Comments on: Can Grand Theft Auto IV Defeat "Iron Man"?

By: cris

cris — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:18:34 +0000

GTA4 is NOT cutting into any movie proceeds! BUT the fact that GTA rakes in so much money, i believe, will get the movie studios to consider mergers with the video-gaming companies. It is inevitable. They could use each-other and greatly benefit each-other.

By: Wagner James Au

Wagner James Au — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:06:21 +0000

That was noted in the post, actually.

By: Mike Abundo

Mike Abundo — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:22:40 +0000

GTA4 opening week sales hit $500 million.

By: gavan sharivan shaider

gavan sharivan shaider — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:25:33 +0000

gta gonna win ???? mayba iron man.

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Tesla Roadster, Iron Man, Yahoo liber si putin marketing « Goriulian — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:08:50 +0000

[...] ieri, iar Grand Theft Auto IV (cel mai asteptat joc al anului) a fost lansat saptamana trecuta. Cei de la GigaOm fac o analiza interesanta fata de meciul “Iron Man vs. GTA 4″ la asa-zisul box-office psihic si fizic [...]

By: Mike Abundo

Mike Abundo — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:02:42 +0000

opening week: $100 million. GTA4 opening week: $400 million. 'Nuff said.

By: Wagner James Au

Wagner James Au — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:46:27 +0000

By: Deeme

Deeme — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:45:42 +0000

you are actually sourcing vgchartz? This is shameful.

By: Dr. Bardou

Dr. Bardou — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:08:18 +0000

I think GTA-IV can defeat “Iron Man”. Because the game GTA is cult. And this cult is older than film.

By: ansiklopedi

ansiklopedi — Mon, 05 May 2008 01:36:12 +0000

gta is the better than all films in the world

By: KJ

KJ — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:05:59 +0000

You can’t compare videogames to movies. Videogames can make a lot more yet movies have a wider audience. It won’t have a real impact. Regardless you still have to respect the fact that one game can/will make over 1 billion dollars in profit. So it makes no difference to me if Iron Man had 100 million viewings, plus DVD/BR sales. I’d rather develop a videogame than make a movie if were talking about profitablity,

By: KJ

KJ — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:05:00 +0000

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:25:30 +0000

Bringing Tony Stark from the comic books to the big screen was Stan Lee’s best shot yet. Monitary comparision problem is regular movie tickets are $12 a peice, games are $40-60.

One game sold equals three movie tickets, each sell a million items of course GTA is going to make more money.

But Iron Man is so freaking cool…waiting to see the green and gold suit in a hopeful sequal.

By: Anshul

Anshul — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:24:03 +0000

I don’t think GTAIV is screening in theatres or Iron-Man is available for gaming consoles…

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:20:25 +0000

By the look of the packed 1:20pm and 2:20pm movie theater yesterday afternoon I think people are putting down their controllers and enjoying Iron Man. Especially those who grew up with the comic book.

Great movie and Robert Downey Jr. did a great job playing the eccentric Tony Stark.

By: wariner

wariner — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:18:19 +0000

Well if they are competing for time and not money, consider that GTA takes around 40 hours to finish. Iron Man takes just 2.

The point is, whilst gaming audiences are smaller, games are proving to be more profitable than films. GTA4 cost $100 mil to make, and grossed $186 mil in its first 24 hours. The highest opening day for any movie was for Spiderman 3, which made only a third of that – $59 mil. in it’s opening day.

Also consider that, at least in my case, GTA4 stopped not only me from seeing Iron Man, but a lot of my console-less friends who were more interested in playing my copy of GTA4 than heading to the movies.