SUNDAY PM/MONDAY AM 12TH UPDATE: Sunday matinees were running on par with Saturdays which is highly unusual. But apparently Father’s Day and Man Of Steel “make a great combo. Best Father’s Day combo of all time”, said Warner Bros Pictures President, Domestic Distribution, Dan Fellman. “Amazing result for Sunday. No drop from Saturday”! With $36.3M on Sunday, Warner Bros’ and Legendary Pictures’ tentpole has new totals: $116.7M for the three-weekend and a four-day cume of $128.7M.
SUNDAY AM, 10TH UPDATE (includes international): Warner Bros’ and Legendary Pictures’ Man Of Steel (4,207 theaters with 3D in 3,357 venues) grossed $44M in North America on Friday (including the $9M from midnights) and -18% for $36.3M Saturday (excluding those $12M from Thursday 7 PM Wal-Mart shows). Pic was light on all-time records. But, even with a longish running time of two hours and 23 minutes, the Chris Nolan-Zack Snyder-David S. Goyer-Henry Cavill PG-13 tentpole set a new June best-ever opening weekend record. It was the 2nd best debut of 2013 behind only Disney/Marvel’s Iron Man 3 (which is on the verge of crossing $400M domestic). Internationally, Warner Bros says Man Of Steel ranked #1 everywhere with a gross of $71.6M from 9,710 screens in the 24 overseas markets in release. That made for a speeding worldwide cume of $196.7M in its first 4 days.
“In North America, Superman audiences thumbed their noses at the negative reviews from film critics and gave it an ‘A-‘ CinemaScore. Man Of Steel beat all expectations,” a Warner Bros executive tells me. “Interesting note that Superman’s Saturday gross is double the next ranking Top 4 films added together. That’s really dominating the marketplace.” Sunday is projected at $32.7M. Estimates now for the 3-day weekend are $113M and the 4-day opening cume is $125.1M including Thursday. As for Sunday, “always an upside to consider with a huge Father’s Day result,” Warner Bros President, Domestic Distribution, Dan Fellman tells me. Saturday’s number followed very strong matinees — the same as opening day at $15.5M. Sunday also will bring an updated international figure which currently stands at $25.9M. Playing on 331 domestic IMAX screens, Man Of Steel delivered $13.3M, a record opening for a June release and was 12% of the weekend take. “Our CinemaScore of ‘A-‘ with the youngest (under 18) and the oldest (over 50) age categories both rating the film an ‘A’ should certainly generate strong word of mouth as we continue our run in the heart of the lucrative summer play time,” Fellman noted. The 3D screens generated 42% of Man Of Steel‘s box office revenue and 32% of all admissions for 6.250M for Friday. The Man Of Steel results helped total moviegoing this Friday increase +78% over last year’s box office. Pic packed a strong opening punch because of the 3D premium and immense wannasee sparked by masterful marketing. It took Nolan’s involvement to make Superman cool again (finally).
Internationally, Man Of Steel took 12.2M admissions. Key markets that opened this weekend were the UK, Korea, and Mexico. The UK pulled in £11M ($17.1M) from 574 situations, dominating the market with a 75% share of the Top 5 and ranking as the biggest opening day in 2013 — +11% bigger even than Iron Man 3. But the pic just narrowly missed beating IM3 for the weekend. Mexico grossed an estimated Ps. 126M ($9.8M) from 2,600 screens, and garnered a 70% share of the market. Its opening weekend ranked as the 3rd biggest for a WB film. Korea opened to hefty KRW 9.9M ($8.8M) from 990 screens taking 72% of the Seoul Top 5. Other notable cumes are The Philippines $5.6M which was 3rd biggest all-time industry opening despite monsoon conditions), India $3.5M, Taiwan $1.5M (had biggest WB opening day ever), UAE $2.0M, Malaysia $3.0M. Pic still has 27 more markets opening next weekend, including the major countries France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia and China. Australia opens on June 27, Brazil July 12, and Japan August 30.
Meanwhile, counter-programming the Man Of Steel juggernaut this weekend was Sony/Columbia Pictures’ raunchy apocalyptic comedy This Is The End (3,055 theaters). It received a ‘B+’ CinemaScore from audiences and 82% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and a #1 reception Wednesday. With a dearth of both ‘R’-rated movies or well-received laughers in the marketplace, pic made $6.8M on Friday and $7.4M on Saturday for a projected $20.5M for the 3-day weekend, and $32.8M for the 5-day cume – about what it cost. Exits show the opening drew audiences that were 60% male and 48% under age 25.Read more here.
Total moviegoing for this weekend was $196M, up +50% from last year as Summer 2013 continues to sizzle. Here’s the rest of the Top Ten based on weekend estimates:
3. Now You See Me (Summit/Lionsgate) Week 3 [Runs 3,082] PG13
Friday $3.3M, Saturday $3.9M, Weekend $10.3M, Cume $80.0M
International Cume $27.7M, Worldwide Total $107.7M
4. Fast & Furious 6 (Universal) Week 4 [Runs 3,375 PG13
Friday $2.8M, Saturday $3.5M, Weekend $9.4M, Cume $219.5M
International Cume $417.4M, Worldwide Total $636.9M
5. The Purge (Universal) Week 2 [Runs 2,591] R
Friday $2.9M, Saturday $3.1M, Weekend $8.2M (-76%), Cume $51.8M
International Cume $6.7M, Worldwide Total $58.5M
6. The Internship (New Regency/Fox) Week 2 [Runs 3,399]
Friday $2.3M, Saturday $2.7M, Weekend $7.0M (-59%), Cume $30.9M
International Cume $5.1M, Worldwide Total $36.0M
7. Epic (Blue Sky/Fox) Week 4 [Runs 3,151] PG
Friday $1.8M, Saturday $2.1M, Weekend $6.0M, Cume $95.4M
International Cume $119.1M, Worldwide Total $214.5M
8. Star Trek Into Darkness (Paramount) Week 5 [Runs 2,331] PG13
Friday $1.4M, Saturday $2.1M, Weekend $5.6M, Cume $210.4M
International Cume $201.7M, Worldwide Total $412.1M
9. After Earth (Columbia/Sony) Week 3 [Runs 2,432] PG13
Friday $1.1M, Saturday $1.3M, Weekend $3.7M, Cume $54.2M
International Cume $91.1M, Worldwide Total $145.3M
10. Iron Man 3 (Marvel/Disney) Week 7 [Runs 1,649] PG13
Friday $736K, Saturday $1.0M, Weekend $2.9M, Cume $399.6M
International Cume $803.8M, Worldwide Total $1.2B
FRIDAY 11:30 PM, 3RD & 4TH UPDATEs: Superman audiences have just thumbed their noses at the new movie’s critics and given it an ‘A-‘ CinemaScore. That will further help word of mouth as it’s already setting records for the biggest opening for June and the second biggest weekend opening of 2013. Warner Bros’ and Legendary Pictures’ Man Of Steel (4,207 theaters with 3D in 3,357 venues) opened Thursday and is flying high at the domestic box office today on its way into the weekend. My sources have now refined their estimates to $46M Friday including that $9M in midnight shows (though some think the number could get as high as $50M). That makes for $120M for the three-day weekend, and $132M for the four-day cume including that $12M from Thursday 7 PM Wal-Mart shows.
