Best of the Rest: Which of 2012's "Off-Brand" CBM's Will Be Most Successful?

Best of the Rest: Which of 2012's "Off-Brand" CBM's Will Be Most Successful?

Finally, a poll that the "The Dark Knight Rises" can't win.

Feature Opinion
By Curmudgeon - Nov 14, 2011 01:11 AM EST
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While the DC and Marvel films of 2012 had their chances for your votes, these "little guys" were sadly omitted.

Here's the low down on your choices:

Fox's Chronicle, releasing on February 3rd, is a found-footage/faux-documentary style film about three teenagers who develope telekinetic powers.

Disney's John Carter, releasing on March 9th, is based on the now-classic sci-fi tale "A Princess fo Mars", about a Civil War veteran who's transported to Mars and finds himself caught in the middle of a war between the two native species.
Stars Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe.

Columbia's Men in Black 3, releasing on May 25th, is based on the Malibu Comic of the same name about a secret agency that monitors and polices alien activity on Earth.
Stars Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin.

Paramount's G.I. Joe: Retaliation, releasing on June 29th, is based on the toy line, comic, and tv series of the same name, about a peacekeeping force with colorful codenames who fight snake-themed bad guys with equally colorful codenames.
Stars Channing Tatum, Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson, Ray Park.

Lionsgate's Dredd, releasing on September 21st, is based on the comic strip character from the 2000AD magazine, is about an officer/judge/jury/executioner (or "Judge" for short) named Dredd, who doles out justice in a crime-ridden city in a dystopian future.
Stars Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby.

So... which of these films do you think will make the most money?

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lokisilvertongue
lokisilvertongue - 11/14/2011, 2:27 AM
i think its either men in black or dredd
RunDTC
RunDTC - 11/14/2011, 8:10 AM
I second what @ncreb said.
TerminatorMode
TerminatorMode - 11/14/2011, 8:42 AM
i think dredd could go either way - just depends on marketing for that one really

chronicle could be really cool but i don't think it'll do that well
StrangerX
StrangerX - 11/14/2011, 10:35 AM
Yea I'm guessing M I B III
ecksmanfan
ecksmanfan - 11/14/2011, 12:13 PM
I'm going with GI Joe or MIB. Only because they are both well known and established. The last GI Joe made a shit-ton of money. Expect this one to as well
PaulRom
PaulRom - 11/14/2011, 12:47 PM
It's definitely between GI Joe and Men In Black 3.
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/14/2011, 1:56 PM
john carter then probably men in black 3.
Nutstrodomus
Nutstrodomus - 11/15/2011, 6:52 AM
Neither John carter or GI Joe are CBMs
Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon - 11/15/2011, 8:47 AM
"Neither John carter or GI Joe are CBMs"

John Carter has a long history of being used in comics (that aren't all adaptations of the books). He's had original comic stories published by Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Gold Key, and Dynamite Publishing. And comics strips. From as early as the 1930's.

The character as depicted in the movie also seems to bear a resemblence to the Gil Kane depiction of John Carter from the late 70's.

And other than the actual "G.I. Joe" franchise name coming from a comic strip that appeared during WWII...

In the 1980's, Marvel was commissioned by Hasbro to help develope the background for the characters in their then-new toy line. That comic debuted in 1982, which was 3 years before the tv cartoon premiered.

So... you were saying?
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