hmmm...you really think Captain America will have the same international appeal? I wonder.

I don't see that actually. I just don't see the movie doing as well. It will do well, don't get me wrong. But it won't be of the level of Pirates. It won't have the same international appeal, nor do I see it doing as well in domestic box offices.

I agree with _JL_. There's no real evidence to support that. Iron Man numbers are possible, (which are great but not worthy of competing with Pirates). There's no evidence it would beat Iron Man's numbers.

I don't know. The last Transformers movie did $109 million in it's opening weekend. I can see this third one hitting in that same range. Especially given that it has no competition releasing the week it releases. The closest it has to competition is Cars 2 releases a week before. And Green Lantern releases two weeks before. So they're not exactly real competition.

Kung Fu Panda...I just don't see it being a competitor for that. I don't even see it being a Top 10 for the year. I'm sure it will do well enough, but not as great as you think. In fact, I might be slightly surprised if it breaks $50M for opening weekend (domestic). Especially considering the competition it is going up against.

I guess the bad criticisms haven't detered audiences from Transformers before. Cars 2 and Green Lantern would have to get great praises to be competition.
Yeah I see. You think Kung Fu Panda ends up being the 13th egg that weekend. We will see.

and 7 maybe :)