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Predict the biggest B.O. bomb of summer 2014: Jupiter Ascending Delayed

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Elwood Blues said:
The trailer for Lucy definitely makes the people involved with it look they were only using 10% of their brains for sure.
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The moment I heard them reciting that long since discredited theory, I knew the movie would be shit. Seeing Luc Besson on the credits confirmed it (My God the man has fallen so far since his Leon/Fifth Element days).
 
GhaleonEB said:
Jupiter Ascending and Edge of Tomorrow are going to be in a dogfight for it, I think. The latter has Cruise which should help it a bit, but Ascending has bomba written all over it.
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Yeah, I can see overseas saving the film because of Cruise. Nobody knows who Tatum is outside the U.S. so there's nothing saving it.
 
I would say Hercules. That other crappy Hercules movie just came out. Which could be the difference between the new Hercules bombing versus just under performing.

People make some good points about Jupiter though. I haven't seen anything about the movie until this thread made me look up the trailer on youtube.
 
It's been 11 years since Matrix Reloaded and 15 years Matrix. After those two films, have the Wachowskis made a single financially successful movie since? I can't think of a single one.
 
inm8num2 said:
Jupiter Ascending seems to have a modest marketing campaign. They're probably hoping to ramp things up in the last week or two and hope that reviews generate buzz.
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This is pretty standard practice, particularly for Warner Bros. They've done the same thing for Edge of Tomorrow, saving most of their marketing dollars for the 2-3 weeks before release.

It's funny, Edge of Tomorrow and Jupiter Ascending are the only two remaining summer movies that are guaranteed viewings for me, and they're the most likely to disappoint commercially. I should be accustomed to this by now.
 
duckroll said:
It's been 11 years since Matrix Reloaded and 15 years Matrix. After those two films, have the Wachowskis made a single financially successful movie since? I can't think of a single one.
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Does V for Vendetta count? I think it at the very least broke even...

But yeah pretty obvious now that were one-trick ponies that caught lightning in a bottle. Which again, is why I believe the rumors that they want to do a Matrix remake/reboot/
 
A_Gorilla said:
Does V for Vendetta count? I think it at the very least broke even...

But yeah pretty obvious now that were one-trick ponies that caught lightning in a bottle. Which again, is why I believe the rumors that they want to do a Matrix remake/reboot/
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...what a reboot? did they take philosophy classes this time around or something, cause it seems like they didnt have much planned past the first Matrix and maybe 1/2 of Reloaded...well besides the trance orgy at zion im sure they had that planned from the start.
 
ZoddGutts said:
No the good artwork from the novel is from Yoshitoshi ABe.

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The mediocre artwork that you provided is from the recent manga by Takeshi Obata, same guy drew the terrible artwork for Castlevania Judgement.
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That is what you would call, an opinion. ;)
 
Chezzymann said:
Pshh, guardians of the galaxy will be the summers biggest hit. Either edge of tomorrow or Maleficent will bomb the most.

EDIT: Jupiter Ascending is coming out this year? Well then never mind, that will bomb the hardest definitely.
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Nopes, GotG will barely break the 500M mark.

Edge of Tomorrow will be the biggest flop.
 
trailers are awful but it's most likely bound to have some great action scenes in it.

channing tatum gonna be the king of the summer. 22 jump street (and boyhood) are my most hyped films now that dofp's been seen.
 
Tom Cruise always sells so people saying that the Edge of Tomorrow wil bomb need to pick another release. Here's another vote for Jupiter Ascending since there has been little marketing surrounding this.
 
Oblivion, a piece of shit film, brought in $290 million with no word of mouth and piss poor reviews.

Edge of Tomorrow will do fine.
 
duckroll said:
It's been 11 years since Matrix Reloaded and 15 years Matrix. After those two films, have the Wachowskis made a single financially successful movie since? I can't think of a single one.
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As directors and producers? V for Vendetta did well. Speed Racer flopped. Ninja Assassin and Cloud Atlas broke even at the BO.

This is probably their most explicit grab for a commercial hit since the Matrix trilogy, so I can understand why a studio would heavily back them.
 
Tim the Wiz said:
As directors and producers? V for Vendetta did well. Speed Racer flopped. Ninja Assassin and Cloud Atlas broke even at the BO.

This is probably their most explicit grab for a commercial hit since the Matrix trilogy, so I can understand why a studio would heavily back them.
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Cloud Atlas came nowhere near breaking even. It made $130M worldwide on a production budget over $100M+. That's a flop. Ninja Assassin floped at the BO as well, but that one was cheap enough that it probably came out ahead on home video.

V for Vendetta was a modest success, and is the only non-flop they have been involved with since the Matrix films.
 
kswiston said:
Cloud Atlas came nowhere near breaking even. It made $130M worldwide on a production budget over $100M+. That's a flop. Ninja Assassin floped at the BO as well, but that one was cheap enough that it probably came out ahead on home video.

V for Vendetta was a modest success, and is the only non-flop they have been involved with since the Matrix films.
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To be fair, most of the funding for CA came from various film funds in Europe in the form of grants etc. So that might take CA out of the flop territory.
 
kswiston said:
Cloud Atlas came nowhere near breaking even. It made $130M worldwide on a production budget over $100M+. That's a flop. Ninja Assassin floped at the BO as well, but that one was cheap enough that it probably came out ahead on home video.

V for Vendetta was a modest success, and is the only non-flop they have been involved with since the Matrix films.
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Are you just counting North American box office then? Cloud Atlas broke even if you're counting worldwide BO. In any case, I wouldn't describe that as a clear flop. (Especially with piecemeal funding and home video.) More like a flatline. Same with Ninja Assassin.

Speed Racer was a definite flop.
 
That whole Once Upon A Time crowd will go and see Maleficent, so I dont think it will bomb.

That Tom Cruise movie will tank way before it.
 
Tim the Wiz said:
Are you just counting North American box office then? Cloud Atlas broke even if you're counting worldwide BO. In any case, I wouldn't describe that as a clear flop. (Especially with piecemeal funding and home video.) More like a flatline. Same with Ninja Assassin.

Speed Racer was a definite flop.
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Box office != total return. If a movie makes 130 million worldwide and had a 100 million budget, it lost money. The people who spent 100 million on the film will not be seeing 130 million. In the case of Cloud Atlas they probably only saw maybe half of that, considering how most of it was made outside of the US. It's a clear flop. When looking at big business, it's also important to keep in mind that people don't invest 100-200 million into something just to make back the money. That's a poor investment.
 
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