The box office figures are in for December 25. According to Box Office Mojo, the movie made $9,515,615 on Christmas Day. It’s slightly more than the $7-$9m ComingSoon predicted. It’s also the third all-time highest opening on a Christmas Day according to /Film.
ALL-TIME TOP SINGLE DAY CHRISTMAS OPENING DAY GROSSES
1. Ali – $10.2M
2. Catch Me If You Can – $9.8M
3. Alien vs. Predator: Requiem – $9.48M (estimate)
4. Patch Adams – $8M
5. Cheaper By the Dozen – $7.8M
Update: Figures for Wednesday are in. AvPR takings dropped over 50% to $4.28M according to /Film. Update #2: Thursday estimates are in. AvPR dropped another 35% and has gone down to $2.78M. Update #3: In Australia, AvPR opened in second place on Boxing Day with $1,113,225. Update #4: Friday figures are in. The takings went up slightly to $3,360,000. Update #5: AvPR made $3.46M on Saturday. Update #6: AvPR made $3,100,000 on Sunday. The domestic total so far is $26,880,000.
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not too bad
well thats pretty good :) and it hasn't made it into europe yet, I say it may possibly reach 70 - 80 million, if it reasch more all good ;D
At least it got something there, not to bad.
Nice and it was a good movie for the fans
Yes, let's hope the box office figures continue to get better!!!!
I just didn't like the Predalien being a walking facehugger either then that AVP-R was better then paul andersons piece of Shit AVP :)
4/5 Stars and it was missing alot of footage that may be released with the AVP-R Unrated DVD for example Shareeka Epps and Meshach Peters who played Kendra and Curtis were not in AVPR http://www.avpgalaxy.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-3473 they never showed that scene
it got that much cuz ppl had alot of hope for it , and it looks as thouh it has turned out 2 b a huge dissapointment ::)
I gues what people are real mad about is the Predalien being a walking Facehugger i mean if the Predalien can lay eggs down host throats couldn't all the other aliens do it too i hated that idea i mean thats what the facehuggers are for it made you feel like the Predalien belonged in Species movie If its not broken dont fix it
The Predalien being a walking facehugger is pointless and dumb as the Alien drone turining people into Eggs as seen in Ridley Scott's Alien theres no need for it its already there the Face huggers lay the embyo eggs down there hosts throat and the Queen lays the face hugger eggs no need for a walking Predalien/facehugger or an Alien drone that can turn its prey into giant Eggs thats why they scrached that idea again if its not broken dont fix it
I think the idea behind the Predalien being able to reproduce in this way was due to the fact that it was in the beginning stages of being a queen. It makes sense that a young queen would want as many drones as possible to start a protective hive before it evolved to the queen we have all seen before. It also makes sense that the aliens would sense the Predator (Scar) as the best host for the queen chestburster because it is superior when pitted against the other human hosts that were around. This is all speculation of course, but when you look at it this way it may shed some light on what the Brothers were trying to do.
Nice job, Strause brothers. I truly enjoyed the movie. While most reviews focus on the creature effects and comparisons with earlier films, this movie won me over by its handling of mood, timing, and pace, a consistently gritty visual, and an awesome score. As for the predalian and its new reproduction method: if you can't free yourself up from the old stories, then you really are stuck just doing the same thing over and over (Fangoria's complaint, although I think they're wrong in this case).
"Third Highest Xmas Opening" sounds really great until you see what numbers 4 and 5 are. :D
Maybe its a hint that theres only one sex in predators. Predators maybe reproduce on their own? Or come out of the grounds (dwarfs from lord of the rings joke) So thats why a queen version of the pred alien reproduces that way. Can be many reasons. No point in jumping the wagon. Think people THINK!. LOL Just an idea I came up with. Im one damn smart cookie. i wanna direct next movie with Griker! ahaaha
For the record... I've seen the movie 2wice already and love it because I am a die hard fan that says "keep 'em coming!" The movie was cool with lot's of stuff we haven't seen before and that we should have seen the first time. Just seeing the Predators carrying the facehuggers in those bio containers was just awesome too see! That made the movie for me right away and then the cool Predator we got this time around was perfect. The blue liquid melting evidence of aliens was so cool to see the Predator doing this! The Predalien and way of breeding was a great idea, creative, and NEW! The Aliens looked really cool in the dark settings and in the somewhat lit settings, one can really see the details of the creatures and how much they reminded of the original Aliens film especially when the people were shooting them and the alien blood flying and the orignial Aliens screeching sounds, wow! The Predator score from the original was a really great addtion as well.This AVP series will only get better and I look forward to many more. Congrats to the Strause Bros. on a job well done! Finally what I wanted to see! Cheers!
Here's hoping that another can be created. It may be hard to find more directors which will want to hold this hot potato though. As long as we're not going direct to DVD then we'll be alright for a salvage...until then only hope now remains for our franchise. One more movie that is "mediocre" will totally destroy the franchises, there is no other way... The PredAlien off the AVP2 the game would've been scarier, especially with that howl! Noone wins in the end of this one, except the government and Yutani's corp....who acquire the tech to quickly speed up the timeframe between this and Alien. Given the chance, the Brothers Strause will be certainly do better if it is set in space with Colonial Marines, because their dialogue cannot be messed up as easily!
Although I am surprised by the $, the movie was really good and deserved what it made. I have been checking this site for months and chose not to register or state an opinion until I saw the movie. Now that it is out and it is good, it deserves to be mentioned in a positive light. Spread the word if you liked it. The only way we get another one is if it does well.
Ill watch it again in a hart beat if i new fox sent over copy that wasnt horribly filtered by the brothers. First 30 min gave any predator fan a hard one. Thats for sure.
I agree with skinned alive because I'm a die hard hardcore fan of AVP and I thought the film was great film and by far underated by the stupid critics, I just hate to see when these stupid critics put down these kind of films and makes people start 2 believe its horrible b4 they get a chance 2 see it, this movie was dissed b4 it hit theaters and ppl say the first avp was horrible, I thought it was good and had a good story line to it and since the criticsm of that, they some how started to believe the sequel was gonna suck as well....I thought both films were good and I think AVP-R brought the steps for this franchise a step further and hopefully we'll see more avp films like this one in the future....I'm sorry 4 u guys in the UK who gotta wait a few more weeks for it to hit theaters, Its a very good movie.....
A TRUE AVP-R REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJDWAsIxXeE
Dude that is really good, if any of you are into movies as much as I am, its really hard to earn that much money on a holiday, especially christmas. That makes me happy.
I can't believe you people embrace this movie. I really can't.
Patch Adams was a good movie. ;D
i dont embace it but i think it deserves 6/10 stars i honestly dont like the way they made the Predalien its a walking facehugger WTF NO NO and NO does this mean all the aliens can do this now?
That's good. I saw it Christmas night and loved it. And yes, missing a few extra scenes. One with Kelly and her daughter in the cemetery watching the dude getting his face shot off by Predator who is up in the tree. Hope it wins the box office weekend at #1. ;D 8)
When you watch it think of it as a live action Comic book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Think of AvP-R like Aliens: Earth Angel http://libraries.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=94-113 Into the age of diners, black leather jackets, and Buddy Holly comes a monster worse than any that ever made popcorn fly in front of a drive-in screen -- the Alien. Legend creator John Byrne has long been a fan of the Aliens films and he jumped at the opportunity to tell his story of the first Alien invasion, the one that took place in 1950's suburban America! When you Byrne an Alien, you gotta figure it's gonna give off some heat!