FRIDAY 1 PM, 2ND UPDATE: “We are having a big day!” a Warner Bros exec just gushed to me. “Movie’s working!” exulted another exec at the studio. No official numbers yet. But my sources say that, based on matinee trends, Man Of Steel (4,207 theaters with 3D in 3,357 venues) is looking like $42.5M to $47.5M today, plus however the studio accounts for the $9M from Friday midnights and the $12M of Wal-Mart sales screenings from Thursday 7 PM shows. My sources have 3-day weekend estimates ranging from $114M to $120M with 4-day cumes ranging from $126M to $132M. “It’s way behind Iron Man 3 but way ahead of Superman Returns,” a rival studio exec tells me. (Iron Man 3 kicked off Summer 2013 with a $174.1M opening weekend which ranked 2nd all-time behind last year’s The Avengers with $207.4M) That wildly overperforms Man Of Steel‘s pre-release tracking which has ranged from Warner Bros’ lowball $80sM aimed a managing expectations to rival studio projections around $95M-$100M.
FRIDAY 7 AM UPDATE: Not even torrential downpours in NYC could dampen enthusiastic crowds forming long lines for Thursday late shows. Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures just announced its hotly anticipated Man Of Steel opened with a midnight show of $9 million. Combined with $12M from a corporate group sale screening program at 7 PM, this third Superman franchise begins its North American run with a cume of $21M. “Off to a flying start!!!” A studio exec gushed to me just now. The number ranks 7th among late show records, behind only the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises, but ahead of The Hunger Games. It’s also the all-time highest superhero late show record, surpassing The Avengers’ remarkable $18.7M and The Dark Knight‘s $18.5M. The more equal comparison would be June 2005’s Batman Begins which was the first of the trilogy and grossed $1.6M at midnight while June 2006’s Superman Returns reboot made $4.9M and July 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man redo earned $7.5M. Of course, any such record must come with an asterisk because Hollywood studios recently have interpreted ‘midnights’ as beginning at 7 PM Thursday through midnight and sometimes into early dawn. So that prevents any accurate movie-to-movie direct comparison of late show grosses. IMAX hauled in $1.6M domestic from Man Of Steel late shows from 327 North American locations.
This third Superman franchise goes wide today in a whopping 4,207 locations which is the 2nd widest release ever for a non-sequel: 850 are 2D only, and the remaining venues will play in 3D with a 2D component. Tracking has ranged from Warner Bros’ lowball $80sM aimed a managing expectations to rival studio projections around $95M-$100M. According to both Fandango and MovieTickets.com, domestic advance ticket sales accounted for over 85% of total daily transactions Thursday and today. (“That percentage would have been higher if it weren’t for This Is The End doing 7% of sales today,” says Fandango’s Harry Medved.) It’s almost guaranteed to set a new opening weekend record for the month of June. Superman’s last big screen outing was Superman Returns with a very mediocre five-day opening of $84.6M that stopped Warner Bros from ordering up a sequel. But it scored higher positive reviews of 75% on Rotten Tomatoes than Man Of Steel‘s surprisingly middling 58% seven years later. Then again, this is a critics-proof pic after it took Christopher Nolan’s involvement to make Superman cool again (finally) even though it’s a feel-good movie where the man of steel must save the day against Michael Shannon’s villainous General Zod. And the studio’s masterful marketing campaign filled with mystery (that first teaser barely featured the Metropolis Marvel) really caught the imagination of anyone ever enamored of one of the most popular DC Comics characters ever.
Overseas, my sources tell me records are already breaking around from Asia though Korea (see poster) hasn’t reported grosses yet. Taiwan opened on Wednesday and Man Of Steel grossed a huge NT$23,773,310 ($794,742) nationwide for the all-time highest opening day for any Warner Bros film and the buggest opening day for Chris Nolan. The Philippines opened the film on its Independence Day, also Wednesday, to record results. The film became the biggest opening day ever with P69,284,858 ($1,657,532) comprising 347,626 admissions from 466 screens nationwide. That made Man Of Steel #1 with over 90% market share. In all, Superman is opening in 24 international markets day and date with North America, including 3 Top Ten countries: UK, Korea, and Mexico. Warner Bros will launch an additional 26 markets on the second weekend, including China, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and Spain. Ultimately, the film will be on more than 21,000 screens abroad.
Meanwhile, Fandango surveyed more than 1,000 Man Of Steel ticket-buyers and found that 88% are fans of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight franchise, 83% said the supporting cast of Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne, and Michael Shannon increased their interest in seeing the movie, 81% claimed the darker interpretation of Superman made them more interested in buying a ticket, 75% cannot wait to see the villain General Zod, 72% are fans of director Zack Snyder’s previous films (300, Watchmen), 69% want to see the lead played by Henry Cavill and not by an established box office superstar. Much more to come all weekend.
It opens in China next weekend and gets pulled the weekend after.
So now he’s a ship’s mate instead of Clark Kent the journalist?
And there is no Louis Lane?
Pass.
And, by-the-way I hate the “dark” Batman series.
Tedious, sadistic, and pedantic.
And unpleasant to watch with no redeeming attributes.
Watch the movie first. It’s great,the action is great, the changes are minor and besides it’s an origins movie. No one want to spoil you anything. Watch it,seriously.
Boring movie. NO sense of humor. Lack of visual clarity. Weak characters/writing. Ugly to look at. And relentless in the worst of ways. Glad I saw a free screening–I wouldn’t pay to see it.
boy did you get the supe’s movie wrong. you have no idea what you are talking about. why not ask someone who saw it if what you said is even remotely true? how can you armchair something you havent even seen?
What are you talking about? Amy Adams plays Lois (not Louis) Lane.
Lois is played by Amy Adams in this movie, wtf are you talking about?
Also, he get’s a job at the Daily Planet as a journalist in this movie. Dude, I think you’ve heard about a different movie..
I love when insane people post on Deadline!
I didn’t mind the dark Batman films — it came with the territory.
The problem with Man of Steel is that it had no heart or charm. All the secondary characters were underwritten. The action snowballed into Michael Bay “Transformers” territory within the third act. The plot holes in the script were numerous and distracting.
