Mike O said:

walking_carpet said:

i normally don't like to use anecdotal evidence, but at a superbowl party with a sharp 65' screen, we saw the commercial for the movie. nobody booed or gave it a bronx cheer but a couple guys said 'with this big tv, why bother seeing it in the theatre? don't need the 3d". the battleship and gi joe movies got more jeers. surprisingly, not much enthusiasm for John Carter (man, did that commercial remind me of AOTC).

i mentioned earlier that the recent blu ray releases may put a damper on attendance - another factor is with big tvs becoming mainstream, maybe people won't care to go?

i wonder if we are going to reach a tipping point for cosumers preferring to watch movies at home because the flatscreens are large enough? ticket sales were down from 2010 to 2011 - but that was because of avatar.

anyways, i don't know what opening weekend grosses will be, but overall running I say absolute rock bottom $12 million and no more than $35 million. Im using the lion king and BATB releases as a guide.

damn, im tired. time for bed

John Carter I'm kind of interested in. PIXAR have always been real great artists and I like Stanton's work and it's based on a classic book. The Disney logo makes one worry and the trailers haven't been impressive, but I'll give it a shot.

It can only be a hundred times better than the SciFi channel version that aired last year. ;)