AvP- R is a modern Aliens: Earth Angel so dont hate the movie just look back to this comic
I did like the pred-alien (save for a couple design tweaks), but I still found the new reproduction method absolutely absurd, unnecessary, and it screws with canon. Of course, any pred-alien queen appearances are now out the window. Sure, anyone can argue "It's new, it's fresh, and it just plain looks cool. You don't want to see the same thing over and over again, do you?". And no I don't. The problem is... it's still unnecessary and it screws with canon. If they have to result to something like this to keep things "fresh", then it's time to stop making these films. ::)
AMEN!!!!! Bio Mech Hunter
Imagin AVP-R being set in the 1950's like Aliens: Earth Angel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pH8uOsz8rE
nice. now there is hope for a third. i guess the question for that would be where would they take the story for the next one
andy_07 the stause bros. already said the next one if this one if AvP-R is a succes will be set in the Alien future with colonial marines
Close to $10,000,000 on the opening day ;D Come on everybody, keep on contributing to this and go in and see it one more time. Then those suits in Fox will be far more likely to give the go for AvP3/Alien5/Predator3 :) 8)
Third place... Not so bad after all.
im gonna go see it one more time
realy good
The films are dead, we might get another avp thats it, no aliens 5 or pred 3 I would bet my left nut on that. The predalien laying eggs itself was only there because there was no queen in the film and they needed alot of aliens to account for the entire town being killed off. Brits if you haven't seen the film why read the feedback?? It can only get cheaper and less serious from here on out. The studio gave avpr a smaller budget than the first one so what makes you think avp 3 will be some big budget thing? I would hate to see it turn into some cheap friday the 13th series. The AVP 2 game on PC where it is in the same timeline as ALIENS is what we all want but simply will cost too much. DiMeS | 26 Dec 2007 12:46107 my ranking of this movie in the pred/alien franchise: Predator/Aliens Alien Predator 2 Alien 3 AVPR Alien Res AVP perfect ranking dude. James cameron won't touch this, I hate to say it and never thought in a million years I would but let them rest in peace now and perhaps make a avp 3 pc game that follows the aliens timeline.
And enough with the wayland in avp 1 and yutani in avp 2 references, stop throwing us gooddamn bones that stink, we want meat!!!!
Spoon First 30 min gave any predator fan a hard one. Thats for sure. ____________________ Im there! woohoo :P
WELL TO SHOW HOW MUCH OF A FALIURE THIS MOVIE HAS BECOME LOOK AT THIS........... BIGGEST DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS PERCENTAGE DROPS SINCE 2002 1. 2007
Heres the link.... http://news.fantasymoguls.com/originalcontent/2007/12/treasure-grabs.html
Fans descended and has fallen off, basically and should be. In whole goes, as predicts CS. 14 million for 2 days, CS gave 17-19 million. In whole this money have pleased me, I thought 5 million will take for Christmas, and here 9 million. Film has an every prospect after holidays to have 40 million. It pleases, because in totals will be not less 60 million. All film has left for New Year's holidays + rating R + AvP to much has not liked+ many movies. The bad gift for Christmas, main that has beaten off could go in the steps Grindhouse, and here not.
In USA will be nearby 60-70 millions. Total (world+USA) will be nearby 140-170 millions. Profit (Not including marketing)=60-90 millions.
Why is that dickhead "Sherk" so eager to convince us that AVP-R is a bad flick, is he worried that we do like the film as is the case now? Give it a rest, Shrek, don't have anything worthwhile to say, then shut up and hit the road.
"When you watch it think of it as a live action Comic book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Yeah, except much worse.
Maybe all the hardcore fans saw it christmas day and other movie goers who have other things to do on christmas and boxing day will see it at the weekend.
The fact is, "Shrek", many many fans here enjoyed the flick, you don't like it, that's your problem, of course there will be a dip after Christmas, wait until the weekend, where it will make $$$. So smarten up little boy.
ok charlie so u think more ppl enjoyed the movie........rite, evry1 single comment from ppl who saw it sed they were dissapointed so i dnt no where u get tht from but ok
im still looking forward 2 this movie...i never make judgement on any movie b4 i see it, people slated i am legend, i saw it last night and it was gr8, and i remember loads of people saying AR was crap and i loved it.
AVPR on dvd in April. http://videoeta.com/movie/85631
April, cool, my b-day
The drop off is a stupid stat. People have lives and work the day after Christmas. that is like comparing a Sunday gross to a Monday.
>:( This movie is such a let down. the Strause brothers made a wonderful red band trailer and then a terrible movie proving that they should ONLY be allowed to make 3 minute films. Can we erase this movie from our list of things associated with Alien and Predator??
Ive just watched the movie and i dont know what to say....im a little dissapointent because of the character development and the dark scenes(i could barely see something most of the times), but overall it was better than the first one! More action and more fight scenes!
People who hate or love AVP-R pray that it will do good enough at the box office to green light AVP3. Because despite how bad the first two came out, we have to still give them a chance to come out right NEXT TIME. Let's hope that this second hit the face knocks some sense into FOX. Have a story that is set right, not it just to see two aliens fight, but have flesh-and-blood characters in a situation.(BASIC story setup).
They should NOT hire fans to direct. Fans only think "is this brilliant?" when a right director thinks "does this work?". A director who doesn't think what ever they do is the cool way because, being fans, everybody else would think so too. A director who does it the RIGHT way. FOX needs to increase budget a bit that so they can hire better talented people. One of the FOX's best directors, actors who have a good profile in movies, not TV. And, of course, Stan Winston. The people at ADI are mere apprenticess of Stan Winston, the sorcereer.
After Anderson's AVP I just didn't want another avp movie but know I cant be bothered! bring on AVP III even though AVP-R has been getting bad review's. I have to wait till janjuary too watch the film, but I know it will have good alien & predator action and i suppose there's no point expecteing FOX to give us a sapce epic? :(
Hey everyone what was the arni line in the movie?? Was it get to da chopper or was it you ar one ugly m.therf.cker?? ;)
AVPR boxoffice is #6. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/boxoffice/index.jsp
I just saw avp-r. Very good and bloody movie. The blond was hot. Much better than the avp. I have a lot to say but the avp 3 thing in the end was cool. :)
What is the arni line in the movie please tell me :-\
Another review. http://www.moviehole.net/news/20071227_clints_review_aliens_vs_predat.html
I post the boxoffice from weekend AVPR is on the #3
to JK those are numbers for just Christmas Day, normally a movie gets 3 days to see how much it earned and AVP got 9 million on one day and thats failry good cosidering it was released on christmas day
an april release of avp-r seems a bit too soon to me? :-\ I suppose i see the movie in january the purchase the dvd in april (corporate america gets more money) ;D
the predalien could only impregnate pregnant woman. the tummybusters eat the baby then come out. it couldn't do it to every town resident. i was pissed off at the movie because the morons who let out the very first trailer. the one that was 2 minutes or so long. showed Every @$(_@&ing piece of action the movie had. i knew everything that was going to happen before it happened. i'd hang the person that made that trailer if i could.
