Dredd (2012)

[M.I.K.]

I thought Frankie was German!

No, you're thinking of an English octopus, living in Germany, called Paul.

Just as well it wasn't him, people would confuse the two of them with the dickie birds that were in that band with the girl who later teamed up with the mouse and the dog who lived at the top of a block of flats.

[Kowalsky (formerly JudgeGumpty)]

So - these box office predictions at boxoffice.com.... how exactly do they work them out? Do they run an algorithm which analyses online 'buzz'? Or do they result from several chin-stroking debates amongst various journalistic film-school types?

The latter plus a Swedish Squid called Frankie who dips occasionally into two cauldrons and plucks balls from each. One cauldron is marked hit and the other miss. Its all pretty scientific and to make sure everything is above board its adjudicated by a chain smoking chimp called Peter.

I thought Frankie was German! Plus; it's actually a board of chimps that adjudicate everything; Peter is just the chair.............chimp.

My bad I clean forgot about "Le Board Du Chimp"

[shaolin_monkey]

I drove into Southampton city centre today and was greeted by a massive Dredd teaser poster near the translation/BBC building. Not sure if the link will work as I'm on an iOS-thingy...

Hey, they spelt Judgement with an 'e'!  Is it differing between territories?!?

[Steve Green]

There is, although it's questionable whether they needed to for British English, as Judgment in a legal context seems to be the same for US and British English

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_%28law%29#Spelling

[DeFuzzed]

People on the net were picking at the difference in spelling and so they probably thought to nip it in the bud for the non-net potential pickers.

Loving it. Will keep my eyes peeled in London. ANd did you see the Metro in London saying the final poster looked like TDKR? Maybe I'm expecting too much, but considering this is a British comic and production, I wish they'd done a bit more research and showed the original comic image and highlighted the huge good points - instead we get, ooh looks like TDKR poster. Buggeritall.

[darnmarr]

Also: "It looks like the Daredevil Poster" (although nobody seemed to think the Batman poster looked like the  Daredevil poster,- so go figure): but it doesn't ,- it looks like Dredd, as depicted 'standing four-square for justice' in 'America'.

[Frank]

I drove into Southampton city centre today and was greeted by a massive Dredd teaser poster near the translation/BBC building

Hey, they spelt Judgement with an 'e'!  Is it differing between territories?!?

Can't remember seeing any UK hoardings advertising Pearl Harbor (2001), so I'd imagine that's the case. When Heaven 17 were releasing Penthouse and Pavement in the US, they kept the anglicised version of the name- but they were capitalising on the mystique, glamour and sophisticated allure their native Sheffield held for US audiences.

[JOE SOAP]

So - these box office predictions at boxoffice.com.... how exactly do they work them out? Do they run an algorithm which analyses online 'buzz'? Or do they result from several chin-stroking debates amongst various journalistic film-school types?

It's not an easy thing to predict with an outlier like Dredd but there's always a possibility they can't 'actuarialise' all variables.


I know youtube hits don't equate with box-office takings but Dredd on both its official Machinima & Lionsgate channels has had more individual views (approx. 5 million) than the latest Resident Evil: Retribution trailer - released a week before - on its equivalents channels (approx. 4 million). Resident Evil is of course an allready succesful franchise, Dredd isn't.

Dredd Opening Weekend: $13,000,000 [proj.] | Total Domestic Gross: $35,000,000 [pred.]

Resident Evil: Retribution: Opening Weekend: $23,000,000 [proj.] | Total Domestic Gross: $52,000,000 [pred.]

[CYCLOPZ]

Another unofficial good word about Dredd on empire Forum.

'Went to a press screening of this a few weeks ago. it was pretty good and a definite 18 movie which is refreshing. If you like seeing what someone looks like when a bullet hits them in bullet time slo mo with all the appropriate teeth and brains on show then this is for you!'

http://www.empireonline.com/forum/tm.asp?m=3471084&mpage=1&key=&NID=34795#3472406

[Fisticuffs]

but they were capitalising on the mystique, glamour and sophisticated allure their native Sheffield held for US audiences.

..................

PWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!   

[Goaty]

Empire on Facebook just re-post Dredd 3D poster again tonight, very nice!

[dracula1]

Exploding headz with teeth and brains .... In 3d,  excellent.  I wonder who'l'll go see this!?  :oc

[JOE SOAP]

Judge Hershey '95 concept art by Emma Porteus:

[JOE SOAP]

[judgeblake]

thats not half bad