So we are nearly there again, summer is just around the corner and hollywood is getting ready to unleash the derth of movies completed months ago but waited for release till now so they can milk yet more cash from the movie going public, this summer the "tentpoles" will be revenge of the fallen, the ahem ahem....completed wolverine, terminator salvation, star trek, public enemies, harry potter hbp, slightly down the expectation scale will be angels&demons, coraline, ice age 3, drag me to hell, and bruno.
Of the above selection rotf and terminator can expect to rake in 800 million and 500 mllion each world wide 1.3 billion in a economic downturn (that aint bad) partially proving piracy has little or no effect on the movie industry, wolverine and star trek will be bringing up the rear on the profit scale, my best guess would be 200 million wolverine and between 3 400 million for trek. as for harry potter, the order of the phoenix grossed 938 million worldwide,......