Firstly, my highest compliments to the Strause Bros. 8) The atmosphere, feel and look of 'PREDATOR' and 'ALIENS' is abundant right down to the score. Very intentionally, many scenes were great homages to the source material as well. The plot is well written and the glimpse of a Predator outpost is especially surprising and well imagined. The editing ensured we got a very well paced film as well. Thank goodness we didn't have to plow through another Alien Queen climax. I hear people complaining about the Predaliens' 'ability' - why? It is a hybrid. I think that its a refreshing take on implantation. The Predalien's implants incubated much quicker than the Face Hugger's allowing for more Aliens more often. Obviously something in the female anatomy or genetics made them more suitable hosts. The 'gore' was suitable and some scenes had the audience I saw it with (mixed age groups 15-40-ish) gasping and cringing :o , but it wasn't overdone or lavished or made cartoony (like some previous instalments of the Alien saga especially). It was effective and proper in the movements of the plot. From reading the various reviews here from movie sites and magazines, its evident they just tried to look for something to hate and god forbid they actually review and watch a film the way it is intended. This will be remembered alongside 'PREDATOR' and 'ALIENS' in years to come, mark my words. ;D
well I excepted a long time ago that film wise this was going to be a turd... but I just looked at it as a fun movie... and thus.. I had fun... because that's all it is. It's just eye candy and showed some new alien and predator things. That's all. Fox will make some cash off of the droves of fans, desperate to get something... anything for an "alien" or "predator" fix. It wasn't clever or smart or well acted or well done. It just was. The next step of course is for the aliens movies to go straight to DVD. And then they won't make as much money and fox will go "hey, lets remake the first one." And in ten years they'll start all over again by "reimagining" the original films. Oh joy. I've excepted the fact that nothing worthwhile will come of this franchise ever again. Possibly.
And I'm not saying that to be a pessimist. I say it like someone excepting the fact that their favorite childhood pet has died. It's a little sad, but it's a fact. And it's a part of growing up. Excepting that the things we loved eventually fade away and are just fond memories.
It would have been more interesting if instead of a small town, the aliens just ran around the woods grabbing various animals. From there it be neat to see how they expanded upon the inherited traits like in alien 3. This would have added to the myths in an interesting way and gave us something new. Throw in a small group of hunters or a small group of military guys on vacation out in the woods would be enough people to do proper character build up in such a short period of time. To attempt doing the ideas of so many aliens invading a small town with such a large cast of characters with a low budget in such a short period of time wasn't wise to do. There wasn't enough money, and enough screen time to get everything done right. Zack Synder's 300 cost 60 million and look what happend. They gave paul anderson 60 million and we got avp... learn how to spend money where it counts.
The movie will make its budget back and some more. It's not going to be a massive hit by any means. A solid movie but is no where near the epic I want to see.
Just a little more food for thought... sin city cost 40 million to make. dawn of the dead remake cost 28 miilion. Comparing that to 300, Robert Rodriguez's predator 3 idea could be done in the similar price range.
OMG, this was a horrible film. I'm sickened. UGGGGGHHHH! Who'd think that someone would make a film for Pred fanboys??? Alien fans outnumber pred fans 3 to 1. lol, it's sad really. Almost everyone gave this movie bad reviews and these dumbf**ks are still taking up for it, like Rosie O'donell for her character.
Yautja, you just seem like and idiot to me...no offense. "I am Legend" was a horrible film. It was cliche and a cheap take on a zombie film. By AR I hope you don't mean Alien Ressurection, because if you do, you ARE the reason I have no faith in mankind. Anyway, you should base opinions on critics reviews because most of the time they're right. This film had NO character developement, very mediocre sfx, a horrible storyline, sad excuses for directors, and no balance for both sets of fans whatsoever. This is a Predator film with Aliens in it, but I see that you are a predator fanboy so, by all means go see it. You'd probably enjoy it. God help us.
On Saturday I will be 41. I am going to see AVP-R then and maybe again. I am not a fan boy I love the concept of both Alien and Predator movies. I would like to echo some of Sil's sentiments from the postings on the forum in wanting a QUALITY movie with a quality budget. Both AVP films are diametrically opposed sides of the same spectrum lowish budget movies with inexperienced but yet passionate directors at the helm. What Fox really needs to do if a third is granted is up the ante with quality directors and writers. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WHETHER YOU LIKED THE FILM OR HATED IT IS GO AND WATCH IT AGAIN BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY WE ARE GOING TO GET WHAT WE WANT IS TO SHOW FOX THAT THE FANS WANT IT AND SUPPORT IT
......and we all know the only way that is going to happen is if it is FINANCIALLY VIABLE this film had everything going against it from the start incluidng an even lower budget than the first AVP. Is it any wonder so many corners got cut and everybody expects it to somehow meet and exceed their own personal expectations of what it should or should not be.I'm f**king surprised it even got off the f**king ground. You want another perhaps better made AVP?? Simple get off your f**king arses get into the cinemas and see it again. If you don't like it you can leave if you weren't sure you can see it again its not even that long if you loved it great enjoy again. But bottom line no bums on seats no money no hope I mean for f**ks sake talk about kicking somethign when its down how the hell is it ever supposed to get going all you do is prove Foxare right.
Going in and watching a movie you do not like does not give reason that Fox will wake up and put proper effort into a third. It didn't happen for the avpr. They put even less into it. It makes them think doing a third is a quick easy cash in and doing half assed efforts work.
the first movie Fox took a carefully calculated business gamble the second they rushed and hedged their bets on making about the same or greater profit on a product that cost less-you can tell as the second movie was really a knee jerk reaction to the crictisims of the first. Money talks and bullshit walks if enough people see this to justify spending even more to make a better product they will.
the only way Fox are going to make a movie that everyone here demands or thinks should be made is if the profit returns are big enough to justify it. If Fox makes the same again it will lead to more of the same which in turn leads to more of the same reaction. Eventually it will succumb to the law of diminishing returns and Fox will cut the budget of the next and any subsequent following further creating other movies of questionable quality that will only appeal to fan boys-in essence a niche market. In all the disappointed cries you hear from fans really is really about respect and doing justice and that costs money. To make the kind of films that have a big impact on the movie going mainstream only comes from good quality and for AVP that means the DarkHorse graphic novels not the video games and that costs money, big money and the only way we will get that is for us to go out and show there is a bigger market for it
Wow, its my considered opinion that this site has a minority population of cynicals and whingers that seem to scream loudest. God, there's some immature banter and drivel here. This is an AVP fansite, right? ::) Whats the point of arguing studio politics, directors that are fanboys or even the budget or its' earnings? Just watch the film as it is for what it is. Also, its not Shakespeare, I seem to say that a lot nowadays with people in this delusional quandry of what they perceive as a great classic film. Its not 'As Good As It Gets' or 'Titanic'. Its more emtertaining, but its less cerebral. Its action/horror with just enough character to make the humans seem real. Thats a great idea in my book, a film like this doesn't need a spiel about each character - just enough to quickly aquaint you with them. Effects, though a second tier issue in my book, were very well done. Models & CG were flawless, the animatronics certainly never looked better or more articulated and it had violence that complemented the 'original' movies. It isn't brain surgery to understand it and at the same time has more to it plot wise than 'PREDATOR' or 'ALIEN'. ...oh what the hell, just go nuts, its' no sweat off my brow. ;D Average Joe (the non-fanboy outside viewer) signing off. 8)
hey Average Joe, I'm just trying to get people to see the connection between what they want with what they got= them they have to do something if they want the film they want. Just because they scream and demand and get nasty on forums because something is not up to their expectations because Fox didn't listen to them or let them down is not necessarily going to be changed by Fox just because they say so on said forums. I am willing to lay good money on the fact that if AVP took in even more money than it did the second film would have had a bigger budget. To make those kinds of visions come alive costs money more than what AvP-R got and the ONLY way a sequel will get a bigger budget is if people get behind it.
iv went to see this 3 times but couldn't the first becous it was sold out except the front row. i went last night and was the first one in but by the time the movie started it was full and than i went again tonight also packed, so far it been sold out very day at my theater. both time everyone laughed when the kid got facehugged.
