Tale of Despereaux Over 75 M Club

What is there for the kids to watch? Will They Watch Bolt? They already did during Thanksgiving. Will they watch The Punisher? Nope, Rated R. Will they watch the Day The Earth Stood Still? Nope, too intense. Will They watch Seven Pounds? Nope. Over, their heads. Will They watch Yes Man? Nope, too raunchy. So what do they have left? A animated cartoon about a rat. Pixar has shown a rat can sell tickets. Now Universal is taking a great book and turning it into a story. Face it, if it has talking animals it can sell tickets. Add in the Christmas holiday and you've got yourself a hit!





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I do think it looks good but I'm not in. One week later, it's got the tag team of Bedtime Stories and Marley and Me, both potential blockbusters. I'll say that the ceiling is $50 million or something similar to Curious George from two years ago and also from Universal.

They've been advertising the Hell out of this thing! I saw a trailer for it during Wall-e in theaters and there was much awwwwwwww-ing. $75 M is easy here!

I'm on board. Saw commercials tonight with HP's Emma Watson doing a live intro. Clever, very clever.

Family film during Christmas time. I think the only other family film would be Bedtime Stories, and this one being animated does stand alone a little bit.

Last time i underestimated a family movie during Christmas (Alvin) i got humiliated, this time i'm going to say OVER 75 million.

Marley and Me is also family. And to a very lesser extent, Delgo.

Buscemi wrote:Marley and Me is also family. And to a very lesser extent, Delgo.

I thought Marley and Me would skew more to teens and young adults. Although the cute puppy on the poster would suggest you are definitely right.

I will add my name to the believers of Despereaux cracking 75 million

Buscemi wrote:Marley and Me is also family. And to a very lesser extent, Delgo.

While Delgo is supposed to a be a family skewing film, Freestyle hasn't had a film gross more then 16 M domestically, much less 75 M

BarcaRulz wrote:I thought Marley and Me would skew more to teens and young adults. Although the cute puppy on the poster would suggest you are definitely right.

I'm in for the over on this one.

I know of plenty of adults that are looking forward to Marley and Me. We took the book with us on vacation this Summer but never got to it.

JackO wrote:

Buscemi wrote:Marley and Me is also family. And to a very lesser extent, Delgo.

While Delgo is supposed to a be a family skewing film, Freestyle hasn't had a film gross more then 16 M domestically, much less 75 M

That's why I said "to a very lesser extent".

I'm not in. Despereaux will be more like the Water Horse $40-$50 million.

I agree. $50 million tops, though Nico thinks it could do a lot more. (But what does he know?)

I'm in. Over $100M. lol

I'm in. I had it pegged for $75M exactly, but I'll take the risk and say over.

Bedtime Stories and Marley and me will destroy this Ratatouille look-alike.

$45 million. Not in.

I'm in for it doing over $75.

No, I don't think it can do it. $50m maybe, but not $75. And it's a mouse by the way, not a rat.

A mouse with big ears with loves adventure and sounds like Matthew Broderick. Yeah, Ferris Bueller's a cartoon mouse!

I'll join this club. I've got insider info of my own. This is the movie my kids want to see this Christmas.

Looks like this club was wrong...

Yeah and its unfortunate, It was a pretty good kids movie.

Yeah, they were wrong, but, not as wrong as the Seven Pounds 150M+ dollar club.

... And really, for its price in the game, it wasn't a bad pick. Certainly in BO anyway.