Will The Incredible Hulk Defeat Iron Man?

go ironman whoho

this new Incredible Hulk is a lot more fun than the first one with Eric Bana; plus Ed Norton is in his element, doing the "split personality" role

I think the Hulk will make 170-200 million in total box office depending on how big the fanboy effect is but some of that should be counteracted by good word of mouth and relatively strong legs for this type of action film.Overseas numbers will play a huge role in determining if we see another hulk movie. GO MARVEL!!! Keep pumping them out..Everything I wished that would become a movie when I was a kid is now coming out!!

Don't know about the Mac thing, sorry. I can tell you I need to stop fiddling with the site and actually start posting NEWS again. :-)

Regarding Hulk, I thought it was good for the average person and very good for the fans. Not as close to Iron Man territory as you say, however. It won't do nearly the box office Shellhead did.

I'll be posting my review late Thursday night.

Vic

Hey, guess what guys: The Incredible Hulk was EXCELLENT!

I had my doubts but truly believed it would be just "fine". Never did I imagine it would fall just shy of 'Iron Man' as one of the better comic book films around. Sure... there's no cool suit... Sure... the story's kinda predictable. But, y'know what? It has so many goodies for those of us viewing this as "part 2" of The Avengers franchise that the few shortcomings the film has (ie. Liv Tyler) are completely forgivable. They really are... because this movie is filled to the brim with plot-driven action and important references.

I'm actually gonna go out on a limb here, too: the climax of Hulk was actually a LOT more enjoyable than Iron Man's, which I felt was a letdown after the superb Afghanistan/fighter jet scenes mid-film (which, admittedly, beats Hulk hands-down).

(PS: Vic... For some reason, I couldn't post this on a Mac! Had to wait til I got to a PC. Somethging to do with new site, maybe?)

Mr Movies are you speaking in box office numbers or mono-et-mono?

Hulk as a character has nowhere near the personality Tony Stark as Iron Man does..The overall tone of Hulk is more serious than IM too so I don't think it's really fair to compare them both as they are not even close to being the same tone of film

Having seen the movie last night the answer to the question at the top of this page is "No."

Don't get me wrong, 'Hulk' was very good, but it wasn't the fun ride that audiences loved so much from 'Iron Man.'

Vic

Iron Man will KILL The Hulk.

the only way the hulk movie could do bad is if the script itself is bad. word of the mouth is best advertisement for any film and the best destruction for any film. if this hulk movie has an excellent storyline, plot, and good acting, which would amount to a sense of realism. this movie will be number 1 at the box office for 2, maybe 3 weeks in a row. and i do stand by that.

iron man was awesome because it had all the key areas in place (as mentioned before). if the hulk has these areas in place it will do well and better. it will do well because of it having the right tools, and better because hulk is more well known than iron, and therefore more liked.

Hey, Vic, i like what you guys did to the site. it looks great.

ok, guys sorry i'm late. i've been away from the cpu for about 5 days, but now i'm back. let's see.
i am assuming that the hulk movie is going to be a smash hit. with that said, then, yes, i do feel that the hulk movie will beat out iron man. however, i can understand what you mean H.O.M.E.R. when you say that the iron man movie set up the in coming of the hulk. but honestly, if hulk came out first and iron man second, the same argument could be applied.

however, in my initial argument (overall)i'm not referring to who set up who. iron man is not more known than the hulk. a character that is more well known than the hulk would be spiderman. in fact the very first superhero (in the marvel realm) i became aware of as a kid was spidey, followed by the hulk. plus, i think my generation, when we were kids, most of us tuned into see the hulk cartoons of the early 80s and even the ones of the 90s. grandmama's and ganddads know of the hulk.

there is no formula to know just how much each movie will exactly make at the box office, but like adrian said, he has kids who constantly ask him when the movie is coming out and if they are still going to see it. with the millions of kids in america, and grown-up kids in america i say hulk will beat out iron man at the box office.

Hey, check out our spiffy new Incredible Hulk movie page complete with trailers, clips and an image gallery. :-)

Vic

i dont khow how much the incredible hulk will make but i hope that opens big.it looks way better than the 2003 version my prediction would be the same as ironman but it will have stronger legs the early reviews are being great.

Hulk promotions are popping up all over. I've seen big green plastic (?) fists. Pandas are cutesy tike toys, but get-bigger-and-stronger toys are for boys of all ages (and girls hoping to Hulk Smash! the glass ceiling)

The Hulk definitely had more name recognition than Iron Man, and I think that's a major factor. But no matter what happens at the box office, Iron Man still rocked hard!

Hey Quicksilver,

I think you're wrong about what appeals more. I think you're confusing that idea with what people/comic fans knew more about previously. The hulk character prior to these movies was obviously way more well known.

When we say appeal, we mean when regular ppl see the commercials, which is cooler to them? Robert Downey, funny as hell in an awesome looking modern fighting suit with crazy sweet action sequences, or a big green monster fighting another monster...? I don't think there's anyone out there who can say the hulk commercials were better or more appealing than the iron man ones. You could also go as far to say Ed Norton doesn't appeal as much as Downey does.