This is Fox whom have a really bad rep for axing shows before their time, pulling the plug on good ideas, and cashing in on success for a few bucks more. They are a conservatitve company and take very few chances anymore when it comes to literature adaptions and r rated films. They focus more on popcorn flicks. This is the same company that for no reason killed off the very profitable x-men franchise and now reduced it to a few spin offs and planned straight to dvd movies. Keep that in mind when u think of why they gave anderson the ok for avp, and didn't give the strauss as much for avpr.
actually Anderson's pitch got chosen because it was the cheapest to make. An AVP film had been in development for years Fox I believe went through about 40 ideas which they all rejected-in all likelyhood because they exceeded what Fox had to spend and didn't match their criteria for Earth based. I wonder how many would have been akin to what we would have wanted to see.
srry but had to press the eject button and wang it in the bin.... what next charmed vs predator has a go at alien while chucky doe,s river dance in the background
ok, i liked i am legend, no doubt il like AVP-R....so at wot point does this mean im an idiot MEMPHIS ?, ur jst pissed the aliens get their ass kicked, cant handle it, and have to come on here with ur bitchy insults and nit-pick at every little fault. so wot u feel let down...who gives a shit-IDIOT
God almighty was AVP2 terrible, first one was better in every way...
ok i believe that there should be one final avp movie only to truely bridge the predator and alien films. After AVP3 there should be no more. Let it rest because there will not be any resonable director out there that would step up to continue either of these franchises only the newbies like the strauses (by all means for a 1st movie it was quit decent) or shitty directors like anderson. I mean they did try and put effort into it but overall they didnt capture the essence that made the ealier movies great. Maybe if there was no avp movies we would have the great cameron/scott team up for alien 5 or a decent predator 3 but now its just a concept that wouldnt really come to terms. At least finish avp 3 on high, well at least along the lines of predator 2 or alien 3 and most fans would at least be alot happier. But really the franchise has got to end after avp 3.
It makes money, it will NOT end at AVP3. If anything they will pull back to each one individually. Personally, after being disappointed, I am ALWAYS never going to miss the first screening of AVP. I will watch them all...because the intrigue of these creatures is what has me hooked. They are the epitome of horror imagination. And next time I go, I will buy 4-5 tickets. Just to ensure the progression of this series
hey how much did the first avp make
looks like no AVP3? :( Well im going to watch it twice (18th, 19th Jan) :D I think you lucky yanks should go again and see it! So hopefully we will get our 'space epic' ;D
theElder hey how much did the first avp make _______________ AVP 50 Million, AVP-R was 45 Million. AVP 3 has got to be at 'least' 80 Million to get a decent film, like script, cast n crew and effects etc Im hoping AVP-R does well enough to have a third movie hopefully between 80-100 million budget, and get some proper filmmakers n script and cast etc so we can finally get a AVP we can w?nk over :D
To be honest I loved AVPR. I am a fan of both creatures equally, while I thought the Alien franchise were far better quality films, the Predator creature was always an intriguing concept that could have worked in the action template of the feature films or in the detailed sci fi world that was created in the Alien movies. The strause brothers are not experienced directors but they took, what in my mind seemed like a brutal mess after Andersons film and really re-established the feel of the Predator and Aliens classics.
Sure this movie doesnt come anywhere near those classics and honestly I doubt there will ever be another film in this franchise that does. I had very low expectations after Andersons film and I was almost immediately pleased by the fact that the predators didnt look like padded football players. Beyond that, the music was reminicsent though not as good as the originals and I especially liked the creature balancing in this one. While I thought the predalien was a bit weak and the acid blood was conveniently selective, I still found the Predator got his ass kicked enough to not make him look like a complete juggernaught and still looked like the trained warrior that he was. Like I said I'm not a fan boy for either franchise over the other, but the predators in the first AVP were just ridiculous, if one alien can kill two of them, I understand they look for challenging prey but wtf? thats just unreasonable. I also found the hand to hand combat in AVPR far more interesting and more tastefully executed though I still would have liked to see more. On the whole the movie is not what it could have been but better than I thought it would be. It delivered in areas i didnt expect and brought back the old predator design as well as camerons aliens design; with newbie directors a low budget and TV actors I think they managed to make an excellent film for what it was.
I found out the reason why at last second they filtered the movie to be dark like that! The reason is because for bootlegging. Every movie that gets bootlegged becomes darker and unwatchable. Well just imagine how this film will look if you download it on internet? I'm sure those people see it and see how amazing it is but its to dark to actually enjoy it so they say F&^% it and pay to watch in in theater. I don't know about you but if this is 100% true its not that bad of an idea. Sucks for us people that payed though.
why do i kinda have the feeling that MOST of the people bitching about this film are Alien fans....because I thought it was a pretty kick ass film! All of these posts on here and critics are prolly just Alien fans crying their eyes out because they cant understand that the Wolf if a elite Predator! By the way the Wolf did get his ass kicked a few times Anyways I think the movie is great Great job Bros!
plus i bet a lot of people that have been saying all along that the movie was gonna suck are just sticking to their guns because now they have critics behind them to back them up
I just wanted longer fights thats all. The movie was still great. ;D ;D ;D
The huge test will be this weekend. Remember usually opening day is on a Friday not Tuesday so since then people have returned to work..so based on word of mouth either people will see it or they won't...I do know that by my own word of mouth and other people I know are going to see this movie this weekend.
boostedlsj you make an intersting point, its mostly 'alien' fans bitching lol :D The Wolf does look wicked, cant wait to watch this film (just to see him in action) and spoon you also make an interesting point about the whole 'filtered ito be dark so pirate's copies will be worse' Thats actually a good idea, im sure the DVD version will be slightly lighter ;D Cant wait till january and april lol Go Team Strause (roll on AVP3 aka A V P W A R)
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well starkiller I believe that totally it seems maybe this is more of a Predator fans movie. The Alien fans are lookin for more of a Alien feel and maybe the Strause's couldnt really capture that in this movie. But really how could you totally? I dont think the script was deep enough. I mean I think the strause's did a wonderful job tryin to give it a dark feel Alien feel. But the setting just isnt really a Alien setting. So anyways as a Predator fan this movie is awesome
i loved the movie and i might watch it again
Well, I loved it! Too bad I saw every scene on the galaxy, but it was for the fans and I'll be going to see it again. I'm sure we'll be in for a treat with the unrated dvd because alot of scenes were missing at the theatre. I liked it better then avp and a-r , so I'm satisfied! Also people can say what they want about the avpr dialoge, but it was more tollerable to me then avp... Because this is like finding Moses dvd collection!!!
