Brian Fowler Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Well, according to those always beloved "sources" WB were absolutely shocked by the negative reaction from critics, and the mixed reactions from audiences. They reportedly thought it would be widely adored. It's also going to have the biggest domestic open of any movie not to cross the billion dollar mark worldwide ever. It's not a failure, but it's really hard to call it a success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 You could say It accomplished a couple things. 1. Most people liked Batman and are looking forward to the Affleck solo 2. Though limited in screen time, Wonder Woman was a success and sets up her movie. Audiences have been introduced to this new universe and if Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman are financial/critical successes then maybe Justice League will be the hit they want it to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 12 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: I'm not sure what they were expecting. I thought around a billion was what it'd do so it's definitely going to underperform some but if they were expecting around 1.3 then that's a mistake. According to Deadline's sources, execs would have been happy/content with $800 million, even though the film won't be "theatrically" profitable until $925 million (i.e. it won't be). It'll climb out of the red with Blu-ray sales, PPV buys and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 9 hours ago, Dog said: According to Deadline's sources, execs would have been happy/content with $800 million, even though the film won't be "theatrically" profitable until $925 million (i.e. it won't be). It'll climb out of the red with Blu-ray sales, PPV buys and such. $800M seems light for what they were spending but maybe they did realize getting this whole thing off the ground wasn't going to be easy and nobody at WB wanted to play the long game of here's some origin stories let's hope people like them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Its scary to think we have reached the point that $925 million is needed to be profitable in theaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Jungle Book has one more weekend to make all of the money. Keanu is 81% FRESH~! and that makes me feel really good. I need to find someplace that is showing Green Room... Civil War is at 93% Fresh. I suspect the RT rating will drop a bit before next week. That shouldn't prevent a $180+ Million opening weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Saw a 10:45 Keanu. Loved it. There were only three people in the theater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Zootopia is only about 1.5 million behind BvS domestically It made roughly $5 million this week. BvS only did 3.8 Of course at the rate it is going - Jungle Book is going to blow by both of them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Per Variety - Huntsman: Winter's War will end up costing Universal between $30 - $70 million Basically $30-$40 seems certain - the rest depends on how much Universal actually spent on marketing (figuring that once it tanked in the first week - they pulled most of the advertising) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 22 minutes ago, RIPPA said: Per Variety - Huntsman: Winter's War will end up costing Universal between $30 - $70 million Basically $30-$40 seems certain - the rest depends on how much Universal actually spent on marketing (figuring that once it tanked in the first week - they pulled most of the advertising) All that talent for such shit. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Universal needs to stick to cars and dinosaurs or hopefully one day cars with dinosaurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Or at least make sure their directors aren't committing adultery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Captain America did as expected (very well), now it is just a test to see what its week to week drop is. Zootopia re-passed BvS, and Jungle Book will still catch both of them domestically unless it suddenly tanks for no reason (its theater count actually went up, so unlikely). That's my weekend recap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Disney shattered the records Universal set last year for fastest to 1 billion domestic and 2 billion worldwide. With Finding Dory and Rogue One still on the schedule, they have an excellent chance of breaking Universal's domestic single year record of 2.4 billion, also set last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-analysis-warcraft-avoids-910268 Can someone smart explain the numbers here to me. Apparently the Warcraft movie cost $160 million to make and pulled in $430 million worldwide. But they're saying it will lose $15-30 million. So how does a movie that cost $160 million to make need to make $450 million to break even? advertising can't cost $300 million can it? Or can it nowadays? Is this one of those things where the producers are playing with numbers so they don't have to pay people points or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Advertising was probably around $50 million, plus the studios get like 75% of ticket sales the first week of release and it slides down to below 50% from there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Ooooh. So that $430 ends up being more like $200-220 for the studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Yeah. Theater chains get screwed the most when a movie like that performs poorly, because by week 3 or 4 when they're getting 80% of the sales there's maybe two people in each screening. The ticket economics are why a trip to the concession stand costs the same as visiting an Applebees or Fridays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 And depending on contracts, some of what the studio brings in might go to royalties, especially in this case with Blizzard quite possibly have points on the gross. Also Hollywood Accounting is a thing. Also also some countries (China) the cut to the studio is a lot less than here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Advertising budgets are also virtually never included in the listed cost of making a film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 So it looks like Ghostbusters wasn't even the #1 movie this weekend. I was not expecting that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 The Secret Life Of Pets is a massive hit. Mojo predicted its win, and I think so did pretty much every other box office tracker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 BTW - if folks wonder why they keep making Purge movies Estimated $10 million budget - currently has made $71 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 2 minutes ago, RIPPA said: BTW - if folks wonder why they keep making Purge movies Estimated $10 million budget - currently has made $71 million The Purge is this generation's BEACH BLANKET BINGO. Actually, as I type that as a joke, it starts to make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 17 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: The Secret Life Of Pets is a massive hit. Mojo predicted its win, and I think so did pretty much every other box office tracker. Fair enough. I don't follow box office predictions, and hadn't seen much advertising for Secret Life. I just figured Ghostbusters had a decent chance of being the summer's top hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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