Bobby Roberts
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Future Foundation
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Really? DoFP wasn't well regarded beforehand?
Bobby Roberts
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Nope. People were convinced it was going to splat-pack on the pavement like a balloon filled with shit from 30 stories up.
Future Foundation
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Thinking about it, I do remember people ragging on DoFP.
Quicksilver, the MARVEL logo thing, the costumes, the poster (though I think I gave that shit too), even the food commercials. Did people hate the trailers?
Quicksilver, the MARVEL logo thing, the costumes, the poster (though I think I gave that shit too), even the food commercials. Did people hate the trailers?
birthday-suit
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That show sucked so bad.
I never understood what was going on
I'm,like wtf this ain't xmen.
Come to think ofit... remembered First Class also had an uphill battle
It was like cast and filmed in like under a year, and we all thought was gonna bea disaster
BattleMonkey
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People only thought that from the first shitty trailers that showed us nothing. Once we got the full and real trailers, people started turning around. Some things folks never got over, like Quicksilver
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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That's one of the things that Batman 89 did right. Just jumped into him being Batman. With all due respect to some of the great super hero origin movies, a super hero being a super hero will always be more interesting than a super hero learning to be a super hero.
Not to mention those crotch posters...
Future Foundation
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If I remember correctly, doesn't Marvel have to sign off on merch stuff (other than fast food/7-11 stuff)? Same with X-Men.
Probably but it's not like Marvel is manufacturing very much merchandise for F4.
Only if it's based on the movie. Doesn't matter anyway since Marvel isn't making anything for the F4.
BlueDogAnchorite
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It will interesting to see if this does pretty good review wise, and box office wise. I really like the cast, and I hope the movie ends up being good.
Guardians of the Galaxy, though I was a believer.
Wasn't this at $50 million a few days ago?
The article states the estimate has been downgraded from 50 to 46 million.
It was, & that fact was noted in the article.
Ouch, Most of the time the only change is up. I don't think I see them downgrade often.
BlueDogAnchorite
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That's what I think too, which is why I am very very curious at how well this movie does review wise.
Guardians, though I was one of its biggest supporters.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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There were lots of people that thought Fury Road wasn't going to be very good. It only did moderately well in the box office but I don't think anyone predicted the kind of critical reception it got.
BlueDogAnchorite
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So far that movie is my favorite this year. I know they are talking about a sequel. I kind of suspect that whenever the sequel comes out to Fury Road, that it will make lot more money due to how much positive word of mouth Fury Road had.
I'm not sure if that's the best comparison.
starchild excalibur
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Both TMNT and WWZ ended up sucking though. Unless you're saying that people expected them to suck even more than they already did. In that case, yeah I guess.
PhoncipleBone
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There were a few of us on the side of DoFP before it hit. I was on the cautiously optimistic side.
I am not optimistic in any way about Fantastic Four though. But, it would be nice if it was good.
I wouldn't be surprised if it under performs, even with these modest numbers
To be fair, what was the last superhero movie that didn't do well at the box office? They're easy to watch, not polarizing, very mainstream. If your group has to decide between a bunch of different movies or genres, it's an easy choice.
Wouldn't be surprised if F4 did well even if it's shit.
Wouldn't be surprised if F4 did well even if it's shit.
DonasaurusRex
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Colossus tearing an ACL during the sentinel attack ....
Green Lantern
Domestic: $116,601,172 53.0%
+ Foreign: $103,250,000 47.0%
= Worldwide: $219,851,172
On a $200 million budget, plus god knows how much marketing money.
Callibretto
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fantastic four has cheaper budget though. with around $120 million budget (according to wiki), how much do they need to at least break even? $250 million? that didn't seem much nowadays especially for action pop corn flick. this movie will have Marvel logo as well whether Marvel like it or not.
I think this movie will probably make profit even if the reviews are bad.
I think this movie will probably make profit even if the reviews are bad.
DonasaurusRex
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compared to the original TMNT film that was probably financed by bookies and loan sharks the latest film was an abject failure considering how popular the TMNT brand is worldwide. The original made like 135 mil domestic ...in 1990...thats like 4- 8 dollar tickets man. Adjust for inflation and one has to wonder ...who snorted a whole lunch room table length of coke and said lets spend a ton of money on a movie we could do for 50 million dollars? bunch of martial artists, suits beat asses, how is this hard?
Just proof you dont wan't the money, NO take this foul currency from my SIGHT i cast thee OUT!
unholyrevenger72
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neogaffer1
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wwz wasn't bad it just suffered from a not great third act and completely ignored its source material
Gordon Shumway
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I do wonder just how much they're spending on marketing. Seems like it's been about the last 2 and some change months that I've seen commercials for the movie at minimum once any hour I'm watching..but about 3 an hour randomly.
Seems like a lot, for a very long period of time.
And_Gignac
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The hype for this movie is like nonexistent. A shame.
Sho_Nuff82
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The new TMNT is actually a runaway success, in spite of its quality. Its sequel was greenlit pretty much after the first week numbers came in.
Fox would be ecstatic if FF made close to $500 million. I don't think Trank has the same penchant that Bay (or even a Snyder) has for getting directly in the bloodstream of people who want mindless blockbusters though. Those guys cut a trailer and you know kids are lining up to buy tickets, a t-shirt, and a plushie.
WWZ is a stunningly mediocre zombie horror film that tries to get away with a PG-13 rating that also happens to be one of the worst adaptations of popular fiction in the last 25 years.
I mean Green Lantern was the last real bomb wasn't it? Or Ghost Rider 2. Even the Amazing Spider-Man movies made money, didn't they?
You're pretty crazy tbh.
Also TMNT did beat GOTG for a week. Hype! It got the green huehuehuue
TMNT was a huge success. Michael Bay makes that dollar.
A tad heavy handed. Just a tad. It's imperfect but I still thought it was good.
Sho_Nuff82
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According to Sony's leaked emails, ASM2 probably just broke even. The list of most profitable movies of 2014 has it at just over $70 million in profit after $709 million in ticket sales (http://deadline.com/2015/03/most-profitable-movies-of-2014-box-office-1201390489/).
They somehow lost money on MiB3, which cost $40 million less to produce and grossed just $80 million less WW. If you make and market a movie with the idea that it's going to gross a billion, you can lose your damn shirt if you make "only" 700 million. Minions cost like $75 million to produce + $600 million in marketing, it'd be a complete bomb if it only made $700 million.
FF probably has to make in the range of $400 million to make a sequel with the same cast a sure thing.
Future Foundation
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I meant financially. Both were expected to bomb something fierce and they didn't.
I meant not polarizing as in choosing to go see it (compared to not feeling like seeing a comedy or horror movie for example). Tons of people thought MoS sucked but they still paid to watch it.
neogaffer1
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wasn't that $600M minions number including marketing deals? things where universal pays mcdonalds 10M to make minions toys and mcd's spends 40M more making the toys and putting them in kid's meals?
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