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1. If Jor-El believed Krypton’s breeding program was morally wrong, then why send the Codex with Kal-El to Earth? Because it was purely a plot device for Zod. Lazy writing.
2. The sacrifice by Jonathan Kent in order to protect the identity of his son felt hollow. This is one of many sequences in the film which was poorly written. Clark was using his abilities left and right before this incident. Clark could have easily saved his father within this particular situation without anyone noticing. In the comics, Pa Kent dies from a heart attack (See: Action Comics #870 ). This is a brilliantly written story point. Why? The heart attack signified that even though Clark had amazing gifts, he couldn’t save everyone. He is not a god. Some things are not within his power.
3. Instead of Superman luring Zod and his minions to let’s say the Arctic or outer space – Superman battles Zod within Metropolis. It’s not until Zod threatens a family with his “heat vision” (after a 50 minute fight) that Superman makes the decision to snap Zod’s neck and putting an end to the destruction. This is despite the fact that because Superman chose to fight in Metropolis – Civilians were already hurt and even killed. This is bad writing. Superman isn’t a killer. This is what is endearing about this character. He’s a symbol of what mankind is supposed to strive towards.
1. No, he didn’t believe that. Go see it again.
2. Seemed to be a bit of commentary more towards the state of our country today. Looked pretty relevant considering the IRS, NSA, etc… scandals going down. Looked like they did a little creative rewriting to point out the paranoia we have running around. I like the message, not the change in canon.
3. He couldn’t lure anyone anywhere, the spaceship isn’t going to go tearing after Supes while parked over Metro and the Kryptons weren’t going to leave it unguarded. Now, that would have been dumb. The Zod fight, sure… I can agree on that point.
You make some great points. I was very disappointed in the lack of protection for the character as well. But the fanboys and the CGI zombies will eat this movie up. The character belongs to them now. They’re feeding the machine with all their dollars. I won’t even look up to watch it when it’s playing in Best Buy in the fall.
Lack of protection?
um, he’s Superman…..what kinda protection did you want him to have exactly that he doesn’t already have?
As for the movie? Being old enough to remember the first Superman movies 1-4, then Superman Returns in 2006 w/Kevin Spacey, this movie is much better than all the Superman movies except 1 and 2 w/Christopher Reeves.
I understand the wanting to dig apart certain aspect but this was the first movie to have the beginnings of baby Superman on Kryptonite and we got to see Russell Crowe give some explanation of backstory. We also got to see a nice small decent performance by Kevin Costner (emphasis on small and grateful).
Sure, the action scenes were OVER THE TOP and I am sick and tired of green screen cgi. How many buildings, cars, buses, tanker trucks, trains, planes, etc were going down before we GOT IT! Zod was a bad guy and Superman or Man of Steel was scraping asphalt out of his teeth? These large destruction scenes can be whittled down, IMO, for more ACTING and storytelling but I guess action is what everyone wants. In the end I thought they were going to have to throw in the kitchen sink for Man of Steel to stop Zod. That’s how bad it got.
At one point I started thinking of my own insurance policy on my house – that’s how bored I was w/all the action scenes. Too many, too much, takes something away from the telling of the story! And the STORY was good IMO and could’ve used some more time to flesh out the parts that were a little wobbly.
Maybe next time? After all – who’s left but a fleet or armada or bad aliens? Oh, that was a preview I saw. One of many over $200 million dollar films this summer. Good luck with that! GLUT anyone?
Well let see. As they say lets cut to the chase. First off….Jor el sent kal el to earth because he wanted people to have freedom of choice and to be able to determine their own fate and the reason for the codec was imbedded into the body of Kae el was so that the Kryptionian race could survive and also allow superhuman abilities Kae el would have on earth.
Secondly…The father explained to him and the audience why he should not reveal his identity until the time was right and so did jor el the father also adviced him of the same. Not hard to understand if one only listens.
Thirdly…Superman did not choose to fight in Metropolis. That is the place that Zod chose. The world machine was anchored in the Indian Ocean and Zod sent a spacecraft to Metropolis to begin the devastation of Earth. Superman did not kill anyone directly and the reason he killed Zod was in order to protect the civilians Zod was about to kill with his laser. You might want to go back and see the film again but I believe I am right on the comments and I liked the film so much I intend to see it again myself.
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1. Jor-El didn’t say the breeding method was morally wrong. He said he believed Kryptonians had given up something important to their progress as a culture with the adoption of the program. He thought Zod’s desire to eradicate specific DNA strains was morally wrong. The Codex was sent with Kal-El because it was a way to preserve the genetic diversity of all the bloodlines and to rebuild the race in the future.
2. I agree that this scene was problematic. Not as strong as the rest of the movie. My problem was more with how this one scene was edited rather than its concept though. Ma and Pa Kent both died of natural causes in the original comics, then later of a contracted disease, then later still only Pa dies from a heart attack. Issue 870 was NOT the original method of Pa Kent’s death, but a modern retcon.
3. After the ship over Metropolis is dispatched, Zod explicitly states his intent to wipe out every single human on earth. When Superman does try to maneuver Zod outside of the city during the fight, the general always brings the fight back to the populated area. This is Zod’s doing. Not hard to fathom, since he says exactly what he intends before the final fight. If Superman just flew off to lure Zod away, all the villain would need to do is continue his rampage and lure Superman back. How is that not apparent?
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Loved the movie and I liked the fact that there wasn’t the cat and mouse game between Clark and Lois. What I couldn’t get my mind around was the loss of Krypton. They had populated the stars, had quite a few outposts yet they all died at the mercy of the core. There was an attempt to explain this, however it didn’t seem plausible. How is it they couldn’t just send a portion of their population to another planet, its not like they didn’t know how.I have not read the comic but that point just couldn’t be reconciled. Beyond that I enjoyed the journey the movie took me on.
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Also, I don’t believe he WANTED to snap Zod’s neck, I think he was shocked that it happened, hence him screaming and looking completely shellshocked after the fact.
Superman does kill, a lot. You’re thinking of Batman, he’s the DC superhero who does not kill.
Not true. Superman even killed the Phantom Zone villains in the 1980s comic book series after it was rebooted to fit in more with the movies. And everyone kind of assumed he (and Lois) killed them in Superman II, even after they were depowered, since the scene of the arctic cops taking them away was cut out.
1. The Pocket Universe has been widely disregarded and swept under the rug by every writer since its inception.
2. Superman II’s ending was ambiguous. We have actually no idea how deep the crevice was that Zod and company slid down. It was all spectacular comic action – they could have survived For all we know, Superman could have flown them to prison and it wasn’t shown.
As a matter of fact, there is an ending in which Zod and company are shown being carried away by the Arctic Police. The cut was shown on ABC.
