Hey . . . Only 2 Weeks Until the Barage Of Spiderman 3 Threads - Page 2  

Er oops, my bad. Still, maybe my ridiculous poll will have a dampening effect too. But if all else fails, then there is really nothing else on the horizon with such fervor attached to it.

Honestly, I don't think SM3 will be as big as Transformers. I haven't seen the preorder activity associated with the 'formers. In due time the HDM "war" will be like arguing over DVD-A or SACD.

SM3 is not nearly as big a draw as Transformers.

And you don't think the reverse will be true? Something like "SM3, no PiP, should you go and get the SD edition?" I think the worst thing about these arguments is that it is hard to realize that no one is morally superior.

I hope we don't see such a thread. The movie should simply be allowed to speak for itself this time.

One can but hope. I guess my poll was too provocative and/or stupid since it has already been deleted.

The box office numbers disagree with you.

Fair enough, but 1%, 5%, 10%, whatever%, Spider-Man 3 is still ahead and thus my retort to kevivoe's statement that Spider-Man 3 isn't NEARLY as big a draw as Transformers.

Also, as I'm sure you know, worldwide Spider-Man 3 grossed nearly $200 million more than Transformers. Now which movie isn't nearly as big a draw as the other?

Well BOGO for ALL exclusive HD DVD studios vs a $60 box set will sure be HD DVDomination

Sony is still ridiculously stupid for taking the matrix route with Spidey.....give us all individual AND a box set for a better value, so stupid.

Here's the first one.....


No poll ?
Now me mad twice in 2 days.

I don't know why I bother reading these forums anymore.

HAHAHA

I almost spilled my coffee on that!

Eh?

Sony is selling a box set... as well as spiderman 3 seperately. And they are supposidly including it in a new PS3.

Lots of options. Will be interesting to see how the individual sales go.

I dont think there will be such an AVS frenzy because of Spiderman. Blu Ray usually wins. With Spiderman 3, it will just be another win.

Whereas Transformers is really the best shot at winning a week this year.

Don't know why anyone would obsess about S3...it was one of the WORST movies I've(and many others) have seen in a LONG LONG time.

I can't imagine wanting to actually OWN the movie....

Why is it only the garbage movies like this and Transformers that get all the silly threads? :-)

The profitability in the US doesn't.

Transfomers: $317 million US, production budget: $150 million

Spider-man 3: $336 million US, production budget: $258 million

Usually, the first of a franchise is the most popular.

To be honest,
its much the same as Transformers, in that they are two decidely below-par films with one only slightly more entertaining than the other (I expected Transformers to be poor so that came a no great shock, but was really disappointed with SM3 as I'm a massive fan of the 2nd)..
But, they obviously both contain scenes which look/sound stunning in HD and people will want to demo or experience such scenes in their own home..

Alas, profitability was not the subject of the original post in question.

Moreover, assuming that you are correct about production costs, Spider-Man 3 still comes out ahead worldwide.

Would be stupid if that were true. I'm pretty sure they are selling them individually as well.

Still a BOGO deal on HD DVD titles would probably more than offset. I'm sure having the BOGO at CC for HD DVD this week has helped quite a bit.

If the current transformers were the third in the series it would have been panned for all of its plot holes, lack of charactor developement(transformers) and how weak the Transformers were... esp the autobots. Its basically a story about how the humans save the autobots. It should be the other way around

But being that its new, and has a wow effect, people are overlooking the subpar non-sensical story. Hopefully Part2 will be better.

Spiderman 3 was on par/slightly better than Transformers. But people were disappointed because of the high expectations set from spiderman 2....Also the WOW is gone.. now that they are on their third film.

There is little thrill left in Spiderman, but Transformers is bustng out with WOW factor.

That is why I would expect Transformers to sell more relative to the HD DVD install base then I would Spiderman 3 to the Blu-ray install base, although the PS3 factor will confuse the result. For example (just making up numbers), if Transformers sells 100,000 in it's first week and Spiderman 3 sells 150,000, which did relatively better?

My expectations are pretty low for Spiderman 3 after having watched 1,2. They just were ok movies, nothing special. While Transformers wasn't exactly true to the cartoon it was very enjoyable, IMO a MUCH better movie than SM1, 2.

Only the domestic total is close.
The opnening weekend was about double.
FWIW Pirates 3 had a bigger opening than TF. Over 100 mil.
I think we can safely say that Spidey will do as much or more at home.

Spiderman 3: Domestic: $336,530,303 37.8%
+ Foreign: $553,979,415 62.2%
= Worldwide: $890,509,718

Opening weekend=
$151,116,516


Transformers
Domestic: $317,667,377 45.3%
+ Foreign: $383,326,113 54.7%
= Worldwide: $700,993,490

Opening weekend= $70,502,384

I didn't watch it in the theater due to bad reviews and really wasn't looking to see it on HD either.

That being said, I am sure that one of my friends will have it on SD DVD and I'll probably watch it then.

Pity too as I really liked the first two movies.

I'm sure it will do well if for no other reason because of the media push and kid's sales but I doubt that it will be the "High Definition media title of the year" in terms of sales.

Harry Potter may still swamp it due to being on both formats.

well considering the person that made 75% of the transformers polls is a hd dvd fanboy I doubt blu supporters will need to assure themselves that they picked the right format.

some ppl felt the same way about Transformers. tho i liked transformers much more than sm3, box office numbers doesnt quite agree. usually when it make that much money a lot of ppl made repeated viewings at the theaters.

Megan Fox > Kirsten Dunst + whoever played Gwen i'd say the hottest girl in the spidey series is jameson's secretary. action sequence i'd give the edge to spidey.

as for the topic of the thread, i dont think we will see as much redundant and pointless posts as we did with transformers being that there isnt a lossless issue to bicker about. there wont be pip b/c pip isnt ready yet. if the $399 ps3 is bundled with sm3, will each ps3 sale also count as a sm3 bd sale?

well I have the UK version of Spideman trilogy on Blu - Spiderman3 is very good in terms of picture and sound quality, probably the best I've seen and heard on blu ray - and its region A B and C.

There again I also imported Transformers from the states on HD DVD and once again the Picture quality and audio quality is fantastic, for DD+ the sound is clear with deep bass and good range and probably the clearest picture i've seen on HD DVD.

Which is the best - well my preference is for the movie and as a package Transformers comes out on top. it has plenty of HD extras and HDI section is great.

It was a close call though.

I would concur with this sentiment. Had transformers been on BD, it would have easily been the highest selling HDM title. And probably the highest selling BD title.

I fully expect Spiderman 3 to take that title now(although I am not sure how it will count since they also sell it in a box set, and are supposidly including it in the new PS3).

Regardless of the great special effects, it doesnt change the fact that transformers was a story about how the humans crushed the decepticons and saved the autobots.

Lee, the only thing that would have topped off this thread, is if the second post was a cameo by Stan Lee.