Box Office Predictions?

[Woodsprite]

Avatar has been doing fantastically well, and it's not based on anything, not a spin-off, no franchise, nothing. It did it on its own and crossed the 2 billion mark. The reasons were word-of-mouth and repetitive viewings (like "Titanic").

...But what of Avatar 2? Do you think it may be possible for it to beat Avatar's box office record? The same happened with "New Moon" in the Twilight series, yet many thought it was terrible. Did that stop it from making money? No. So if Avatar 2 is acclaimed as a wonderful film (possibly better than the first), do you believe it could top Avatar's record?

Discuss.

[spicyapple]

My prediction for A2: $1.5 billion.

[DreamWalks]

I think it shall, for most people who will not see AVATAR in theatres now, might buy/rent the DVD and be hooked, which will call for an even higher demand than the original group(us), for the second/third film. Hopefully the second doesn't disappoint.

[Davebwing]

I think it shall, for most people who will not see AVATAR in theatres now, might buy/rent the DVD and be hooked, which will call for an even higher demand than the original group(us), for the second/third film. Hopefully the second doesn't disappoint.

That's the scary part, even with the mind boggling revenues this Avatar movies keeps rolling up we haven't seen the absolutely insane response that will happen when this flick hits the retail market, pay per view and cable/sateliite. Millions of people who wouldn't or couldn't go the theater to see it will...

[LOGAN]

I don't want to ruined the mood but I don't think Avatar 2 will surpass the first.
Avatar had the momentum of a "never seen before" movie, groundbreaking technology and surreal visual effect. Sure the second will have all of those but we know what it looks like now.
It will make a bigger opening WE, all the fan will be waiting for it, but unless it's way over the first (I hope !!) it won't do more money. IMHO

don't worry I'm sure I'll go see it multiple times ! :P

[Keye'ung]

avatar trilogy will make this much

[Cap]

I don't want to ruined the mood but I don't think Avatar 2 will surpass the first.
Avatar had the momentum of a "never seen before" movie, groundbreaking technology and surreal visual effect. Sure the second will have all of those but we know what it looks like now.
It will make a bigger opening WE, all the fan will be waiting for it, but unless it's way over the first (I hope !!) it won't do more money. IMHO

don't worry I'm sure I'll go see it multiple times ! :P

With the profit James Cameron made on Avatar he will be able to double the budget for the sequel if he wants. They said the technology is groundbreaking, but I think there is still a lot of room for improvement. Don't you think with even the huge budget he had for the first movie, that there were still limitations for him? Some scenes still don't look realistic, there is blurriness when the camera was panning, and also how the 3D glasses have a black tint so the movie appears darker.

[Gavran]

I think avatar 2 will set one record that Avatar did not. Opening weekend record Every man and his dog will be wanting to see that as soon as it comes out

[TheANIMAL]

It wont earn as much as Avatar 1, simply because the wow factor cannot match Avatar 1, even if the film is superior the visual style will already be well known.

Also people's expectations will be too high me thinks.

[Cap]

Transformers 2 did better than Transformers 1?