UPDATE: BOX OFFICE: PROMETHEUS Looks Set To Dominate The Weekend With $68 Million

UPDATE: BOX OFFICE: PROMETHEUS Looks Set To Dominate The Weekend With $68 Million

Despite the majority of analysts predicting that Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted would dominate the North American box office this weekend, it now looks as if Prometheus is set to take the #1 spot. Read on for details.

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By JoshWilding - Jun 08, 2012 04:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: Deadline


Deadline reports that Ridley Scott's Prometheus is set to storm the North American box office this weekend with an impressive $26M opening today and a $68M weekend in total. Some analysts are even predicting $70M+. The 3D sci-fi epic took $3.561M at midnight screenings and has so far earned a total of $51M overseas. It was thought that the R-Rated movie would struggle to topple DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, but that is now likely to open with (an equally impressive) $18M Friday and $57M weekend. Read my 5* review of Prometheus by clicking HERE to check it out.

UPDATE: A Fox exec now tells the site, "There is no mathematical scenario I know of that we hit $68M. Even at $26M for today, we get to $66.5M – and there is nothing on this green earth that shows us hitting $26M today. I could see us doing $22M today which would likely get us to $56M." Regardless, there's no getting around the fact that this would still be a fantastic opening for Prometheus.

In the distant future, two superpowers control Earth and fight each other for all the solar system's natural resources. When one side dispatches a team to a distant planet to terraform it for human colonization, the team discovers an indigenous race of bio-mechanoid killers. Ridley Scott, director of 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner,' returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.




STARRING:

Noomi Rapace as Elizabeth Shaw
Michael Fassbender as David
Guy Pearce as Stannison
Idris Elba as Captain Janek
Logan Marshall-Green as Holloway
Charlize Theron as Meredith Vickers

RELEASE DATE: June 1st 2012 (UK) June 8th, 2012 (US)


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DoomXfactor
DoomXfactor - 6/8/2012, 4:54 PM
Let's get a sequel then cause I heard Prometheus was one big commercial for the next one
Lert
Lert - 6/8/2012, 4:55 PM
has anyone seen it yet! feedback please!
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 6/8/2012, 4:59 PM
@Lert- I just got back from seeing it. It's an okay movie. The story is sloppy as hell, but the scope and the acting is superb. If you want to see something at the movies this weekend, check out Prometheus.
R888
R888 - 6/8/2012, 5:04 PM
The ending was the best I love the proto xeno, I want a toy of it :)
Lert
Lert - 6/8/2012, 5:14 PM
.."well [frick] me running" it sux but its good! Its like screwing a fat chick..
Ceejay
Ceejay - 6/8/2012, 5:15 PM
Prometheus was just FOX doing a Lucas to create a new franchise out of a dying one so they can make money from we fanboys by selling us more new merchandise. The film is utterly nonsensical, characters do stuff nobody with common sense would chose to do simply to contrive death sequences and by the end of the movie they motion to delve into areas of creationism and Darwinism but don't actually explore anything to do with any of these as if the mere suggestion qualifies the movie for the label "Intelligent Scifi"

But fanboys are like lemmings when it comes to a spectacle so FOX will have their new franchise, new Ripley, new Aliens, new ships and vehicles to make lots of action figures, toys and other merchandise that makes more money for them than the actual movie... suckers!
GiantNerd
GiantNerd - 6/8/2012, 5:15 PM
Nice review tea. Short and sweet. Lol.

Like your penis. Ahh...beat you to it. :)
GiantNerd
GiantNerd - 6/8/2012, 5:21 PM
@tea Success!

Btw, I heard they kind of just add more questions in the film. Did it seem like a set up for future movies in the franchise?
imnotahero
imnotahero - 6/8/2012, 5:28 PM
It was kinda shit.
Lert
Lert - 6/8/2012, 5:31 PM
well i suppose your right Tea@, Fat chicks "do" likes to stuff their face! ...damn, and I was hoping for a really petite, chesty, blond of a movie.. I suppose this parallel doesnt trigger a translation to what a real good sweet movie of which I'm [email protected]@...??


revjordan
revjordan - 6/8/2012, 5:32 PM
I think it's better to think of it more as a thriller than a horror movie. It's hard to be scared when you know how a lot of the biology works. Where in Alien the chestburster scene is scary as hell... nothing in Prometheus can elicit that same fear when you know the same similar themes and biology is used.

Its a fun watch. I think people expected too much of it answer wise. It's ppen to sequels but doesn't need them at all. Alien left me with just as many questions of "why?" but I didn't feel the need to tear it apart for not answering them.
GiantNerd
GiantNerd - 6/8/2012, 5:34 PM
@tea ...well that's kind of upsetting to hear. When I heard they question the origin of life, I was extremely intrigued, but if they did it blindly then it obviously doesn't really mean a whole lot in the series. I sure do hope they find a clever way of explaining and surprising in the future ones.

I heard the visuals are some of the best ever though, so it's a must see for me in theaters.

