Friday, April 13, 2007

People have apparently heard of Spider-Man 3

From dark horiaons, "Tracking figures have proven not to be the most reliable of hit predictors. Yet these numbers, which show audience awareness for films coming out, generally hold up pretty well.

Now, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports that one month out is tracking "with over 90% awareness and over 20% first choice". This seems set for the film to easily nab a $100 million opening weekend or over.

At present "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" holds the three-day opening weekend record with $135 million, whilst the first "Spider-Man" comes in second with $114 million. "Spider-Man 2" earned $88 million in its first weekend, but opened on a Wednesday which undermined that Friday-Sunday tally.Of course in order to nab this big opening it is costing the studio a lot of money - as in being the most expensive single film of all time - overtaking that of last year's duelling over-$200m superhero flicks "Superman Returns and "X-Men: The Last Stand".At present the film is said to have a $250 million budget, but unofficial estimates put it at the first film to ever cross the $300 million mark."

3 comments:

Johnny Sweatpants said...

That's an awesome picture. Where is it from?

JPX said...

I have no idea, but I want to see it!

Octopunk said...

It looks like a villain from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers wandered into the wrong TV show.

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