Snapping a character’s neck isn’t ambiguous. If we’re going to tread the line and go into “justifiable homicide” then whenever any super villain enters this new universe, Superman should just kill them.
Brilliant analysis!!! We felt the same way as did others walking out the theater.
Thank you
The codex will likely play a role in the Brainiac plotline in subsequent movies.
I think Zod had already decimated the part of Metropolis they fought in. Before Supes even started fighting, the background was ash and hollow building.
Pa Kent’s death was different, yes, but I didn’t think it was weaker. Instead of becoming about Superman’s inability to save everyone, it became about trust between a father and son. I enjoyed it.
Superman was new at this and it’s because of the destruction of Metropolis that that He has now learn to take the fight outside of the city. Please don’t complain when the next movie has Superman fighting a monster in Metropolis because Superman will aways fight in Metropolis.
So, you’re saying Superman is an idiot. Heck, the Punisher probably has a higher IQ. If we’re going into a morally ambiguous area on snapping necks — I’ll take him. In Superman II the fighting started out in Metropolis but he lured them to the FoS. After that amount of destruction to Metropolis, no one would want him on Earth. As a matter of fact, people would blame all the damage on Kal-El for bringing the wrath of Zod to Earth.
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Why does Clark at the end assume no one will know who he is? The kids on the bus knew who he was and the fat kid who ended up working at Ihop knows his identity.
So how does he think he can blend in at the Daily Planet?
Made zero sense.
Character development and plot are the difference between a movie with story and screenplay by Mario Puzo (Superman I & II) of Godfather fame and a story and screenplay NOT by Puzo (Man of Steel).
are you sure you’re talking about Superman?
I kinda wanna think you’ve watched This is The End with your comment.
Lois Lane is played by Amy Adams. What the heck are you talking about?
I thought the first one was good, albeit a bit tedious as you say, the others were far too dark
Louis? Louis? You stupid fuck. It’s Lois and she is in the movie. Get your shit straight. Let me bash a movie off of it’s trailer like a dumbass. Stupid fuck.
Take your meds and go back to bed. Your mouth is totally uncalled for.
Well, Batman was originally “dark”. It was Adam West that turned it into a joke. As for Superman, I agree. They changed the story completely. It’s not Superman anymore. At least with Star Trek they came up with an inventive way to change the time line of the Universe and explain the changes to the world of Star Trek.
Movies are entertainment, and the masses get to choose for themselves what they consider good or bad “entertainment (which they usually do by box office sales), and .. movie critics are just another form of entertainment, to be enjoyed or vilified as wished.
This film was a mess. Devoid of heart and intelligence. A film for the ADHD generation. We are really cheating our kids by letting them believe that this is Superman.
There were no characters. Only paper thin sketches. There were no real scenes. Only fast clips with sound byte dialogue. Kevin Costner was well cast but given so little to do. What’s wrong with spending some time with a character? Telling us we should care about plot or character is not the same as Making us care.
The “love” between Lois and superman was tacked on with zero resonance. Nothing in this film had any resonance. It was all sound and fury with no nuance, no subtlety, no one to care about.
If at any point superman’s head exploded I simply would not have cared.
Agreed. Unlike other superhero movies, I did not wish to imagine a world where these characters were real (isn’t that the fun of superhero movies? the ‘what if’ factor?). After watching $100b worth of damage that superman made to Metropolis, I thought to myself, “please, take your superpowers with you and get the hell out.”
With it hovering just above 60% RT, how much of that will affect it’s longevity? I have high hopes for this so hopefully most of the negative reviews are wrong.
I don’t think it will significantly. Franchise power and a dedicated fan base who are not deterred by the critics will likely help it the same way it helped The Hobbit, which didn’t have LotR kind of numbers, either, on RT
Do negative reviews have anything to do with global box office anymore? Just throw some 3D at the masses and they’re happy. It might underperform domestically but the foreign BO will more than make up for that.
I went to the 7pm showing and the 3-D show had the same line I saw when I lined up to see Iron Man 3, and the crowd really enjoyed the showing. I think people will really turn out this weekend.
Not this one. It’s a very American story and will not have the standard sfx tentpole foreign s domestic split
It’s full of American soldiers in BDUs getting pummeled.. so the world will likely love it.
Foreign markets are super-friendly to “very American” stories, so I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Negative reviews do not beat word of mouth.
Many of the reviewers just got it dead wrong. They thought any version of Superman that was not a retelling of the same old Daily Planet centric view of Clark Kent would not work.
Although the sequels do look to be setup to explore that piece, the Kal El specific, more sci-fi telling of Man of Steel is resonating with audiences.
This version has intensity of the decisions of Kal El before deciding to integrate into humanity (beyond his family). SPOILER ALERT: That includes the climactic decision to kill the last of his kind instead of allowing him to destroy humanity.
60% on RT – that’s borderline rotten. The critics are clueless, they gave Superman Returns 75% fresh !!! Is MoS really that bad compared to Superman Returns, which i thought was abysmal? Most of these critics never even read a Superman comicbook their whole lives
It doesn’t matter when reviewing a Superman MOVIE. Film and comic books are two very, very different mediums.
you are mistaken – the movie is based on the comic book – clearly you dont see the connection, because you never read a Superman comicbook either im sorry 2 say
I’ve been reading Superman comic books for twenty five years. Try again.
A movie is a movie. A comic book is a comic book. What works on the page doesn’t necessarily work on the screen, and vice versa. It’s adapting 101.
An experiment: go watch your favorite comic book movie, and then go read the comic book adaptation of that movie. The adaptation will suck. Why? Because it’s trying to literally adapt something from a different medium and certain things don’t work.
Watchmen.
@Mike: WATCHMEN is a drab-looking, emotionless movie that is basically incomprehensible if you’re not at least somewhat familiar with the source material.
Next.
@Matt You’re just mad that comic fans enjoy something that you hate. Stop worshipping Donner and move on.
@Falar So if I don’t like MAN OF STEEL, it must be because I’m a Donner worshiper?
Got it. Excellent insight. You should write a psychology book.
I think mentioning Watchmen proves Matt’s point. Excellent excellent comic. Terrible movie. And more to that, terrible because it was pretty much a straight adaptation of the comic.
Apparently, you never read Watchmen if you thought the movie was a straight adaptation.
Aside from the ending and a few other minor things here and there (Black Freighter, for example), I’d say “pretty much” a straight adaptation is “pretty much” an accurate statement.
50% of them yes. (Books to Movie_ Look what happened to the last 3 Potter movies. It was done so badly.
