"The Avengers" Surpasses $1 Billion Worldwide

[Rolltideguy77]

Isn't it a little unfair to compare it to Avatar's box office sales as Avatar had multiple theatrical releases? Same for Titanic.

[0bsessions]

Isn't it a little unfair to compare it to Avatar's box office sales as Avatar had multiple theatrical releases? Same for Titanic.

Not really. In order to justify multiple releases, it had to be capable of sustaining its numbers during said release.

[Dreadstar]

Isn't it a little unfair to compare it to Avatar's box office sales as Avatar had multiple theatrical releases? Same for Titanic.

Not really. The "Special Edition" opened up a couple weeks after the first run closed. It only got 10.7 million domestic and another 22.5 million world-wide. 33.2 million is a comparative drop in the 2.78 billion bucket.

Avatar had a VERY long run, by the way:

Widest Release: 3,461 theaters
Close Date: August 12, 2010
In Release: 238 days / 34 weeks

It had a very long run because it had great legs.

[the goddamn batman]

How much did the movie cost to make?
(he askes because he is too lazy to google it)

I'm curious: how is asking here and having to check back (probably repeatedly) less effort than googling it? I mean, just in words typed your ratio is screwed thanks to your qualifier.

Oh plus? adding in the bold and color? that's more work than just googling a simple question.

Again, I'm just curious. I see this a lot and I wonder what the justification is for people.

[0bsessions]

I'm curious: how is asking here and having to check back (probably repeatedly) less effort than googling it? I mean, just in words typed your ratio is screwed thanks to your qualifier.

Oh plus? adding in the bold and color? that's more work than just googling a simple question.

Again, I'm just curious. I see this a lot and I wonder what the justification is for people.

I don't know, but perhaps the fonts can be defaulted? I can't be arsed to check.

As for the googling versus checking back thing, well, if I've got a given thread I expect to check repeatedly over the course of the day, I leave it open in a tab and just F5 it from time to time.

[the goddamn batman]

But how is that less work than google question - read answer - done. ??

[Phil Clark]

What are you talking about? They spent a ton of money on it.

But this discussion leaves me wondering how they made Avengers for $30 million less than it took to make John Carter...?

What jediracer said is what I meant. Avengers cost less to make ($220 million for a film of this scope is not excessive) and it is raking in much more money.

[0bsessions]

But how is that less work than google question - read answer - done. ??

Not to say that googling it isn't easy, but pressing F5 every so often is easier when you get down to it.

[the goddamn batman]

it literally took me less than 10 second to google "how much did the avengers cost" and read "$220 million." 10 seconds. F5ing a thread for part of a day isn't easier or less time consuming. 10 seconds. that's my point. typing this took me longer.

[Brad Barton]

it literally took me less than 10 second to google "how much did the avengers cost" and read "$220 million." 10 seconds. F5ing a thread for part of a day isn't easier or less time consuming. 10 seconds. that's my point. typing this took me longer.

Sometimes I ask about easily researchable factoids as well, just to get some discussion going. That's why we're here, after all.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

it literally took me less than 10 second to google "how much did the avengers cost" and read "$220 million." 10 seconds. F5ing a thread for part of a day isn't easier or less time consuming. 10 seconds. that's my point. typing this took me longer.

Shame on you!

Gravely misusing a XXI century piece of technology built for pr0n research.

[the goddamn batman]

don't assume I wasn't 'researching' teh pr0ns. I am, after all, posting on a comic geek message board.

Sometimes I ask about easily researchable factoids as well, just to get some discussion going. That's why we're here, after all.

and that'd be one thing if the avengers had any shortage of conversation.

[Simbob4000]

He's saying the ad campaign was lackluster and relatively invisible.

And I agree.

Yeah, but he also said

"Which just goes to show, you don't have to spend a ton of money to make a really good and successful movie."

in reply to

"About $220 million.

It's already make back its budget in the states alone and then some."

All I was saying is they did spend a lot on The Avengers movie, hell, they made five movies as a lead-up to The Avengers.

As for John Carter, it's pretty clear they didn't know how to sell that movie. It's got a bland title because they thought the book's title would turn both little boys and girls off to the movie, and I'm guessing they didn't say anything about Mars in the trailers for the same reason it isn't in the title. I'm not really sure why they make a movie they so clearly didn't know what to do with, and I'm not sure why they would throw so much money and may it so big either. They should have started with a much smaller movie it seems.

[verslibre]

it literally took me less than 10 second to google "how much did the avengers cost" and read "$220 million." 10 seconds. F5ing a thread for part of a day isn't easier or less time consuming. 10 seconds. that's my point. typing this took me longer.

You could save five more seconds: go to IMDb.com, click the link for Avengers (right side of the page, under weekend grosses), scroll down to the budget line. LOL!

[StoneGold]

And they weren't all reluctant, you even had to lie!

They weren't all reluctant in Seven Samurai either, just most of them. Mifune's character was totally into it. And for that matter, I'm not sure I simplified plot any more than you did.