Sulaco : yea glad i didnt watch any of the clips! I only watched the trailers but i still knew a lot of what was gonna happen just didnt watch it!
ive seen everything released about this film..haha! i just cudn't resist, the wolf is a total badass! i will be cheering him in d cinema come january 18th ;D
he is a badass........i wanna see it again
boostedlsj | 28 Dec 2007 18:39108 he is a badass........i wanna see it again haha! the wolf is by far the best predator yet! yeah you should go watch it again...january 18th is too far away :( So what was the atmosphere like in the cinema when you watched the film? Go Wolf!!!!! >:D
boostedlsj, which fight scene is better? the sewer fight or hive fight? I keep watching them two clips and they rock! :D
man i loved it....gritty....dark (kinda too dark) ;) but its awesome stop watching the clips! i didnt watch them at all and i swear i think thats another reason why people were let down Go Wolf is right!
haha..its all about the wolf ;D which logo do they use in the film? is it the 'alien' style font (my favourite) or is it the one with both 'aliens' & 'predator' font? please answer...P.S I just cant stop watching them clips :D GO WOLF!
I ll love to see Wolf in Predator 3. ;)
I like AVP-R I know they should have made it longer and made a fight scene more longer would have made the movie better. I still thinking that the Weyland-Yutani Corp. would use the predator cannon and use it against the predators? could anyone give a solution to my question.
Too bad you have to wait to see it Starkiller, I was going insane waiting! The movie was pretty good, it's for the fans!
to my opinion AVP-R was better than AVP because it showed more gore than AVP and I think AVP-R is a pre- sequel to the Aliens series because Weyland-Yutani Corp got the predator weapon and trying to find the aliens in space.
I saw AVPR today is much better than the 1st.
16.54 mil in 3 days not too shabby in the US and over $1.1 mil opening in Aus just hope it goes well this weekend
Go see it again, anything helps! Give Fox the greenlight for avp3... a5...p3, then end it, I really never want to see them remake the original predator or alien, makes no sense, with the right script anythings possible, hell I'll even take another bloodbath like avpr!
hey Darkness, just out of curiosity do you know how this AVP film tracks on a day by day basis compared to the takings of the first?
I hear what you're saying 'killzonewithbladesandteet', perhaps I should have made my comment sound like less of an attack. :-\ I fully agree that fans have to get behind things, I know I do with all things 'Terminator'. If I may, AVPR is the exact flipside of AVP, they're the exact opposite to one another (in terms of violence, closer to source material, etc). I suppose a balanced version would be good but in the end the Pred is the most humanoid and most related to by audiences. ;D The genesis of both characters were low budget action/horror films using guerilla film making and stretched resources, which weren't especially successful at the box office either. Also, 'Predator' and 'Alien' (as well as their sequels) weren't received much better than AVPR or even AVP upon initial release, but people warmed to them and newer generations embraced them. 8)
wow i still need to watch it
Average Joe: I'm a huge Terminator fan also, I'm sure you know about the new t.v. show coming out! Talk about raping a franchise.
After a few days after seeing the movie and going through various feelings about it, I'm going to way my final judgement when the dvd comes out. Seeing it on my own tv, and tweaking the brightness if needed, along with the extra footage hopefully being added into the film and not in a seperate extras menu, might change my opinions and hopefully help the hectic pasing the theater version had. Its easy to damn the straus for the meh feeling i initially got and then super hate on fox for letting these two franchises fall from greatness to mid level, but after seeing just how vocal he has been with the community, I feel they tried the best they could with what they had and limits placed on them.
:o Holy moly this web site is popular! Well, I'm going to my local mall soon, hopefully they'll have the avp-r figs. HOPEFULLY!!!! :( I think they may have them in FYE. :-\
WHEN DVD ARRIVES, EDIT IT I'LL BRIGHTNESS AND -LESS SHITTY HUMANS IMPROVE A LOT THIS MOVIE IT WILL CAUSE ABOUT THE WOLFS JOURNES ABOUT THIS MOVIE IS...
further feelings. The strauss a great job... when you got a screenplay written by the hack shane salerno and somebody like Tom rothman in charge. Look at shane's movie credits and that snotty imbd picture. Place your hate on salerno alone.
Your people are pathetic and can never be satisfied. Stop wining and show some respect for the directors of this film! Are you a director? Do you know how difficut it is to even produce a 10 min. short? NO you do not! If you are a true fan you will enjoy the movie for what it is and be happy that we got another fim at all! With all these neg comments, I doubt that their will be another movie now, thanks alot people.
Negitive comments have nothing to do with it, just look at the first film, the only determination of another AVP film is how much money this one makes.
Okay, AdamJZ, so what do you think about the film and if we will see another in the future?
I enjoyed it, wasnt perfect and had its problems, but the performances by the creatures were great and I had a fun time. as long as this film makes enough money in theaters and DvD, we will for sure get a 3rd film. the original AVP made more overseas than in the US, so hopefully the same will happen this time.
has anyone got the avp-r inside the monster shop book yet? if so is it any good? i jst got the winston effect for christmas and its brilliant
Alien vs. Predator: Requiem - $3.3M, $1,288 PTA [$19.88M cume]-Not good :'(
Yautja, if you own The Winston Effect (like me), I doubt you find anything interesting in ADI book. I have not seen anything on all the production pics from AVP-R close to the elder on page 120. :o But if someone owns ADI book please gave us a review!
IGN have posted a review of avp-r on their site and its very good! i feel people should just go see the movie and make their own minds up instead of being put off by all the negative comments.
If You are looking for "Titanic" type of movie, this is not for You, however, if ur a A and P fan, it will roxx ur soxx.
first thing is that the movie was amazing. being that is the first movie Directed by the Bros, they did lack a little bit character setting and the end was kind of stupid.***SPOILER***. after the military nuked the town the reaming the 4 people are found by the soldiers and the little girl ask her mother if the monster are gone and they have a retarded music at the end. but overall this movie proves that the AVP franchise is not dead. the battles between the P&A are f***ing amazing. lets hope the Bros learn from past mistake. and what with the preadalien laying a lot of eggs. ;D
@ Gul Kalvo, ur right, that elder looks awsum. but im still realy looking foreward to getting the ADI one, i have it for the 1st avp and it was pretty good, cant wait to see the concept art for this movie, i jst did 4 alien head concepts of my own- their quite impressive if im honest, hopefully il have a site up and running soon so you lot can see them. i also have a lot of other alien an pred art too.
hey Ok7 if that's the taking for Friday then that's a little better than Thursday which I believe took 2.78 mil which essentially means while its not great, it hasn't gone down further.Sure it could be higher, but it has made half its budget in 4 days and as they start to factor in some of those 1st days from international markets it gets a little better. Not much I know but let's see what Saturday night brings. Here in Austin TX I am a bit worried that the tv adverts seemed to have declined a little when they really need to be upped.
That is truly great.
Ok7 | 29 Dec 2007 09:40133 Alien vs. Predator: Requiem - $3.3M, $1,288 PTA [$19.88M cume]-Not good I second that. They will make their money back, plus a little. However with it this low, if they would do a third movie, they are going to be much more cautious with the amount of budget it gets. If the budget for AVP-R was not enough for a space epic, its even less likely a third would be able to pull it off without being SciFi channel or straight to DVD quality. If it comes down to that, I would rather seen Fox pull the plug on it. I'm curious to how these AVP-R numbers stack up to AVP?
I saw it twice already and probably gonna see it again!!! the film totaly rocks and I don't know why people are complaining about it cause sure the love triangle between ricky, jesse and dale was the weakest point in the film but overall I give the movie at least a 9.5/10 ;D people are too quick tp judge this film I mean it may not be your cup of tea but when people rate it 1/5 come on ???
