Mad Max movies are really hard to market tho. The trailers and teasers were amazing! They did a ton of buzz, but the movie isn't for everyone. They are kind of artsy Action movies and that doesn't appeal to the same mass market as most action movies do. And Tom Hardy isn't exactly Mel Gibson or a bonafide boxoffice star like Leo is.
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Mad Max movies are really hard to market tho. The trailers and teasers were amazing! They did a ton of buzz, but the movie isn't for everyone. They are kind of artsy Action movies and that doesn't appeal to the same mass market as most action movies do. And Tom Hardy isn't exactly Mel Gibson or a bonafide boxoffice star like Leo is.
Not for me. Tired IP had nothing to do with it. Star Wars is a tired IP too.
For me, I had ZERO interest until I found out the original director did this movie too. I thought for sure enough time had passed that this was some hack director trying to recapture the original's magic.
But we're getting off topic. Back to BvSghazigate!
It's semantics really and I've said too much about it already, but redefining words out of their contextual meaning bugs me. What you described is a disappointment, which is what BvS box office run is. Bombs are more about spectacular failure and losing money.
People calling this a bomb are trolling or misusing the term in this context. If it makes $850m it's the most successful bomb in box office history.
bananafactory
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The problem I see is, as others have mentioned, more what this means for the spinoff films than BvS itself.
So if this only does 800-850m, what the fuck do you think AQUA MAN or CYBORG are going to do? Especially when you consider Ant-Man did just 180 domestic/519 WW as a property under the massive Marvel/Avengers umbrella, and that film was also well received by both audiences and critics.
So if this only does 800-850m, what the fuck do you think AQUA MAN or CYBORG are going to do? Especially when you consider Ant-Man did just 180 domestic/519 WW as a property under the massive Marvel/Avengers umbrella, and that film was also well received by both audiences and critics.
There's one huge difference here. The Mad Max budget being tabulated over the decade were all being paid to and spent by the same director, producer, and production company that worked on and released the eventual film. From Warner's perspective, it's basically Miller's running tab, which is not a good comparison for pretty much any other movies of this sort where costs are added up. This isn't just Hollywood accounting, and it is my understanding that Warner and Miller are having a private battle behind the scenes over financial issues arising from the film's inability to recoup the costs at the box office.
It's not a bomb but it could bomb the the JLA plans in some ways.
I'm more concerned what this does to the Capes genre, yeah, CW has millions of trailer views and X-Men/Squad have hype but did BvS really botch things up?
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Bobby employed the word Bomba.
What is happening
What is happening
ViewtifulJC
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Giant spiders and polar bears aren't cheap
The signal should be you don't need $250mil to make a good comic book movie
I said multiple times that it was a lock. I mean it's freakin Batman and Superman in the same film with Wonder Woman making a big cameo. The film had zero competition for weeks and Jungle Book was the biggest film down the line.
Batman has always done well at the BO. MoS nearly grossed 700M on his own with mediocre reviews. We live in a world where every Transformer film at this point grosses 1B and so does every POTC film.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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This excerpt from Hollywood Reporter made me laugh.
:lol Has it really come to this! Admittedly, they do note later on that other, less insane observers recognize how bad this drop is.
:lol Has it really come to this! Admittedly, they do note later on that other, less insane observers recognize how bad this drop is.
Bobby Roberts
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I've sarcastically vomited it forth onto the bib of this fine forum to point out how dumb it sounds multiple times, Vinny!
Same with ending sentences with "lol"
Or preceding them with "uhhhhhh"
Yeah, I compared that "acceptable" line to people agreeing to the Redeker Plan in World War Z before. It jumped out at me too. I just imagined solemn old men in a darkened room slowly nodding. "We'll accept it. Enact contingency 4"
The 6th seal has broken. The 7th seal is Kwiston being off on his numbers
Chezzymann
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But Harry Potter had record breaking massive Thursday numbers that accounted for the large drop
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Bobby Roberts
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This is good.
