Two weeks ago I thought it could do $800 million to $1 billion dollars, worldwide. Now I'm down to $500-$600 million.
No reviews is a serious red flag.
I've told you guys a few times that I work 20 years in marketing for a major movie studio. NO WAY would we embargo critics for this long if we new we had a good movie. NO F-ING WAY!! Especially when major competition was coming the following week!
All the top grossing movies (except for the Transformer franchise) had reviews published weeks before their premiers, including The Amazing Spiderman 2, Captain America 2 and Lego: The Movie.
I hope I'm wrong because I've already bought tickets for my wife, my sons, their pregnant wives and my 82 year-old father.
One final thing: The studios may re-edit the movie for the Japanese and Chinese market, depending on how well it does in America and Europe.