Hulk 2

[bbobb]

The thing is Bruce Banner really isn't that great of character in the first place.

Nothing like Tony Stark.

[YellerDog]

Steve Buscemi as Banner in The Avengers, plz.

[Rem]

I'll agree that most versions aren't as good as Stark. But I really like the ultimate rendition of Banner, the sad loser who has no friends and his girl doesn't really have any interest in him. Give us that version, not every one of these movies needs a patheticly transparent love story.

[Advocate]

Not good for Hulk.

ComingSoon.net has posted two separate articles on the box office results this weekend, one on the domestic figures and the other on the international results. Here are some clips from each;

Last week's top movie, Marvel Studios' The Incredible Hulk (Universal) starring Edward Norton took a 61% plunge this weekend, dropping to third place with $21.6 million just behind Kung Fu Panda with a total of $96.5 million, about $4 million behind the previous Hulk movie five years ago.

[Internationally,] The Incredible Hulk finished a close second by grabbing $23.4 million at 4,700 theaters from 50 territories in its second weekend. "Hulk" has raised its totals to $63.3 million overseas and $159.8 million worldwide.

Having earned a badge of honor from becoming the first movie of the year to cross the $300 million mark, Marvel Studios' Iron Man (Paramount) added another $4 million to its take, once again having the smallest drop-off from last weekend in the Top 10.

[Port]

If the first one wasn't so bad, I'm sure it would have fared better.

[Dolemite]

The Hulk's budget was 130 mil. It's already made 160 mil in 2 weeks. It may not be the big mamma jamma at the box office that Iron Man is, but it seems to be doing well.

[Rem]

I think people just aren't seeing the Hulk twice, I know a lot of people who saw Iron man twice or more. The Hulk just wasn't gripping enough to warrent two viewings.

[Dolemite]

Agreed. I enjoyed Hulk, but I think the only reason I'd see it again is for the Tony Stark cameo at the end, and I can just sneak in after another movie, watch it, and leave.

[Rem]

That's what I did, after Strangers wrapped up I caught the park scene onward again. And even though the CG looked great with the rain, the fight scenes didn't look so hot. Also lol at "harlem."

[Dolemite]

They should have gone totally nuts with the final battle and they didn't. I mean, it was pretty cool and all, but they should have had Hulk and the Abomination using buildings as fucking baseball bats. Other than Hulk breaking a cop car in half and using the pieces as boxing gloves, no one did anything super-crazy strong.