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Back in April the anti talents at Entertainment Weekly gave their predictions for the summer. Their list went as so...

1.Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
$355.9 million
2.The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
$310.8 million
3.Hancock
$280.4 million
4. WALL-E
$280.3 million
5. Iron Man
$262.7 million
6. The Dark Knight
$255.0 million
7. Kung Fu Panda
$224.6 million
8. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
$176.5 million
9. The Incredible Hulk
$147.2 million
10. Tropic Thunder
$142.6 million


Here's were we stand,
1.The Dark Knight
$393,751,065
2.Iron Man
$315,687,768
3.Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
$314,331,661
4.Hancock
$215,883,222
5.Kung Fu Panda
$210,480,901
6.WALL-E
$204,078,076
7.Dr. Suess' Horton Hears A Who
$154,444,322
8.Sex And The City:confused:
$151,441,438
9.The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
$140,693,781
10.The Incredible Hulk
$133,283,170

Yes, Tropic Thunder hasn't come out yet, but I don't see the list changing much.This goes to show you why I really don't pay much attention to what they say.
 
Horton Hears a Who wouldn't be considered a summer movie which would move Wanted into the top 10. Of course that doesn't help EW's predictions any...
 
Punchy said:
Horton Hears a Who wouldn't be considered a summer movie which would move Wanted into the top 10. Of course that doesn't help EW's predictions any...
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Granted Horton came out early but I was factoring the top ten so far this year, but ya. since neither Wanted or Horton were on their list they're boned.
 
artistrex said:
This goes to show you why I really don't pay much attention to what they say.
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Putting The Dark Knight and Narnia to the side for the moment, here's where they were off...

(roughly)
Iron Man -60 mil
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull -40 mil
Hancock +65 mil
WALL-E +75 mil
Kung Fu Panda +14 mil
The Incredible Hulk +15 mil

These six don't seem too far off. If you're going to swear of predictions I'd strongly discourage you from reading any of SI's NFL predictions.:D
 
artistrex said:
Back in April the anti talents at Entertainment Weekly gave their predictions for the summer. Their list went as so...

1.Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
$355.9 million
2.The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
$310.8 million
3.Hancock
$280.4 million
4. WALL-E
$280.3 million
5. Iron Man
$262.7 million
6. The Dark Knight
$255.0 million
7. Kung Fu Panda
$224.6 million
8. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
$176.5 million
9. The Incredible Hulk
$147.2 million
10. Tropic Thunder
$142.6 million


Here's were we stand,
1.The Dark Knight
$393,751,065
2.Iron Man
$315,687,768
3.Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
$314,331,661
4.Hancock
$215,883,222
5.Kung Fu Panda
$210,480,901
6.WALL-E
$204,078,076
7.Dr. Suess' Horton Hears A Who
$154,444,322
8.Sex And The City:confused:
$151,441,438
9.The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
$140,693,781
10.The Incredible Hulk
$133,283,170

Yes, Tropic Thunder hasn't come out yet, but I don't see the list changing much.This goes to show you why I really don't pay much attention to what they say.
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EW has the worst film critics of any magazine. They wouldn't know a good movie if it bit them in the arse. :moon
 
I'm going on the record and stating I liked Narnia.

But I also like Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Last Unicorn, Neverending Story and all those other fantasy films geared towards kids, so I guess I'm biased. But I draw the line at the spiderwick chronicles. :lol
 
wofford29 said:
Not sure where you got your numbers from but The Dark Knight has been past that number since last week. It's currently at $423,110,995.
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Yeah, I heard on the radio that there's talk it may break all time record that "The Titanic" currently holds. Some details about domestic vs. international sales, no Batman film has ever done as well internationally as it has domesticly.
 
wofford29 said:
Not sure where you got your numbers from but The Dark Knight has been past that number since last week. It's currently at $423,110,995, and will likely be in the 440 range by the end of this weekend.
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I got them from Yahoo, movies I know not exactly the most accurate, but it's what I could find. They didn't have Batman surpassing Spidey til about four days after it happend, but the point of my message still stands.
 
Shai Hulud said:
Narnia.....:lol:lol:lol
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I thought there were some really great action sequences in Prince Caspian, and the whole film had a darker and more mature tone than the first. I am surprised it didn't do better.

At any rate, I don't think that anybody could have predicted the success of The Dark Knight.
 
Mesa said:
Yeah, I heard on the radio that there's talk it may break all time record that "The Titanic" currently holds. Some details about domestic vs. international sales, no Batman film has ever done as well internationally as it has domesticly.
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I think it will pass Star Wars ANH, but won't be anywhere close to Titanic. Around 500 mil is about right.
 
TDK doesn't have the date movie vibe that Titanic had. I also don't see women in their 50's and 60's going to see it and then coming back with all their friends.

I just want to see it beat Shrek 2--biggest turd in the Top Ten.
 
tomandshell said:
I thought there were some really great action sequences in Prince Caspian, and the whole film had a darker and more mature tone than the first. I am surprised it didn't do better.

At any rate, I don't think that anybody could have predicted the success of The Dark Knight.
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Ditto that. I really enjoyed this movie and i liked it a lot better than the first one. :moon
 

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