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anyone else irritated with the exaggerated weekend box office reports?
Spiderman 3, everyone is say it blew away the previous records???
You can't compare apples and oranges. spider man 3 was in about 600 more theaters than the first spider man or revenge of the sith and that is why it appears to have made so much more. in reallity it only made about 3.5million more than
star wars.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/

Only 3.5 million? I do realise that that is not very much in movie termsm but still.

Yeah, that is a bit annoying, I heard those results as well.

I did see Spiderman 3 and I was pretty impressed though.

Spiderman 3 was alright, not as good as 1 or 2 though.

It just goes to show the general public loves the Wall-crawler more than the Force. I'm not surprised. There was a lot of hype.

Box office results mean little and all very trivial now considering inflation and other factors. Yet to see Spiderman 3 but I have a feeling it'll simply be mediocre, in keeping with previous efforts.

Originally posted by Tangible God
Spiderman 3 was alright, not as good as 1 or 2 though.

It just goes to show the general public loves the Wall-crawler more than the Force. I'm not surprised. There was a lot of hype.

I didn't like 2 as much as 3 to be honest.

Originally posted by Tangible God
Spiderman 3 was alright, not as good as 1 or 2 though.

It just goes to show the general public loves the Wall-crawler more than the Force. I'm not surprised. There was a lot of hype.

You have to remember that Lucas "disappointed" with two previous movies.

and btw...WHO CARES? I don't trust the public to choose good movies.

In time, I think ROTS, no matter how shitty it was compared to the OT, will still be viewed as more of a classic than Spiderman 3. Maybe even Spiderman 1. But probably only because of the Star Wars tag.

That is horrible.That movie suck!Star wars should had beaten that movie no questions ask@!jm

I think the "problem" is that Spiderman may have had more older fans that are fans of the comic books that went to see the movie first weekend, while the Star Wars audience was for the most part younger with the exception of those who saw the original trilogy in theaters.

I loved Episode III way more than Spiderman 3, but to be fair to it, the Per Theater Averages were much higher for Spiderman 3 as well so even without the extra 600 theaters, Spiderman 3 would have beat Episode III by about $21 million (not counting the 2 year inflation). With the 2 year inflation, like $18 million.

http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/theateravg.htm?page=THTRAWOPN&p=.htm

So SPiderman wins this year. Although, I wonder what Pirates'll do.

I sat in the theatre with just 6 people. LOLz!

I went to see it saturday and it was packed
thing is with the Spiderman flicks is they are a bit samey and again the CGI was too showy when they should have concentrated on getting cgi Spidey to look realistic

bums on seats dont mean nothing when ARE WE DONE YET makes more money than GRINDHOUSE

So how was Spidey? Haven't seen it yet...

It sucked!jm

Really??? I feared as much. I always felt he might be trying to cramp too much into a movie.

It was decent enough, too many stories to follow, not enough time to do it. I felt Sandman was rather irrelevant.

Really??? That's a shame.

Every series has an end. I heard this was the beginning of the end for Spiderman.

I heard they plan to make at least three more.

Spiderman hero is great, but the movie(i only saw the 1 one), sucked horribly.

Yeah it sure did it looked like it was written by someone with the ideas of a 5 year old.The second one was okay-had some really awesome special effects in it but this third one looks and sounds as horrible as the first one was.man that sucks that it beat Sith.

I think these first 3 Spiderman films will date very badly over the next few years, lots of product placement (which unlike Blade Runner/Minority Report won't transcend era's) plus a performace by Macy Gray (Yeah, who?). They aren't terrible films, but there just not that great either, purely mediocre.

I hope Pirates holds out at the box office.

Originally posted by Tangible God
It was decent enough, too many stories to follow, not enough time to do it. I felt Sandman was rather irrelevant.

I agree, but one question I hope you can answer this, I will put a spoiler thing for queeq.

how come Harry Osborn does not die!? He got the crap kicked out of him by Spidey and then got a bomb exploding right in front of his face, he should have definately been dead.

Originally posted by General G
I agree, but one question I hope you can answer this, I will put a spoiler thing for queeq.

how come Harry Osborn does not die!? He got the crap kicked out of him by Spidey and then got a bomb exploding right in front of his face, he should have definately been dead. All that Goblin-Maker potion probably really helped out his body's tissue regeneration and muscle strength.

I don't mind spoilers. And the answer is simple: they plan to make three more Spidey movies.

Which is a damn shame.