I was worried after I read all of the critics’ comments. Then I went and saw it for myself. As a Superman fanatic, there were a few things I would have done differently. But compared to Superman Returns, it was awesome. This franchise will do very well, and can only fire up expectations for a Justice League movie
Bingo
I am currently taking a journalism class and I have come to the sincere conclusion that movie critics provide absolutely no value at all . Movies are as good or as bad as the masses determine, not what mood the critic is in or what fake credentials they have when it comes to theater. Most critics have no film school experience or theatrical experience. They are the dredges that the editor-in-chiefs throw a bone to because they worthless in any other type of reporting. I will go see this movie with the satisfaction that I could care less what some jackhole that thinks he knows more than me about movies is clueless about what the public wants, more bang for their buck in these economic times.
“Movies are as good or as bad as the masses determine, ”
Therefore Alice in Wonderland is better than The Godfather.
Excellent insight, dude.
And please try reading some serious, in-depth film criticism for a change, instead of old quote whores.
Yeah, the phrase “Movies are as good or as bad as the masses determine” may be the most jackassed thing I have heard all year.
Unbelievable.
Adjusted for inflation, the Godfather made about $500 million.
No,it just means that I don’t need a bloated airbag telling what movies are good and what aren’t. This isn’t a critics website, it just presents the numbers and tell whats tracking. I happen to see what was posted. So, i can comment and talk trash about critics and say what I want about any wise-crack that thinks they know cinema but just parrot everyone else whats good or not. Thank God I don’t have to sit with you whiners that complain about every movie that comes out. BTW, the jack hole saying whatever about my comment about the masses. Hey, If people are paying to go see it, and its making money, something has to be right and good about it.That capitalism, buddy. I am sorry your liberal dumbass doesn’t get it. Go watch your Che movie and fall asleep like the good sheep you are.
Bitter much?
And by your definition, the TRANSFORMERS movies are masterpieces.
Well, tell us Michael, what movies did you like this year. And if you say” Django Unchained, I consider your argument invalid.
Guess what, Davis? One of the movies I liked this year was MAN OF STEEL. And for the record, the critics have given good reviews to a number of big-ticket action movies in recent years, like THE AVENGERS and SKYFALL.
But then, the fact that you’re standing up for your individual right to enjoy movies the critics have panned, while denying me my individual right to enjoy DJANGO UNCHAINED, pretty much says it all.
Also, Davis…obviously you do care what some jackhole thinks, because if critics and their opinions really didn’t mean anything to you, you wouldn’t be on here complaining about them.
Michael, the entire forum is complaining about the critics, not just Davis. And since the critics normally destroy movies I tend to like the most, they offer zero value to me and a lot of people like me.
Time and time again the critics have been wrong – and movies they lambasted most end up being all-time favorites.
I’m not sure why you’re defending them. Looks to me like Davis touched a nerve with you.
No, what I care about is when Lucas and Spielberg complain that their dramatic movies don’t do as well at the box office because the special effects driven movies out do them. Why do they complain? Spielberg and Lucas are the ones who developed the digital theatrical dynamic that we now enjoy in high def and surround sound. When critics determine that heavy dialogued, drawn out, boring dregs of movies that rely on profanity and sexuality to garner awards and adulation from the critics, I question their integrity . I am not above watching those movies, but I am not spending 12 bucks a pop to watch them in a stadium seat theater with IMAX and Surround Sound to watch them. Its too expensive to watch drivel that movie critics THINK is best for the masses when its obvious that their choices suck. I am still bitter about watching The Master. I so wanted to like that movie, but it turned out to be a self-indulgent, pretentious piece of crap. Why was I subjected to Joauqin Phoenix masturbating on a Pacific Island in World War 2? Why? Why did a movie like that get accolades for its sorry depiction of L.Ron Hubbard, which I can’t stand Scientology, but was treated to a crappy expose of a crappy person about a crappy religion he created? But yet, it won OSCARS!Screw the critics. Yeah,Dannyvice, I touched a nerve with Michael. Must be a worthless critic I spoke about.
The “entire forum” isn’t complaining about the critics, Dannyvice; some people here seem to agree with some (not all) of the critics that MAN OF STEEL is a disappointment. I personally disagree, but I respect their right to have that opinion.
And it’s worth pointing out that while critics have occasionally been “wrong” about movies that went on to become classics, that argument can go both ways. Many films initially rejected by audiences (THE WIZARD OF OZ, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, VERTIGO, WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, and the list goes on) have become “all-time favorites” as well. So the public has been “wrong” about movies just as often as the critics have.
Hmm, maybe you should ask for a refund on that journalism course.
To say that all critics are worthless is a very juvenile and frankly dumb thing to say.
Sure there are some real hacks out there but then RT separates the general critics from the top tier names. I always check RT before I go see a movie and get the overall consensus. I find it useful.
Haven’t seen Man of Steel yet (going tonight) but the general complaints are a lack of fun and humor, too much CGI and an ending that goes on way too long. That said about 59% on RT isn’t horrendous. I’m not seeing critics destroying the film.
I don’t always agree with the critics but I appreciate what they have to say, much more so than audiences who flock to crap like Transformers sequels.
Critics often prefer films to movies. They prefer wordy douche-fests to the kind of adventure story wherein you sit down, strap in, shut up and enjoy the ride. Not that they’re always wrong, but they’d like to elevate their jobs by trying to equate artsy filmmakers with playwrights like Williams, Albee, Miller et al.
What is juvenile about a true statement? Why do I need any critic to tell me what I should spend my money on or not? I don’t need critics, and I can critically think for myself what is good or not. I personally like Akira Kurosawa films, so I am not above watching dramatic movies, or “films” as a snob pointed out to me. In the famous words of Graham Chapman, “pardon me while I’m off to play the grand piano.”
Amen.
RT ratings are a first pass filter and movie going is expensive, so I don’t go without foreknowledge. Use RT to narrow down what you might see at the theater. Read viewer reactions here. What I don’t see at the theater, I’ll probably pick up on Blu-Ray or wait for it to arrive on Netflix or Amazon Prime.
If a moviegoer knows his genres, directors, and actors, he or she may be perfectly happy spending dollars for semi-fresh or even rotten rated movies based on their own moviegoing experience. Sometimes, I’m surprised by films on other media that I missed at the theater.
Davis: The purpose of critics is to let the moviegoer know what is good and what is not. You obviously do not share the opinions of the majority of movie critics. It might be useful to you to go to a multiple critic review site and find one who has consistently agreed with your opinion about past movies. Using this critic will save you a lot of time and money in the future.
Nope. Don’t need them or anybody else to help me “save money.” This isn’t freakin Consumer Reports we are talking about. Its about taste, and what people are into. And its obvious people don’t want to spend money watching people converse for hours on end with nothing really going on. Even the comedies don’t do as well anymore. Why, because we don’t want to spend our bucks in a theater to watch them. People want to get on a roller coaster and ride now. Not sit on the train in the amusement park and slowly ride on by with all the goofballs waving at you as you go by. Sorry, I can make up my own mind of whats good or not.
