Re: Box Office Predictions: Watchmen
 

I'm 24 too and the only reason I have any real interest in the movie is because of the internet hype I've been hearing. Never heard of the comics before I saw the trailer and of all my similar aged friends (male and female, all of whom have varying interest in film), only one has said they have any interest in seeing it. However, all have agreed that it looks intriguing but only myself and my one friend have enough interest to see it in the theatre.

Compare that to 300. When that came out every guy I knew couldn't wait to get into the theatre and see it.

Sure its a small sample size, but I don't think any of us have any real substantial sample sizes to base this on.

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It shows that they HOPE there is a big audience for it. ;P

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Wow. Talk about missing the entire point of the Watchmen story...

(hollywood reporter review. no real spoilers, just ignorance)

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yeah, that and 2 others just brought RT down to 75%. eh, it isn't for everyone. plus it's early.

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75% -- that's "wait for DVD" territory for me. Glad I didn't pre-order my tickets yet.

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I'll just take their word for it and skip it all together.

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no, no guys. you should see it and decide for yourselves. don't let stuffy reviewers decide if you should see a potentially great movie or not. the needs of the one out weigh the needs of the few. :)

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is anyone seeing a sneak peek of this?

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To hell with the Hollywood Reporter and Variety reviews.

The HR guy gave 10,000 BC a good review, the Variety guy liked Max Payne. Goes to prove their worth as not liking this.

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F-it, I'm just hoping I like it. Plus, I'm going to pay 50 million dollars for my ticket.

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An alternate way of interpreting this is: If they liked 10,000BC and Max Payne, and they gave this negative reviews, how truly bad must this movie be? (just offering another plausible explanation:))

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Me, for work. Not terribly looking forward to it.

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when?

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One of the days next week.

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cool. report back and enjoy.

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This will have a decent opening weekend in 40-50 mil range. Then it will drop off the face of the planet the second week and on.

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I think it will not make the money most of you are expecting, and here's why, from a review:

Those completely unfamiliar with it will likely be so overloaded with info that they will be lost/

http://www.darkhorizons.com/reviews/888/Watchmen/

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^ I knew reading the graphic novel / watching the motion comic beforehand would be a good idea ... looks like Snyder refused to compromise for those unfamiliar with the book :/

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Which you've got to give him credit for - but at the same time, it's potentially alienating the larger audience and therefore limiting the box office take.

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Cue the quintessential "The American movie going public is too stupid for this movie." post.

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^^ I sincerely hope that isn't the case. There is a difference between being too stupid to "get it" and being overwhelmed with information at a fast pace.

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^I agree, but unfortunately, it is inevitable as long as negative reviews keep coming in and saying the same thing.

It may sound like a silly argument to me and you... but never stand between fanboys and logic. ;)

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[QUOTE=Damed;9300395]I think it will not make the money most of you are expecting, and here's why, from a review:



Those completely unfamiliar with it will likely be so overloaded with info that they will be lost/


The Harry Potter movies were pretty close to the books, so I hear, and I found myself overwhelmed by them and got lost frequently (my daughter made me watch the first three movies). I felt the movies were more interested in pleasing readers of the books than in drawing in new fans. However, since those books are such worldwide best-sellers, the films did well, too. Enough of the moviegoing audience was familiar with the books to make the films a hit. The Watchmen comic, however, does not have that kind of worldwide following. (If it did, it would have been made into a movie 23 years ago.) So it runs a greater risk of alienating non-readers than the Harry Potter movies did.

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Aren't peoples assess already in the seats by the time they realize it's too dense for them to follow? I can see it effecting repeat business and long term word of mouth, but hard to follow/elitist or not - opening weekend is going to be huge.

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Though I was probably too generous, I voted for "51-75 million" (likely the lower end of that scale).