Well I pulled this from Wikipedia: "Critics were not allowed to view the film in advance.[5] Once critics were able to review the film, the response was generally negative. [6] Despite mostly poor reviews, the film earned more than $38 million over its US opening weekend and spent its first week of release at the top of box office charts. However, subsequent weeks saw the film's revenue take a severe decline. Even so, it ranks as one of the most successful films to date in either franchise. The film earned $171.2 million worldwide, with a sequel, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, released on December 25, 2007.[7]" "So far, AVP-R has earned mostly negative reviews from critics with a 17% on Rotten Tomatoes, 5 positive to 24 negative with an average of 3.2 out of 10 and a user rating of 5.7 out of 10, a 3.5 out of 5 on Moviehole and a 3.5 out of 5 on IGN. So far, the film has grossed over $16.8 million domestically. As of December 28th, IMDb has the film rating at 6.4/10 from over 3,391 votes." Its not looking so great for AVP-R when you stack its numbers up to its predecessor.
There is no way that AVP-R ever had a chance to compete with AVP's numbers. Think about it.... AVP was the first of its kind and was PG 13. Most people did not like it and have no interest in a sequel (good or bad). Now we have an R rated sequel with a lower budget and ZERO hype. If it makes half the money of AVP I say it is a success.
AvPR to beat off in hire it is necessary to collect not less 100 million in the world. And AvPR it will make easy. DVD will make not small profit. About 50 % from the general profit the others leave to cinemas, and of 50 % to people who did film. 40+40 millions=80millions+ Marketing (maybe 20 millions)=100 millions to beat off in hire.
On Saturday gathering usually fall at horror films.
the first AVP was one of the best selling DvDs of 2005.
AVP sold 1.8 million copies on its first day of release on dvd
Love all the 'fans' of this movie who blame the bad reviews and the incredibly shrinking box office take on critics. Take a look at most action/horror/adventure movies, most get panned then outperform projections at the Box. Why? WORD OF MOUTH! The critics hate it but x loved it so x tells his/her friends, they love it and so on until its a blockbuster. Movies like AVPr get panned by the critics and then get panned by the audience who tell their friends to wait for dvd or when they are as bad as AVPr to maybe just skip it. I the A/P franchises but IMO AVP will never be what it could without a big time director with a big time budget. But now that both the AVP's are looking like flops and both scripts were bullshit I doubt Fox is going to up the budget of 40 mil on a next installment if they don't let the series die completely.
this movie is'nt bad, but it would have been better if it had the story line and the plot of AVP1. guess we,ll just have to see if they make over at least 100 million dollars. :'(
;D :o 8) this movie was the shit, loved it, keep making more, went to see it with 4 of my friends and they all loved it too, the pred alien was cool too, something new and original, everything i ever wanted out of an avp film i got with this, been a die hard fan of this franchise since i was 10 and now 22, long wait for a movie like this, was not dissapointed at all, loved everything about it, keep them Alien, Predator, and AVP movies coming fox, f**k and the critics(who don't know shit)and the haters(who simply hate cause it wasn't like the last one), can't wait for the unrated dvd of this to come out to add to my collection, once again, i was not dissapointed, defanitely recomend this to any die hard fan who isn't picky with wut they get
Uh, did IQ's just drop sharply while I was away...Come on people! Wake up and look at what this movie is, nothing but a sheep in wolf's clothing. Predator fans, unite. We all know what a Predator is and what his function is based on what we've seen and read, so someone please tell me...why on God's Green Earth would a "lone" predator just happen to get a signal about a ship going down and then after investigation, take it upon himself to just go and rid the planet of it. First off, correct me if I'm wrong now, a predator's main goal is to hunt for sport and collect trophies of the most worthy opponents. Then tell me why he was going to rid the planet? I would've thought after careful selection, a team of hunters would be dispatched to the planet AFTER the full on infestation to do there bidding and collect any spoils. The Strause Brothers made him like the Red Cross and hated it. On that same note: Sheriff's Deputies don't sneak up on Predators. Sorry. Don't believe it, it never happened. And Predators don't in turn skin someone that weak and leave them hanging with there skulls and spine intact. And as for the magical blue liquid that made every piece of evidence go away, total crap. Imploding the ship, yeah okay, I'll buy it. But magic blue liquid....No. Doesn't work.
Strause Brothers, I appreciate the fact that you wanted us to feel like we did from the other movies but sublety goes a long way. Music cues...okay. Mood Lighting (Except for the fight scenes, couldn't see who was who) Character development was horrible. And was almost parallel to the characters in Aliens. When the daughter looked up at her mother and asked if "Are all the monsters gone now, mommy?" I almost vomited. "Will we be able to sleep now?" - Newt, Aliens Even in the Gun shop, I was half expecting Dallas (yeah, if that's not a throwback name) to show her how to fire a rifle. APC driver and Helicopter pilot? Whatever... And lastly, yeah, I'm longwinded about things I'm passionate about...Weyland Yutani has never known nor has it ever been privy to anything predator. Don't change our comfortable history....(or future) They have always wanted the alien species for their bio weapons division, Trust me, anything Predator would've been scooped up, greatly outweighing anything the Aliens could've provided them insight about. That's not what happened in the future we know. I'm not even going to touch Facehugging PredAlien...total crap. Should've been a queen there, should've been more than one predator, should've been in the future, immediately after Alien Resurrection... I'm done...
The film was okay I will go and see it again. It had its moments but basically I thought the Strausse Brothers showed a lot of directorial inexperience.The biggest problem was the actors and the dialogue; the pitfalls that were just completely ignored in order to go from point A to point B without fully thinking about things that could have made the danger/horror and disbelief at what they were facing more convincing. I did love the fact at how the Alien take over of the town was just relentless was conveyed. To sum up: not a bad film with some good ideas just overall inexperience on the Directorial side of things with the basics let the side down they really had an idea that could have worked better if they knew how to handle the story telling better
Wow if that shrek retard could only c that its the critics who r saying things bad and coming on here and saying bad things, besides if ur not an AVP fan, WUT THE HELL R U DOING ON THE FANSITE ANYWAY? ppl are getting 2 be stupid.......Don't worry guys hes just a stupid CRITIC like the rest of em.......
I wasn't dissappointed with It, I though it was pretty damn sweet being a hardcore AVP fan, The predalien was sweet, and the wolf predator as well, I hope they keep making these films, I can't wait til the dvd comes out, I'll definitely get the Unrated, I'll probably go see it again, and what it made opening day was good, and just cuz it hasn't made as much as other films don't mean it won't make more than it has now, its only been out for a few days now.....Think of that stupid no good for nothing critics......AVP-R ROCKED!!!!!!!!!!
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Moivegal, first off thanks for the reference to Aliens. Secondly, like Aliens, AVPR had a small budget so it wasnt exactly going to be "Titanic" in quality. If the budget was well over 100 mil mark we would've seen a squad of Preds "clean up" Gunnison. The only reason fans of the Alien and Pred franchise are fed up, or even love it, is because they base the new film incarnations on the originals and thus style over substance ensues. Of course all Alien and Pred movies will not match or even top the originals because we all know the mythos too damn well so what can we expect? The comics, the graphic novels and even the games have rounded out all we know and love so when some director comes along and tries to make it "their" vision they will be shot down in flames . It would take writers thousands of scripts to get it right, in the meantime they should check out the amount of literature e.g. the aforementioned media. Only then would legions of fans worldwide herald the return to form of our beloved series once and for all. Not bagging you or siding with you; just think the film iterations could benefit by bringing the comics to life because it seems comic-to-film adaptations are all the rage nowadays.
are you kidding? I Am Legend, a very average flick itself, takes in 65-75mil plus its first weekend and you're getting all squishy about 23 mil for 5 days? AvPr, the numbers Aren't Very Promising, Retard. Shouldn't have been requiem, shoulda been RIP.
