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Reply #15 - Jun 15^th, 2013 at 11:54pm

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ed symkus wrote on Jun 15^th, 2013 at 9:21pm:

I don't understand what you mean by "Iron Man 3" never making it out of the gate. It recently passed the $1 billion mark internationally.

er umm you're right. i was gonna say i only count the good old us of a box office but i see that is 400 million. so i'll retract everything and say that ironman 3 was released before memorial day so it's not in contention.

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Reply #16 - Jun 19^th, 2013 at 5:26pm

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ed's review has sent "world war z" gaining around the first curve. man of steel holds the lead. elysium has yet to make a move.

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Reply #17 - Jun 21^st, 2013 at 2:26pm

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caleb's rave on world war z has put it up even with man of steel. the box office for man of steel set a record for a june release but failed to break the all time record.

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Reply #18 - Jun 29^th, 2013 at 7:16am

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man of steel has pushed world war z into the rail and has retaken a strong lead. but what's this? a movie called "lone ranger" has come from absolutely nowhere and appears to have joined the race.

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Reply #19 - Jun 29^th, 2013 at 9:15am

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IRON MAN 3 is better than MAN OF STEEL. WORLD WAR Z is better than IRON MAN 3. And, STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS is better than all of them .

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Reply #20 - Jun 29^th, 2013 at 11:30am

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L.A. Connection wrote on Jun 29^th, 2013 at 9:15am:

IRON MAN 3 is better than MAN OF STEEL. WORLD WAR Z is better than IRON MAN 3. And, STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS is better than all of them .

in that case i have just decided to be a lot more choosy in my summer movies. because in my opinion sti dorkness stunk and i have already thoroughly panned it as such.

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wooooe nelly!! here comes "the wolverine" from behind!

wolverine solo has not done well in the past but this could be the franchise's breakout feature. what people fail to understand about wolverine is that he is a really cool guy and the rest of the x-men males are dorks.
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Reply #21 - Jun 29^th, 2013 at 11:54am

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Iron Man 3 is far worse than Man of Steel. World War Z is a lot fun. Man of Steel is dark and super, Star Trek is very good but not great.

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Reply #22 - Jun 29^th, 2013 at 11:30pm

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you're not making this horse race thing easy.

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Reply #23 - Jun 30^th, 2013 at 10:15pm

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World War Z was kind of dull (promised too much action in its ads and turned out to be a medical thriller.)
Iron Man 3 too much done by remote control.
I liked Star Trek Into Darkness a lot too but something just did not click.
Man of Steel was best of summer for me but then I'm a Supes fan from way back.

Anyone notice we have not had a real flop this summer boxoffice wise?
Maybe Lone Ranger (how do ya spend $250 million on a western?)
And Pacific Rim is supposedly not tracking well with how much folks are anticipating it (they want the horrible Adam Sandler sequel more, there is no hope for humanity.)

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Reply #24 - Jul 1^st, 2013 at 4:07pm

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L.A. Connection wrote on Jun 29^th, 2013 at 9:15am:

IRON MAN 3 is better than MAN OF STEEL. WORLD WAR Z is better than IRON MAN 3. And, STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS is better than all of them .

True, false, false.

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Reply #25 - Jul 1^st, 2013 at 7:11pm

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Quote:

Da Bunnyman
Anyone notice we have not had a real flop this summer boxoffice wise?

Quote:

Title	Gross	Week	Budget
After Earth	$58,247,367	5	$130

21st Century Man

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Reply #26 - Jul 1^st, 2013 at 7:59pm

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R_F_Fineman wrote on Jul 1^st, 2013 at 7:11pm:

Quote:

Da Bunnyman
Anyone notice we have not had a real flop this summer boxoffice wise?

Quote:

Title	Gross	Week	Budget
After Earth	$58,247,367	5	$130

Forgot about that one.
But then of course it was very forgettable.

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Reply #27 - Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 11:48am

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Jay Seaver wrote on Jul 1^st, 2013 at 4:07pm:

L.A. Connection wrote on Jun 29^th, 2013 at 9:15am:

IRON MAN 3 is better than MAN OF STEEL. WORLD WAR Z is better than IRON MAN 3. And, STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS is better than all of them .

True, false, false.

OK, rank 'em. And, you can add in any other 'summer sci-fi' you've seen.

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Reply #28 - Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 8:15pm

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While not sci-fi, I just know the critics are going to be all over Johnny Depp for his costume choice in "The Lone Ranger".

When I saw him in an early publicity shot I said "Cool--he's of the Crow tribe!" Will anybody get that he's probably the most authentic thing in the film. Wink

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Reply #29 - Jul 5^th, 2013 at 12:15pm

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Best review quip of the week: "LONE RANGER OF MARS" (note: I actually thought JOHN CARTER got a bad rap, although it did tank)

R_F_Fineman wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 8:15pm:

While not sci-fi, I just know the critics are going to be all over Johnny Depp for his costume choice in "The Lone Ranger".

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When I saw him in an early publicity shot I said "Cool--he's of the Crow tribe!" Will anybody get that he's probably the most authentic thing in the film. Wink

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