Bingo cont.
The only part of this post I agree with is the part about paying no attention to the critics and making up your own mind about what the film experience means to you. And dude…drop the journalism class and please give some thought to another major. Unfortunately the libs in universities and major media have taken this once critical and respected profession and degenerated it into somethng vile. In iother words…nobody trusts the traditionally educated so-called journalists these days because they are such shallow minded hacks incapable of going deeper in an unbiased way that might conflict with the only world view they were brainwashed with their entire lives.
While I have not seen the movie yet, I have some suspicions… From what I have heard the movie has religious “overtones”… Atheists, Agnostics, and otherwise Anti-religious individuals (they have only an idea what they aren’t but yet have no idea of what they are) have a tendency to neglect withholding bias when it comes to pretty much anything… It is human nature…
If anything (or a movie for that matter) does not promote the relativism that is demanded by the majority consensus or institutions of organized mediocrity, it ends up getting condemned. This occurs regardless of what “it” is at face value or the truth “it” holds within.
Saw the movie… thought it was great… Not one father but two fathers made great sacrifices so that Superman could become the man he was meant to be. His final decision on what to do with his life was made in a church… Modern civilized people are not to make big decisions about their lives in such places anymore… I will stand by my original suspicion of bias among the movie critics 100 percent. They chose to give it poor reviews not because it was not good, but rather the message it conveyed.
The critics are full of it… my wife and I left the theater after seeing Superman Returns disappointed: We’re not maniac Superman fans, but as filmgoers we hated it. I just saw Man of Steel… no such problems! It was great!
Like most tent pole super hero movies this film is critic proof. This said, and I have yet to see the film, it seems that most critics who are negative on the film give the film some kudos for certain elements such as the acting, the visuals, etc and some are just amateurish in their commentary. I suppose you can but why would you trash a film because the film doesn’t have a John Williams score. Or you didn’t like the suit, or you think its too big and too much and as such say you don’t recommend it for this reason. How about one negative critic who says the film is like a work of men who haven’t outgrown puberty. Now I ask what was this guy expecting and why doesn’t he see the same in other super hero movies. Oh well, the am thinking film will still be huge and then some regardless.
I’m approaching 30 years old, so I don’t think I’m that young, but it seemed like all of the negative critics for this film were much older than me and have a great love of the 78′ Donner picture. I went to see Man of Steel last night and it was great. The sequels will establish Clark at the Planet, a romance with Lois, and confrontation with Luthor. This movie is so much more realistic as to what would happen if everyone on Earth suddenly became aware that aliens exist, and one walks among us. 4/5 stars for me.
Let’s do Darkseid and Brainiac instead of Luthor. Actually, you could introduce Luthor in a Braniac movie but not make him the bad guy yet.
I think they will use the modern version of Luthor as a powerful and smart businessman who pulls the strings from behind the scenes and while he may have the public fooled Superman will realize he is the true villain. Wouldn’t be surprised if the wreckage from all the Krypton ships ends up in the hands of Lexcorp so Luthor can find Superman’s weakness. Brainiac should be next with Luthor in the background. They have really are gonna have a hard time topping the epic action of this movie. If they use Brainiac it will be interesting which version they will use.
Darkseid has to be saved for the Justice League movie. All they need to JL right is adapt the Rock of Ages story from JLA.
Age has nothing to do with it. The movie sucked balls.
Good insight. After having read many, many reviews of the movie over the past few days, I, too, saw trends in the reviews. The negative reviews seemed to fall into three camps: reviewers who wanted the tone of the Donner films, reviewers who considered comics to be “funny books” that shouldn’t take themselves seriously, and reviewers who seem to resent the whole genre of comic book movies and their continued success.
Conversely, reviewers who liked the comic book movie genre seemed to be much more appreciative of Man of Steel.
I just came from the movie and while I can’t say it was a perfect movie, I can say it was a great movie. This new movie met all of the unmet expectations from Singer’s “Superman Returns”, and I believe that it is the cinematic representation of Superman for which the majority of comic book fans have been hoping.
Totally agree. The Donner films were a product of their time and were good for their time, but as “Superman Returns” and, frankly, films like the “Star Wars” prequels, prove, you can’t revive nostalgia thirty years down the road, you can only plunder it.
And the critics who complained that comic book movies shouldn’t be “dark” or “serious” remind me of how poorly “Batman Returns”, the best of the pre-Nolan Batman films, was greeted on its release.
Fact: A whole generation has come of age in a post-literary world, and the things that have real currency for teens and 20-somethings in 2013 are sci-fi, fantasy, social media, and video games.
Result: These kids are able to take nonsense far more seriously than their grandparents did.
Don’t believe me? Close your eyes and try to imagine John Ford, Raoul Walsh, Howard Hawks, William Wyler and George Stevens attending a screening of IRON MAN 3.
Their collective response would be some variation of, “You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me!”
@Michael – Hold on, what was the original “Star Wars” but a plundering of Saturday morning film nostalgia 30 years later? Your argument holds no water. Critics don’t complain that films are too dark or edgy, that’s what they want!
The obvious big problem with a RottenTomatoes percentage is that JoeSchmoBlog = the New York Times in voting power.
I mean, who are a lot of those people?
I’m Bart Simpson. Who the hell are you?
It’s hovering below 60. It’s been in the 50’s all week. Let’s not try and spin already
People who grew up with the old Superman movies may not like it.
I’m one of those people and I thought the old movies were pretty boring with corny acting. This one is anything but boring, a little cramped because they had too much to cover in two and a half hours. However, I believe this is my favorite Superman to date.
“a little cramped because they had too much to cover in two and a half hours”
Then why, pray tell, did they choose to spend 50 minutes of that running time (over a third of their real estate) on an interminable fight sequence?
My guess would be as a rival to the 45 min fight scene at the end of Avengers. Many people don’t realize what movies like Transformers, the Dark Knight Trilogy and Iron Man did for the movie industry. Regardless of what you thought of those movies, the fact is that the real-world setting and CGI became so efficient and seamless that actors and directors are having to accept the fact that they are not what people go to see anymore: people want realism and believability. Look at the latest Spider-Man installment: how little Spider-Man loses his mask compared to the first three. People don’t want to see the actor: they want to see the movie. The Avengers was the first of an entirely new generation of movies: ones that require big name actors to get along and take second place not only to each other but also to the story and to the CGI and it sounds like Superman (DC comics) is just trying to keep up.
Did anyone notice….. It’s ho hum to The Daily Planet a midst a city that’s been completely obliterated…including The Daily Planet LOL. And Clark…that’s a pretty damn good promotion. Crab boat fisherman to journalist. I guess you don’t need a degree, or experience any longer to get a job at a prestigious newspaper. All you need to know how to do is catch crabs. WTF??? This movie is so RIDICULOUS on so many levels it makes the Phantom Menace seem like fu**ing Shakespeare.
