‘Ice Age 4′ Lukewarm Domestic $46M Weekend; Hot $339M Global By Monday; ‘Spider-Man’ Holds -44%, Now $521M Global

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• I am so sick of the unnecessary bashing on Amazing Spiderman. Who gives a crap if they made another Spiderman movie 10 years ago? They made a James Bond movie 10 years, ago, they’re not gonna stop making those either. Amazing Spiderman is not only a giant improvement over the Raimi movies in every way imaginable, it’s one of the best superhero movies of all time. Light years better than that ham handed corny Avengers movie which was nothing but 2 hours of superheroes making snarky comments then winking at the camera, then 30 minutes of copying the end of Transformers 3 shot by shot.

  And all this talk about fanboys. Do you people not realize that the fanboys hated the original Spiderman too? They bitched and moaned for months about how Spiderman had organic shooters instead of mechanical ones. They despised the design of the Power Ranger Green Goblin. They hated Maguire, they hated Dunst. They hated, hated, hated, hated it. Now they hate this one. Fanboys are NEVER satisfied. There’s no point in trying to satisfy fanboys. You can’t.

  Comment by lethargic — Saturday July 14, 2012 @ 11:39am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Stupid comparision.

    ASM is a re-hash of a 10-year old movie featuring the SAME premise.

    No James Bond movie from 10 years ago had the same story of the recent ones.

    Comment by Gustavo — Saturday July 14, 2012 @ 8:33pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I went to see “Savages” last night. The film was much better than I expected. Its a compelling and engrossing film on timely subject matter. The film does have graphic violence and sex but the performances were all outstanding, IMHO, as the actors seem to lose themselves in their characters and worth the price of admission by itself. Only thing I didn’t like was the last five minutes which gives you two endings. adults only..

  Comment by moviegoer — Saturday July 14, 2012 @ 1:06pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Oh Planty McPlant, you can do better. But then this movie doesn’t really deserve any better, does it?

    Comment by sigh — Saturday July 14, 2012 @ 5:56pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • I have a better pitch for Savages: It’s probably the last opportunity you will ever have to see Taylor Kitsch on the big screen.

    Comment by tsurumaru — Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 7:13am PDT  Reply to this post

    • Blake Lively ruined Savages, not Taylor Kitsch.

      Comment by Roger C. — Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 2:27pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • I thought “Savages” was very very good. Engrossing and entertaining and a good script. Taylor Kitsch excellent performances tells me he will be around for a long time. BTW, Kitsch was very good in “John Carter” and “Battleship” as well and hardly the reason those films failed. As for “Savages” the entire ensemble cast give terrific performances.

      Comment by filmgoer — Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 4:10pm PDT  Reply to this post

      • I think Savages will do well abroad.

        Comment by Lou — Monday July 16, 2012 @ 6:19am PDT  Reply to this post

    • No, he’s filming that one now. Of course it’s being helmed by his BATTLESHIP & “Friday Night Lights” director – the only person who will hire him at this point.

      Comment by Paul — Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 6:08pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I just got out of Ted a bit ago, and the theater was nearly packed…three weeks into its release! What a superb movie. Thanks for a shitload of laughs Seth!

  Comment by RJ — Saturday July 14, 2012 @ 3:52pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Dark Knight Rises will open with $195,000,000 on its way to a $600,000,000 domestic total… Probably can do 1.4-1.5 billion world wide.

  Comment by Michael — Saturday July 14, 2012 @ 8:24pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Ted’s run is freaking amazing. Who’d have thought that with the big bloated wannabe tentpole pics Uni tried to push out there this year it would be $50million Ted that would be their real breakout hit?

  Comment by Kapy — Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 5:01am PDT  Reply to this post

• In what world is Spiderman a risk? They threw enough money at it to send a man to Mars. And it’s a global franchise.

  Comment by Fan — Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 6:24am PDT  Reply to this post

• Perhaps in the near future that studios will release a movie AND the reboot of the same movie on the same weekend. Might as well be efficient in the milking process.

  Comment by Tom R. — Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 6:53am PDT  Reply to this post

• Ted was originally supposed to open this weekend, good move to move it earlier.

  I’m kinda annoyed that theaters have made it impossible to catch up on movies that you’ve missed by putting new movies in like 5 theaters. I had little interest in seeing Ice Age, after seeing the last three, and my only choice was to see People Like Us in its one late showing — pretty good movie by the way — not sure what disney was thinking by putting it on the same weekend as three other strong movies.

  Comment by jake — Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 7:12am PDT  Reply to this post

• Very calm around here before next week’s inevitable, 500+ post box office megathread.

  Comment by Pvt. Duke — Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 11:31am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Agreed. I guess even the internet trolls are resting in anticipation.

    Comment by College Student — Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 8:01pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Saw Ice Age and I can say that it is time to hang it up. They have nothing left to say with these characters.

  Comment by Gerald — Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 1:29pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The article notes Sony execs deserve kudos for “taking a commercial risk” with the latest Spiderman. That’s a rather telling commentary on the pathetic state of Hollywood when yet another superhero sequel is considered a “commercial risk.” Then again, if you had the misfortune to see the spectacularly awful B’way musical, as I did, maybe it just was a risk.

  Comment by questionsauthority — Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 3:06pm PDT  Reply to this post

• This has to be the worst Summer ever. The films are just the same old shit done to death. With the exception of Ted, Moonrise Kingdom and Magic Mike there is nothing new or orginal. Even the indies and art house fare sucks this year

  Comment by BRAD — Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 6:12pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Agreed. What a lackluster year… Usually at least one decent indie like ‘Midnight in Paris’ or ‘The Hurt Locker’ has made it to theaters by now.

    Comment by College Student — Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 8:19pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The “Ice Age” domestic opening may be a bit low, but look at the global cume – $385. “Brave” is at $242. “Ice Age” opened wider globally, but still, I don’t think Fox is all that disappointed.

  Comment by DougW — Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 7:30pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Not surprised about The Land Before Ice Age 4. It not only seemed like a lazy cash-in, it also ripped off characters from Donkey Kong Country.

  Comment by D.Z. — Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 8:00pm PDT  Reply to this post

• If people are willing to pay those concession stand prices no wonder the studios peddle mindless dribble. What idiot shells out five bucks for 32 ounces of sugar water?

  Comment by Albert Einstein — Monday July 16, 2012 @ 11:54pm PDT  Reply to this post