Technically, it's the third one. There was one that came out earlier in the year that was more of a spoof that starred Justin Long as Jobs.
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Technically, it's the third one. There was one that came out earlier in the year that was more of a spoof that starred Justin Long as Jobs.
Can Crusher
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Despicable me 2 is the success story of the summer.
polyh3dron
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Well yeah everyone went and saw the first Wolverine film which sucked. Can't blame them for not wanting seconds. See that's the thing, they put out a shitty movie with an established property like X-Men and it does insane numbers, and then the studio thinks they can get away with making shitty movies based on the property, but then they try making something decent the next time around and when far fewer people go to see it the execs then say "well look at that, we should've just made it like the shitty one because it made more money!"
Mixed opinions.
While it will certainly drop, the IMDB score is at 7.5. A disconnect between fans and critics isn't uncommon. Still, it almost certainly doesn't live up to the standards set by the 1st.
I thought it would do Ice Age type numbers. Too bad it did not get a release in China.
Overseas I really doubt any animated movie will manage to beat Ice Age 4, The numbers for that one were absolutely insane.
Ice Age 5.
freenudemacusers
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Wut
KillerMan91
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That has old foreign numbers
updated numbers:
Pacific Rim:
Domestic: $98,401,000 25.6%
+ Foreign: $286,000,000 74.4%
= Worldwide: $384,401,000
Barack Lesnar
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Nice, thank you CHINA!
Crossed $100M in China.
Can Crusher
Banned
Dumb people with decision making and money are the worst.
great, im happy for these numbers.
SteveWinwood
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paranoia will destroy ya
BertramCooper
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Poor Lil' Hemsworth.
Yeah, it was written by the worse man in comics.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Incredible
PeskyToaster
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I had a great time watching Kick Ass 2. Loved the first one too.
a secret-boss
Banned
how did it do in Japan
MeBecomingI
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Fuck no it wasn't. It definitely deserves more success than what it made. I want my third one.
The Pacific Rim updated numbers make me want to cry tears of joy. I'm so happy that it did so well overseas. That is awesome.
SteveMeister
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My dad & I took my 5-year-old son to see Planes today. He loved it. And the theater was PACKED. Not an empty seat. 2D, big auditorium, 1:30pm show.
Pretty bad opened with 2.1M, unless it has legs it's not going to do much there. Same happened with Brazil.
Movie will maybe crawl to 400M but that's it.
SteveWinwood
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How did you like it though?
a secret-boss
Banned
damn that sucks.
KillerMan91
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Well it's one of the strangest things of the year for me. Giant robot movie with japanese actress in lead role and it fucking bombs there. Shame on you Japan.
Nappuccino
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The trailers looked pretty bad too. They lacked the style of the original movie.
Sho_Nuff82
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The Japanese actress is the worst part of the movie though.
SteveMeister
Hang out with Steve.
I thought it wasn't bad. It's pretty simple and focused on its target audience & doesn't try to be anything it's not. My dad & I both thought the reviews were overly harsh. I think that in some ways it's better than Cars 2. Mostly because Cars 2 had no idea what its target audience was and lost all the charm the first one had.
Heard it was marketing that screwed PR up...again.
Das...good, ja?
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
They redubbed all the voices in the Japanese release with anime VAs.
An actress that no one likes much in Japan.
She was embarrassingly bad.
The Wolverine
Domestic: $120,458,000
Foreign: $214,800,000
Worldwide: $335,258,000
- The Wolverine is $10M away from becoming the largest film in the series overseas. It still has Japan and a few other smaller territories to open in, so it will get there easily. If it gets a Chinese release, it might end up close to $400M.
Percy Jackson
Domestic: $38,904,000
Foreign: $36,254,000
Worldwide: $75,158,000
- Percy Jackson is having a decent early start overseas. It might end up with a total similar to the first film.
Smurfs 2
Domestic: $56,912,000
Foreign: $150,000,000
Worldwide: $206,912,000
- Way down from the first film. It has enough future business to hit $300M, but I'm sure Sony was hoping for more.
The Conjuring
Domestic: $127,863,000
Foreign: $65,300,000
Worldwide: $193,163,000
- The Conjuring still has a bunch of markets to open in. It will probably end up being one of the most successful horror films of the past 20 years.
Now You See Me
Domestic: $115,996,000
Foreign: $158,000,000
Worldwide: $273,996,000
- Now You See Me has made close to $100M more than The Prestige and The Illusionist combined.
Domestic: $120,458,000
Foreign: $214,800,000
Worldwide: $335,258,000
- The Wolverine is $10M away from becoming the largest film in the series overseas. It still has Japan and a few other smaller territories to open in, so it will get there easily. If it gets a Chinese release, it might end up close to $400M.
Percy Jackson
Domestic: $38,904,000
Foreign: $36,254,000
Worldwide: $75,158,000
- Percy Jackson is having a decent early start overseas. It might end up with a total similar to the first film.
Smurfs 2
Domestic: $56,912,000
Foreign: $150,000,000
Worldwide: $206,912,000
- Way down from the first film. It has enough future business to hit $300M, but I'm sure Sony was hoping for more.
The Conjuring
Domestic: $127,863,000
Foreign: $65,300,000
Worldwide: $193,163,000
- The Conjuring still has a bunch of markets to open in. It will probably end up being one of the most successful horror films of the past 20 years.
Now You See Me
Domestic: $115,996,000
Foreign: $158,000,000
Worldwide: $273,996,000
- Now You See Me has made close to $100M more than The Prestige and The Illusionist combined.
KillerMan91
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It seems the only place where they succeeded in marketing is China...
With blu-ray sales and merchandise money I think it should at least turn profit.
Well I have always thought that it was just a internet thing. Just like GAF hates someone like Adam Sandler but he still rakes in cash when it comes to real world.
I'm sure it will do well enough when you add in DVD. It's the kind of movie you don't want to be seen buying tickets too lol.
smokeandmirrors
Banned
Well I'll be damned...
THe books are fantastic.
Agreed. There was some pretty cheesy dialog but I really enjoyed it overall. No disappointment here.
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