FortKnox's Journal: X-Men 2 vs. Matrix Reloaded

According to Y!, X-Men 2 is scheduled to be released on May 2, 2003, the same day as The Matrix Reloaded. According to scifi-storm, the name for X-Men 2 will be X. Looks like the "preorder lines" may cause a ruckus. Which to see first??

One of them will push up/back

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The Matrix and X-Men 2 both appeal to the same primary market segment, males, 13-25 or there abouts. One of these two will move their release date to avoid mutually assured destruction. We've seen it happen before we'll see it happen again. We all saw how movies avoided the opening weekend of Star Wars I. More then once we've seen the release date of animated movies moved around so that people can catch the opening weekend of both. Its not like the first weekend of May is a big deal in movies. If they were both opening on Memorial Day weekend I could see them digging in and fighting it out, but there is no reason not to go forwards or back a week or two.