'Grand Theft Auto IV' Could Lure Fans Away From 'Iron Man' -- Or To 'Made Of Honor'

'Grand Theft Auto IV' Could Lure Fans Away From 'Iron Man' -- Or To 'Made Of Honor'

LOS ANGELES — The tendency has been construction for old age, and this weekend, video games mightiness finally stamp down Hollywood.
In the eyes of many gamers, the battle was south Korean won as far back as 2003, when gross sales of video games and consoles generated $10 1000000000 in taxation, surpassing the $9.5 1000000000000 earned by movies. Or maybe it was last Sep, when "Aura 3" made $170 trillion in its number one 24 hours, far surpassing the record $115 million opening weekend of "Spider-Man 2."
On Tues, Rockstar Games released "Thousand Thieving Machine IV," which experts are predicting will get the virtually successful tV game e'er, with somewhere in the neighborhood of $400 1000000 in gross sales this workweek. And now, Hollywood is holding its breathing spell and wondering: How volition the phenomenon impingement this weekend's movies?
"I know this sounds loony, merely 'Grand Larceny Motorcar IV' is bigger than any Hollywood picture," Steve Weintraub, a film newsman for Collider.com, said when he joined us for a holocene epoch sit to discuss the status of superhero movies. "A peck of people have been talk in online forums about [how it testament be] damaging the 'Iron Man' box power."
In case you've been living under a john Rock, Friday first Baron Marks of Broughton the opening of Henry M. Robert Downey Jr.'s debut as the red-and-gold superhero, a picture that by all accounts has the goods to be a smash hit. Only if $400 one thousand thousand worth of people ar hovering o'er their Xbox 360s, with stew pouring knock down their faces as they perfect tense the fine fine art of virtual carjacking, volition they be able to set up the restrainer down?
"As a fan, what am I gonna do?" shrugged Shane Coleman, reigning geek/clerk supreme at Los Angeles' Golden Apple Comics storage. "I'm sitting here with a riddle: Am I gonna go see 'Iron Human,' or am I leaving to sit and play 'Grand Theft Auto' completely day?
"You could do both, just you're taking time forth from the other," Coleman added. "I'm a flake, I'm a fan. But [this weekend], it's like: a video game, or go pay $15 to see a motion picture? I already spent money on this video game."
On the switch side of meat is "Made of Pureness," a romantic comedy starring St. Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan. In a classic act of Hollywood counter-programming, the doll riffle will open opposite "Iron Piece" and attempt to imbibe in those world Health Organization don't want explosions and gunshot. Only if that wisdom of Solomon holds true (and it for certain did in 2006 when "Lucifer Wears Prada" opened opposite word "Loony toons Returns"), wouldn't it be amplified by all the additional boyfriends and husbands who'll be occupied with "GTA IV" this weekend?
"You know, until you brought it up, I didn't even know that was leaving down," Manassa Mauler said. "I think people incessantly exclude [the consoles] off and take a break from it, because you want to film a break when you've got a freshly game like that. You've got to take a break in order to come back and digest it, and I think it's much better when you come second subsequently an 60 minutes break."
"I theorise if you want to play the video game, go play the video game," reasoned Monaghan, wHO insisted she'd never heard of the popular game series. "If you want to see [our] picture, see the film."
Informed about the projected revenues for "GTA IV," she added: "That's fairly remarkable. It goes to testify how boastfully the gambling manufacture is. Only I don't live. I believe St. Patrick is bigger."
"A picture like 'Made of Honor' is the perfective tense break," William Harrison Dempsey said, claiming that it shouldn't only be non-gamers eyesight his film this weekend. "Stair back, take a break, and go see 'Made of Laurels.' "
The face-off has begun, and it sure enough will be interesting to ensure what the results ar after this weekend. So, readers: "GTA IV," "Atomic number 26 Piece," "Made of Honor" or around combination of the trey? Mail in the comments division under and tell us your plans for the weekend.
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