OCEAN'S TWELVE
Without a doubt this is one of the biggest if not THE BIGGEST movie for the rest of the year. This hugely anticipated sequel to the 2001 hit will surely open with a bang in the beginning of December, gong up against another anticipated sequel, Blade: Trinity.
Here are the basics on this movie:
Release Date: December 10, 2004
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Julia Roberts, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Elliott Gould, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Vincent Cassel, Eddie Izzard, Peter Fonda
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for language)
Official Website: Oceans12.WarnerBros.com
Plot Summary: In this sequel to the blockbuster hit "Ocean's Eleven," rival cat burglars who are masters of their craft team up to outfox the beautiful FBI agent one of them is in love with.
Competition: Ocean's Twelve is going up against the opening weekend of Blade: Trinity as well as the 2nd weekend of Closer and the third weekends of Christmas with the Kranks and Alexander. In its second weekend Ocean's Twelve has to face The Aviator, Spanglish and Jim Carrey's blockbuster Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Teaser:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/oceans_12/large.html
Trailer:
http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/ocea ... iler_a.mov
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My thoughts:
Ocean's Twelve is a sequel to a huge hit from 2001. The original got great reviews and was very well-received. The formula of a lighthearted fun movie with many stars worked. And as the saying goes, "never change a winning team". All the stars are back for the sequel and many others have joined like Vincent Cassel and Catherine Zeta-Jones. There are also cameos by Peter Fonda and Bruce Willis to be expected. So far, we didn't see much of the marketing, but I expect a marketing blitz to come upon us very soon. The buzz is good and there is nothing really that will stand in this movie's way to become a huge hit. The original had the highest December opening ever back in 2001 and Ocean's Twelve is sure to open bigger. Ocean's Eleven held very well after the big opening and managed a multiplier of over 4.8 by the end of its run and that despite huge competition from the benemoth Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The stars of Ocean's Twelve might not be huge draws on their own (with the possible exception of Julia Roberts), but together they are an unbeatable team. However, I expect Ocean's Twelve to be somewhat more frontloaded. The only problem it has is that the novelty of its predecessor is not there anymore, so the whole movie seems a bit of a rehash of the first. However, I don't think that audiences will be too bothered by this and prevent this movie from becoming a huge hit.
The competition will sure be big with other star-driven pictures like The Aviator, Meet the Fockers and Spanglish coming out, but the competetion also did not hurt Ocean's Twelve all that much. I believe that Blade: Trinity will somewhat hurt Ocean's Twelve's opening weekend, as the vampire action flick is also very anticipated and frontloaded, but it won'tb have any effect on Ocean's Twelve in the long run.
My predictions:
Opening weekend - $50.8 million
Total gross - $197 million
just kinda funny as we were just talking about this.
