SO fucking happy to see Spider-Man not doing so hot. That film still makes me angry despite seeing it over a week ago, one of the worst pieces of dogshit I have seen in recent memory. A movie that fails on every single level. How anyone put their names to this film I have no idea, they should all be fucking ashamed.
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IdreamofHIME
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Because it came full circle.
Sony got the sweet deal on Spidey because Marvel were on their knees in the late 90's and then in an ironic turn of evens, the past 5 years have been rough for Sony and they needed to tighten up their spending.
This merch/producers deal was a real help in the short term, but in the long term there's no way it can work. Sony will basically be spending $100mil every two years for Marvel to cash in on. Quite insane.
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should have been the thread title.
AHA-Lambda
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urgh, not a good drop of Spiderman at all, and can't say I'm personally happy to see Neighbours at number 1 - hated that movie.
WOW, wow.
Wiki article on Hollywood Accounting. Its facsinating, as always. I was praying for Peter Jackson not to settle in his recent case, this shit needs to be exposed. But the studios always settle so no one can see their books.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
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Haha oh man. When the actors got told it lost money....oh man I would've loved to hear that conversation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
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Haha oh man. When the actors got told it lost money....oh man I would've loved to hear that conversation.
Neighbor's trailer honestly does not do the movie justice. That airbag gag worked hysterically in the movie and really was the only major gag in the trailer. There's much more. I'm glad I caught it in theaters with a pack crowd all laughing out loud together, but maybe that's just me.
Nah, I think it's Spider-Man fatigue. I don't think a reboot straight into an origin story was a good idea. It was just uninteresting. Now that Sony has announced the annualization of the franchise, it'll be interesting to see how things play out.
The quality may also be a factor, but it's not like bad movies can't make a shit ton of money too.
Calamari41
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There is definite Spider-Man fatigue out there, at least in the US. Which is probably part of the reason Disney didn't try to go all the way with the recent deal.
Sony might be hurting for money, but there was zero chance of Disney getting the rights back. It's still Sony's golden goose and Sony will go down in flames before they give them back.
I think the problem is more with Sony than Spidey. There were too many ads for ASM2, a simultaneous or near-simultaneous worldwide release would have been better, it was more expensive than the films from the previous trilogy, and more importantly the ASM movies were simply not that good. And Sony is likely going to milk the franchise even more in the near future. But it'll still make money
aparisi2274
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I saw "Chef" yesterday in NYC and it was fantastic! If you get a chance to see it, due not hesitate, you'll love it!!!
Dragonborn
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Why can't Sony just sell the movie rights back to Marvel. I doubt whatever Spidey movie they make next will do much better and they're not making any money outside if just the movies? They could probably get a good amount from Disney for the rights, no?
Calamari41
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The problem is that Sony is dangerously close to that point
Phoenician_Viking
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I hate this example. HP is not the average of every block buster franchise that needs to be profitable. Besides product placement is a big business. Block buster movies can pay half or maybe all the production budget with product placement.
Oh well, if they do then so be it. Playstation will live on somewhere, so I don't see a problem.
Will never happen because that franchise is the main pillar of Sony Pictures and the box office for this film isn't terrible by any means ignoring the low domestic sales. Besides, even if the next few movies bomb it is still in Sony's best interest to keep the brand given its popularity and the potential to make a ton of money off of it someday. (Ex: Fox producing a Fantastic Four movie right before the deadline for the sake of possible future returns)
Calamari41
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The Sony talk has me wondering: in the hypothetical and incredibly unlikely event of a Sony bankruptcy and dissolution, what would happen with their franchises? Would Spidey go back to Marvel, or to the highest bidder?
AgentChris
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This x100. Plus the whole untold story not being told at all. Sony should have skipped over the high school years and went straight to Spidey in mid swing. Plus the villains they picked are very meh. Kraven needs to be a main villain.
Maybe the highest bider but i can guess Mahvel/Disney having priority.
AgentChris
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Sell to the highest bidder or merge.
I remember rumors after The Avengers released that Disney was looking into buying out Colombia Pictures because of Sony's financial woes or something. Was that all Marvel fan bullshit?
I know Sony will hit a breaking point soon, but Spider-Man is going to continue making money for a while, and soon they'll have something Spider-Man related out every year.
It looks like the rights are transferable (the Thor rights were sold to Paramount by Sony, Fantastic Four seems to actually been licensed to Constantin Films), so they likely would be sold to the highest bidder to pay off debts.
Razgriz-Specter
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This.
I feel like Disney would be the highest bidder lol. Warner Bros. trolling would be nice if that were to happen.
Calamari41
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Makes the most sense. I can't imagine Disney letting anybody else outbid them, and I also don't think anybody else would really want it with Disney owning the animation and merchandising rights already.
Razgriz-Specter
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Dear God that would be hilarious.
Doesn't matter when Spidey is clearly more pupular worldwide.
Cool story, bro.
The movie was good
That would cost atleast 3 billion.
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Where the hell did Transcendence go?
It did $320,000 this weekend after dropping 1,260 theaters to 515.
whatsinaname
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59.4%? That is a shame. The movie deserved at least 75%.
Yeah wtf, I was pleasantly surprised with her.
Discotheque
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But she was hilarious in get him to the Greek and bridesmaids
I'll watch it on tv for her
I forgot about her in Bridesmaids, but I never saw Get Him to the Greek. That's probably why.
Her and Rogen make a pretty great team.
That's Disney couch money, plus who else would pay that price? No one is going to be able to outbid Disney.
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FullMetalx117
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Frozen is 25 million away from Iron Man 3! Looks like it will get there with its amazing legs in Japan!
The only thing good out of DC were the first two Nolan Batman films, or have we forgotten how abysmal the Green Lantern was and how meh Man of Steel ended up being? Marvel? Thor 2, Iron Man 2, the first Captain America were steaming piles of shit.
This. Tobey maguire was just alot more down to earth and i wanted to root for the guy, Garfield just annoys the hell out of me, i dont give a shit if he is more like the comic book Parker/spidey.
Man, I really did not see Neighbors having such good reviews (thought it would do much worse than 74% rt) and having good word of mouth. I'll try to catch it next weekend for sure, some of my friends tried to go but ended up not, so I'll catch it with them.
Cap 2 getting to 700 mil is great, loved that movie and it deserves more tbh.
Cap 2 getting to 700 mil is great, loved that movie and it deserves more tbh.
Hey, the first cap is great. You watch your mouth there!
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