AVPR has flopped and hence there will be no sequel in which avp will be in space.
What do you mean 'flopped'?? It's earned in half its own budget in less than week! Think what it'll make within the next month!
I really do not give a damn what the "critics" say. I wouldn't listen to people who live from writing revievs, and mostly didn't even know what a predalien, or who Yutani is. I'd listen to the fans of the franchise, which means movies + comic books + games. And first of all I believe what I see, and what I saw was an AWESOMELY done Aliens and Predator. By that I mean, perfect movement, gestures, behaviour, costumes, and action between the creatures. Top noch visual effects. You can see that maybe Strauses aren't great directors (yet!) when it comes to directing human caracters, but they really dig the creatures and directing them was perfect, fights were perfect. I really love this movie, just because of P and A are in it. So for P & A action I give Strauses A+, for human caracters D, but I really couldn't care less about them.
Oh and one last thing, the cinema was PACKED, people were sitting on the floor and stairs, because there were no free seats. That tells You something, I go see it again tomorrow.
I still haven't seen the movie (UK) BUT WILL DO. In the end am going to go and watch what the title says, anything other than that would be a bonus. :D The Strause I feel have done well. Fox had done a poor piss job of promoting the movie, they should have started between summer and autumn time to raly up the interest not leave it to the last seconds, I mean other than the poor reviews that wouldn't have stopped the people coming through its not like they couldn't afford it. If there is a next movie, FOX, try and listen TO THE PEOPLE, REALLY LISTEN. BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T THINK SOME OF THE TIME YOU KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THIS FRANCHISE, WHY SHOW SO MUCH FOOTAGE FOR?? (am still going to see the movie though)
How old are you Yautja? 5? You can't spell half of your sentence right.
the film was okay. But I feel due to contract/budget limitations plus directorial inexperience it suffered.I mean usually when a movie makes a ton of money don't they spend more on sequels to make more money? I am at a guess thinking that Shane Selermo's script was a contractual thing after the success of AVP. It could have been better in that framework IF the Strausee Bro's Knew their basics about directing-especially the actors a for instance would be when they go into the hospital and they see the hive no-one reacted in a remotely realistic way when seeing no "WTF is this??" no OMG's or anything just stares. Remember in Aliens when the troops see the hive for the first time? That's what I am talking about about the Strausse Bros directorial inexperience. They weren't bad just inexperienced. And more action and fights and Predators costs money which they didn't have for the scope they were trying to pull off-again an inexperience factor,is how I see it. Its not a bad movie I've seen a lot worse but it was stopped from being better because of directorial inexperience. If AVP3 goes ahead a bigger budget could bring better actors and a better script writer
Well as you can see the total box office is 23million plus so if you use the rule of half than it will only make around 11 million by end of next weekend which would put it at 34 million than the week after that it would be around 40 million so when all said and done AVP_R is only going to make maybe a lil over 50 million in the USA so i hope it does good around the world or AVP might just be dead and ALIEN AND PREDATOR as well :-\
if that's the case that not too shabby for a directorial debut. It will proably make around 70-80 mils box office worldwide and then double that with the DVD
If everyone is so worried that avpr hasn't doesn't well enough or wont do well enough to get our 'space epic' avp3? Then why dont US fans go to the cinema again and tell there non avp fan friends to go watch it aswell? :-\ As for me im going to watch it twice (uk fan), first with family then again with friends even if the film sucks! beacuse id rather have avp3 than predator 3 and I would still like to see alien 5 ;D So go avp fans ''spread the word'' and go watch the film again lol....fox needs our hard earned cash :D Im still going to be open minded and watch the film and ignore the bad reviews
I think it'll do fine at the Box Office, both domestic and overseas. So far it made $26.8 million, with $10 million on the first weekend at 2611 theaters. I think that number of theaters for a major FOX film is a bit small. I believe they're trying to, while it having a small weekend, drop far less in the later ones than AVP. They opened it at 2611 theaters while there are 3 mega films open at 3,400 or more. So a lot are booked. Than next weekend, which will be "ALVIN" 's and "Lengend" 's third weekend meaning a theater count drop, opening the door so AVP-R could be wider distributed. Likely by the next weekend it be in the 3,000's. While the money for theater avg. would drop the weekend total wouldn't. So it could be $10 million weekend again, likely.
And as for overseas. I looked it at Box Office Mojo at what were the highest profitters for the first AVP. Then went to the IMDB and compared release dates of AVP and AVP-R. I saw that the countries that earned the most for AVP are released like within the week or month of USA (and other AVP high profitters) release. Those countries earn good bit of money even when they were knowledged of how bad it was a month earlier, but could earn more if not knowledged of that. So they are released sooner so the knowledge of it possibly turning bad again wouldn't effect profit so much.
AvPR is #6 in the box office in the first week, that's pretty poor. It's only going to go down from there, and American companies don't really care how much money their movies earn overseas. Plus, theaters take in half the profits, so Fox has only earned maybe 13 million dollars so far. The simple truth is, critics and fans have panned the movie. AvPR is a piss poor film, and most likely the end of the franchise until Ridley Scott does Alien 5.
Theaters DON'T take half the profits they get paid a percentage of the screen rental by the distributor, which is why concession stand prices are high that's where most of their money comes in. And as far as saying American companies don't care about how much money their movies make in international territories that's just bullshit. AVP-R will make a profit but not what people were expecting in the short term compared to AVP. And it took almost 9.5mil its first day not its first weekend. While this may not be a great film it will be a commercial success probably turning a samll profit once you factor in DVD sales. It is also not too shabby for a directorial debut. The ONLY way we will get an AVP film that we think we deserve is to support this one to even remotely justify a decent budget therefore a chance of a decent script for a third. This film was rushed, an with a less budget a stronger rating which cuts the market before you start plus a poor script. And this is what you get. If you really want that big budget film show Fox that there's a market for it.
killzonewithbladesandteet | 30 Dec 2007 22:06173 The ONLY way we will get an AVP film that we think we deserve is to support this one to even remotely justify a decent budget therefore a chance of a decent script for a third. This film was rushed, an with a less budget a stronger rating which cuts the market before you start plus a poor script. And this is what you get. If you really want that big budget film show Fox that there's a market for it. ________________________ So true! lets all watch this film again, plus there are alot of avp fans in the uk and other europeon coutries so lets hoping they go watch it :-\ I want avp3? FOX better make it and this time make a 'good' movie!!!!! >:(
But the thing is, I don't want an AvP 3, the series has no integrity left after AvPR. The formula has worn thin and no one takes it seriously anymore. Then again, Aliens and Preds never belonged in the same movie to begin with. After two movies, you'd think that Fox would have made a good film by now, but they haven't, and they never will. Although AR was sub-par, it never sunk to the level of indignity of AvPR, and I would love for Ridley Scott and Weaver to re-team for a fifth and final Alien film. AvPR being a box office bomb serves them right. AvP is dead, it's time to pull a "Casino Royale" and get some good filmmakers and actors back into the original Alien series.
Ive seen it 3 times now, I love it still. The Predator had more screentime than any one human that was awesome. Blood, Guts, fingers and toes.....
