Wtf

This sucks. This week in Austin TX it's only now showing in one theater, only one showtime a day. This tells me this should be the last week it's in Austin theaters before it's gone on Friday when some new movies come out.

I've already got it all planned out. I'm going to go to the last day on Thursday, to the last and only showing at 06:05 p.m., get me some buttered popcorn and Mr. Pibb, sit myself at the middle seat and enjoy Superman Returns for the last time it's in a theater. =(

I know the DVD will be out in November, but it's just not the same when seeing it on the big screen.

Originally posted by sithsaber408

I'll wager it ends at 195 mil here, and 355 mil worldwide.

Looks like I was right.

As of yesterday:

Domestic: $195,559,823 53.1%
+ Foreign: $173,000,000 46.9%

= Worldwide: $368,559,823

I'm sure that it's done here, but hopefully it will pull another 6.5 mil overseas to close with a respectable 375mil.

Originally posted by sithsaber408
Looks like I was right.

Originally posted by sithsaber408
I'm sure that it's done here, but hopefully it will pull another 6.5 mil overseas to close with a respectable 375mil.

Most of our cinemas over here (and there are a few), have all dropped it from their schedules...

And given a budget of what, 200 million, 375 is in no way a good return imo... it should have been pushing 500 million by now...

not good but steady... why always so negative pr?

Originally posted by MattDay
not good but steady... why always so negative pr?

Frankly? Bryan Singer could have made one of the highest grossing movies of all time, and he could have shown Marvel a thing or two about making comic book movies...

After so many years, to be honest i'm a little disappointed that this is the best Warner Bros and Singer can come up with... 😬

i didn't think it was the "best" they could come up with... in the interviews with singer, that will be on the dvd, he states he has been having a hard time trying to figure a good story to reintroduce the character, but also show signs of a future in the franchise... well singer is always better at getting action up there through good plots... the sequel will most likely reflect this notion that singer can do this "xmen 2" anyone?

I'm remaining positive as I thought it was better than X-3, pirates (only a little, the story line sucked, same as the first when you strip it of the flashing lights and action sequences) and.. well every other film this summer. box office doesn't always reflect quality of film, the advertisement campaign sucked from warner brothers!

Singer had a hard time choosing a story? Sweet christ... there are 60 years of comics to choose a story from... 😖

I didn't like x2... buts thats just me...

you're right, box office doesnt, it probably earned more than it should have imo...

and how much of an advertising campaign do you need? 'a new superman movie is coming out' would usually suffice... 😛

lol yeah i thought that would of done it too, but did the adverts on tv start playing after it came out in the cinema? it did in the UK, which sucked, plus pirates had adverts all over the place, so most people saw that because of the adverts.. that's what i ment by a sucky campaign to get the viewers in

thats true to a certain extent...

but to me, and i genuinely think this, i don't like saying it, nor am i saying it just to be one of those people who wants to sound cool by dissing a movie...

i honestly feel that if the movie had been better (than i thought it was), then it would have easily hit the 500 million mark... i mean, 200 million will buy you all the doomsday/brainiac/luthor powersuit effects shots you could ever need... plus there were some script/casting issues that alot of people disagreed with... i mean look here on kmc, we're split right down the middle on whether the movie as great or less than great... superman returns should have (imo) been a movie that we could all, as superman and comic book fans, watch again and again...

the sets seemed like a useless expenditure... why not use the smallville sets? even lois and clark was able to get decent sets on a somewhat less than stellar budget...

i just think in alot of ways, the 200 million was misused greatly...

which in its own way contributed to the less than stellar takings at the box office...

at least imo...

i think its the fault of the film-makers as much as the enormously overspending budget wise (i mean, 200 million? it doesnt show imo)

unfortunately singer thought upgrading the cameras to the new technology would be a good thing, but they cost something along the lines of $5,000 to $6,000 a DAY!

that's where the money was "wasted"... i think that was a big problem in my book... but you can't get anywhere without making mistakes now... that is a rule don't ya know lol

Originally posted by MattDay
unfortunately singer thought upgrading the cameras to the new technology would be a good thing, but they cost something along the lines of $5,000 to $6,000 a DAY!

that's where the money was "wasted"... i think that was a big problem in my book... but you can't get anywhere without making mistakes now... that is a rule don't ya know lol

yeah, but you'd think after making two x-men movies he'd know his way round a superhero movie...

bloody cameras...

i think the x - men are easier to do than a superman film, easier than a spiderman film, well any hero film that just has one main character in it is harder... in that respect he's new to the limit of one character to fill the time space instead of 10 or so.

Originally posted by MattDay
i think the x - men are easier to do than a superman film, easier than a spiderman film, well any hero film that just has one main character in it is harder... in that respect he's new to the limit of one character to fill the time space instead of 10 or so.

well he pretty much screwed up x-men...

it may be harder, but i dont think thats much of an excuse, i mean, donner didnt seem to have much trouble with it... 😬

MattDay,,,,,,,,,,,,what are you talking about??? Spiderman is not just one character, he has an identity!!! He has to juggle two different identities! Just as tough as Superman! We all have shit to deal with! People like Spiderman better, b/c people are idiots!

And dont' EVER bring up DONNER!!!!!! That's a legend!!!! Half of these people in this forum don't deserve to be in his presence.

they are easier because there's 10 character ti juggle with, but when it's ... 2 characters... the hero and the disguise, it's easier in scale and complexity of focusing on them two rather than loads intertwining around the plot of the movie... i think i said it better and clearer this time... tell me if it still doesn't make sense godofall1

Originally posted by GODOFALL1
MattDay,,,,,,,,,,,,what are you talking about??? Spiderman is not just one character, he has an identity!!! He has to juggle two different identities! Just as tough as Superman! We all have shit to deal with! People like Spiderman better, b/c people are idiots!

And dont' EVER bring up DONNER!!!!!! That's a legend!!!! Half of these people in this forum don't deserve to be in his presence.

Ok... 😕 calm down...

People who think Singer screwed up X-Men are a very vocal, but small minority. Look at the box-office and strong reviews on RottenTomatoes.com for proof. Let go, already.

Originally posted by roughrider
People who think Singer screwed up X-Men are a very vocal, but small minority. Look at the box-office and strong reviews on RottenTomatoes.com for proof. Let go, already.

Not if they're genuine arguments that relate to the current situation with the superman sequels...

As of Yesterday:

Domestic: $196,927,967 52.1%
+ Foreign: $181,000,000 47.9%

= Worldwide: $377,927,967