I liked End. It was a pretty funny movie. But, unlike some other R rated laughers in recent years, there is nothing I feel like I have to see again. The first 15 or so minutes are great, and the last 15 or so are great. In between it is merely good.
I don’t see a lot of repeat viewings for this film.
I agree. Totally enjoyable, laughed a bunch at the beginning, really loved how they tied things up at the end, left satisfied, would completely recommend to friends. Not sure I’ll ever see it again, but haven’t left the theater all, “Oh, that was totally worth the price of admission!” in a while, so that’s a plus!
The movie is terrible and everybody knows it yet they prop it up.
My sentiments, though I enjoyed the first 30 minutes, and the last 15 minutes. Quite surprised by the high RT rating. I guess reviewers don’t want to burn any bridges.
Weak script and direction in the middle, Seth. There was a script, right?
This movie will do bonkers huge business. The number one or two grossing film of the year. Iron Man being the only other film that can beat it.
Just as expected, Man of Steel could break the records of all time greats.
i think it can make more than $150M for a 5-day haul, especially with the 3-D premium. I believe its net production budget was no more than $100M because of the numerous product placements, what an awesome strategy that was – now could they please make a Wonder Woman movie the same way (funded with product placement)? Can u imagine all the lady hygiene business that movie would do, it would do wonders (pun intended) for these products !
Can u imagine all the lady hygiene business that movie would do
Really?
*rolls eyes*
Hadvatydc, if you’re lucky enough to manage a first date, something tells me there isn’t usually a second.
I disagree. There will be a lot of people that go see the movie. I just don’t think there are a ton of people (as in: record breaking numbers) who will go in for multiple viewings. Avengers made so much money because of people who went to see the movie a bunch of times. MoS didn’t have that emotional moment that hooks me into the film. Maybe because it was cadged together from 2-4 good graphic novels, but there was no emotional weight. Plus, now that essentially everyone knows his secret, where is the humor/emotional gravity to be mined from that.
No emotional weight? Are you kidding me? What movie did you go see? If the flashbacks to Clark as a tormented boy didn’t twist your heart strings then I don’t know what planet you are from. The dialogues between the father’s and their son? And how about how Clark’s father dies in order to protect the secret of his son. SOOO heart wrenching! I thought it was deep and emotional in so many ways. The movie was awesome and beat my expectations!
Smallville did those Father-son emotional scenes like a billion times better.
Agreed! The father – son scenes on Smallville were much better. MOS should have spent more time showing us the relantionahip between Pa Kent & young Clark, as those were some of the strongest emotional scenes in the movie.
I saw the film last night and noticed 4 ( 5 if you count Amy Adams)actors who appeared on Smallville! Parts of the movie were filmed in Vancouver and Im guessing thats why they had so many Smallville vets.
Not likely. People are about to be really disappointed in the Son of Krypton.
Did you even see the movie? There’s a handful of things I would have done differently but the story is pretty solid. There’s only so much Superman can be challenged with. I went in fearing the worst and came out impressed with Nolan again.
I really didn’t like the way they handled the relationship with Lois. Plus, there are so many people who now know that Clark is Superman. They wiped out a lot of future jokes about no one being able to tell Clark is Superman.
The visuals were great. But there wasn’t a lot of emotional weight.
That said, MOS44 makes a great point. The comics, and animated shows, have essentially turned SM into an invulnerable God. Kryptonite can hurt/kill him, but that can become a McGuffin if not used carefully. The masses don’t want a comic’s heavy mythos in the film, but other than Darkseid and Brainiac, there just aren’t any threats left.
doomsday would be good
Saw it today and was TOTALLY blown away!! I love the first two Donner films, but forget about Superman 2 — THIS film is what Superman 2 should have been!!! I missed the John Williams Superman march, but aside from that, this movie RULED!!! We have NEVER seen this kind of superhero vs. supervillain action before!!! Loved this. I still prefer Donner’s vision of Smallville, but aside from that, this film was ten times better than the Donner films. Forget about Terrence Stamp as Zod…Michael Shannon OWNED that role!!!
I’d rather see Brainiac as the next villain with Lex in the background. But there’s always Darkseid, Metallo, and Doomsday…plenty of good villains for a great trilogy at least!
Then, bring on the Justice League films!!!
DC should adopt the Marvel films model….
But therein lies the problem. I, like you, would love to see the Comic book villains. But the public may not want a book so reliant on the mythos.
The Avengers was really about the formation of the group. The alien invasion didn’t even really matter until the very end of the film.
Will a lot of people go in for multiple viewings on a CGI based Villain that will need a ton of plot setup? I just don’t know.
Not a lot of people know Clark is Superman. Lois knows because she is a reporter and she followed his exploits all the way to Smallville. The people she met along the way knew him by different names. Only Pete Ross knew his real name and he didn’t tell the whole world, just like in the comics. And Lois didn’t tell anybody that his real name was Clark. That’s why she was arrested, because they knew she wasn’t sharing all she knew.
60% in rottentomatoes doesn’t mean anything, its all cinemascore. If Transformers 2 can do 400mil domestic / 830 worldwide with a 20% on rt and a b+ cinemascore, all mos needs is a b+ or higher
But you have to prove Cinemascore is a legitimate institution that accurately gauges audience response.
I mean, how do you know that studios aren’t aware of the polling theaters, sending street teams and interns to help boost scores?
Have you ever seen a Cinemascore rep?
I have, but only twice. I live in Las Vegas, and there are sometimes Reps at the early screenings (7 or 8pm showings)
Somewhat surprisngly, the reviews are more akin to 300 and watchmen than the dark knight trilogy. Im hoping the reviews are wrong.
I hope it is like 300, which was a masterpiece. (I know….white guys are evil and should be always shown as such (to avoid being racist)…but other than that….IT WAS AWESOME)
“I know — white guys are evil and should be always shown as such (to avoid being racist)…”
Bloody brilliant!
Two words: Catching. Fire.
^meant for GIBBS
If the movie is even half as good as the trailer, it’ll beat Avatar’s box office domestically and globally.
Um, no. It won’t even be close to Avengers money. It’ll probably be closer to one of the Nolan Batman movies. Why? It’s another origin story.
Not a chance
You do realize how much “Avatar” made domestically right, not 300,400,500,600 or even 700 million, but 750 million domestic. You better do some research before you throw wild predictions like that out there homie. “MOS” is destined to be a smash hit without a doubt, but let’s not get carried away with wild predictions sounding like someone has spiked your punch or something, lol.
Watched last night as the pre-screening to the LA film festival and I was pleasantly surprised!
