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Its worldwide total is $152.1 million. Its made its money back from production. A sequel might be on the cards.
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WMain00 posted:Its worldwide total is $152.1 million. Its made its money back from production. A sequel might be on the cards. It was co-produced by Shanghai Film Group and Huahua Media so the international box office counts somewhat more than it used to but it doesn't seem to be doing that well in China so I don't know if they'd really be that happy with how it's tracking. It's been out in Japan for nearly 2 weeks but it's made less than $4 million there so they clearly haven't flocked to see it.
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Apr 18, 2017 17:09
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Well, poo poo. The movie isn't even playing in my area anymore, so it looks like I missed my chance to see it in the theater.
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Apr 18, 2017 19:17
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WMain00 posted:Its worldwide total is $152.1 million. Its made its money back from production. A sequel might be on the cards. Thanks to Hollywood accounting, a film has to make twice it's budget at the domestic box office to break even. With worldwide returns, its more like three times that budget.
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Young Freud posted:Thanks to Hollywood accounting, a film has to make twice it's budget at the domestic box office to break even. With worldwide returns, its more like three times that budget. The latter isn't the case with the new Chinese/American co-productions, much of the Asian market can actually weigh heavier than the US market on some of these. That said, thinking that an international gross in the 150m range would have it already profitable is ridiculous. They would somehow need to be taking 100% ticket sales from theaters worldwide and have spent $0 on advertising. There's no way it gets remotely close to sequel territory at this rate.
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Yeah, I don't think marketing this thing has been cheap. It may have been a pretty incoherent campaign, but it was also a pretty extensive one.
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Bugblatter posted:The latter isn't the case with the new Chinese/American co-productions, much of the Asian market can actually weigh heavier than the US market on some of these. The "three times figure" really comes from American studios getting on average a third of the international box office returns internationally after foreign distributors get their cut and dealing with tariffs and such. I'm not sure how China figures into this, although I've heard it's lower per capita ticket sales due to piracy and distributor shenanigans but the larger population cancels that out.
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Young Freud posted:The "three times figure" really comes from American studios getting on average a third of the international box office returns internationally after foreign distributors get their cut and dealing with tariffs and such. I'm not sure how China figures into this, although I've heard it's lower per capita ticket sales due to piracy and distributor shenanigans but the larger population cancels that out. Yeah, I know. My point was that this was not solely an American Studio production but a coproduction with a studio in Shanghai that bore a lot of the cost and has ties to domestic theaters as well as chains in other parts of Asia. So a little more revenue will go to the production studios than typical. But not nearly enough to call this film a success or expect sequels, so it's kind of splitting hairs.
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Bugblatter posted:The latter isn't the case with the new Chinese/American co-productions, much of the Asian market can actually weigh heavier than the US market on some of these. Well they used all the source material for this movie, they never planned to make a sequel.
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Apr 19, 2017 06:03
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KinkyJohn posted:is this worth watching in 3d? No. I saw it in IMAX 3D and the IMAX was a far bigger selling point than the 3D part of it.
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Apr 19, 2017 08:25
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Mira Killian is a dumb name.
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Apr 19, 2017 08:31
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That's what happens when roboticists choose names.
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I saw it, thought it was neato how they imitated so many scenes from the anime. Batou choosing the 'Tacticool' eyes was pretty funny.
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Apr 19, 2017 13:55
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I saw Ghost in the Shell over the weekend and enjoyed it.
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The great thing about movies bombing is that when they're good you get the added benefit of having all but an entire theater to yourself.
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K. Waste posted:The great thing about movies bombing is that when they're good you get the added benefit of having all but an entire theater to yourself. hell yeah
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K. Waste posted:The great thing about movies bombing is that when they're good you get the added benefit of having all but an entire theater to yourself.  No doubt cinematic masterpiece "Boss Baby" will be around for months though.
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KinkyJohn posted:is this worth watching in 3d? It's up with Prometheus for best implementation of 3D that I've seen. The other guy might have had a poorly calibrated theater maybe? Most of the people in this thread spoke positively of the 3D even when they didn't like much else.
