# The summer's biggest hit will be...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summers-biggest-hit-will-be/357160 "2006-05-17T20:43:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summers-biggest-hit-will-be/357160/21 "2006-05-18T14:54:01Z")
> [@Max Carnage](#): > > The only other PotC from Disney was the ride. And it’s kinda hard to leave that one in the middle. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summers-biggest-hit-will-be/357160/22 "2006-05-18T15:13:22Z")
> [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > I challenge you, sir, to a race around the world! 😛 Done… but I think you have the edge seeing as you have Superman’s help and I have Vince Vaughns. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summers-biggest-hit-will-be/357160/23 "2006-05-18T16:23:41Z")
I’m guessing that DVC will do well. It has a lot of publicity, a lot of controversy and a cast with solid money drawing track records. X# has been well hyped and is being advertised everywhere every 2 seconds, it’ll do well. (Though I really hate Storm’s hairdo) Superman and POTC I’m guessing will do fairly well, but not nearly as well as expected. ---
**Author:** ![Glassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Glassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summers-biggest-hit-will-be/357160/24 "2006-05-18T16:32:08Z")
My money’s on _Da Vinci Code_; I’ll take any odds you give me. If a quarter of the people who liked the book go see the movie, it’ll still be a blockbuster. I also think \*Snakes on a Plane \* will do well. ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summers-biggest-hit-will-be/357160/25 "2006-05-18T17:02:21Z")
I think Da Vinci Code and Superman Returns will, if not flop, perform signficantly under expectations. I think Snakes on a Plane will laugh all the way to the bank, and POTC will be the big winner. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summers-biggest-hit-will-be/357160/26 "2006-05-18T18:04:22Z")
> [@Max Carnage](#): > > PotC:CotBP _is_ the original. Whatever it is, then. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summers-biggest-hit-will-be/357160/27 "2006-08-26T18:55:00Z")
So Joel Siegel has done a wrap up of the summer box office takings: 1. POTC:DMC - 1 billion (worldwide) 2. The Da Vinci Code - 750 million (worldwide) 3. Cars - 240 million 4. X-Men 3 - $234.2 5. Superman - 194 million I **think** the last three are in terms of domestic rather than worldwide, though. No idea why he didn’t give the same totals for all of them. Interestingly, I did a decent job predicting [Superman’s domestic gross](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7504274&postcount=26) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2006, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summers-biggest-hit-will-be/357160/28 "2006-08-27T06:38:33Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] 1. X-Men 3 - $234.2 2. Superman - 194 million [/QUOTE] 10 years ago who would have thought that an X-Men movie and a Superman movie could be released in the same summer and X-Men would gross more? This reinforces my opinion that Superman Returns was a horrible movie. Same genre + vastly more popular character = less money means piece of crap movie. I wish I could say I walked out on that turd but I was suckered into sitting through every painful minute, hoping something redeeming would happen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summers-biggest-hit-will-be/357160.md?page=1)