BOX OFFICE: Green Lantern Makes $3.35M In Midnight Screenings

BOX OFFICE: Green Lantern Makes $3.35M In Midnight Screenings

First results are in, and it seems that Warner Bros. and Martin Campbell's comic book adaptation Green Lantern starring Ryan Reynolds opened with $3.35 million in midnight showings. Check it out!

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By WolvieCBM - Jun 17, 2011 07:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Green Lantern
Source: Deadline



It's been a hard week for Martin Campbell's Green Lantern. The almost universal negative reaction to the comic book adaptation left fans wondering what went wrong. Film currently has only 21% on Rotten Tomatoes with 122 reviews. Now, the first box-office results have arrived, and Green Lantern (3D) made as much as X-Men: First Class (2D) and a little more than Thor (3D).

From Deadline:

"Warner Bros is very pleased with DC Entertainment's Green Lantern 3D opening of $3.35M midnight showings from 1,810 venues, which bettered Marvel/Paramount's Thor midnights ($3.2M from 1,800 locations) and were on a par with Marvel/Fox's X-Men: First Class prequel midnights ($3.3M from 1,783 theaters)."


Not really sure about the "very pleased" part. Film's production budget went from $160M to the huge $200M plus marketing. Site goes on to say that Hollywood is expecting around a mid-$50M opening weekend for Green Lantern, to the possibility of $65M-$70M.

So what do you think? Have you seen the film? If so, share your thoughts below.

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StrangerX
StrangerX - 6/17/2011, 7:53 AM
Huh!!Does this mean what i think it means?
PaulRom
PaulRom - 6/17/2011, 7:53 AM
I'm gay.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 6/17/2011, 7:57 AM
it started out very well,specially considering the overwhelming negative reaction from film critics
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/17/2011, 7:58 AM
it'll be intresting to see what this movie takes over the coming weeks.
Hellsing
Hellsing - 6/17/2011, 7:59 AM
it still has a huge task the budgets around 200 million like I said before negative revies doesn't mean bad box office results and I am sure the 3D prices helped a lot too
blueorangeny
blueorangeny - 6/17/2011, 8:00 AM
I'm a Lesbian, I love the cuncha!


Listen, who gives a shit of critics. Just imagine if it was the other way around. Critics loved it at 90% while the audience hated and it was at 20%. The suits, WB/DC, and the fans would be worst off if it was that way around. Marvel fans would be talking more shit. In fact I don't know the facts but is there currently a cbm in the past with high critic numbers and low audience #'s?

At the end the movie had some faults, it can all be fixed in the sequel. But it is in no way Daredevil, Xmen3 or any other piece of shit cbm that came out previously.

Tie up the lose ends for the sequel and we will be golden.
blueorangeny
blueorangeny - 6/17/2011, 8:02 AM
@ Hellsing - I care more what the average movie goer and fans care than the [frick]ing critics. If this was Gone with the Wind or Casanova then I'll care for the critics because I want Oscar Gold, what we want is high ratings with the average joe and fans....and green rolling in for a sequel.
TheDARKestKNIGHT
TheDARKestKNIGHT - 6/17/2011, 8:09 AM
Honestly I'm the biggest GL fan I know and have read most of the comics forthiss character, and I'm a huge DC fan…in saying all that I have to admit with a VERY heavy heart that this movie was terrible. Plot holes and bad writing killed it. I love the character and comic so much that it pained me to sit through it.

To my fellow GL brethren, please don't be biased critics so that we will not have to endure an even worse sequel. DC should go back to the drawing board and hopefully reboot in a couple of years. There is so much potential in GL; think of all the epic space movies that could come from it!
RunDTC
RunDTC - 6/17/2011, 8:11 AM
In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night, no bad film shall be in my sight. Let those who think this will be good, beware Hollywood's power, SEE THE LIGHT!
CapFanLex005
CapFanLex005 - 6/17/2011, 8:12 AM
I saw it last night. I have not made up my mind...it was fun to watch, but it was also missing something. But i say go see it if for nothing better then to see the special effects
claybo4131
claybo4131 - 6/17/2011, 8:13 AM
Just a tad bit more than Thor on Midnight, remember, Thor opened in May, while schools were still in session. Most teenagers or kids would not be out that late on a Thursday night during the school year, especially with Finals in May.

