“Dude, Indiana Jones killed Batman.”
Fandango, the online movie ticket provider, recently polled several thousand movie fans about their most anticipated summer movie and the site reports that May’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was not only numero uno (82%) but nearly doubled fan anticipation for July’s The Dark Knight (42%). Snatching the bronze, was May’s Iron Man, the box office performance of which has been discussed a great deal here at Slashfilm. Notably absent from the top 10? Wall-E, Don’t Mess With the Zohan, Pineapple Express, Kung Fu Panda, The Happening, The Love Guru (my least anticipated, perhaps ever) and Hellboy 2…oh, and Space Chimps (umm, big hit, that one?). The fact that X Files 2 came in ahead of these flicks, in eighth place, was surprising.
Perhaps even more surprising is that Harrison Ford took first in “All-time Favorite Action Movie Star” way ahead (75%) of runner-ups Bruce Willis and Will Smith (whose Hancock didn’t crack the top 10 either), and the actor further continued his sweep, with Indiana Jones squatting in a $10 lounge chair over the competition as “All-time Favorite Action Movie Character.”
We’ve got the full rundown after the jump. It was cool to see that Heath Ledger’s Joker won out a category. And no, Shia LaBeouf’s hair didn’t make any lists.
Discuss: Do these rankings match up with your own? Is it possible for Space Chimps to be the biggest film of the summer?
Most Anticipated Summer 2008 Movie:
1. INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (82%)
2. THE DARK KNIGHT (42%)
3. IRON MAN (38%)
4. THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN (37%)
5. THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPORER (30%)
6. GET SMART (29%)
7. THE INCREDIBLE HULK (22%)
8. THE UNTITLED X-FILES SEQUEL (20%)
9. SPEED RACER (19%)
10. SEX AND THE CITY (19%)
Most Anticipated New Character Portrayal (Fresh Interpretation of a Familiar Role):
1. Heath Ledger as “The Joker“, THE DARK KNIGHT (55%)
2. Steve Carell as “Maxwell Smart“, GET SMART (34%)
3. Robert Downey, Jr. as “Tony Stark“, IRON MAN (32%)
4. Edward Norton as “Bruce Banner”, THE INCREDIBLE HULK (26%)
5. Anne Hathaway as “Agent 99″, GET SMART (21%)
6. Ben Barnes as “Prince Caspian”, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN (21%)
7. Angelina Jolie as ” Fox”, WANTED (21%)
8. Meryl Streep as “Donna”, MAMMA MIA (12%)
9. Emile Hirsch as “Speed”, SPEED RACER (11%)
10. James McAvoy as “Wesley Gibson”, WANTED (9%)
All-Time Favorite Action Movie Character:
1. Indiana Jones (76%)
2. James Bond (51%)
3. Jason Bourne (43%)
4. Batman (40%)
5. DIE HARD’s John McClane (38%)
6. Spider-Man (33%)
7. The Terminator (28%)
8. Superman (27%)
9. THE MATRIX’s Neo (24%)
10. Lara Croft (24%)
All-Time Favorite Action Movie Star:
1. Harrison Ford (75%)
2. Bruce Willis (57%)
3. Will Smith (47%)
4. Mel Gibson (46%)
5. Nicolas Cage (38%)
6. Arnold Schwarzenegger (37%)
7. Clint Eastwood (37%)
8. Angelina Jolie (29%)
9. Russell Crowe (29%)
10. Samuel L. Jackson (27%)
March 31st, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Sex and the City isn’t number one! Come on!!
March 31st, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Mine is easily The Dark Knight
:)
March 31st, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I´m looking forward to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull more than The Dark Knight.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Indy 4 hands down! Although I’m surprised that it’s that far ahead of TDK in the poll.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Indiana Jones and The Dark Knight are definately must
see movies. I can’t believe Lara Croft is in the top ten.
Those movies are poop. I’d have to say Bruce Willis is
my favorite action star, I can’t get enough of those
Die Hard flicks.
Yippie-ki-ya Motherfucker!
March 31st, 2008 at 1:38 pm
These percentages do not add up….What kind of wacky poll was this?
