Comments on: Forget GTA IV: Will Speed Racer Hurt Iron Man?

By: Screen Rant

Screen Rant — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:15:15 +0000

“which helps prove that The Heartbreak Kid did badly because it sucked, not because of Halo 3.”

EXACTLY!

Vic

By: James Rhodes

James Rhodes — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:47:51 +0000

Looks like Iron Man’s second weekend is about $50 million, and Speed Racer’s opening weekend is maybe $20 million. Doesn’t look like SR put much of a dent in Iron Man. But neither did GTA4, which helps prove that The Heartbreak Kid did badly because it sucked, not because of Halo 3.

By: John "Kahless" Taylor

John "Kahless" Taylor — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:46:32 +0000

Uh oh! rottentomatoes.com has SR at 38%. Not looking good but it’s still early.

By: John "Kahless" Taylor

John "Kahless" Taylor — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:10:46 +0000

Halo 3 > Grand Theft Auto IV
Iron Man > Grand Theft Auto IV
Indy4 > Grand theft Auto IV
Speed Racer > Grand Theft Auto IV

Grand Theft Auto 4 > Battlefield Earth
Grand Theft Auto 4 > Howard the Duck

And I don’t any know anything about Grand Theft Auto. )

By: Screen Rant

Screen Rant — Sun, 04 May 2008 04:26:02 +0000

Ok, I was off on the date that GTA 4 would be released, but I’m still right: GTA apparently had NO effect on Iron Man’s box office. What a load of crap this rumor/story was. I don’t know how people even picked up this idea as even being vaguely valid.

Blaming a videogame release for the failure of a movie at the box office is just one more way of avoiding admitting that you’ve made a movie that sucks.

Vic

By: Star wars 1977

Star wars 1977 — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:59:13 +0000

How could a movie called the mummy not have mummies? I just don’t get it.

By: Star wars 1977

Star wars 1977 — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:53:42 +0000

Let me lay it all out for you:
Halo 3 > Grand Theft Auto IV
Iron Man > Grand Theft Auto IV
Indy4 > Grand theft Auto IV
Speed Racer > Grand Theft Auto IV
who here doesn’t agree?

By: Star wars 1977

Star wars 1977 — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:46:09 +0000

Come on guys Speed racer isn’t really going to efect Iron Man, Indiana Jones will. Iron Man was just as kick @$$ as I thought it would be though. What’s up with Grand Theft Auto though, I played it once and it wasn’t that good. Iron Man should kick whoever that guy is in the game’s @$$!!!!!!

By: Bruce Simmons

Bruce Simmons — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:32:01 +0000

We can only hope that IM and Speed are in different enough demographics to support both.

If you look at the stars, the material, how it’s going to be presented, I just can’t venture a guess except to the fact that they’re both aimed at the 30+ crowd who were fans of both.

Then again, this is the typical race to the big screen amongst studios and IM won.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:19:59 +0000

Yeah, Iron Man comes in a troubled time – it will be shred to pieces by GTA IV and Speed Racer, which are just bigger news… And that’s a shame, because I love Iron Man comic book and I hoped that this movie will do sooo well.

By: 790

790 — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:33:49 +0000

“The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”, is supposedly a reboot.
Also there are no Mummys this time around. Instead its the first Emperor and his army that have been awoken from a 2000 year curse.

Brendan Fraser is also in “Journey to the center of the Earth 3D”. It looks like he’s playing the same character in both films??

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:06:10 +0000

I can’t argue with that, Vic!!!! Believe it or not, I am also looking forward to the new Mummy movie. I thoroughly enjoyed the first 2, despite their shortcomings.

By: Screen Rant

Screen Rant — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:51:34 +0000

LOL, Azure – I think they’ll be buying both apples AND oranges on that weekend.

Andy… May? Hell, this is turning out to be an awesome YEAR for the kind of movies we love.

Vic

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:37:09 +0000

I have no intention at all of seeing Speed Racer. I couldn’t stand the cartoon and the movie looks just as nauseating. That being said, I think it will eat into IM’s numbers in week 2, basically for the reasons stated by Vic. I might go see IM again that weekend because once it’s off the big screen, it won’t be the same!!

May is going to be an awesome month, though. Iron Man, Prince Caspian and Indy…I better go get a personal loan for the tix and the gas money for the theater….

By: Azure

Azure — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:16:19 +0000

Thanks Vic. Actually that’s what I thought, that Iron Man was getting 6’s and 7’s. Guess I needed to check my own facts, although I didn’t state specific numbers for that. A 94% Fresh on RT is pretty darn impressive. I still say GTA will impact it, but how much or even if it does at all we will never know so the point is kind of moot.

Also, 790 we’re not comparing apples and oranges, we’re asking if sales of apples will affect sales of oranges which is perfectly legitimate.

By: 790

790 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:02:22 +0000

Btw just picked up the UK magazine (Total Film) there’s a SMOKING HOT picture of Christina Ricci on the cover.

Is she the hottest actress right now or is it just the Trixie outfit?

Oh yeah there’s also an article in there something.

By: 790

790 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:57:51 +0000

400mil weekend or 24 hour period?
Azure, let’s forget the numbers for a second. , because they don’t really reflect the nature of ether mediums.
One is a game, one is a movie.
They are about the same as reading a book or going swiming.
There are a lot of examples and factors I could attempt to go into but (In My Opinion) GTA will have no effect on Iron Man because,,,

#1_The game came out yesterday. Most of the hardcore GTA players have been playing it for the last 24 hrs. There going to want some Visine and a break around friday….
Most of these same GTA players are the same people that see movies like Iron Man opening weekend. (Perfect example why I go during the week. Eechmm).

#2_GTA does have the same core demo with one exception the ladies are also into Iron Man. And they will be coming out geekoids so think twice about the suit.

#3_The economy is tanking right now and spending 60 bucks on a game that will be around forever and will only get cheaper dosnt win, going up against an 8 dollar movie ticket.
Game Over.

Speed Racer HOWEVER poses a very dangerous threat to Iron Man. Much like Iran…. :_/

But seriously Iron Mans gonna be huge. I’m not conerned about its success.

By: Screen Rant

Screen Rant — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:20:42 +0000

Hey Azure, I fixed your tags. You forgot quotes on the second href tag.

Regarding review of GTA 4 compared to Iron Man – you make it sound like Iron Man is getting hammered by critics/average folks and GTA is on a pedestal. Yes, GTA is getting lots of 10/10 reviews but if you check around Iron Man is up around the 9/10 range, which isn’t exactly terrible.

Vic

By: Azure

Azure — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:44:50 +0000

I guess that didn’t work, oh well, i’ll know not to use url tags next time. lol.

By: Azure

Azure — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:42:14 +0000

Hmmm, Either you had a rather unfortunate typo 790 or your info is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off. Halo 3 made $170 million in the first 24 hours and totaled $300 million opening weekend. Now I'm not really a fan of GTA, but the reviews have been amazing especially compared to Iron Man's reviews. I think there is serious weight to the argument that GTA will impact Iron Man, it's the EXACT same core demographic. Just my 2 cents.