I hope District 9 make more than Transformers 2 .....

Sigh.....unlikely since it's not a traditional summer blockbuster.....but one can hope.  It's an amazing movie.  I'm really disappointed that Blomkamph didn't get Halo.  After seeing District 9, I believe he really could have done something with it.

Well, consider also that District 9 was made for $30 million.  Transformers 2 was made for ... $150?  $200?  I don't remember.  So profits made on District 9 will come quicker.  In fact, it made back its budget the first weekend.  
 
And in hollywood, all that typically matters is that people make money off of the product.

i heard it had horrible acting and the only good parts were the special effects....

" @GoodKn1ght: You heard wrong. "

Unfortunately, I doubt it will make nearly as much as Transformers 2, despite being how great it is (District 9 I mean).

" @RedSox8933 said:

" @GoodKn1ght: You heard wrong. "

Way wrong. "

Transformers is creeping up on 400 mil. D9 will be lucky to do 100 (it's sitting at 71mil after two weekends)

With D9's budget its doing fine already, but if they get 100mil + then its definitely a success. There's no way they would ever make more money than a Transformers movie just because of what it is and everyone knows it. No matter how many of us know the movies are utter shit, a ton of people saw them, and continued to go see it.

No fucking way. I liked District 9, but I don't agree with the universal praise it's been getting. I thought the first half was really interesting, but as soon as he got sprayed with goo I just knew something dumb was going to happen that would take the movie's realistic "what-if" premise to more generic sci-fi territory.

I don't think it will happen...

Haven't seen it yet but I will by the end of next weekend. While I don't think it will make the gross that Transformer's 2 did.. I think it is going to be a slow "sleeper" hit. For many (mainstream at least) it will be one of those that people didn't see right away because of the unknown but the more people say how fantastic it is, the more people will see it thus making them a hefty sum!

I'm pretty sure Sony and Tristar are gonna push it really hard around Christmas time for home video.

District 9 will never catch up to Transformers 2 for another reason: It's rated R.

There is no way that District 9 will make more than Transformers 2 but we can all rest assured that D9 will be remembered as a great film while Transformers 2 will (hopefully) be forgotten for the lifeless trash it is.

"District 9 will never catch up to Transformers 2 for another reason: It's rated R. "

Sadly i don´t think that will happen.

Too many people went to see Transformers 2.  I don't understand some people... my friend goes to see it telling me how bad it will be, then after he sees it he tells me it sucks horribly, and I tell him either way they still took your money, you lost.  That's why even bad movies can profit.

" i heard it had horrible acting and the only good parts were the special effects.... "

" There is no way that District 9 will make more than Transformers 2 but we can all rest assured that D9 will be remembered as a great film while Transformers 2 will (hopefully) be forgotten for the lifeless trash it is. "

Nope, Megan Fox isn't in it.
 
And I agree with, uh, whoever it was, that it became a little too "generic sci-fi" towards the end. I still firmly believe that The Hurt Locker and Waltz with Bashir, both of which I watched this year (although Waltz with Bashir is from last year) were more interesting, thought provoking movies than District 9. 
 
It was good, but nowhere near the reverence people seem to be giving it.

District 9 would have ben much much much better if the camera work didn't suck so badly. I'm okay with the close up camera view, but when it is so shaky that i can never see what the fuck is going on, I just get pissed off.  
 
I enjoyed the movie a lot, but the camera style took a lot away from it. 

" Transformers is creeping up on 400 mil. D9 will be lucky to do 100 (it's sitting at 71mil after two weekends) "

" @RHCPfan24 said:

" There is no way that District 9 will make more than Transformers 2 but we can all rest assured that D9 will be remembered as a great film while Transformers 2 will (hopefully) be forgotten for the lifeless trash it is. "

Transformers 2 was the best movie I've ever seen. "

Considering that Transformers 2 has made $400 million in the U.S., I sincerely doubt it.  But, in the end, as someone else has sad, District 9 will be remember as a great sci-fi action film while Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will be remembered as trash.

" @RHCPfan24 said:

" There is no way that District 9 will make more than Transformers 2 but we can all rest assured that D9 will be remembered as a great film while Transformers 2 will (hopefully) be forgotten for the lifeless trash it is. "

Transformers 2 was the best movie I've ever seen. "

" @goth_bacon said:

" @RHCPfan24 said:

" There is no way that District 9 will make more than Transformers 2 but we can all rest assured that D9 will be remembered as a great film while Transformers 2 will (hopefully) be forgotten for the lifeless trash it is. "

Transformers 2 was the best movie I've ever seen. "

Then you are part of the problem, aren't you? And I have the right to say that ;) "

" @GoodKn1ght said:

" i heard it had horrible acting and the only good parts were the special effects.... "

the guy who told you that probably didn't know that's how fucked up south African accents sound like. "

" @NickNorman said:

"District 9 will never catch up to Transformers 2 for another reason: It's rated R. "

Yes, I was just about to say that. It has a much narrower audience. "