Hee! The theater manager came into our theater after the fist credits scene and asked if we wanted to forward to the second scene. Everyone voted yes, and five seconds later, we were laughing like loons at the second scene! That movie was SO GOOD!
It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.
Buffy ,'Empty Places'
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Rayne - May 06, 2012 1:52:02 am PDT #19931 of 30000
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
billytea - May 06, 2012 2:34:28 am PDT #19932 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
They didn't play the second scene at my showing! Very disappointing. (I've now watched it on YouTube.)
billytea - May 06, 2012 3:35:52 am PDT #19933 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Two other comments:
1. "Dost thy mother know thou wearest her drapes?"
2. Loki reminded me of no one more than the Master, especially Anthony Ainley's Master.
SailAweigh - May 06, 2012 3:58:52 am PDT #19934 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
billytea, the second post-credit scene was filmed after international release, so only those watching in North America got it. Sorry.
DavidS - May 06, 2012 7:25:10 am PDT #19935 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Marvel Comics mash-up "The Avengers" launched the summer movie season with a $200.3 million opening weekend domestically, by far the biggest debut ever.
Steph L. - May 06, 2012 7:33:47 am PDT #19936 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
$200.3 million opening weekend
Holy crap. See ya, Harry Potter.
Joss has to have people lined up to bestow sexual favors and/or gold-plated chocolate upon him right about now.
Polter-Cow - May 06, 2012 7:38:23 am PDT #19937 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Marvel Comics mash-up "The Avengers" launched the summer movie season with a $200.3 million opening weekend domestically, by far the biggest debut ever.
Daaaaaamn. (I still don't know how they make up these numbers before Sunday is over, but they seem to be pretty accurate since the adjustments are generally pretty slight.)
1. The Avengers $200M
2. Think Like a Man $8M
So the Think Like a Man projection didn't change from last night, but the Avengers went up by $15 million. How does that happen?
Like I said, all that IMAX and 3D money adds up. Plus a huge number of theaters. But daaaaaaamn.
Joss has to have people lined up to bestow sexual favors and/or gold-plated chocolate upon him right about now.
Right now all I want is for them to lock him into the sequel.
DavidS - May 06, 2012 7:45:25 am PDT #19938 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Right now all I want is for them to lock him into the sequel.
That's a given. All they have to do is build an igloo out of gold bullion and back it up to his house.
tommyrot - May 06, 2012 7:56:16 am PDT #19939 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
More:
"The Avengers" added $151.5 million overseas over the weekend to bring its total to $441.5 million since it began opening internationally a week earlier.
That raised the film's worldwide haul to $641.8 million in barely a week and a half, more than its Marvel superhero forerunners "Iron Man," ''Iron Man 2," ''Thor" and "Captain America" took in during their entire runs.
If distributor Disney's domestic estimate Sunday holds when the final weekend count is released Monday, "The Avengers" would be the first movie ever to haul in $200 million in a single weekend.
A $200 million total for every movie in release is considered a great weekend for the business as a whole, so "The Avengers" redefines the standards for a blockbuster debut.
le nubian - May 06, 2012 7:59:36 am PDT #19940 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C,
I used to play the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX) and the Friday receipts (depending on genre), you could add a multiplier to them and get Sunday's numbers. There are some movies that tended to drop after Friday, and there are others that tended to increase after Friday.
it seems to me "Avengers" is the very kind of movie that would increase after Friday (high audience opinion, prospective for repeat viewings, appeal to many audience age levels).
I think it is also the kind of movie that probably won't have a more than expected dropoff next week. It is going to make a lot of bank next week too, IMO.