Whatever. Every year they up the amount of screens major films open on - 10,000 is an obscene number of screens for Spider Man 3 - and tickets prices often go up with them. The Studios are SO fixated with opening weekend results, they have put jobs on the line.
How a film does over the long haul is far more important. It's still more impressive that A NEW HOPE grosses over $500 million worldwide in 1970's dollars - on a mere budget of $11 million. And the fact George Lucas is virtually the only man in the American film industry who finances films with his own money - hundreds of millions of dollars - and can still get back several times that in profit.

Yup, he is a cunning one and i mean, evil cunning.

I dont know why you guys complain ESB made only 300b at the box office and still is the best sw film .

Exactly. ESB has more subtelty to it than the others, I feel.

Originally posted by Tangible God
All that Goblin-Maker potion probably really helped out his body's tissue regeneration and muscle strength.

But that pumpkin bom right beside his face!!!

Originally posted by queeq
I don't mind spoilers. And the answer is simple: they plan to make three more Spidey movies.

but he dies at the end anyways That spoiler was for everyone else.

Originally posted by exanda kane
Which is a damn shame.

yeah that sucks.

Originally posted by exanda kane
Exactly. ESB has more subtelty to it than the others, I feel.

Yaaaayyy...

Not that we talk about ESB being the best alot around here....

Btw Queeq, your keybboard must be smoking, that's about 15 topics you replied to

Are you surprised?

Did spidey3 count the 4-day weekend run or the 3 day weekend? Both opened on a Thursday I think.

Originally posted by exanda kane
Not that we talk about ESB being the best alot around here....

Btw Queeq, your keybboard must be smoking, that's about 15 topics you replied to

I have a whole team working on it.

Originally posted by chinabing
Did spidey3 count the 4-day weekend run or the 3 day weekend? Both opened on a Thursday I think.

I am going to guess just the weekend.

Originally posted by queeq
I have a whole team working on it.

Wouldn't surprise me in the least, the way you post.

It's not easy, you know, being evil.

Oh, I bet.

For how much?

I raise 1 dollar.

Originally posted by queeq
For how much?

How high are you willing to go?

You were doing the betting... I'm the board's bookie.

There is always a limit though.

Not in here.

*answers first post*

Spiderman 3 wasn't that great, but it was okay.
SPiderman and Star Wars was different. no one can compare the two things.

reason why spiderman was more successful here that SW was because not a lotta people know about Star Wars in here, but Spiderman was something kids and adults know because of the comics.. toys.. shirts.... i've only seen one sci fi store here in the entire 14 years i've been living in this country.

sometimes i hate it when they compare the gross incomes... but when i remembered how SW 4 is the second... well...

PLus a lot of women dig the Spidey movies more than SW.

It's the Mary Jane thing.

Exactly.

I thought only guys digged her because she's, very, well, perky.

No, it's whole adolescence nerdy-boy-sweet-girl thing. It's about growing up, falling in love, bearing responsibility. Behind the cool mask, it's quite a chick flick.

That's ok, I don't mind most movies, I like almost all of the ones I watched, even some chick flicks

The only movie I can actually say I didn't like was Alexander.

THat was a rather fancy looking disappointment, unfortunately.

Yeah, it was, I could not follow it at all...

I did... but somehow it didn't really work. And it did feel messy at times.

I couldn't even finish it, very first time for me with a movie.

Really?

Yeah, I tried, I really did. I have been able to finish every other movie, I thought it would be better.

It looks nice.

It beat ROTS but I wasn't really surprised, considering how awesome Spider-Man 2 was. The third was good, but I liked the first 2, especially the 2nd, much better. I think they could have dropped the Sandman to allow more focus on Venom, but oh well. I was still happy when I left the theater, as I was when I saw Episode III.

Ah...

My response for Spiderman 3 seems to differ from most of other peoples. But I enjoyed it, I took it for what it was and it worked well, if unfocused and meandering. Better than the last two Spiderman films in my book and certainly better than the first three quarters of Revenge of the Sith.

I was a lot more excited when Star Wars 3 came out, and saw it openning weekend. For Spiderman 3, I had really nothing else to do, so I went to see it, and I was really impressed.

I miss the excitment of waiting in line for new SW film. And to think, had the series kept going, we'd be down to our 1 year countdown. But hey, all good things must come to an end. Even though I hardly doubt ROTS is the last of the Star Wars films to be made. I don't think Lucas would make another one, but hell, 10 years down the road it wouldn't suprise me if someone else does. The idea of a series sounds cool, but a movie just holds so much more meaning to me.

