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 The Superman Returns will make under 200 million club 
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excel wrote:
threads a joke....


Most of the SUPERMAN threads eventually do become a Joke, that much I will agree with you on..


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yeah cause it is so underpedictd


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excel wrote:
yeah cause it is so underpedictd


But it's underpredicted for a reason Excel.. In 3 weeks, will be having this same conversation again in the thread I make titled "What Went Wrong With SUPERMAN RETURNS"??


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yeah and then posts 2-100 will be saying WTF R U TALKING ABOUT.


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excel wrote:
yeah and then posts 2-100 will be saying WTF R U TALKING ABOUT.


Would these by any chance be your posts??? I think the posts inbetween 2-100 will be laughing at how badly this movie performs..


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Well, you know I am in this club. I think with the opener pushed back a few days, it could help with the total. So instead of making 147 mill, it might do 157.

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Count me in as well. The defensive mode of the fanboy audience is absolutely hillarious - It's like the lead-up to "Serenity" all over again.


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superman a bit bigger then serenity........


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Of course they're different.

But the rabid, overbearing fanbase (browncoats vs. whatever the hell Superman fans are called) is strikingly similar.

Maybe I'll eat crow and Superman will be the biggest movie of the year - but I'm just sensing a complete lack of interest out there.


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excel wrote:
threads a joke....


Not necessarily. I'm totally out of this club but there's still a chance that this could fall below $200 million.

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Nothing tops the kong fanboys from this past december.Most excuses ever! it was hilariouse seeing them scramble when it was apparent kong was not going to be the uber blockbuster they expected,and then it getting beat by narnia.
Lol!


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Yep, that's also a good analogy.

I just don't understand why the fanboys get so worked up over this stuff. Mention the budget, marketing effectiveness, box office prospects, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 or the gay stuff (which is admittedly overblown, but funny) and they go completely insane. I had a guy go off on me on another forum for asking if there were any tracking numbers available yet.

It's as if people believe the predictions we make about Superman's performance or quality are going to have some actual bearing on what happens. We're morons talking out our asses on the internet. We might end up being accurate in the end, but our predictions are absolutely meaningless.


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neo_wolf wrote:
Nothing tops the kong fanboys from this past december.Most excuses ever!

No excuses needed for a movie that makes almost $220m domestically and is not a sequel to a big movie or adaptation of a popular property (book, comic book etc).

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neo_wolf wrote:
Nothing tops the kong fanboys from this past december.Most excuses ever!

No excuses needed for a movie that makes almost $220m domestically and is not a sequel to a big movie or adaptation of a popular property (book, comic book etc).


It was a remake of one of the most popular films ever.


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neo_wolf wrote:
It was a remake of one of the most popular films ever.

Yeah, an ancient movie no one gives a shit about today.

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Nazgul9 wrote:
neo_wolf wrote:
It was a remake of one of the most popular films ever.

Yeah, an ancient movie no one gives a shit about today.



Oh oh,i think the kongies are getting mad.


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neo_wolf wrote:
Oh oh,i think the kongies are getting mad.

Running out of arguments?

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Nazgul9 wrote:
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Oh oh,i think the kongies are getting mad.

Running out of arguments?


The thing is, Kong is a HUGE name, and absolutely everybody has hear of him It doesn't really count, because he's a classic pop culture icon. The movie did, however, still end up with a great gross, made a profit, was well-received and sold well on DVD, so no complaining there.

And this is from a HUGE Peter Jackson/LOTR/KONG fanboy so don't call me a hater.

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Temujin wrote:
The thing is, Kong is a HUGE name, and absolutely everybody has hear of him

Everyone has heard of Dracula, too. Doesn't mean a new movie staring Dracula would do gangbusters.

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The movie did, however, still end up with a great gross, made a profit, was well-received and sold well on DVD, so no complaining there.

Couldn't agree more.

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And this is from a HUGE Peter Jackson/LOTR/KONG fanboy so don't call me a hater.

I wouldn't call neo_wolf a hater either, just ignorant. And a little blinded by his Jesus love. :tongue:

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Nazgul9 wrote:
I wouldn't call neo_wolf a hater either, just ignorant. And a little blinded by his Jesus love. :tongue:


:tongue:

You love PJ more than i love jesus i bet.
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neo_wolf wrote:
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You love PJ more than i love jesus i bet.
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Hell, who knows, you could be right. :biggrin:

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Nazgul9 wrote:
Temujin wrote:
The thing is, Kong is a HUGE name, and absolutely everybody has hear of him

Everyone has heard of Dracula, too. Doesn't mean a new movie staring Dracula would do gangbusters.

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The movie did, however, still end up with a great gross, made a profit, was well-received and sold well on DVD, so no complaining there.

Couldn't agree more.

Temujin wrote:
And this is from a HUGE Peter Jackson/LOTR/KONG fanboy so don't call me a hater.

I wouldn't call neo_wolf a hater either, just ignorant. And a little blinded by his Jesus love. :tongue:


But a Dracula film with a Huge Director, Huge Budget, great cast, enormous hype, and awesome release date probably would.

I just really don't think you can call this an original film, as there was already huge awareness of the topic before it came out.

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Temujin wrote:
But a Dracula film with a Huge Director, Huge Budget, great cast, enormous hype, and awesome release date probably would.

But the thing is, there was only hype in the industry and perhaps amongst movie buffs but obviously not the general populace as evidenced by the low opening day. Hell, Omen looks to be opening bigger than Kong.


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I just really don't think you can call this an original film, as there was already huge awareness of the topic before it came out.

Didn't call it original, but awareness doesn't equal hype.

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Temujin wrote:
But a Dracula film with a Huge Director, Huge Budget, great cast, enormous hype, and awesome release date probably would.

This has actually already happened ;) in like 1992 ehhehehehe.


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andaroo wrote:
Temujin wrote:
But a Dracula film with a Huge Director, Huge Budget, great cast, enormous hype, and awesome release date probably would.

This has actually already happened ;) in like 1992 ehhehehehe.

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