Comments on: Spiderman 3: The 500 Million Dollar Movie

By: AJ-KOAR

AJ-KOAR — Tue, 15 May 2007 17:07:32 +0000

Total US Gross $240,236,828
International Gross $386,400,000
Worldwide Gross $626,636,828

US numbers:
Week 1 $151,116,516
Week 2 $58,166,256

I stand by my statements. This isn’t a ‘repeat customer’ movie. Just like we’re seeing in music- it’s all about the fast cash. They make movies to make money, not because they actually care about movies, which is identical to major labels and music.

They’ll make their money. It will do what it was supposed to do.

baaaaaaaaah, baaaaaaaaaah

By: cheesuscrust

cheesuscrust — Tue, 15 May 2007 08:10:22 +0000

so uh, I just read that it’s grossed over $628 mil so far. thoughts?

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 11 May 2007 16:34:55 +0000

I guess I live under a rock or something ’cause without the media talking about how much money Spidey made this past weekend and this post on KOAR, I wouldn’t have even known the movie was out!! I know…get a life right?? Anyway…saw it last night. I thought it was ok…the last 45 minutes or so was great. I’m not a comic book guy, so I’m watching for pure entertainment value and it just seemed like it took forever to go anywhere. I understand developing the story and all, but as a friend of mine said…”I was counting ceiling tiles” for the first hour! I thought PP’s 10 minute disco walk through the city was kinda wasted space. I think we all had the message that he was thinking pretty highly of himself at that point. That was just uncomfortable to watch. I thought it was pretty good overall, just wish it got where it was going a little faster. I’m glad I saw it once, but my first comment after walking out was “They’re not aiming for repeat customers on that one.” Was it worth half a billion dollars?? I guess that will be decided when all the receipts are in…

By: AJ-KOAR

AJ-KOAR — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:41:22 +0000

Nah…you’ll get whats going on.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 10 May 2007 16:42:02 +0000

yeah, ive heard good things about it. i wanna see it. i havent seen 28 Days Later yet … do you need to see it first?

By: AJ-KOAR

AJ-KOAR — Thu, 10 May 2007 08:03:56 +0000

28 Weeks Later

I just saw it and it’s fucking awesome.

Unlike Spiderman, it actually delivers more than promised. It’s intense from beginning to end and there are even some man tears, but there is NO WAY anyone could consider it a chick flick.

If Spiderman didn’t satisfy your need for action, real story line, perfect pacing and good direction, go see 28 Weeks Later. I love leaving the theatre with my heart still racing.

Imagine…all of that without breaking the bank or some douchenozzle movie studio shoving it down my throat.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 10 May 2007 05:13:00 +0000

“What is good is up to personal opinion in the mediums of music and movies”

– wrong. by this logic, “Dude Wheres My Car” could be called a good movie. this movie plods along with nowhere particular to go. the scene in the Jazz club where peter parker dances? what the hell were the film makers thinking. and the 2 or 3 fade outs at the end before the film FINALLY ends … again, just dumb.

this film is fun to look at but not fun to watch.

By: AJ-KOAR

AJ-KOAR — Thu, 10 May 2007 03:05:30 +0000

I agree things should be promoted…even Spiderman. But 250 million? Hmmmmm…that seems excessive. An established franchise like Spiderman doesn’t need to go to such lengths to create a buzz for the new release.

Thanks for the tip on promoting releases. I always thought internal memos were the BEST way to inform the public of things… you’ve changed my world.

I think you missed my point with the Hinder comment. I wasn’t saying Hinder sucks. I was saying the number of records they sell is not necessarily indicative of how good they are, since its certainly up for debate. Lots of people going to see Spiderman is what is expected. They spent all that money to MAKE SURE it happened. It doesn’t mean the movie is great, it means their marketing was effective. Do you see the difference?

I don’t know who you are or what you do for a living, but I think anyone who receives demos can back me up on this: elaborate press kit = shitty band. You over-promote when you don’t have the quality content to back it up. You don’t have to go to such lengths to convince someone that something is great if it actually is. I thought that Spiderman would have been the exception to that rule, but it simply wasn’t.

Maybe its been so long since a great movie was released, people have forgotten what its supposed to be like.

By: List OfDemands

List OfDemands — Thu, 10 May 2007 02:27:14 +0000

Either way, good read, regardless if we don’t see eye to eye on whether it was a decent movie

By: List OfDemands

List OfDemands — Thu, 10 May 2007 02:26:04 +0000

What is good is up to personal opinion in the mediums of music and movies, and can be debated to the end of times whether or not Hinder or Spiderman are good or bad or in between. Beauty of art in it’s many mediums, and with someone with as much of a background in music as you have, one would assume you would appreciate the subjectivity of such things. Guess people with extensive knowledge of a certain subject either realize the humility of it, or the dillusion of a personal opinion as fact side of it.

I think it goes without saying that it is an established franchise that is making more and more money with each sequential release.

Anything in todays ADD society needs an extensive promotions budget to let them know it’s coming out, just less and less convincing to get them to the theater to see it as long as they continue to deliver what the end user deems a worthy product. No one is going to know the new Linkin Park album is coming up if WBR just quietly slipped it on an internal memo listing upcoming releases.