# Prediction: Guardians of the Galaxy makes $120 Million+ its opening weekend

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-guardians-of-the-galaxy-makes-120-million-its-opening-weekend/694242>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 28, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-guardians-of-the-galaxy-makes-120-million-its-opening-weekend/694242 "2014-07-28T14:36:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-guardians-of-the-galaxy-makes-120-million-its-opening-weekend/694242/101 "2014-08-04T15:16:33Z")

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> [@GoodOmens](#):
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> I thought Frozen was going to be a flop (and mediocre).

You weren’t alone in this at least. Frozen was under merchandised early on because Disney had no faith in it when it first came out.

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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-guardians-of-the-galaxy-makes-120-million-its-opening-weekend/694242/102 "2014-08-04T15:23:08Z")

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> [@Nava](#):
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> That’s going to be difficult, I think Groot may be the only one who isn’t a full time smartass. And between Diesel and the animation team they probably manage to suss up a smartbranch moment or three.

I’m just glad they finally found a role that Diesel could remember his lines for.

And who else was impressed with Bautista’s vocabulistic capabilitieness?

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**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-guardians-of-the-galaxy-makes-120-million-its-opening-weekend/694242/103 "2014-08-04T18:52:09Z")

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> [@GoodOmens](#):
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> I thought Guardians would die with a whimper.

You weren’t the only one. If you google “Guardians of the Galaxy flop”, you can find hundreds of articles where crap film journalists confidently predict the same thing

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**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-guardians-of-the-galaxy-makes-120-million-its-opening-weekend/694242/104 "2014-08-04T19:38:03Z")

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> [@simster](#):
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> I’m just glad they finally found a role that Diesel could remember his lines for.
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> And who else was impressed with Bautista’s vocabulistic capabilitieness?

Bautista damn near stole the show. “Nothing goes over my head… My reflexes are too fast. I would catch it.” is my favorite line in a movie filled with great ones.

Edit: Okay, maybe second favorite, after

WE ARE GROOT.

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