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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 11:16:48 AM   
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I think it's amazing considering some didn't have it pegged to cross $300m and most barely had it totalling much more (myself included).

I'm just surprised it had the legs to pass the likes of Captain America and Star Trek.

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 12:24:36 PM   
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i think it must be one of the biggest prequels - must only be the SW prequels which are bigger

must be fairly high up on most successful relaunch too (not that it was a proper reboot but it was sort of promoted as such abit) - think only TASM, Rise of the Apes, Clash Titans, Casino Royale were bigger (adjusted Batman Begins, and maybe a couple of others would be bigger also)


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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 8:51:52 PM   
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 Whats even more amazing is how well it did considering visuals aside,it was a fairly average film.

Anyway,any guesses for Taken 2? Im gonna go with a 30 mill opening weekend.

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 8:53:05 PM   
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 No clue about Taken. First one was a slow burner.

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 8:56:16 PM   
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 Top 20 worldwide

1. Marvel's The Avengers $1510,6 million
2. The Dark Knight Rises $1058,3 million
3. Ice Age: Continental Drift $836,9 million
4. The Amazing Spider-Man $748,6 million
5. The Hunger Games $685,1 million
6. Men in Black 3 $624 million
7. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted $620,6 million
8. Brave $499,9 million
9. Ted $407,6 million
10. Snow White and the Huntsman $396,4 million
11. Prometheus $386,7 million
12. The Intouchables $364,6 million
13. Titanic $343,6 million ($2185,4 million in total)
14. Dr. Seuss' The Lorax $337,1 million
15. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island $325,9 million
16. Battleship $302,8 million
17. Wrath of the Titans $302 million
18. John Carter $282,8 million
19. The Expendables 2 $266,7 million
20. Dark Shadows $238 million

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 10:53:39 PM   
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Top 20 worldwide

1. Marvel's The Avengers $1510,6 million
2. The Dark Knight Rises $1058,3 million
3. Ice Age: Continental Drift $836,9 million
4. The Amazing Spider-Man $748,6 million
5. The Hunger Games $685,1 million
6. Men in Black 3 $624 million
7. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted $620,6 million
8. Brave $499,9 million
9. Ted $407,6 million
10. Snow White and the Huntsman $396,4 million
11. Prometheus $386,7 million
12. The Intouchables $364,6 million
13. Titanic $343,6 million ($2185,4 million in total)
14. Dr. Seuss' The Lorax $337,1 million
15. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island $325,9 million
16. Battleship $302,8 million
17. Wrath of the Titans $302 million
18. John Carter $282,8 million
19. The Expendables 2 $266,7 million
20. Dark Shadows $238 million


It's a shame to see how low my favourites are on that list, Battleship, John Carter and Wrath of the Titans

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 11:02:09 PM   
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It's a shame to see how low my favourites are on that list, Battleship, John Carter and Wrath of the Titans





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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 11:19:48 PM   
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It's a shame to see how low my favourites are on that list, Battleship, John Carter and Wrath of the Titans


Don't worry, you won't be seeing them on the list anymore soon enough.

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 11:21:20 PM   
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Whats even more amazing is how well it did considering visuals aside,it was a fairly average film.



Nah. Look at how much The Avengers made and not even the visual were above average on that one.

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 11:25:54 PM   
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 There was a sequel to Clash of the Titans?

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 11:29:28 PM   
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There was a sequel to Clash of the Titans?


Yes and according to the table DK saw it $300 million times.

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 11:32:57 PM   
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I think I'll go for about $23 million for Taken 2's opening, and $65 million finish.

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 11:37:39 PM   
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I think I'll go for about $23 million for Taken 2's opening, and $65 million finish.


You're expecting it to lose more than half its audience?

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 11:41:27 PM   
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I think I'll go for about $23 million for Taken 2's opening, and $65 million finish.


I think you're being a little generous, apparently he's going to kidnap God and not let him go until he gets his money back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmh5DIMtAy8

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 11:49:14 PM   
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I think I'll go for about $23 million for Taken 2's opening, and $65 million finish.


You're expecting it to lose more than half its audience?

Possibly.

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 11:52:34 PM   
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I think I'll go for about $23 million for Taken 2's opening, and $65 million finish.


You're expecting it to lose more than half its audience?

Possibly.


Highly unlikely

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 19/9/2012 11:54:01 PM   
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I think I'll go for about $23 million for Taken 2's opening, and $65 million finish.


You're expecting it to lose more than half its audience?

Possibly.


Highly unlikely

We'll see.

[EDIT]

Unless someone's to argue that TDKR, Clash of the Titans, or Narnia were hits due to his screen presence, he's not had anything close to a Taken sized hit since.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=liamneeson.htm

Even The A Team disappointed.