Haha, I actually find this funny. . .I'm refering to the first post, though XD

I saw SM3. . .it had some good parts. . .surrounded by some really stupid parts. . .all I have to say for it is:

THE SPECIAL EFFECTS RULED!

Venom looked totally awesome *fangirl moment*

Ok, I'm done. Anyway, as previously said by. . .someone else, when viewed as a classic, SW3 will rule out.

Oh?

Originally posted by queeq
Oh?

Yup

Originally posted by Tangible God
In time, I think ROTS, no matter how shitty it was compared to the OT, will still be viewed as more of a classic than Spiderman 3. Maybe even Spiderman 1. But probably only because of the Star Wars tag.

the SW tag? That would be sad.

but it's probably true.

but kids would kinda like PT better, because of the action and stuff... maybe it hooked another generation.. idk..

RotS and Spiderman 3 are pretty comparable. Both have limited story and as much different battle scenes thrown in as possible. Filled up with a few sappy moments..

Many battles? That sounds like TPM.

TPM or ROTS? or Aotc?

pretty much all are the same.

They should have stuck Venom in a different movie, maybe a Spider-man 4? He should have had a bigger part.

They should have stuck Han Solo in his own movie. He could carry it with ease. But hey, ain't gonna happen.

Wait - what about Indiana Jones. Hmm

Han Solo as the Star Wars character or Harrison ford?

This really wont matter because as soon as POTC3 opens this weekend, it's going to blow past all of them. yes

Originally posted by ~JP~
This really wont matter because as soon as POTC3 opens this weekend, it's going to blow past all of them. yes

Hella

Not exactly a bad thing, though. Not in my opinion, at least.

Oh no doubt, I plan on seeing this openning weekend and probably more than once. The promotion it has had is prima.

Oh yeah, POTC time! Can't wait.

Neither can I, it will be great.

Heard it's gonna be a big, visually stunning extravaganza with a sloppy storyline. Lots of great fun, I'm sure. Depp rules.

for those people like me who haven't watch pirates yet, don't dare go into the pirates forums. ermm it's swarming with spoilers.

i hate that. i haven't even watched it yet.

There's a Pirates forum here? Damn.

Ah.. yeah.

Any movie has a forum here.... But SW has an entire section!

and three forums in its section.. yay..

Oh yes.

What about...The Terminator movies? Those were good.

They are old. And T1 wasd great, T2 pretty good, T3 so so.

SW is older the terminator.

It should still have its own forum.

Originally posted by chinabing
SW is older the terminator.

But better as a trilogy.

T3 just sucked, its a disgrace to the, first 2 movies.

It wasn't as good as the others, but I wouldn't go as fae as to say it sucked.

It wasn't great.

But it also didn't suck.

wonder if these movies will beat spider man 3 found these on AOL top 3 movies for year

harry potter 5
shrek 3
pirates of Caribbean at worlds end

Thats sad cause Spiderman 3 really wasn't that good.

I liked it...

I heard bad things about Shrek 3.

Well. Shrek 2 was already a bad movie.(cartoon).

It was still funny though.

lol originals always the best normally

Sometimes the sequels doe well too.

sometime but after the first sequel it goes downhill with a few exceptions



spider man 6! hes swinging around NY in a wheel chair!

It's a rare case that the third movie is the best out of 3. Except, if we were looking at the prequels, than ROTS would be that rare case. In my opinion, it was best of the newer 3. But Spider-Man 3, I liked it, but liked the other 2 better. Same with Pirates, and Shrek.

I liked Spider-man 1 the best, then 3, then 2. Number two just did nothing for me...

I liked Pirates in the same order but for different reasons.

its bad where i live again we are the last to get films spider man 3 isn't in cinema yet only just reached adverts

That's too bad. I'd be going crazy if I had to wait this long for Spider-Man.

No kidding, even more crazy if I had to wait to see the new Pirates.

THey came out here same time as in US. I just lack time to go.

Definately worth seeing, make time.

I will. Prolly Pirates next weekend.

Good, that was better than Spider-man.

Spiderman sometime after that... if my clients will finally pay up for the work I did for them.

You laugh... I don't.

I am sure you can find a way to make them pay.

I need to work for them more... so.... you know.... sensitive.

But people like other people with a backbone.

They will pay... it just takes so long. Almost two months.

Wow! Why so long?

See I kind of thought Spider-Man was a bit better than Pirates. Pirates ran a tad bit too long for my liking.

Originally posted by General G
Wow! Why so long?

Bureaucrats.

Of course.

What else?

Democrats?

None here.

Good.

I know.

Dodged a bullet there.

Time to close.