Comments on: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull brings in $126million https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million/ The Correct Opinion Wed, 28 May 2008 15:42:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kamish https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million/#comment-139254 Wed, 28 May 2008 15:42:59 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million#comment-139254 Final Box-Office Summer 08…Domestic Number / World Wide Totals

Indy 4 – $337 Million / $759
Wall-e – $308 Million / $521
Iron Man – $306 Million / $589
KungFu Panda – $286 Million / $488
Dark Knight – $279 Million / $521

Look for Indy to be number one for the next two weeks…Will hit 275 million quickly then have solid numbers until mid July…don’t see it out of the top five per week until after July 4th…

]]> By: Sir Jig-A-Lot https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million/#comment-139079 Tue, 27 May 2008 22:33:23 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million#comment-139079 if they had no press screenings @ all, Rods, that would’ve really driven the stake home on their reps cos us geeks know that no screenings at all means Kiss Of Death for most films.

@Chris. it ain’t a theory. if you look at recent or not-so-recent cinema history, the tentpole films have bigger numbers with the folllowing installment coming off a great previous movie.
eg : Jedi making bigger bank Empire
eg2: X3 had a bigger opening weekend than X2.

btw the jury is still out on how Indy did at it’s once-only run @ Cannes when films at that festival play multiple times. yeah a lot of faith.

]]> By: Rodney https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million/#comment-138971 Tue, 27 May 2008 18:03:09 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million#comment-138971 Jig-a-Lot, they released the movie with PLENTY of time for reviewers to slam this movie and hurt it. If they had no faith in it they wouldnt have had advanced screenings at all.

]]> By: Chris https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million/#comment-138944 Tue, 27 May 2008 16:32:54 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million#comment-138944 That’s right Sir Jig-A-Lot they obviously had no faith in it at all being as they premiered it at Cannes, which has been known to have people boo and hiss at films they disliked. Yeah…. no faith at all.

And you know exactly what I meant by the internet chatter (blogs and message boards), RT compiles reviews from all over (major print and internet outlets combined).

Your theory on what people go to see doesn’t quite explain the success of Pirates 2 (it explains the opening weekend but not the insanity that followed) though does it?

]]> By: Sir Jig-A-Lot https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million/#comment-138922 Tue, 27 May 2008 15:51:04 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million#comment-138922 @Chris
Indy only hit that number on Rotten T after it’s release. it was a paltry 30+% prior. and what the fuck is Rotten if it ain’t an internet site? pfft!
Critics in general had 2-4 days to cobble their reviews together as most of em did not screen it until the weekend before it’s release. shows you how much faith lucas n stevie had in it.

shitwipes like Pirates 2 & Spider-Man 3 made huge bank as they came off the back of the great movies that preceded them in their respective series. anyone notice how Pirates 3 drew the diehards the first week out but dropped like a motherfucker from week#2 outwards? basically it’s a case of: make-a-great-movie-and-anticipation for-it’s-sequel-will-have-huge-opening-numbers. this is why TDK & HB II will have bigger numbers.

]]> By: Chris https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million/#comment-138914 Tue, 27 May 2008 15:03:50 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million#comment-138914 “i knew regardless of the advance mostly negatory reviews by critics….”

Sir Jig-A-Lot, reallly? Last time I checked a 79% on rotten tomatoes is pretty damn good, the equivalent of 4 in 5 critics liking it. It seems the negative word of mouth is generally coming from the internet and I think we have all seen that internet jibber-jabber means nothing to box office results. If you want further proof of that explain Pirates of the Caribbean 2, which was generally panned but still made a ton of money.

I wouldn’t doubt that Indy 4 keeps its crown as box-office champ until the June 6th weekend, against Kung Fu Panda, and even then I only see it slipping to #2. It won’t really drop off until June 13th when it faces stiffer competition. Indy 4 is going to make a crazy amount of money, most likely finishing as the top grossing film of the year.

Are they going to make another film? Probably because money talks and that’s just the way it is. I happened to like Indy 4, it was the weakest of the four films but it delivered what I want from an Indiana Jones movie. I have no problem with them making another one as long as it delivers a fun adventure flick.

]]> By: dan https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million/#comment-138890 Tue, 27 May 2008 12:43:43 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million#comment-138890 they absolutely should make one more before ford gets to old. the did a poor job catching up with the last 19 years, now we can just have a fun story with indy being indy and could even bring back the kid. no aliens though. im suprised lucas didnt try putting jar jar binks in there

]]> By: Kristina https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million/#comment-138840 Tue, 27 May 2008 02:40:08 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million#comment-138840 Kite Runner ruled.

]]> By: Sir Jig-A-Lot https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million/#comment-138829 Tue, 27 May 2008 01:13:52 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million#comment-138829 Kristina digs some films. Iron Man & Kite Runner i believe. she just very picky which ones.

]]> By: Audioout https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million/#comment-138791 Mon, 26 May 2008 22:01:42 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million#comment-138791 In my opinion, most of the people that didn’t like this movie are either comparing it to Raiders (the only REALLY good Indy flick) or are snooty, out of touch, elitists. Just my opinion.

Also, I don’t mean to be rude by singling you out Kristina, but what movies DO you like? I haven’t read you say you really liked any movie on here. Maybe it’s just my imagination.

Lastly, I thought the film was as good as all the other sequels.

Temple had the asian kid sidekick, annoying screaming woman, and weak mulligan.

Crusade had the sillier disposition, Nazi retread, weak female lead, and generally messy ending sequence.

Kingdom had the CG prairie dogs, swinging Mutt, and a “that’s it?” ending.

]]> By: Dragonslayer https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million/#comment-138790 Mon, 26 May 2008 21:57:54 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million#comment-138790 It’s simple how all this happened. Indy fans from around the world went to see this movie (Duh).

]]> By: George https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million/#comment-138772 Mon, 26 May 2008 20:54:55 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-brings-in-126million#comment-138772 Edvin I agree with you completely about this nonsense that Nathan Fillion could in anyway substitute for Harrison Ford. Its absolutely ridiculous. Hey I like Fillion. He is fine but he does not have that extra little thing that sets guys like Harrison ford apart from other actors. There is a reason some guys become superstars and some guys wind up in a small role on desperate housewives. He just does not have that extra bit of x factor sorry guys.

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