$100 million opening weekend for Iron Man

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Aharami
$8 was two or three summers ago here. Now ticket prices are $10 with student discount here

lol WTF does it cost without the discount?

its like 4.50 after student discount here

$13.50 i believe. This is at the best theater around here though - a huge AMC theater with large reclining seats, DLP projectors, etc

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: crisscross
You guys can't spend $8 for a movie?? heck I spent $4 for it and I live in India!

does it cost $8 for popcorn and $4 for drinks in India?

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Big whoop. Another beefed up superhero movie for the masses just in time for summer.. I don't even care if it's "good" I'm sick of a movie being made about every freaking comic book character ever conceived. What's next, the story of Catwoman? Oh right, already done.

And really, IRON man? Where's Carbon-Nanofiber-Titanium-Superalloy Man?

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Big whoop. Another beefed up superhero movie for the masses just in time for summer.. I don't even care if it's "good" I'm sick of a movie being made about every freaking comic book character ever conceived. What's next, the story of Catwoman? Oh right, already done.

And really, IRON man? Where's Carbon-Nanofiber-Titanium-Superalloy Man?

...

wow so much bitterness in this thread.

 

[ViviTheMage]

loved it, me and the gf saw it on sat, so we are a part of that stat!

 

[crisscross]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: crisscross
You guys can't spend $8 for a movie?? heck I spent $4 for it and I live in India!

does it cost $8 for popcorn and $4 for drinks in India?

Then don't eat and drink. Can't you go without popcorn and drinks for 2 hours?

 

[xboxist]

Grudgingly went on Saturday (I hate going to the theater for an movie on opening weekend) -- walked away mostly impressed. I thought RDj was great, and Paltrow was awful (or just an awful role for her... I haven't decided).

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: KLin

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: KLin
Made of honor or Iron man. hmm tough choice.

EDIT: and it was good enough for top 10 on the list of largest opening 3 day weekends. I think Dark Knight will knock Iron man out of the top 10 though.

I think they said it was the second best opening for a non-sequel ever.

BoxOfficemojo.com

Looks like #3 if you believe their numbers.

I find The-Numbers.Com to be more accurate in the long run.

We will find out for sure once the totals are in and we are no longer going off of estimates.

i like boxofficemojo for the foreign box office break down.
seems it hasn't opened in the uk yet.

 

[Queasy]

To take myself, my son, and his friend to a matinée was $22.

Anyways, I will say that Iron Man is a huge step-up from previous Marvel superhero efforts. After the giant balls of poop that were Ghost Rider, X-Men 3, Daredevil, Fantastic Four 1 & 2, etc...Marvel did the right thing in taking back their property and controlling the movie rights if they can keep up this level of quality. That was damn cool.

 

[Kabrinski]

Originally posted by: Aharami
$8 was two or three summers ago here. Now ticket prices are $10 with student discount here

But I agree with you waggy, this movie seems like it will be worth it. I only go see action movies in the theater now - the ones where you need the big screen and theater surround sound.

$7.50 for student at the MJR near me, forget what it is at the AMC/Star.

The AMC/Star has $6 tickets Mon-Thurs all day.

Edit: Also, this movie was great.

 

[Kev]

I don't understand why anyone gives a shit when a movie breaks an earnings record. It is completely meaningless because of inflation and the ever increasing rise in ticket prices. Why don't they just report number of tickets sold? I guess because there wouldn't be any hype for that.

 

[0roo0roo]

well because its more accurate than neilson ratings how popular is something?

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Big whoop. Another beefed up superhero movie for the masses just in time for summer.. I don't even care if it's "good" I'm sick of a movie being made about every freaking comic book character ever conceived. What's next, the story of Catwoman? Oh right, already done.

And really, IRON man? Where's Carbon-Nanofiber-Titanium-Superalloy Man?

...

wow so much bitterness in this thread.

Haha, not bitter I just wish there were more original movies being made opposed to these regurgitated superhero stories or drawn-out sequels/prequels based on superhero stories. I mean, now they want to make an X-Men movie based just on Wolverine's past? I love the character but come on.. even Dark Knight doesn't interest me, I've seen dozens of Batman movies by dozens of Batmans, I've even seen The Joker before in one of them, why do I need to see him again? It's just.. ugh, where's the originality?

 

[Ruptga]

Originally posted by: Kev
I don't understand why anyone gives a shit when a movie breaks an earnings record. It is completely meaningless because of inflation and the ever increasing rise in ticket prices. Why don't they just report number of tickets sold? I guess because there wouldn't be any hype for that.

