Thor Movie

Originally posted by Prep-Man
It still didn't top Superman Returns domestically, even if you count inflation. Domestic is a little more important. I doubt X-Men First Class will beat Thor, though.

It's beaten SR in overall worldwide gross, though, and it's still going. Also factor in it cost much less to make than Superman Returns (which bloated it's budget over a tortured development period), and it's got the kind of positive buzz that SR lacked (where questions arose right away about rebooting this.)
What's important about performing domestically is that you don't embarrass yourself; that's why The Golden Compass franchise stopped after just one film.
If domestic was all important, then the latest Pirates Of
The Caribbean would be a flop, but it's being saved by a monster performance overseas.

Domestic is more important or so I am told. Last Pirates did 208 so far and still going. It's not a flop and will keep on doing more sequels. I agree that the OS numbers are very insane.

Originally posted by Prep-Man
Domestic is more important or so I am told. Last Pirates did 208 so far and still going. It's not a flop and will keep on doing more sequels. I agree that the OS numbers are very insane.

The problem with Pirates 4 is that it will be the lowest grossing one in the series, domestically; and the worst reviewed. If it wasn't for those monster overseas numbers, it would be a failure. But unfortunately they can now justify one one, dammit...

And another problem with Superman Returns is they were expecting $500 million worldwide at a minimum, considering how popular he is and was. So because it fell below expectations and had a lot of story people didn't want continuing, it's getting the reboot treatment. While Thor has met or exceeded expectations, being the first film out of the gate.

People are just tired of those movies, but it still did well in the box office. As for the lowest in reviews, I thought it was the second one. Because I keep hearing Pirates 4 is much better than 2 or 3.

I can't believe they expected 500 million. I think the next Superman will draw in more people.

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Originally posted by Prep-Man
I doubt X-Men First Class will beat Thor, though.

No, I doubt it will even come close. But to be fair its the 5th X-Men movie, and X-Men hype has dyed down after the last 2. Also X-Men First Class has no big stars to help back it up.

Originally posted by roughrider
It's beaten SR in overall worldwide gross, though, and it's still going. Also factor in it cost much less to make than Superman Returns (which bloated it's budget over a tortured development period), and it's got the kind of positive buzz that SR lacked (where questions arose right away about rebooting this.)
What's important about performing domestically is that you don't embarrass yourself; that's why The Golden Compass franchise stopped after just one film.
If domestic was all important, then the latest Pirates Of
The Caribbean would be a flop, but it's being saved by a monster performance overseas.

GL is going to tank, I'm calling it now.

Originally posted by juggernaut74
SR ticket prices are from 5 years ago and the movie had no action. I think the adjusted total would be like 470 million which Thor won't reach imo. So basically a sh!tty Superman movie beat a aweosome Thor movie.

GL is going to tank, I'm calling it now.

Then by that logic, SR budget adjusted for inflation is like $300 million or so, instead of the $200 million plus in 2006. While Thor had a $150 million budget for this, and is grossing back three times it's production budget worldwide.

yeah, rising tickets suck. like i said earlier go by number of tickets sold. that would be better.

Originally posted by juggernaut74
SR ticket prices are from 5 years ago and the movie had no action. I think the adjusted total would be like 470 million which Thor won't reach imo.

5 years wnt make that much difference

Originally posted by roughrider
Then by that logic, SR budget adjusted for inflation is like $300 million or so, instead of the $200 million plus in 2006. While Thor had a $150 million budget for this, and is grossing back three times it's production budget worldwide.

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Thor was my favorite Marvel Movie since Iron Man 1. X-men First Class was great too. But I'm a Thor fan and seeing him swirl his hammer around and destroy the Frost Giants was pure boyhood excitement. Moments like those are what you dream of seeing your comic book heroes do on the big screen.

Originally posted by CPT Space Bomb
Thor was my favorite Marvel Movie since Iron Man 1. X-men First Class was great too. But I'm a Thor fan and seeing him swirl his hammer around and destroy the Frost Giants was pure boyhood excitement. Moments like those are what you dream of seeing your comic book heroes do on the big screen.

I agree. I was following the progress of this film almost daily for the past two years, sucking onto every casting decision and collecting every still photo online when it was shooting. It was worth the wait of being a Thor fan for over twenty years.

Originally posted by DARTH POWER
5 years wnt make that much difference

And it looks like Thor beat GL opening weekend! 💃

GL actually grossed more than Batman Begins on opening weekend which is kinda odd because Batman Begins grossed 205 mill. domestic. I'm guessing GL is gonna drop off fast though.

Originally posted by juggernaut74
About 80 million dollars difference.

Nah. That would be 16 million dollars a year.

It will be a difference of 50 mill tops.

Originally posted by DARTH POWER
Nah. That would be 16 million dollars a year.

It will be a difference of 50 mill tops.

Thor's most likely going to end up with a world wide total of $450 million, more or less.

Inflation goes both ways by the way. Superman Returns would probably have a production cost of like what, $300 million today?

Thor cost around half as much to make and will gross a total almost on par with Superman Returns. It doesn't exactly come off looking negatively in the comparison.

I think that a Thor sequel if handled and marketed well could end up being a huge block buster. By that time, a great deal of people who never considered to watch Thor will have, and would most likely enjoy it. I don't think Thor ever clicked with the most profitable audience, the "teenage" crowd, because most of them never considered to watch Thor. This is based on my experience of course.

Rage, the more you post in this thread, the more people will start hating the Thor movie. Get out! sneer

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I am glad the movie did better than I expected. It beat out a lot of comic book movies featuring higher profile characters. 😎

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Thor is still a great movie 😄

Agreed. Movie was very good.

I loved it