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 20/9/2012 12:16:27 AM   
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Taken 2 lets see - Taken 1 = 24m opening. 145m US. 81m forgien = 226m ww

original caught audiences off guard and has become this big fun cult movie - especially on dvd (more so than any other recent action film), Liam Neeson reborn as an action star, endless quoteable lines, the famous particular set of skills speech, crazy action etc etc so second should do at least as well/abit better, but then again Unknown (aka Taken 2 in everything but name) and The Grey(aka Bryan Mills vs Wolves) were sort of made off the back of Taken and although had similar openings in US, overall didnt do anywhere near as well overall (Unknown = 21m opening/130m ww...Grey = 19m opening/77m ww), but then this is the proper sequel to Taken, and while reviews arent good they wernt for the first either (empires single star rating), plus fellow big name action films Bourne/Ex2 are doing fairly solid BO ...so based on that going with:
35m opening. 150m US. 150m forgien = 300m ww
(unless it goes like Rambo2/T2/Austin Powers2/Matrix Reloaded/TDK due to the cult appeal of the original and does something like 60m opening/250m US/200m forgien = 450m...but dont see that happening)



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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 20/9/2012 12:40:13 AM   
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I think I'll go for about $23 million for Taken 2's opening, and $65 million finish.


You're expecting it to lose more than half its audience?

Possibly.


Highly unlikely

We'll see.

[EDIT]

Unless someone's to argue that TDKR, Clash of the Titans, or Narnia were hits due to his screen presence, he's not had anything close to a Taken sized hit since.



Luckily TAKEN 2 is the SEQUEL to TAKEN.

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 20/9/2012 1:05:20 AM   
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Luckily TAKEN 2 is the SEQUEL to TAKEN.

Very perceptive there DC

Unknown made less than half of what Taken made in the US, and it couldn't have been more blatant in its attempt to cash in on the latter's success.



A huge picture of Liam Neeson and a tag line with the word "TAKE" in big letters (in font as prominent as the film's own title), I wonder...

I'm also wondering why you deliberately deleted the part where I provided a link to Liam's box office results and my mention of The A Team disappointing? It clearly wasn't to save space since you quoted absolutely everything else

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 20/9/2012 1:35:37 AM   
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I don't see what relevance it has.

No, Liam Neeson is not a guaranteed box office performer but these days brands mean more than stars. Taken, despite some naysayers, has a lot of good will from the general audience and was a big home video hit as well as a surprise theatrical hit. Its video sales to cinema sales attach rate was well above the standard. Had it not been for the box-office slump post-cinema shootings I would say it was a guarantee to surpass the original. Now, who knows. But it would have to seriously alienate its fanbase to drop off more than 50% of its attendence.

You also could switch things around and say that it was the power of Taken's success that propelled Unknown's gross and it probably wouldn't have made half of what it did had it not piggybacked on Taken.



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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 20/9/2012 2:00:43 PM   
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The relevance is that Taken stands so far above his other action roles that it seems more like lightning striking twice if the sequel gets anywhere near the same figure, rather than performing similarly to his subsequent roles.

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 20/9/2012 2:23:21 PM   
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You could say the same thing about Bruce Willis and the Die Hard movies. He didn't headline a US hit since The Sixth Sense until Die Hard 4 came out and he probably won't headline another one until Die Hard 5 comes out.

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 20/9/2012 2:26:12 PM   
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Wasn't RED a bit of a hit?

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 20/9/2012 2:29:49 PM   
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Wasn't that an ensemble piece rather than a Bruce Willis vehicle?

Even if it was it wasn't a Die Hard sized hit, which would be apt for the comparison.

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 20/9/2012 2:30:52 PM   
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You could say the same thing about Bruce Willis and the Die Hard movies. He didn't headline a US hit since The Sixth Sense until Die Hard 4 came out and he probably won't headline another one until Die Hard 5 comes out.

I'm trying to think who his next villain could be, what's the German word for arthritis?

Yeah I suppose, I'm hoping it is a hit to be honest because I've been a bit of a fan of old Liam since I was a kid, and it's nice to see him doing so well. We'll wait and see I suppose.

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 20/9/2012 2:35:06 PM   
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Wasn't that an ensemble piece rather than a Bruce Willis vehicle?


Yeah, that's true enough, even if he did get top billing.

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 23/9/2012 10:58:02 PM   
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 Prometheus is getting over 400m. Well into profit now.

Edited to add - looking at page one the WW box office for Prometheus was one of the few I guessed correctly.

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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 24/9/2012 12:16:32 AM   
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Wasn't that an ensemble piece rather than a Bruce Willis vehicle?


Yeah, that's true enough, even if he did get top billing.


It was also a BW vehicle IMO - there are some lovely other roles but there's no question he's front and centre and the focus is on him. Very fond of the film myself.


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RE: 2012 Box Office Estimates - 24/9/2012 10:12:39 AM   
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 Looks like Dredd died on its arse in the States. Even with the positive response and decent enough UK box office, I cant see it getting a sequel.

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