Can't even do that, we've got population inflation to take into account as well :Q

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: Kev
I don't understand why anyone gives a shit when a movie breaks an earnings record. It is completely meaningless because of inflation and the ever increasing rise in ticket prices. Why don't they just report number of tickets sold? I guess because there wouldn't be any hype for that.

It isn't difficult to figure out roughly what the attendance was, you divide the gross by the current average domestic ticket price.

It is important for the studio since they paid for the production/prints+advertising in current dollars. As most studios are or are owned by publicly traded companies you might imagine how this is important to them when they do well. Film rental, gross participation agreements, and a host of other deals (potentially worth hundreds of millions) hinge on the dollar figure.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Big whoop. Another beefed up superhero movie for the masses just in time for summer.. I don't even care if it's "good" I'm sick of a movie being made about every freaking comic book character ever conceived. What's next, the story of Catwoman? Oh right, already done.

And really, IRON man? Where's Carbon-Nanofiber-Titanium-Superalloy Man?

...

wow so much bitterness in this thread.

Haha, not bitter I just wish there were more original movies being made opposed to these regurgitated superhero stories or drawn-out sequels/prequels based on superhero stories. I mean, now they want to make an X-Men movie based just on Wolverine's past? I love the character but come on.. even Dark Knight doesn't interest me, I've seen dozens of Batman movies by dozens of Batmans, I've even seen The Joker before in one of them, why do I need to see him again? It's just.. ugh, where's the originality?

there are countless movies made each year not based on sequels or prequels no unknown superhero movies sure, but thats a given considering the investment.

people complain too much. wasn't that long ago such a movie wouldn't be feasibly possible.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
people complain too much. wasn't that long ago such a movie wouldn't be feasibly possible.

Yep. Start complaining when they come out with the Ant-Man movie. There's still alot of heavy hitters in the Super Hero realm that haven't been touched in movie form.

Seeing Sam L. Jackson decked out as Col. Fury at the end of Iron Man and bringing up the "Avenger Initiative" sent geek chills down by spine.

 

[AntiFreze]

I wasn't expecting too much, then saw it over the weekend. Wow. That movie rocked.

 

[Enig101]

Iron Man impressed me as just being a good movie. It is a very entertaining watch. Some super hero movies are not so great, even if they capture the hero well, but this movie nailed everything.

 

[MisterJackson]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
people complain too much. wasn't that long ago such a movie wouldn't be feasibly possible.

Yep. Start complaining when they come out with the Ant-Man movie. There's still alot of heavy hitters in the Super Hero realm that haven't been touched in movie form.

Seeing Sam L. Jackson decked out as Col. Fury at the end of Iron Man and bringing up the "Avenger Initiative" sent geek chills down by spine.

Could that be considered a spoiler for those of us who haven't seen it yet? Personally I'd have liked to have been surprised by that.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
people complain too much. wasn't that long ago such a movie wouldn't be feasibly possible.

Yep. Start complaining when they come out with the Ant-Man movie. There's still alot of heavy hitters in the Super Hero realm that haven't been touched in movie form.

Seeing Sam L. Jackson decked out as Col. Fury at the end of Iron Man and bringing up the "Avenger Initiative" sent geek chills down by spine.

Could that be considered a spoiler for those of us who haven't seen it yet? Personally I'd have liked to have been surprised by that.

Depends on if you're someone who generally stays through the credits.

 

[sactoking]

Iron Man was an overall good movie and the best superhero movie of the last 10 years, and probably ever. Better that Batman, Spiderman, Batman Begins, and pretty much anything else I can think of.

 

[UTmtnbiker]

What I find amazing is that GTA4 had an opening week north of $400m.

Hard to believe, but the video game industry has equaled, if not surpassed Hollywood in terms of opening week/weekend hoopla.

 

[Kabrinski]

Originally posted by: UTmtnbiker
What I find amazing is that GTA4 had an opening week north of $400m.

Hard to believe, but the video game industry has equaled, if not surpassed Hollywood in terms of opening week/weekend hoopla.

Don't forget though, on average 1 video game = 5 movie tickets ($50 game/$10 ticket). Makes it easier for them to hit higher dollar amounts with close to or equal number of customers/units/etc.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Kabrinski

Originally posted by: UTmtnbiker
What I find amazing is that GTA4 had an opening week north of $400m.

Hard to believe, but the video game industry has equaled, if not surpassed Hollywood in terms of opening week/weekend hoopla.

Don't forget though, on average 1 video game = 5 movie tickets ($50 game/$10 ticket). Makes it easier for them to hit higher dollar amounts with close to or equal number of customers/units/etc.

GTA IV was $60.