Summer 2012 Box Office Predictions, Motherfuckers

[FilmNerdJamie]

Lay em down right now, bitches yo.

Recorded the summer predictions show on Movie Moan and since we're going to see tons of articles across the Interwebs with their calls, let's see yours.

[Timothy225]

The Avengers vs Dark Knight Rises, with DKR taking the win, probably going to be the flick to beat this summer. Spider-Man is gonna be the waterboy.

Prometheus will be the big sci-fi genre flick, but I'm not sure it'll do DKR business.

Brave's got the lock on the kids/family section. It's Pixar. It's Disney. It's gonna make a ton of cash. Might eclipse DKR.

I'm predicting DKR vs. Brave as to which flick will dominate the summer.

[Abraham Smashington]

I shall throw my hat in the ring for The Three Stooges to WIN ALL OF THE BOXOFFICE.

[Timothy225]

Real tragedy is, you might be right on some level. Folks turned out for Grown Ups, so...

[FilmNerdJamie]

The Dark Knight Rises breaks the midnight, single and 3-day records. Settles in at $440 million domestic and busts the $1 billion cherry.

The Avengers will be the highest grossing Marvel film by $340 million. But I sense it'll be insanely front-loaded and like the non-Iron Mans not play broad to the masses. This has the benefit of opening the summer, 3D ticket-bump and being the first film to team-up superheros from separate movies into one. And...people still love Downey's Tony Stark/Shellhead.

The Amazing Spider-Man limps its way to $200 million. Could go a little higher...or possibly a little lower. Buddy of mine went to a big exhibitor meeting last week and said the consensus was it was the dog of the batch and they got to see a lot of early stuff (i.e. Hobbit scenes[!?!], Skyfall trailer, etc.)

Brave I have at $250 million. Its Pixar, bitches and Cars 2 was a fluke. This plays across all four quads.

[Timothy225]

That's the vibe I've been getting from Spider-Man. It's gonna make some money, but it's gonna disappoint.

Brave is gonna make serious bank, especially from girls and their moms. My sister-in-law's already making plans for my niece eventually checking this out.

[PHEDG]

G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Rock of Ages
Neighborhood Watch
The Bourne Legacy
Total Recall

[Abraham Smashington]

are all movies!

[Captain Russ]

I predict the Avengers film will be a strong contender for highest gross in the swass season, but the end to the Batmeng SO EDGY trilogy will curbstomp everything else.

[Captain Russ]

I shall throw my hat in the ring for The Three Stooges to WIN ALL OF THE BOXOFFICE.

You crazy son

[Abraham Smashington]

[Timothy225]

Watch The Three Stooges rack up a $500 mil opening weekend, destroy every known record for the next 25 years, Oscar nominations out the ass, and Rob sporting a shit-eating grin for the next few months.

It'd almost be worth it.

[Captain Russ]

You forgot Sean Hayes winning an NAACP award.

He's not Larry, he's playing Blarry, Larry's Black Brother. In whiteface.

[Timothy225]

OK, now you're talking crazy.

[Captain Russ]

Bout damn time