This was another barbarous summer , where movie titans did struggle . And now that it ’s over , some films stand marvelous and victorious , while others put down drained in the killing fields . Back at the start of the summer , we asked you which movies would be asleeper hit , and which movies would be asurprise flop . Now it ’s clock time to find out how well you did .
https://gizmodo.com/which-underdog-movie-could-be-this-summers-sleeper-hit-5907772
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Here are the biggest loge office wins and losses of the summer .
Box Office Wins
The Avengers .
Amazingly , 769 people , or 3 percent of answerer , thought Avengers would be a surprisal flop . Instead , it ’s grossed nearly $ 1.5 billion worldwide , or $ 617 million just in the United States . This film was responsible for forDisney beating all its profit projections for the third quarter.(Cue mental image of Scrooge McDuck bathe in hard cash . )
The Dark Knight resurrect
Fauxcusedpredictedthis film would n’t do as well as The Dark Knight — and appear to have been correct . But a totality of 1,179 commenters recollect this pic would be a flop — and they were wrong . Thus far , TDKR has $ 835 million in worldwide box office , which is still quite respectable but not quite the previous cinema ’s total . It ’s decidedly not quite hitting The Dark Knight ’s figure domestically , possibly partly thanks to that horrible incident on the opening weekend .
Amazing Spider - Man
Over 3,000 of you forebode this movie would be a surprise flop — but it really do pretty well , taking in $ 62 million in its orifice weekend in the U.S. and winding up with a total box federal agency of $ 691 million . Many people retrieve it was too presently for a unexampled Spider - Man series , but moviegoer apparently did n’t feel that way . ( On the other hand , the L.A. Timessays this movie be about $ 230 million to make , agency more than we ’d antecedently believed . )
Teddy boy
And this is the summertime ’s bountiful sleeper smasher — this modestly budgeted clowning about a teddy bear that ’s come up to life did gangbusters , micturate $ 210 million in the U.S. alone . ( It was also the uncommon film that did right smart better in the U.S. than overseas . ) Only 583 people auspicate that Ted would be the summertime ’s biggest surprisal hit . But seemingly Ted 2 is nowpretty much a sure thing .
Brave
This movie has done creditably , rather than heavy — it made around $ 374 million worldwide , on a reported budget of $ 185 million . And apparently , it alsocontributedto Disney ’s record profits . Only 575 people thought this movie would be a surprise collapse .
Snow White and the Huntsman
This is also a modest hit — it made around $ 390 million with a product budget of over $ 170 million , with only about $ 155 million of that amount from the United States . This display was good enough to put a sequel into production ( before the scandal involving Kristen Stewart and director Rupert Sanders hit)according to the Hollywood Reporter . Over 3,000 of you predicted Snow White would give out .
Prometheus
This is another movie that did way better overseas than in the United States — it made only about $ 125 million , less than its $ 130 million production budget , Stateside . But Prometheus made around $ 310 million worldwide , strong enough thatwe’re purportedly go to see Prometheus 2 . Hollywood Reportersaysthis movie ’s receipts put it “ decently on the enfranchisement house of cards . ” Some 1,161 of you think Prometheus would stumble . “ As it ’s not clearly identified as an Alien prequel to the general audience , it has no built in hearing like virtually everything else,”warned AngriestGeek . “ Plus , I detest Ridley Scott and the very idea [ of ] “ prequels ” and need it to betray . ”
https://gizmodo.com/prometheus-2-is-moving-forward-so-cue-the-albino-choru-5931023
Isle of Man in Black 3
This motion-picture show also did well enough oversea to rescue a reasonably debile domesticated boxwood office — MIB3 made around $ 177 million in the United States , less than its reported nearly $ 250 million budget . But worldwide , it made an telling $ 620 million . But there ’s a problem — according to the L.A. Times , this film has a numeral of “ profit participants ” taking a share of the tax income , include Will Smith , manufacturer Steven Spielberg and others . Plus net profit from overseas theatre are often lower than for domesticated runs . So it ’s knockout to tell how much Sony will really wind up make from this picture show . This movie actually won the “ surprise dud ” public opinion poll , getting over 5,300 votes .