I agree with you maximus but still i would like to see another avp movie? and i definitly want to see alien 5 with either cameron or scott behind it or both. I only watch the avp films for the predator :D
psy_coma77 what was your favourite part of the movie? and which fight is better hive or sewer? mine was the hive ;D
also maximus i dont think they can leave the franchise at avp-r they need to make another one with a decent budget, script cast and crew, and either have the strause brothers return to direct or get an experienced director, and finish the 'avp franchise' with 3 films and nice litlle trilogy would be nice I think? ;D rather than wreck both franchises then just leave it at that :(
Boostedlsj, alien fan's are upset because the alien's were seriously nerfed. They were physically weak and fairly un-intelligent compared to what they're suppose to be. That's why. Not only that, they had about four stupidly missed opportunities to kill Wolf. Instead of impaling him, they decide it's better to give him a good swat. ::) Elite or not, it was unrealistic to send only one predator to deal with an alien infestation all by his lonesome. An entire clan of elite preds would've been far more believable. Nerfing the aliens was they only way "The Brothers Strause" could use one badass predator for the majority of the film. Anyone else wonder why in the world the one injured pred in the beginning sent a distress signal rather than setting his self destruct sequence? ::) This isn't to say I hated the film. On the contrary, I rather enjoyed it. Was just really disappointed for reasons already mentioned. I have to say I prefer the first film.
avp-r numbers from movies.yahoo.com 26.9 million total 10.5 fri-sunday
They can easily leave the franchise at AVPR, the same way they ditched Predator at P2 and Alien at AR. Fox should cut its losses and stop the AvP movies here. AvP is a great concept for games and comics, but the concept just doesn't work on film. I hope Fox realizes this. Ridley Scott doing a 5th Alien film would set everything right though. I don't consider the AvP movies as serious Alien films, and I'd love to see a real Alien film in theaters some time.
I wish they would bring Joansey the cat back and have it kick some alien butt! Aliens vs. Joansey.
The Associated Press released this estimate of box office sales tonight (Sunday): -------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Other films that debuted on Christmas had solid weekends. "Alien vs. Predator: Requiem," a sci-fi horror sequel from 20th Century Fox, took in $10.05 million, raising its total since opening day to $26.9 million. Sony's Loch Ness monster fantasy "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep" grossed $9.2 million and lifted its sum to $16.8 million. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Wednesday. 1. "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," $35.6 million. 2. "Alvin and the Chipmunks," $30 million. 3. "I Am Legend," $27.5 million. 4. "Charlie Wilson's War," $11.8 million. 5. "Juno," $10.3 million. 6. "Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem," $10.05 million. 7. "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep," $9.2 million. 8. "P.S. I Love You," $9.1 million. 9. "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," $8 million. 10. "Enchanted," $6.5 million. -------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------
Additionally, Rotten Tomatoes has posted a bit more infomration: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/national_treasure_book_of_secrets/news/1700354/2.php --------------------------------------- Opening in sixth place was the sci-fi action sequel Alien vs Predator: Requiem with an estimated $10.1M over the weekend and $26.9M over the six-day debut period since its Christmas Day launch on Tuesday. Attacking 2,611 sites, the R-rated pic averaged a mild $3,849 and skewed male to nobody's surprise. The six-day bow still fell short of the $38.3M three-day opening of 2004's Alien vs. Predator which carried a PG-13 rating and launched in the late summer period.
The film was pure trash folks. Im reading posts saying that it was as good as 'PREDATOR' and 'ALIENS' - my God....what is wrong with you.
was that supposed 2 b an insult MEMPHIS? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Deco, I think the people who say crap like that are mainly pre-teens and teens with ADD who never sat through the original films.
Changing of coment; there is a new Wolf vs. Chet diaroma on EBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/HOT-TOYS-1-6-AVP-R-Predalien-vs-Predator-dio rama-statue_W0QQitemZ120201996888QQihZ002QQc ategoryZ348QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZView Item?_trksid=p1638.m118
The International Stats are looking O.K. especially considering that AVPR has not yet opened in every country yet. Over 15 mil so far :) http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2007/AVSP2.php
i've got a question for anyone to answer?do ou remember how the alien was trying to inpregnate the woan he atacked?take a good guess or watch the film again?anyway the pred.was a bit thin in the legs.he being a liard type crustation would have bigger thighs and calves to jump from place to place like in the first 2 movies.upperbody was perfect.all the aliens moved way to slow.one quick glance and there on you.
25-1 December-January Total in USA-$30,655,000 :D
to Ok7 :.... that means that AvP: R made 3,8 Mil. on Tuesday because I assume that theaters were closed on Monday ( year-breaking ) in the US....in my country it was like that
I've seen the film twice and had a few days to think about it. If you come in expecting something as good as aliens or pred 1 you will be upset so don't. This film had enough action for me to enjoy it and I like the blue heat vision and all the proper sounds brought back for both. AVP aliens sounded so crap and for some reason I would love for someone to tell me why is there not one but two elephant noises in avp 1 for the alien?? The preds in avp 1 were way too weak so a tough pred in avp 2 just evens things out, I'm a fan equally of both so no complaining alien fans. Aliens brought in heaps and an oscar and alien 3 had the crap cut out of the budget so you are kidding yourself to say avp 3 will have a bigger budget, if anything smaller. Nothing they do can revamp an idea that has had so many films on it (I'm talking aliens) nothing will bring in the masses just us fans so they give us enough to get our cash. Unless avp 3 is in space let it die!! I say that knowing I'll see and buy on dvd any piece of crap they would throw at me that has aliens or preds in it.
Another point I am sick to death of people saying no cgi aliens and preds. Suit work can only have flashes like the old films because they don't move well but you want to see alot of the creatures, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS!! If you want alot of aliens you have to have alot of CGI, when the alien warrior climbed out of the drain into the street it looked the best because it was CGI. To have them move inhuman like and agile for both CGI is the only way, I said the only way, break down!! And get stan winstons ass back here, WHY THE FUK DOES A LAST MINUTE MADE 1987 PRED FACE LOOK MORE REAL THAN A 2007 20 YEAR LATER PRED FACE????
Holy crap I didn't know there were so many writers, artist's and movie makers at this site, I mean WOW..... you all..... geeeessissss..... you have got to be kidding me cannon? kannon? canon? hhhmmm... yup missed the boat and am glad.... ???
Total US Gross $31,627,890 International Gross $15,900,000 Worldwide Gross $47,527,890 Don't need anything now, hopefully someone acquires the rights to the franchise other than Fox. They are not interested in making good movies, just money.....the old days are gone.... I would assume that the good directors of old, and those passionate to sacrifice for the cause with minimal payback, are the only hope. Figures like these spawn either direct-2-DVD, or death of franchises. I never thought this day would come a week before seeing this movie Non Fans I know liked the 1st AVP as they have no idea of the worlds or previous movies....that's why it grossed 3 times more than this one. Anyone on this site will try to ignore the damage that has been done, returns like these do not create sequels, but my hope outweighs my logic and is secretly hoping for another. I don't care if it is worse than Alien4, I just want to watch em again...
to Stamos : ..... come on...the numbers are not final yet.....it will make 70 mil. in foreign office....at least!!.....and i think that 50 mil. in USA can be still reached.........
yes but in hollywood for anything to get the big wigs attention it has to at least hit the golden 100 mil which it may well not. Pred 1 didn't make alot, pred 2 bombed but fans still love it but fan love means nothing to a bunch of fat suits. Still it is too early to be saying about the figures if its only been out like 2 weeks and england had to wait and dvd sales are yet to even be in the picture. I think this is the end my friends