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A couple has anything lived up to expectations in a month, worse yet a few post down asks about multiplier and

Posted by: damenchipguy on Jun 01, 10:31 in response to Antibody's post Except this has clearly been one of the worse May in a...

the only ones that will get that 3.0 are the smaller budget. I have been saying since Iron Man 2 the month looks bad and June looks not much better. If I understand correctly the industry needs KFKID to raise all boats at the box office.

This is only my second summer of active trading and posting. I do not mean any disrespect this is only my opinion. If the facts I get from other sites is correct ticket sales are down 2% for the year and what is pushing the BO is gadget sales of 3D surcharges.

I think the summer line up was a mistake and some of the bigger money makers will be crowded and we will be in July before the weekend takes will be something worthy of waking up mamma.

It happens almost every year. A couple big budget films do less than expected and suddenly the market thinks they all will. {nm} PendenteLite Jun 01, 10:14

Except this has clearly been one of the worse May in a decade and you would have made a fortune shorting after Iron Man 2. {nm} Antibody Jun 01, 10:19

Not to argue for the sake of arguing but last year, Star Trek was an anomaly... both Angels and Demons and Terminator way underperformed. secretstalker Jun 01, 10:22

(This was just to point out that last May wasn't *THAT* much better... not really to argue this was the worst May ever.) secretstalker Jun 01, 10:26

I'm saying for the whole Month of May. 2010 is ~$778M which is just better than 2001 and 2000. Antibody Jun 01, 10:28

Yeah, it's a down month for sure... some surmise that the downturn in the stock market recently hasn't helped... secretstalker Jun 01, 10:49

I also attribute it to uninspiring movies not worth their price in admission. {nm} Wolfythunder Jun 01, 22:03

I can say that Star Trek was no anomoly, I preached the message with all my first posts. damenchipguy Jun 01, 10:37

Last year also had Wolverine ($85M+), Night at the Museum ($70M) and Up ($68M). So Star Trek wasn't really an anomaly. {nm} RogerMore Jun 01, 11:23

ERC says worst Memorial Day in 17 years {nm} Vashta Nerada Jun 01, 10:24

A couple has anything lived up to expectations in a month, worse yet a few post down asks about multiplier and damenchipguy Jun 01, 10:31

I don't want to over simply, but it was the worst in 10 years because the films weren't very good. {nm} PendenteLite Jun 01, 10:35