be defeated by a movie like Predators, either in the short-run or the long-run, is just ridiculous. But then, I'm sure you know that and are just saying all of this to entertain us. To which, I say, again -- thanks!

GOD FORBID one should THINK during a movie, of all things. Don't you all know, film is meant merely as a simple enjoyment, you are not supposed to use your brain while watching it!

BUMP.. It's almost here Bitches.. Time for FOX To own WB with PREDATORS over the much ballyhoo'd and vastly overrated INCEPTION thanks to the internet and this love affair for Chris Nolan..

http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/42947 ... ml?show=hi

Here's some awesome PREDATORS footage to wet your whistle..

How can Inception be overrated when no one has seen it yet?

Better yet, why do I bother asking these questions?

BOMBs away.

INCEPTION is gonna rule this summer. $400+m fo sho. Will fuck IM2, TS3 and Twilight 3

This is not going to happen. Inception will be big but not huge. I mean I don't see it even bigger than Twilight 3 still there is a chance of that. TS3 out of reach....

Libs may have her sexual fantasies, but I can assure you bestiality is not one of them...

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Gee?? You mean like your rant about how The Last Airbiscuit, er, I mean, The Last Airbender isn't doing all that hot and is getting squashed by the net cause of IT being a critical failure??? Who saw that coming, right??

BUMP.. This movie is tracking pretty high and will shoick the fuck out of you folks when this clearly does better than you think.. Your all writing this shit off to quick..