New Poll: Most anticipated 2012 releases

[jimbo]

The website comingsoon.net has a new poll lower right side asking what summer 2012 release you anticipate the most. http://www.comingsoon.net/index.php
So far DS is not scoring well.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Thanks for the link, jimbo.    And DS certainly isn't doing all that bad right now - here's the current top 10:

The Dark Knight Rises    43.0%
Marvel's The Avengers    24.2%
Snow White and the Huntsman    9.0%
Dark Shadows    8.9%
Prometheus    4.3%
The Amazing Spider-Man    2.1%
Men in Black 3    1.4%
The Expendables 2    1.2%
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter    1.0%
G.I. Joe 2    0.9%

And I can't say that I'm surprised to see DS behind those particular top three. Tons of people are going to be anticipating The Dark Knight Rises. Marvel's The Avengers is also highly anticipated - especially given the fact that the films featuring some of the individual characters have already done really well. And, well, Snow White and the Huntsman stars Twilight's Kristen Stewart - need we say more?  

That being said, though, I don't put much stock in polls that are set up the way this one is because it's too easy for the same person to vote multiple times (I know because I simply used my browser's back button to vote twice). So, anyone with enough time on their hands could make any one of the films on the list place better than it might otherwise. And if there's a group of fans who want to do so, well, that's all the more easier.

[jimbo]

I may have voted once or twice... It's true what you said about the other highly anticipated movies. In fact at Yahoo has as one of its top news today that the new batman movie started shooting today. I hope DS has a good showing. I would have been disppointed if the movie wasn't listed at all.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Actually, perhaps Kristen isn't as powerful as I thought. Even though DS' percentage has dropped (mostly because The Dark Knight Rises' percentage has risen), DS is now #3:

The Dark Knight Rises    44.6%
Marvel's The Avengers    24.0%
Dark Shadows    8.2%
Snow White and the Huntsman    7.5%
Prometheus    4.5%
The Amazing Spider-Man    2.3%
The Expendables 2    1.6%
Men in Black 3    1.3%
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter    0.9%
G.I. Joe 2    0.9%

[Mysterious Benefactor]

And what was I implying about a film suddenly shooting up the list because someone or an organized group of someones decides to vote for it:

The Dark Knight Rises    44.1%
Marvel's The Avengers    22.8%
Brave    7.2%
Dark Shadows    7.2%
Snow White and the Huntsman    4.5%
Prometheus    4.5%
The Amazing Spider-Man    2.4%
The Expendables 2    1.7%
Men in Black 3    1.2%
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter    0.8%

Brave, which was nowhere to be seen in the Top 10 even an hour ago and didn't even have a full percent is now suddenly tied with DS for 3rd.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Now the reboot of Spider-Man has suddenly jumped up:

The Dark Knight Rises    42.8%
Marvel's The Avengers    21.0%
The Amazing Spider-Man    8.6%
Dark Shadows    7.4%
Brave    5.3%
Prometheus    4.2%
Snow White and the Huntsman    3.5%
The Expendables 2    1.9%
Men in Black 3    1.1%
The Bourne Legacy    0.9%

Though DS has improved its percentage.

Who knows which fandom will be next to start voting en masse? 

[jimbo]

Almost at 4,000 votes. When I posted the poll earlier today I think it was less than a hundred. I wonder how long this poll will be running.  I don't see the Dark Knight or The Avengers coming in any less than second place. I believe The Avengers is going to be released a week before the DS movie and Men In Black III on May 25th. Let the battle begin. Good time for fandoms.

[michael c]

who besides "us" is so eagerly awaiting this release?

is it just depp's huge fanbase?

[Gothick]

That's fascinating about all the hoo-ha over that Batman movie.  I really couldn't care less about that one.  Same goes for Spidey and the Marvel "Avengers" schlock-a-rama.

G.

[David]

 

DS isn't doing badly--#4 out of 10, way ahead of established franchises like Bourne, Men in Black & Stallone. And it's head-to-head with the next Pixar!

[David]

 

DS is now #3.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

I don't see the Dark Knight or The Avengers coming in any less than second place.

No, it definitely seems like they're locked in at #1 and #2. In fact, it seems like the Top 10 has pretty much been established now with just a couple films moving up or down a spot here and there:

The Dark Knight Rises    46.7%
Marvel's The Avengers    21.5%
Dark Shadows    7.5%
The Amazing Spider-Man    6.0%
Prometheus    4.3%
Brave    4.1%
Snow White and the Huntsman    2.2%
The Expendables 2    2.1%
Men in Black 3    1.2%
The Bourne Legacy    0.9%

The big surprise for me is how far down Snow White and the Huntsman fell after being at #3 when I first checked the poll yesterday...

[Mysterious Benefactor]

That's fascinating about all the hoo-ha over that Batman movie.  I really couldn't care less about that one.  Same goes for Spidey and the Marvel "Avengers" schlock-a-rama.

Chances are very good that the majority of the people voting in the poll are in the 12-17 and 18-34 demos, and those films definitely appeal to them. And considering those are the likely demos, it's interesting that DS is doing so well. But then, as micheal_c mentioned, it's quite possible that a lot of Depp fans are voting for it. 

[Mysterious Benefactor]

It's interesting the only films whose percentages seem to have gone up in the past four hours are the top three in the poll and The Expendables 2 - though it only went up a tenth of a percent and was able to jump up from #8 to #7 mostly because Snow White and the Huntsman continues to lose percentage:

The Dark Knight Rises    47.3%
Marvel's The Avengers    21.7%
Dark Shadows    7.8%
The Amazing Spider-Man    5.6%
Prometheus    4.2%
Brave    3.6%
The Expendables 2    2.2%
Snow White and the Huntsman    1.9%
Men in Black 3    1.2%
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter    0.9%

The Bourne Legacy slipped out of the top 10 and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter slipped back in - but they were both rounded off to 0.9% last time around, so their change is minimal...

[Mysterious Benefactor]

It's interesting that the same films still seem to be the only ones with any significant increase in their percentages:

The Dark Knight Rises    48.4%
Marvel's The Avengers    22.3%
Dark Shadows    8.0%
The Amazing Spider-Man    4.7%
Prometheus    4.3%
Brave    2.7%
The Expendables 2    2.4%
Snow White and the Huntsman    1.5%
Men in Black 3    1.2%
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter    1.0%

Currently the poll is just shy of 11,000 votes. And like jimbo, I wonder how long the voting is going to go on - especially considering that the order seems to be pretty much locked in...