#The amazing spider man 2 box office series#

#The amazing spider man 2 box office series#

Since the film has to not just sustain itself as a franchise but also pique interest in a series of villain-centric spin-offs, expect lots of (perhaps unfair) hand-wringing if the film doesn't exponentially build on its predecessor.В What may well occur is that Amazing Spider-Man 2В becomes tagged as 'disappointing' because of the surprisingly robust global box office for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Octopus, that would be a different story.

There really isn't any 'added value element' this time around, with Jamie Foxx as a relatively unknown villain (Electro) not quite qualifying.

The $47m overseas debut last weekend points to an over/under $500m overseas cume. The Amazing Spider-ManВ earned $262 million domestic two years ago and $490m overseas, and that seems about right for the sequel, with perhaps a bit less here and a bit more overseas. Those who come purely for the webs and the romance will probably feel mostly satisfied. Not everyone is a critic and not everyone is a hardcore fan. The fans cried foul, but the general audience had a good time, with the film ending up with $229 million domestic off an $83m 3.25 day debut. The worst case is X-Men Origins: Wolverine(2.11x its $85m debut) or Spider-Man 3В (2.25x its $151m debut).В With a $250 million budget, Sony is hoping for either a massive opening weekend and/or decent legs.Д«oth are plausible, as even an Amazing Spider-Man 2В that isn't beloved will still be a popular choice among those who just want a summer action film, as evidenced by last year's surprisingly leggy Star Trek into Darkness. The middle ground is that 2.8x-ish range, belonging to the likes of The Mummy Returns, Mission: Impossible 3, or Thor.В The best case scenario is something along the lines of TwisterВ (5.7x its $41m debut) and GladiatorВ (5.2x its $35m debut). So while word-of-mouth might not be superb, it gets two weekends as the only game in town, with only NeighborsВ providing a relative threat to the high school/college male demo.В As a (very) general rule, the May kick-off films are either really popular and do over 3x their opening weekends ( The Mummy, Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Avengers) or somewhat flame out after their debuts and do over/under 2.5x their debut figures ( X2, Van Helsing, Spider-Man 3, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3). Sony Pictures' Amazing Spider-Man 2В gets the blockbuster field to itself until Godzilla drops from Warner Bros. Since there isn't a Great GatsbyВ or Star TrekВ dropping in the second weekend of summer slot, After that, it's just a question of whether anyone cares. We're still looking at a massive Fri-Sun number for The Amazing Spider-Man 2.ДЄn over/under $100 million debut seems likely, and I'm not ready to start treating $100m debuts as anything other than massive wins for all but the very biggest films. But a failure to break records doesn't mean a failure, especially when a film is facing a somewhat uphill battle. That isn't going to happen again, as the heat from The Amazing Spider-Manisn't anywhere near hot enough to propel this sequel into the record books. The last two times a Spider-ManВ movie debuted in the early May summer kick-off slot, they broke the opening weekend records, earning $114 million ( Spider-Man) and $151m ( Spider-Man 3) respectively.