Originally posted by playa1258
Everyone said AOTC would beat Spider-man. Spidey smashed it.
To be fair, that was the worst and least hyped of the Prequels, whilst Spiderman 2002 was the first big screen Spidey, so there was massive more hype for that.
TPM though had massive hype and that became the 2nd biggest movie (at the time) behind Titanic.
But now Avengers 1 is the 3rd biggest movie of all time after Avatar and Titanic. So good money would be on Avengers: AOU Imho.
The Avengers made almost twice as much as Episode III. Then again, the PT was very underwhelming.
My money is on Age of Ultron to be the superior film, both financially and for entertainment. Then again, Episode VII is going back to the roots of Star Wars and might just be an even bigger smash hit than already anticipated.
Quite honestly, I'm thinking Star Wars will be the bigger BO draw. Winter time is a massive help, as evidenced by Avatar, and people will be going not just for entertainment, but to judge if JJ managed to undo the terribleness of the prequels, not to mention (for hardcore fans) to see if the retconning of the EU was justified. If the movie is good, people will love it. If it's bad, people will love bytching about it. Either way, I think it is more anticipated IMO.
Another thing is that AOU is the adaptation of a story already told in comics, whereas TFA will be entirely new, so that gives it an edge in anticipation IMO