i failed to realize that narnia hasnt been released in a majority of countries yet. AND the indiana jones movie has been released almost everywhere. so far, indiana jones has racked up over $300 million worldwide, with release in roughly over 50 countries. narnia, on the other hand, has earned a little over $150 million worldwide with release on only about 12 countries. it has yet to be released in another dozen or so countries, including MAJOR markets such as France, Australia, and the UK. in fact, it doesnt even open until the end of june in the UK, and by that time, indiana jones will be past its peak in earnings weekends. fact is, iron man will be the top grossing movie of the summer. i just want it to be ANYONE but indiana jones.
on the forums, people are even predicting that iron man will top narnia, which i frankly dont see happening-its been in release for 27 days, and it would have to experience a low % drop from last weekend and narnia would have to experience an EXTREMELY high drop for this to happen. taking into account iron man's theatre count is going to be severly cut down due to the high theatre counts of indiana jones, narnia, and SATC (which will probly win the weekend). im quite new at all of this but i think its pretty obvious that iron man has had its run and got to benefit from the inflated memorial day weekend.
moral of the story is that narnia is a winter series and caspian should have been a winter or fall release instead of a summer. it simply cant compete with the blockbusters that are put out during the summer. soon the batman movie will be out, along with kung fu panda, and the incredible hulk (i think it might flop, but we will see). the bigwigs at disney better rethink their release of the next film, which is supposed to come out at the same general time that iron man 2 is supposed to be released. another disappointing box office will doom the franchise.
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