That kind of pisses me off though. You have to answer some [frick]ing questions. Damn. Lol
Lert
Lert - 6/8/2012, 5:38 PM
...now see, "THATS" a movie i would pay to go see- RIGHT THERE.. It looks well made has emotion, Draws you in,..keeps you guessing,..excites you.. you know perhaps a "feel-good" movie too.. you get where I'm coming from here?.. A WELL ROUNDED MASTERPIECE... thats all I ask for in a summer movie!
GiantNerd
GiantNerd - 6/8/2012, 5:39 PM
@im53 Good god man. How much would you pay to be behind that? Lol
GiantNerd
GiantNerd - 6/8/2012, 5:45 PM
@im53 Lol. Sure man. Not a problem. :) My girl probably wouldn't like it, but that chick's so hot she might be into the idea of participating. Lol
batmanmovie2012
batmanmovie2012 - 6/8/2012, 5:51 PM
Best movie of the year until the dark knight rises
Lert
Lert - 6/8/2012, 5:53 PM
sometimes i wish movies were "scrach-and-sniff"
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/8/2012, 5:56 PM
i haven't seen this yet,i need to as soon as.

current rotten tomatoes rating 75%,so if you go in not expecting alien or blade runner quality sci-fi you'll probably enjoy it more.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 6/8/2012, 6:09 PM
YEAH IT WAS GOOD BUT I DIDNT REALLY GET THE JOCKIES DEAL, THE WHYS AND THE WHAT FORS
bobevanz
bobevanz - 6/8/2012, 6:13 PM
to desribe prometheus with one word would be....mind[frick]. THE best science fiction movie since T2. goddamn that was awesome sauce!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thewonderer
thewonderer - 6/8/2012, 6:13 PM
Look, people need to stop reviewing this film as an alien movie. I haven't seen it so I'm not saying any of you are wrong. I just see a lot of people complaining because it isn't Alien.

Anyway, Fassbender alone makes this worthy of a watch. Fassbender is one of the best actors in modern cinema and watching him is a pleasure man wasn't meant to see methinks
GiantNerd
GiantNerd - 6/8/2012, 6:31 PM
@Im53 Espionage. Gotta love it. My girlfriend knows who I am on the site. The boobies get me in trouble sometimes. :)
Bandrews1
Bandrews1 - 6/8/2012, 7:24 PM
Saw this a few hours ago, and it was mind blowing. Yep it definitely ties into Alien. This automatically goes onto my list of favorite movies this year.
blackpantherfan
blackpantherfan - 6/8/2012, 7:56 PM
@captainobvious I saw the movie today too. ur right it is an okay movie.
TheOverlord
TheOverlord - 6/8/2012, 8:59 PM
I watched Alien again this week. Fcuk that's a good movie!
TexasAvenger
TexasAvenger - 6/8/2012, 9:12 PM
I saw it today and it was okay. I left the theater feeling a bit...disappointed. It wasn't as good as we all thought it would be, that's for damn sure.

@Maximus Prometheus better than The Avengers? Pass me some of whatever you're smoking lol
drewXdeficit
drewXdeficit - 6/8/2012, 9:13 PM
I saw it at midnight last night, and while I found some characters to be a bit underutilized, the overall experience was very positive. Yes, a lot of questions are left unanswered, but it sparks some cool critical thought of the circumstances. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would most likely see it again if given the opportunity.
Gerrit
Gerrit - 6/8/2012, 9:21 PM
Idon't want answers. Maybe a few but I definitely want more questions. The mistery is, for me, the best part of the Alien franchise and all the things related to it.
TexasAvenger
TexasAvenger - 6/8/2012, 9:29 PM
@Gerrit The thing with this movie is that things happen just to happen. It's kind of a cluster[frick], really. At least that's how I see it.
TexasAvenger
TexasAvenger - 6/8/2012, 9:31 PM
@Gerrit Still, it's pretty good. Just not all that great. You'll probably like it. I did too, just not as much as I had hoped. :/
Ironnick
Ironnick - 6/8/2012, 9:59 PM
So, from what I've read from you guys is that it's good, but could be a little better. Still gonna see it for my 16th birthday on thursday.
Supernature
Supernature - 6/8/2012, 10:06 PM
I have rarely been more disappointed in a movie.
To think the same man directed Alien and Blade Runner...
EarOne
EarOne - 6/8/2012, 10:20 PM
yeahh..i have to agree with Teabag. i mean, i was so psyched to watch this film, but, afterwards..i'm like, "WHAT DA HECK WAS DA POINT OF DA WHOLE DANG MOVIE..??"

While we're curious about the space jockey, we don't really care about their origins..this is more like a SPINOFF rather than a prequel to Alien. we want friggin' ALIENS in our alien movies, darn it!!!

SPOILER!!! i really like that whole c-section scene, though. that's Master Ridley at his best.
Minotauro
Minotauro - 6/8/2012, 11:06 PM
The movie as a whole was really dissapointing. Alot of flaws. It might be time to hang em up for Mr. Scott.
Minotauro
Minotauro - 6/8/2012, 11:08 PM
@Maximus - If you really believe this film was the best this year. Then I feel bad for you. I think Atheists would have loved this film.
zware
zware - 6/8/2012, 11:49 PM
This was not a terrible movie, from a technical/visual standpoint it was outstaning. Fassbender was great, however, the massive plot holes, weak storyline, lack of interesting characters and character development. Not to mention the massive plot holes and the films annoyance of introducing interesting ideas/themes but never really having any answers and or attempting to even answer those questions really makes it just an average sci-fi film at best. Disappointing.
R888
R888 - 6/9/2012, 12:03 AM
@Maximus101
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