March 31st, 2008 at 1:58 pm
thats all BULLSHIT!!!…everyone in the world knows that The Dark Knight is the most anticipated movie of the year….Even Lucas said that Indiana Jones isnt a masterpiece and it isnt anything special…its just a movie they wanted to make and have fun with…its not going to be anything special or out of the ordinary…The Dark Knight on the other hand is extremely anticipated by every movie fanatic in the world…Ledgers Joker and his last role is going to pull in $400 million alone…on top of that its the newest Chris Nolan movie…every movie makes is a epic masterpiece that defys all expectations….i thought The Prestige was one of the best movies ive ever seen because of the way it was told and the great performances in it…Now Nolan has Ledgers Joker vs Bales Batman…with cillian murphy, morgan freeman, gyllenhall, aaron eckhart, gay oldman, michael caine and thats just the tip of the ice berg…the movie is almost 2 and a half hours long…we see ledgers last full performance…oscar caliber i bet…and a epic story between batman and the jokers first meeting…with the creation of two face thrown in….not to mention the unbelievable marketing…Sorry Indiana Jones…ur just too old and ur movie is just a carbon copy of the last 3 mixed with live free or die hard innovations….The Dark Knight will be the highest grossing movie of all time…it will smash all the Spiderman 3 records…and it will be reviewed as the best comic book based movie ever, nothing compares to this great new movie…Ledger will slay all neysayers and it will be a uncanny epic depiction of the best super villan of all time…so rethink your picks for Indiana Jones…The Joker literally will kill him at the box office….THE DARK KNIGHT IS GOING TO BE IN THE TOP 30 FOR BEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME WHEN THE JOKER VENOM MIST CLEARS…
March 31st, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Why would this be surprising? Indy 4 is one of the most anticipated films we’ve had since the return of Star Wars. People have essentially been talking about it since Ford and Co. first began discussing it way back in 1993! In the 90’s, Ford could rarely make a talk show appearance without being asked about it. There were also several times when it generated a great deal of press, simply because it was RUMORED to begin production (ie. 1994, 1998, 2001).
Batman Begins may be a sacred cow among fanboys, but it doesn’t exactly appeal to a demographic as wide as Indiana Jones. Indy 4 will not only get the Batman fanboys, but people in their 60’s and 70’s who may only go to see one film this summer.
It also features one of the biggest stars of the past few decades back in his signature role- likely for the final time. People go to see Indiana Jones to see Harrison Ford. They go to see Batman to see Batman.
Personally, I’m a fan of both franchises. But if forced to decide between the two, I would have no problem picking the man in the hat over the one in the cowl.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:16 pm
I’ve just conducted my own informal poll of friends and The Dark Knight took 125% of the vote, with Indy a close second at 9%.
Don’t worry about the percentages, just believe what I’m telling you.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Fan boys.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:59 pm
ain’t for the fanboys but space monkeys might be the ticket for the kiddies…. i didn’t see dancing penguins coming either…
March 31st, 2008 at 4:07 pm
First of all, I also took my own poll and the only people who care about the Indy movie coming out are the same people who defend Lucas putting the osacr worthy character known to us beloved fans as Jar-Jar in the Star Wars time.
After the first weekend when Indy comes out and everyone throws up after watching a movie from a franchise that should have been left in the grave. Sometimes - - most times - - things are better left alone then to try to regain the glory (case in point - I’m sure everyone who reads this site saw the second ‘Wars’ trilogy, it was brutal, one can only hope that Spielberg did not allow the hack of a director that is Lucas touch the project, or we can all could be ins tore for some crazy antics from I don’t know maybe a CG Indy, why not George, it would looook sooo cool…
So when the summer is all said and done people will realize that The Dark Knight was the only movie to see this summer. It’s going to make roughly 800 Billion dollars, that’s not an exact number, but pretty close.
Second, I know a lot of you are hating on The Love Guru, well I have something to say to that. I worked on the movie, so I may be a little bias, but the script is actually very good, Paramount has pushed off the flick like it is another ‘Austin’ movie, when the AP trilogies aren’t even close to having the amount of content that this new flick does.
It is a very intelligent, deep piece, which I know is very surprising coming from someone like Myers. He has some how managed to actually apply content to his toilet humor that has followed him for so many years….
that is all…
March 31st, 2008 at 5:40 pm
“several thousand movie fans” who should be set on fire.
DK is the ONLY blockbuster worth worth seeing this year.
But the best films this year will be:
Synecdoche, New York- by Charlie Kaufman.
and
Mr. Lonely- by Harmony Korine.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:06 pm
I’m not surprised that Indy 4 outranked Batman. What I am surprised about however, is the margin by which it did so.
But then again, dudes like my dad almost never go to the cinema, and this year, the only movie he’ll probably go out to watch is indeed the returning Indy.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:01 pm
-to see indiana, ive got no problem waiting in line for a couple hours.
-to see the dark knight, i’d: sell my soul to the devil; dump my girlfriend; disown my family; sell my house; sell my car; steal; vandalize; win a ticket lotery battle royal to the death; sell my kidneys, liver, lungs & heart - & watch the movie from life support; pimp myself out; do anything fear factor could throw my way; sleep with paris hilton & perez hilton WITHOUT a condom during the superbowl halftime show; and take on lifetime of survitude to howard stern’s ‘eric the midget’…i’m kinda looking forward to this film.
go heath, go nolan, go bale, go oldman, go caine, go freeman, go TDK cast & crew! this movie will set a new bar for comic book adaptations.
April 1st, 2008 at 5:14 am
HEY- NICE PROPS TO JACK CHESTER IN SUMMER RENTAL!!!!! YEAH!
“YOU COULDN”T BEAT MY DINGHY!”
April 1st, 2008 at 3:04 pm
as for IJ4, it’s gonna be tough to even come close to the quality and originality of the original Indiana Jones’
April 1st, 2008 at 5:04 pm
@ Gajonka
Props reciprocated. Cheers.