There were more kids out for the summer to see GL, and it only got slightly more than Thor did at Midnight. What was Thor's US opening, 66 million? If GL gets that then I would be impressed. But what helped Thor was great word of mouth. Lets see if GL carries the same weight.
kurekurcubic
kurekurcubic - 6/17/2011, 8:14 AM
warner bros knows where biggest money is and thats overseas.
Greengo
Greengo - 6/17/2011, 8:14 AM
@RunDTC leave the rappin to RunDMC... that was lame. Just sayin
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 6/17/2011, 8:16 AM
The opening weekend should be fine but look for a 65% or more drop in it's second weekend.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 6/17/2011, 8:17 AM
SEQUEL...TRILOGY...INEVITABLE.
StephenJ
StephenJ - 6/17/2011, 8:17 AM
@Capfanlex005

MINOR SPOILER (nothing big though)
The movie jumped from event to event too quick. it was missing more training, and more corps members in action. The Paralax fight was entirely TOO SHORT. It didn't even really explain Sinestro scene during the credits.

Thats the only thing I could clap about during the movie
thesymbiote
thesymbiote - 6/17/2011, 8:18 AM
So I guess I'm a lesbian. lol

@blueorangeny

I personally did not like the movie at all. They can fix in the sequel, but this movie was so grossly disorganized. There were so many un-needed scenes, no character development, and a useless Hector. Other than the CG, the story, screenplay, character development was downright amateurish.

To me, it didn't have just a few faults. It had a ton. This movie had a ridiculous amount of potential, lets be truly honest.

Like JayOh says, I'm a fan of GL too, but unfortunately we have to swallow the tough pill here and be frank. This was nowhere near good. Lets hope they get their shit straight in the inevitable sequel.

But for one, the critic were right on this one. It'll make money, but that didn't stop Spider-Man 3 or X-Men 3 or Wolverine to still be considered bad movies.
forthesakeofnow
forthesakeofnow - 6/17/2011, 8:19 AM
What do you guys thing this is going to make all together worldwide?

considering the marketing and other costs its going to have to make over $400 b4 its considered a real success which will be tough. its not individual critics that will harm the film its everyone being online not knowing much about the film other than the fact its been panned b4 critics. THAT CAN BE influential in box office, ends up just being apathy towards the film.
primeobjective
primeobjective - 6/17/2011, 8:19 AM
Listen guys, the critics loved Black Swan. It won Oscars and I couldn't stand the movie. It was completely whack. So why would I continue to listen to critics for? I completely understand to that if the movie ain't good then it's just no good. But I like to to judge for myself. i've seen some straight-to-dvd movies that imho way better than many that had theatrical releases!!!
LuckyKyd
LuckyKyd - 6/17/2011, 8:19 AM
@Blueorangeny:
Actually there has been such a movie as I recall, Superman Returns got great reviews from a lot of the top critics and was loathed and bashed on by almost every single fanboy over the world. So yes, such a CBM exists. But then again I don't really know about the general audience, but I know that when I watched it the first time with my friends, they turned it off after half an hour because they were too bored :P
95
95 - 6/17/2011, 8:21 AM
Haha, my $13.50 is somewhere in that $3.35M.

~rm
thesymbiote
thesymbiote - 6/17/2011, 8:22 AM
@primeobjective

The opinion of the critics is not always right, thats true. But its not always wrong either. In fact, most of the time, they're pretty much around the ballpark of what the public think, only a little harsher times, kind of why they are critics. The ratings have a point. And for this movie, they were on the dot.

As for whether you dislike Black Swan or not...that was YOU. Not the public. The public opinion of the movie is just about the same as the critics'
BillyBatson1000
BillyBatson1000 - 6/17/2011, 8:30 AM
What's the story here? Remember 'Batman and Robin's' initial box office too? It was raking in the yen. But it WAS and REMAINS a big, gay, technicolor, turd!
Zell9
Zell9 - 6/17/2011, 8:32 AM
[frick] the critics. that is all
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 6/17/2011, 8:32 AM
I'm not surprised that it's had the highest midnight showing box office of any of the comic book films. Aside from lack of classes allowing more teen and college students to take in a midnight flick, it's simply more exciting to average DC fans than Thor is to average Marvel fans, thanks to Marvel films being a dime a dozen. And just as with X-men First Class, the midnight grosses only measure the number of people who are so fanatical about it as to go see it at the most inconvenient time.

