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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990
Yea, im wondering if it was tracking low or something? I mean, im sure it will make alot of money, but its not like people are clamoring to see it or anything. Not that i can tell.
Almost a perfunctory action to go see it.
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Sony is actually expecting it to do well. It's faired better than Captain America 2 in it's limited international release 1st weekend. I believe $46 million in very limited release of 15 countries. Estimates for the US is at about $100 million for the 1st weekend.
The studio head at Sony said they're very please and aiming for a billion at the box office. Seems a bit high- unless they have a huge number of IMAX / 3D theaters where they can really rake in the $$$ due to ticket cost. They'll virtually unchallenged for 2 weeks before Godzilla drops, and then X Men comes out and that will likely be it's 1st competition for entertainment dollars.
As for X Men- it just looks too awesome! I'm probably only setting myself up for disappointment only because my desire to see it so it will fall prey to unreasonable expectations. I'm trying to be reasonable but damn it looks awesome.
Part of my worry stems from pressure being put on Singer to trim down his theatrical cut because the studio obviously wanted to squeeze as many showing in per day as possible. I know for example an entire action sequence of roughly 20-25 minutes was cut where they have to rescue one of the mutants, I won't name, held captive in the mansion that has been taken over and turned into a sentinel base.
Also curious as to who the 4 secret Mutant cameos being kept under wraps will be?