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Ersatz posted:... unless they bomb so hard that the local theaters pull them before you have the chance to see them. I bet Boss Baby is more rewatchable than this pile of CGI-arbage.
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Bugblatter posted:It's up with Prometheus for best implementation of 3D that I've seen. The other guy might have had a poorly calibrated theater maybe? Most of the people in this thread spoke positively of the 3D even when they didn't like much else. The 3D just didn't stand out to me. I think it's a gorgeous looking movie that doesn't need the 3D to enjoy the visuals, having a big screen is enough.
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Tenzarin posted:I bet Boss Baby is more rewatchable than this pile of CGI-arbage. Put your money where your mouth is & watch Boss Baby twice.
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:Put your money where your mouth is & watch Boss Baby twice.  Dear god.
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Apr 20, 2017 16:39
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Even in NYC there are quite a few theaters that have completely dropped Ghost in the Shell already, it's crazy.
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Apr 20, 2017 17:21
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I'm sure everything marginal is being dropped for another F&F screen.
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My entire self-worth is based upon movies doing well or bad.
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I'm less down on Ghost in the Shell and more just surprised that what is sold as a sci-fi action movie starring Scarlett Johansson with a lot of marketing is already going away. Like Lucy made crazy money and was around here for an absurdly long time. I've been really critical of a lot of aspects of the movie's production throughout this thread I'm not going to act like I wasn't, but I genuinely expected it to do really well just from the combination of Scarlett Johansson + sci-fi stuff + action movie.
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Paolomania posted:I'm sure everything marginal is being dropped for another F&F screen. You mean Guardians Vol. 2?
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Young Freud posted:You mean Guardians Vol. 2? a movie with the highest grossing opening of all time, or a movie that wont be released for another two weeks
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at least Boss Baby isn't a sequel or a remake
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FuturePastNow posted:at least Boss Baby isn't a sequel or a remake It's a (loose) adaptation of a children's book
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It's also just kind of an extension the current Alec Baldwin brand.
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Neo Rasa posted:I'm less down on Ghost in the Shell and more just surprised that what is sold as a sci-fi action movie starring Scarlett Johansson with a lot of marketing is already going away. Like Lucy made crazy money and was around here for an absurdly long time. I've been really critical of a lot of aspects of the movie's production throughout this thread I'm not going to act like I wasn't, but I genuinely expected it to do really well just from the combination of Scarlett Johansson + sci-fi stuff + action movie. Ghost in the Shell got destroyed by the white washing which turned out to really not be the case about the movie and is apart of the story, but good luck explaining that to people. SleepCousinDeath posted:a movie with the highest grossing opening of all time, or a movie that wont be released for another two weeks I've never seen any of the Fast & Furious movies and don't intend to. I said come in! fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Apr 21, 2017 |
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Uh, Fast and Furious 5-7 are legit great action movies. You are missing out.
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I said come in! posted:Ghost in the Shell got destroyed by the white washing which turned out to really not be the case about the movie and is apart of the story, but good luck explaining that to people. The trailers sure as poo poo didn't explain that. Or anything else.
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I said come in! posted:Ghost in the Shell got destroyed by the white washing which turned out to really not be the case about the movie and is apart of the story, but good luck explaining that to people. Are you white?
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Snowman_McK posted:The trailers sure as poo poo didn't explain that. Or anything else. Are we now complaining that the trailer didn't show the third act reveal? I don't even agree with his argument, but what?
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Snowman_McK posted:The trailers sure as poo poo didn't explain that. Or anything else. Ooh totally, the marketing was really bad.
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Bugblatter posted:Are we now complaining that the trailer didn't show the third act reveal? I don't even agree with his argument, but what? Should have been revealed both in the trailer and at the start of the movie.
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Bugblatter posted:Are we now complaining that the trailer didn't show the third act reveal? I don't even agree with his argument, but what? I was suggesting that the poor performance of the film at the box office is more likely due to a really lovely marketing campaign than the accusations of white washing.
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