At the premiere of ‘The Incredible Hulk’ director Louis Leterrier said he would love to make another Hulk movie. “I’ll do another ‘Hulk’ movie any day of the week. I love it! I love the character, I love the TV show. I love that he’s an anti-hero,” Leterrier said. Well, we know Marvel has a plan for all their movies, which includes a sequel. But we also know Marvel keeps their directors in the dark, maybe to replace them with fresh blood?

In any case, Leterrier will direct anything Marvel throws at him. “I’ll direct anything that Marvel puts out. I’m going to be camping out at the Marvel office to direct anything they want,” he joked.

If the ‘The Incredible Hulk’ tracking numbers are correct, the movie’s box office will guarantee a sequel. But will the Frenchman direct it, who knows.

Marvel has tried everything they can to distinguish ‘The Incredible Hulk’ from Ang Lee’s movie in 2003. But can the couple of million visitors be convinced to see another Hulk movie that, well, isn’t plain awful? Tracking numbers indicate so. The grittier look, the new cast and of course the positive ‘Iron Man’ buzz have given the public some merit to see the new movie.

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Does the name M. Night Shyamalan still sell movie tickets? A couple, sure. But the big numbers are long gone. It was pretty much downhill from ‘The Sixth Sense.’ His latest thriller was a drama. Not as in the genre drama, but as in a box office drama. It only made $2 million more than its $70 million budget. Will ‘The Happening’ beat that? It’s too early to tell. But it has the ‘benefit’ the studios didn’t give Shyamalan more than a $57 million budget to play with.

It looks like ‘The Happening’ will be mostly dependant on its reception and word of mouth. Because the movies’ box office opening won’t cut it. While numbers might improve during the week, when marketing will be in full motion, the box office tracking numbers indicate a $20-30 million opening. A little stronger than his latest endeavor ‘Lady in the Water.’ Here are the tracking numbers:

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