Bourne Legacy
So far it’sdoing respectably , although not as great as the former Bourne movies .
Safety Not guarantee
I ’m going to go onward and call this movie the other sleeper smash of the summertime — consort to Box Office Mojo , it ’s made $ 3.6 million domestically , and will in all likelihood have a reasonably great life on DVD . No clue how much this film monetary value to make , but it had fundingfrom the Washington Filmworks Film Incentive Program . I ’m count it end up make believe a enough net profit . Around 350 of you thought this would be a sleeper hit .
Box Office Losses
Battleship
Congrats to the 3,790 of you who prognosticate this motion-picture show would go down in flaming — your pegs landed whole right . This moving-picture show cost over $ 210 million to make and gross just $ 65 million in the United States , work it almost a John Carter - sized misfire . Battleship did wind up with over $ 300 million worldwide , but that ’s still a immense loss . “ I want this to fail so bad , but people will go see ‘ transformer at sea ! ' ” saidBrainlock . Meanwhile , ArghpredictedBattleship would fall flat because “ Ron Paul . ”
Dark Shadows
Tim Burton ’s adaptation of the cultus supernatural easy lay opera made just $ 80 million in the United States , on a reported budget of around $ 150 million . The film ’s total world-wide take was around $ 236 million . The filmmassively underperformedin its opening weekend , appealing mostly to an older demographic . Almost 1,700 of you vote for Dark Shadows to be a surprisal disaster , while 382 of you think it would be a surprise overhead smasher . But many people seemed to think any collaboration between Johnny Depp and Tim Burton was a guaranteed hit , not a sleeping car .
Abraham Lincoln , Vampire Hunter
This was not a good summer for Tim Burton , who also produced this picture . With a reported production budget of $ 69 million , this film charter in just $ 37 million domestically and $ 78 million worldwide . ( But Varietyseems to thinkit may break even with home plate TV and other revenue sources . ) Some 30 per centum of you thought that this moving-picture show would be a sleeper hit , andreported enthusiastic applausewhenever the motion-picture show ’s trailer appear in theater of operations . But Bobby Muldoonworriedit was the newfangled serpent on a carpenter’s plane , a pic that ’s “ trying too heavily . ”
The Watch
This “ neighborhood vigil ” drollery with noncitizen was already kind of damage , because it deepen its name and marketing after the Treyvon Martin killing . It had a really balmy opening weekend , acquire in just $ 12 million domestically , on a reported $ 68 million budget . Just 175 of you thought this moving-picture show would be a sleeper hit .
Total Recall
It only just come out a couple weekends ago , but after a really weak opening weekend receipts , peopleare alreadycallingthis a pretty massive flop . It also swing a jolly tragic 69 percent in its second weekend , and does n’t appear to be have the kind of overseas box office that would save it . This moving-picture show came in second in the “ surprise flop ” pate , with 4,847 of you predicting catastrophe . Saidfalseprophecy :
look stylish , but the last few years has seen a trend of fashionable thrillers based around a supposedly philosophic high concept idea , that are in reality superficial and do n’t really cut away from the chases and explosions long enough to examine the logical conclusions of their premises . Expecting much the same here .
The one bright spot : apparently this motion picture ’s budget was n’t the massive $ 200 million that was being report beforehand , but a more sensible $ 125 million .
Seeking a Friend for the End of the humanity
This make me sad , because I kind of wish this film — butit vanish from theaters after just two weekends , and it only made $ 7 million domestically , less than its $ 10 million budget . The term “ bomb ” was being tossed around . Apparently , it made almost nothing overseas , too . Maybe it ’ll have a beautiful newfangled living on DVD .
root : Box Office Mojo , plus Hollywood Reporter , Variety and L.A. Times .
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