Did anyone see the MTV movie awards? Someone brought that up in the weekly chat topic. Anyways, Ed norton was a boring not-caring guy in his 2 seconds presenting, and downey was funny as hell and actually enjoys what he does. Whether that has to do with Norton's controversy with Marvel or not, I don't know.

Quicksilver..
i dont think you got point...
Iron Man doesnt need to introduce or promote HULK or create a fan base to go see it.
Iron Man made an awareness that HULK was going to be playing this summer. Like VIC has said on plenty of posts.... Many people i talked to, did not even knew the HULK movie was comming this summer, and they are people whom know the character. I didnt have to go into the explanation of who he was, they already knew.
With all the awareness out, i am sure HULK promotions will hopefully take the sour taste out of people's mouth and make it a better summer movie.

We probably should all just enjoy the prospects of a Hulk movie actually doing as well as Iron Man this year. That would mean even more Marvel movies (and probably DC movies too, if you think about it) coming our way, and I would be very happy with that.

Hard to believe June 13 is only a little over a week away now.

What's not to love?!! It's the Frankenstein monster on Reed Richard's produced anabolic steroids...I think the Hulk will do fine in the 60-75 million dollar range with a final take of 180-200 million domestic and perhaps another 150-250 million overseas...But alas HULK WILL NOT SMASH IRON MAN'S BOX OFFICE...I hope it does because it will be great for the MArvel brand and the super-hero genre in general...the better they do the more of them they make...great time to be a comic book fan...

I've read early reviews and all should I say "Hulking out" with positive reviews! Marvel will own this year, period!

I think once news drops that this Hulk film will be much more of a roller coaster ride, complete w/ dashes of that Marvel humor (which Supes utterly lacked) not to mention battle scenes that will easily rival Godzilla, Cloverfield, or Transformers; then word of mouth will get out that people will want to see it the following weekend.

For example, Mongol may be a better movie, but Hulk is a more recognized brand to a general audience.

And how much Zohan or M. Night can we really take?

It's main competition will be Wall-E & Panda. But if reviewers get word out that Hulk has a budding romance at its core, then families will be drawn to it as well.

I say Iron Man was a surprise, and Hulk will be a surprise, too. NO ONE's expecting a good Hulk movie (those of us who've been following it know differently).

CGI looks Stellar- Finally! And every person on earth knows what the term "HULK OUT" or "HULK SMASH" means. Again, it boils down to Norton's performance.

I predict a surprise equaling of Iron Man's opening weekend, given the competition.

Karyyk, Lots of people still have a bad taste in their mouth from "Hulk",BUT they 'll still go because its the Hulk! IMHO, Like have said on all early discuss about the film is that HULK fan club is 10 times the size of IM fan club and the kiddos ADORE the Hulk! I've a son and 7 nephew (ages range from 3-10)that ask me RELIGIOUSLY when the film will release and are we still going! So althought Ironman is my guy, I believe "Incredible Hulk" will be equally as success as "Ironman" if not alittle better.

The question is how many of the people that know about the Hulk movie really give a crap about it? How many of them still have a bad taste in their mouth from the last one? Awareness isn't always a good thing...

HULK IS AN ICON...DADS (LIKE ME) AND SONS (LIKE MINE) ONCE THEY SEE THERE'S AN ACTION PACKED NEW MOVIE OUT WILL BE OFF ASAP TO CHECK IT OUT!!ALL IT NEEDS IS GOOD PRESS AND THE JOLLY GREEN GIANT WILL BE BACK IN SERIOUS BIZ!!!

I don't think that the Hulk will have a stonger opening weekend than Iron Man. I think it will certainly open strong + if it proves to be good will demonstrate really strong legs in the following weeks.

Hmm, lets see, Hulk comes out on Fri 13, Jason was born on Fri 13, by that calculation, that means that there will be a Hulk vs Jason Voorhees fight at night in Camp crystal lake! (joke!)

But seriously, I am so glad for all of this great news (hulk getting good preorders, Lou, closer to the awesomeness that is the tv.) I think, as a huge Hulk fan as I am an Iron Man one (Iron Man is my third favorite Marvel Character in case your wondering) I think the Green Goliath needs to have as a good film as the other Marvel greats...Also it means for an Avengers film!

HULK SMASH!
IRON MAN ROCKS!
CAPTAIN AMERICA RULES!
SPIDEY IS JUST AWESOME!
Thank you!

Incredible Hulk will open higher than Hulk (2003) but lower than Iron Man...the 100M club is an extremely tough feat to reach, only 10 movies or so in history has accomplished this statue, Iron Man was not one of them, it came very close but was shy of 2M excluding Thursday preview...

Incredible Hulk will open higher than Hulk (2003) but lower than Iron Man...the 100M club is an extremely tough feat to reach, only 10 movies or so in history has accomplished this statue, Iron Man was not one of them, it came very close but was shy of 2M excluding Thursday preview...

Yeah, notice the many use of question marks and speculation in the post above. Most tracking is indicating $50-60MM for Hulk's opening weekend, but hey, who thought that Sex and the City could top $55 million??

Vic

no it can't beat ironman i'm thinking around 70 mil opening weekend