Weekend Box office showdown ::: Narnia jumps in the numbers

It seems that, Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, would like to have its share of the box office take. However Iron Man is not giving up that easily and with its reviews, I find it hard for the magic in Narnia to even play a role in taking over the box office numbers.

Iron Man combines fantasy and realism. Something that you can not get from Narnia. Although I consider it a hit, and a great film to check out. Overall, the faith in movie going has been placed in Marvel and soon to be seen in DC's comics and their list of characters.

With Speed Racer holding on by a thread, I take it that Iron Man can and will be considered the bad boy of the summer blockbusters. Now I may eat those words when Hulk drops, along with Hancock, Hellboy, and the Dark knight. But I think Iron Man did a grand job at getting things started. The money has been made back from an initial investment of $140,000,000 with a current BO gross of $223,124,385 and counting.

WHOPPER and I am not talking Burgers here.

Get ready for a wild ride. With great movies on the list, this summer we can not go wrong. However as far as earners are concerned, Iron Man is a Clear leader in the summer movement.

Weekend Box Office :::: May 9-11 2008 (IRON MAN REIGNS SUPREME)

I was over at the Invisible-Cinema, and The Invisible Woman posted the numbers for this past weekend box office. Something of the norm, however it was the comments that inspired my thoughts on this past weekend and American Cinema overall. I am beginning to see a pattern in movies that is far different that of the past.

So here is what I had to say in response to some of the comments:


As far as this past weekend in film, I have much to say, but will keep it short. With two possibilities.

American film audiences are becoming smarter, and are realizing that they will own or purchase the movie if it is of suitable home viewing. They have become complacent in the home video market and spend more time now creating there in home theater systems.

Or

Speed racer sucks so much that it does not matter what it does oversees, it is a piece of garbage hyped up and over worked. Of course they are going to be happy to see the live action version in its native creative atmosphere, but here in the US we require darker not these bright colors. Americans do not like colorized action, we prefer the dark near dramatic variety.

Just an opinion.

I would like to get more feedback and I will fill in the blanks as I keep in eye on Invisible Cinema on this one.

Block Buster :::: Iron Man has set off the summer Blockbusters

As I have predicted Iron Man was going to be the one to reckon with. It has surpassed expectations and is set to shatter its numbers even further when the final tally comes in. I hate to say it but I told you so.

The fact of the matter is people need to get away and this movie offers that. It helps that Iron Man is a quiet classic. Iron Man offers something other films do not and that is a chance to fight back with imagination and vigor of youth and the mind of innovations. Not to rain on the Marvel Parade but this is something that DC/Warner Bros, will bring us shortly with The Dark Knight. As I have stated before, we all need some place to go and with the economic sting, movies will be that place this summer, it is the least we can do to get away.

With Box Office numbers where they are at this time I expect to see some jaws drop at the amount of revenue this film will generate. So lets support such films. They bring us to looking in the mirror to see what is possible in our own minds and bring back to us, something we have long lost, and that is youth and creativity, something we should have never lost in the first place.

Movie to Consider :::: Iron Man Trailer

Now this is looking better each day. To see that Jim Rhodes is being played by one of Hollywood's brightest is even better. Terrence Howard is becoming one of those actors that will be hard to place in a bubble. If he gets the opportunity to expand on the Jim Rhodes Character via War Machine, we may be in a treat for this live action installment of Iron Man.

If you are a true fan of the Comic, you know what I am speaking of, when it comes to expanding on War Machine, it also means that Tony Starks will be expanded upon, and that means more money in the bank for the producers if they can pull it together and offer up a great screen play. They has made changes to adapt closer to reality and Changed Sgt. Fury ethnicity is one of them, but I guess they see the correlation in Samuel L. Jacksons Approach to acting and is willing to gamble on it.