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vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
This movie has a different set of goals than 99.9% of the industry though. It would be like if the next CoD only sold 8 million lifetime.
That would likely alter all of Activision's future plans for the series, and this sort of result will most certainly impact the future of the DCCU.
I just feel like disappointment isn't a fitting word when you're talking about movies/games/etc with so much riding on them failing to meet goals so spectacularly.
Can Crusher
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Well of course, but I think nobody is gonna call it a Bomb in a John Carter kind of way. People really just want to make fun of it. I think there's enough ground here to say "Bombafleck" and shit.
I don't think that's "trolling", and Bomb by default isn't exactly a serious word. I mean, a bomb is meant to kill people, so I guess that's pretty serious.
Did BvS set the midnight and OD record? DH2 had a massive drop because that midnight was crazy.
Lights and Waves
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I wonder if they'll release that directors cut version in theaters when the Blu-ray comes out
Jason's Ultimatum
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When does the solo Batman starts filming?
superdeluxe
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It's 1st to 2nd weekend drop is in '50 shades of grey' territory
Harry Potter and deathly gallows pt another close one. 169 million first weekend, 47 million 2nd weekend, 72% drop.
50 shades 85 million, 22 million 2nd weekend, 73.9% drop.
BvS has a good chance of having the largest drop of all time for movies making more than 50 million
Harry Potter and deathly gallows pt another close one. 169 million first weekend, 47 million 2nd weekend, 72% drop.
50 shades 85 million, 22 million 2nd weekend, 73.9% drop.
BvS has a good chance of having the largest drop of all time for movies making more than 50 million
Chezzymann
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I'm just gonna Netflix it. With these legs the blu Ray should be out in June.
Bobby Roberts
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I'm calling it a "massive fuck up."
Bad comparison. Titanfall and Destiny are better comparisons. And I think Titanfall did disappoint EA in similar ways. But they're continuing with the franchise anyway. CoD is an established franchise and sales goals are based on expectations of it doing at least in the same ballpark as the last one. BvS is the sequel to a Superman movie which didn't perform that great to begin with, and DC films have never really done great outside of Nolan's Batman trilogy.
Is that a technical term?
Its not even announced
I was thinking that also and I'd love to see it on the big screen, but it's not going to happen. Summer season is upon us and there's space for it.
echoshifting
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As someone who actively hated this movie, who can't even remember the last time he saw a movie this bad...you should see it. Everybody else can wait for netflix, but comic book fans should see this movie and decide for themselves where they land on it. It's just so divisive.
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Oh my God.
Father_Brain
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Not unreasonable, but it seems you and a lot of other people overestimated the competence of Snyder and WB.
A *good* BvS would easily break a billion. I don't think anyone doubts that much.
They did it thirty five minutes ago.
Jason's Ultimatum
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Well that sucks.
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I am now left with shitty marvel movies and even shittier DC movies. What hurts me more about DC is I actually give a damn about Superman and Batman but now between Snyder's piss poor direction and Marvel's piss poor one liners this is probably the worst time for super hero fans.
Dash_Riprock
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Now comes my favorite Guessing Game:
Who's the first head to roll over at WB???
Who's the first head to roll over at WB???
echoshifting
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Already Torn
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Yeah, I didn't think it would be good either. The sequel is gonna be insane coming off of Fury Road. And Fury Road did pretty well considering I'm sure a lot of people thought it would be another one of those forgettable soft reboots.
I believe Goyer is already done.
My dream pick would be Geoff Johns
That's what I did for MoS too. Well, I got about an hour to decide.
Bobby Roberts
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Tsujihara on the phone with Amy Pascal like New Spock giving Old Spock a call.
BvS would be comparable to Titanfall if WB decided to release BvS exclusively in Regal and AMC theaters only. BvS got worldwide-to-the-day release as widely as possible.
EA I'm sure figured that the game would have done better without the exclusive deal and knew they could carry on with the franchise to success.
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