Posted on 05/27/2006 7:47:24 PM PDT by Reaganesque
"X Men 3: The Last Stand" took in almost $45 million on Friday and landed in the history books. It is now the second highest opener of all time, right behind "Star Wars: Attack of the Sith."
Insiders are predicting that the Brett Ratner directed third episode in the X Men trilogy could do as much as $150 million over the four day Memorial Day weekend. Word of mouth and "tracking" are so strong that "X Men 3," with no real rivals, should shatter all kinds of records by time the numbers are in officially on Tuesday.
Meantime, audiences may be cooling off to normal levels for "The Da Vinci Code." After a monster first weekend, Friday night's numbers--a respectable $10.2 million--were off by two thirds from a week ago when the movie opened. "Da Vinci" could still have a very good weekend, and luckily it made its money back with that strong start.
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LOL! Yup! That's Leonardo. He was at the Last Supper don't you know.
I was really bummed out that Kurt wasn't going to be in this movie: The interaction between Logan and Kurt was always one of my favorite parts of the comics. I'll be seeing it on Wednesday night.
Mark
Didn't read this thread before I saw the movie. Freepmail me what happens after the credits.
Did they leave an opening for another movie?
The door was open...but not very wide.
I enjoyed the prior X-men movies and will see the latest installment. They're not profound, just alot of fun. I think this latest one is doing especially well because there is literally nothing else worth seeing. Remember the nominees for best picture for last year? I think that says it all. The movie-going public is starved for some old-fashioned entertainment and does not want to be force fed heavy-handed agitprop.
And even better one more week of movie openings means we are one week closer to the return of Captain Jack.No one is more pirate-obsessed than my 5-year-old, and according to him it doesn't open until the 7th of July. (Or so he marked the calendar...)
He is correct. I'm already counting down too although I don't think I put it on the calendar. I have to help with a camp when it opens. I hope those little bastards don't tear up the floor while I am gone, because I won't be there to stop them. :)
I agree. It's not art but, it's a heck of a lot of fun. All in all, a very enjoyable movie.
I have a son named Logan in honor of Wolverine. I took said son to see X-Men 3 on Friday. If you are a fan of the comic books, to say X-Men 3 sucked, is like saying Hurricane Katrina was a light mist, and that The sinking of the Titanic was a small accident.
Honestly, don't bother. If you liked the comic books, you won't like the movie.
True. My 10-year-old can't wait for it either!
Somebody might want to tell Roger it was "Revenge of the Sith".
That's all one needs...
Earth to Hollyweird: quit yammering about politics and entertain us, OK?
Roger seems to be very good at some things, like breaking news on Michael Jackson's finances, but he's not very good at predicting what movie or CD is going to be a bit hit. I think he lets politics cloud his judgment. A few weeks ago, he was going on about what massive sellers the new Bush-hating Dixie Chicks and Neil Young CDs would be. Then the other day, he was lamenting about how the record company obviously didn't know how to promote Neil's CD, since it didn't sell very well. I think he's the only one surprised about that. In this column, he's predicting that the next Kevin Smith movie will be huge, so you might want to sell any stock you have in that studio.
My son and I are going to be in Florida at Walt Disney World when the movie opens, so that should be lots of fun. He was more excied about the Pirates trailer at the beginning of the movie then he was about the movie itself.
It does look pretty scary for a little one tho, you might end up with him hiding his face, and sitting on your lap.
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