That excitement among DC fans could still propel it to the largest comic book opening of the year, despite the critical drubbing. Or, just like X-men, it could come in $10m or more behind Thor. Can't really say from these numbers.
nuck82
nuck82 - 6/17/2011, 8:33 AM
dont forget to add yourself to that old man
MaestroMiller
MaestroMiller - 6/17/2011, 8:33 AM
Let see the movies on Theater and not on REVIEWS and by critics.

Let´s get fun!
ironknight
ironknight - 6/17/2011, 8:34 AM
I'm not going to let anybody tell me what to think about a movie. When I watch previews and TV spots for GL, I see a great movie. So I'm not going to let them stop me from seeing it.
Argentine
Argentine - 6/17/2011, 8:36 AM
I´ll see it whenever it opens here in Germany, at this point I know it´ll suck/be mediocre, I just want it to make enough money so there can be a sequel/other DC flims. So... COME ONNNNNNNNNN Let the gods of bad movies be on our side for once!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Michael Bay be praised!!!!!!!!
LibertySeaOtter
LibertySeaOtter - 6/17/2011, 8:36 AM
If you are a cynical asshole, chances are you are not an adult. I'm more of a Marvel guy and I thought GL was the movie of the year so far. That is all.
justblaise
justblaise - 6/17/2011, 8:44 AM
Don't let the critics sway u. I loved this movie. Plotholes? Acting? Gtfoh. The movie was amazing. Damn its entertainment people...jus enjoy it. I don't get how the comic community are so easily influenced by the same people who always trash our movies. We really are such a fickle fan base.
And for the guy up above...black swan sucked. Mila and portman making out was the only good thing about the movie
justblaise
justblaise - 6/17/2011, 8:44 AM
Don't let the critics sway u. I loved this movie. Plotholes? Acting? Gtfoh. The movie was amazing. Damn its entertainment people...jus enjoy it. I don't get how the comic community are so easily influenced by the same people who always trash our movies. We really are such a fickle fan base.
And for the guy up above...black swan sucked. Mila and portman making out was the only good thing about the movie
phenomenon
phenomenon - 6/17/2011, 8:44 AM
whether you like GL or not..... hope that it makes a lot of money.... too many cb-movies with bad cash..... bye bye movies....... if too many movies of a certain genre don''t make money.... you can kiss supes-xmen-FF-avengers..... goodbye!!

so I hope you won''t be so stupid that you hope the movie flops.... otherwise , maybe in the near future you can say goodbye too more cb-movies that YOU are waiting for!!!

by the way.... I didn''t see it yet, but I hope it does well!
BiZArOh
BiZArOh - 6/17/2011, 8:45 AM
http://geekinstone.blog.com/2011/06/17/green-lantern/
thesymbiote
thesymbiote - 6/17/2011, 8:48 AM
@SeaOtterRodgers

"If you are a cynical asshole, chances are you are not an adult."

Really?? I mean...REALLY??? Come on...

I don't care much if you liked the movie. Thats all opinion so it doesn't matter to me.

But that comment...just...wow.
phenomenon
phenomenon - 6/17/2011, 8:48 AM
@ argentine.... hast voellig recht..... manche leute sind so bloed, dass die nicht begreiffen dass zu viele slechte movies das genre enden kann......ob er nun slecht oder gut ist.... hoffe das es genug euros rein bringt!!
CapFan79
CapFan79 - 6/17/2011, 8:54 AM
Midnight screenings do not represent the general audience. Geeks and dorks go at midnight.

I love CBM's but would not go to a midnight showing for anything nor do normal people. It may even have a strong day today but Sat and Sun it will fall. Even WB project somehwere between $48-$54 million - which is pretty low.
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