The Guardian review was spot on.
Rotten Tomatoes scores are problematic , with much interpretation going on and the success ofthis film does not hang on such ratings.That indie film Mud has a 99% rating is that truly an accurate assessment? Many good films get hammered by critics and other films get a pass, like World War Z.
I did see Mud. It’s simply the best movie of the year. It’s so engaging, human, warm, emotionally filled with satisfaction. Right now, Mud is my number one movie, and it moves the audience deeply. The other films are just supped up video games, no heart, no humanity. I could careless to see the blockbuster’s characters live or die. They are cardboard cutouts. But Mud, he’s real, emotional, filled with love, desperately seeking redemption. There is a scene in that film that made me and the entire theater gasp in one breath, and all he did was get on a vessel. That had more emotion than these blockbusters. Just that simple action. Why? because what Mud did meant something so profound and human and no one else would have done. He’s my hero this year. Not MOS, not IM, not Kirk. Mud rules.
Wow. Are you serious? Mud was mediocre at best, dull at worst. It was Matthew McCaunaughy with bad fake teeth in. No gasps in my audience…more like zzzz’s.
I am serious. I remember every scene, and felt the built-in emotions. It made it’s impact and it worked. I didn’t have flying spaceships, rockets, or lasers. It works at the emotional and human level quite well. It reminds me of Arbitrage, which I thought was the best film last year. The recent exciting films well-worth watching are Headhunters and Point Blank. Mud is up there, without the foot chases.
No thanks.I ‘d rather spend my hard earned money getting blasted by special effects and explosions by spacecraft. Mud sounds like a good rental from the Redbox after I’ve watched all the other movies.
It’s all about the Cinemascore for MOS. It will probably stay right around 60% but if the Cinemascore is B+ or higher then it will make a bucket load. Plus the 3D distribution is huge. And 3D over seas is a big draw, so I expect this to do very very well.
Why is Ewen McGregor wearing a cape ?
Hi “Henry Cavill as Clark Kent / Superman / Kal-El:” i really wanted Superman to roar like lion, but henry cavil, in all the stills posted, looks “NERVOUS”, rather being “Bold or Confident”, i doubt this might be a big “CONCERN” for screen image of Superman in Silver screens. Henry Cavil fails to showcase the “Charismatic” looks of “Christopher Reeve”, but Christopher Nolan Story Style might make this Superman to swing Good!!!!!, I believe.
Hope Nolan should bring the magic of the “Batman begins”, “Dark Knight” and “Dark Knight Rises”, for “Man of Steel” too.
Next time “Zack Snyder” should ask the Character of Superman in the Cast, to shape up well, not only in body type, but “In Looks, too”, and make sure 100% Screen Presence”.
Zack you can’t bring “Christopher Reeve” again, at least, you should have made a feel of “Christopher Reeve” in Henry Cavill
I hope Superman does well because just based on his looks, Henry Cavill is a gorgeous Superman, and those are his muscles, No padding for this boy.
I will see it this weekend!
Sorry, you’re wrong. My husband worked on the suit and there were muscles built into it for definition. But Henry did have to work out for his shirtless scenes and then lose weight for other scenes. He was awesome as Superman in my opinion. I’ve been a fan of his since The Tudors.
$9 million midnights is actually pretty good, since they are ACTUALLY midnight shows and not 7pm or 10pm or whatever time movies pre-open to these days.
On par with Pirates of the Carribean 2 — $9 million midnights, $135 million weekend. Only half of Dark Knight — $18 million midnights, $158 million weekend.
MOS seems a lock for $100+ million now. I think that, with the $12 million 7pm presales, it can make it to $130 million for the weekend.
The Avengers also had $18 million midnights on its way to a $207 million weekend, and it might be a better comparison than the other two movies, as it was not a sequel.
it’s not now and has not been at all this week above 60 on RT. IT’s BELOW. Stop trying to spin.
The Dark Knight Rises opened to $30.6m at midnight last year. Might want to fix your article.
The critics are just flat-out wrong on this one. There’s no bones about it. Man of Steel is a triumphant movie, a proud return of a much-needed American icon.
Thank you! I could not agree more.
Could not agree more!! THIS is the Superman film we’ve been waiting for!! Superman never should have been campy like some of the Reeves films were.
This totally made me forget the Donner films and Superman Returns (which I felt was lacking as much as I WANTED to like it!)…
MOS will topple Avatar. Watch this space.
3D ticket price will insure that IF MOS earns more at the box office than Avatar…
They do TDKR has the record for biggest superhero midnight release, right?
A bunch of people from work attended corporate screening. The response was it was just OK. Lots of action got very repetitive very fast. 80m is going to be the tops for the movie over the weekend and no more than 200m US total.
>> “80m is going to be the tops for the movie over the weekend and no more than 200m US total.”
LMAO! well, so much for THAT astounding prediction!
Better luck next time, naysayer (or Marvel groupie)!
He’s wrong about the 80 mil. But he isn’t wrong about the film. Just OK is what I came away with. The action was great, but there was no emotional gravitas (I know I am getting repetitive, but I am really irked). The problem with Mos (problem being a relative term, obv) is that I don’t think it will have the multiple viewings of Avengers. The fact that this movie came out in mid June, and that End wasn’t afraid of it, is a great indicator of the quality. Lots of people will go see this movie. But I don’t think many will go BACK to see the movie AGAIN.
For me, the fact that so many people know his identity is a huge, huge turnoff. And Amy Adams isn’t Lois Lane. At all.
Can’t speak for everyone on the planet, but I am seeing it for the second time tonight with my wife, and have a third viewing lined up with my family for next week. That’s already more times than I’ve seen Avengers.
You’re entitled to your opinion of the film, but the “A-” Cinemascore is the most indicative thing of the potential for repeat viewings. No one is expecting this to do Avengers numbers, or even Iron Man numbers. But it should have no trouble capping $300 million.
As for Lois Lane, if you’re comparing Amy Adams to Margot Kidder, then you’re right. But if you are comparing her to the strong, independent character who has been depicted in comics and cartoon for the last 20 years, then she has more Lois Lane in her left fingernail than all of the character’s previous incarnations combined.
Au contaire..RodimusBen Breath!!! Erica Durance..had more Lois Lane in one of her eye lashes…than Amy Adams!!
Disagree completely.
People were going in expecting it to be some similar to the Donner movies, but maybe just harder hitting.
They were shocked by what they saw, and want to see it again, to “get it.”
In addition, there are tons of Easter Eggs ranging from Batman to Aquaman and everything in-between.
Liar. There were no “Easter Eggs” in this film.
I actually prefer coming up with my own opinions garnered from my own experiences, rather than those from “a bunch of people from work.” Just a thought…