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I read it in the collected form and still have to re-read to catch some stuff. I actually kind of glossed over it at first then realized this was a comic that would require some involvement to read. I meant it was more difficult to follow than your average comic.

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It's more difficult than your average comic because it actually takes advantage of the medium to tell the story. Moore purposefully put things in that were clues for later, knowing full well you could go back and look at those panels again. It wasn't as linear as a movie is.

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BOX OFFICE DERBY
Average four-day weekend predictions of 593 players:
1. 'Watchmen' - $70.8 million

From BOM.

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From BOM also:

Warner Bros.' "Watchmen" grossed $4.6 million in Thursday midnight runs, more than double the midnight gross for Zack Snyder's previous film "300." Pic played more than 1,595 midnight run across the country. Today, "Watchmen" officially opens in a total 3,611 theaters. That's the widest theater count ever for an R-rated film.

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told you.

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Ha ha ha!!!

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The 100 million guess was just as silly as those who guessed under 40 million and said that only comic fans would want to see this :)

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Not sure about it being "as silly"; one # is going to end up being a lot closer than the other for the opening weekend :)

What will be interesting is the rate of decay - if it was only comic book fans, most will likely have seen it the first week and the fall off should be rather steep. If it holds up relatively well, then it will be hard to say it's just comic book fans.

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No point in making anymore predictions. Box Office Guru's Sunday night update says it came in at $55.7 million.

Here's the link:
http://www.boxofficeguru.com/weekend.htm

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well i was close...i guessed around $50 million

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I actually wouldn't be surprised to see the final numbers be slightly HIGHER than that 55.7 - the showing I went to last night was WAY busier than the one I saw on Saturday, so it could have just been my theatre, but maybe business didn't dip as far on Sunday as they had predicted.

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They usually overestimate Sunday and final numbers are usually lower for a new release. But it sometimes goes in the opposite direction.

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ok I admit I was wrong, all of you can laugh at me thats fine. Saw the movie on saturday and it was awesome, maybe the best comic book movie ever? I thought it was up there with dark knight.

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This'll fall like a rock. All the geeks saw it on Friday and Saturday. There was about 20 people in the theater I saw it at yesterday, and going out, I only heard three words being uttered by most of 'em - "That was boring."

And I have to agree.

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Pretty good opening, but this will definitely fall hard next weekend. I'll bet it drops 65% but I'd like to see it do well in the long run. I really liked it, but I have also read the comic. Everyone I've talked to that hadn't thought the movie was too talky and too long.

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Not if we're playing Price is Right rules. ;)

I wanted to see this on Friday but didn't get a chance to. Reviews have been so-so and most don't recommend it for people that haven't read the book. I may end up waiting to rent the Blu-Ray.

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Made 27.5 million overseas, good not great.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...?categoryid=13

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:up:

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Sounds like being at the last Superman movie.

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Actual weekend take: $55.2 million.

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Actually, from my personal experience, not at all.

:shrug:To each their own. I guess some people just can't handle the fact that there will always be some who won't like the same things they do.

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50-65 million was my guess, pretty much spot on I guess lol.

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:lol: funny.

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What, you mean there are people with different views and tastes contrary to mine :jawdrop: Shocking, shocking I say! I actually need to see this movie when I get back to the States.

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I was laughing at the post that was linked in the quoted post.