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Riddick tops box office!

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Jackpot

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Lack of competition helped but still nice to see a labour of love get its reward

1) Riddick - $18.7m
2) The Butler - $8.9m
3) Instructions Not Included - $8.1m
4) We're The Millers - $7.9m (pictured)
5) Planes - $4.3m

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24013981

Actor Vin Diesel has shot to the top of the US box office with Riddick, his third outing as the titular convict turned anti-hero.

The movie made $18.7m (£11.9m) in its opening weekend, vindicating the star, who wrested control of the character from movie studio Universal.

The Butler, starring Forest Whitaker as a White House staff member who serves eight presidents, took second place.
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Riddick was the only new release last week, but it gave a boost to a traditionally sluggish September box office.

"Typically, the weekend after Labor Day is one of the slowest weekends of the year," said Paul Dergarabedian, an analyst for Hollywood.com.

"By Universal releasing a brand-new sci-fi movie with one of the biggest stars in the world, they took advantage of that and came out on top. It gave the weekend a nice boost."
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Vin Diesel first played Riddick, an alien mercenary with glowing eyes, in 2000's low-budget thriller Pitch Black. It proved to be his breakout role, after bit parts in films such as Saving Private Ryan.

It generated a live-action sequel, The Chronicles Of Riddick, in 2004. Plans for further instalments evaporated when the film only took $116m, against a budget of $100m.

But the character got a second chance when Universal asked Vin Diesel to make a cameo in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in 2006. He agreed, but instead of a salary, he demanded the rights to the Riddick character.

He then ploughed his own money into financing the third film, in which the character is badly injured and trying to reach his homeland.
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Dash27

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ut the character got a second chance when Universal asked Vin Diesel to make a cameo in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in 2006. He agreed, but instead of a salary, he demanded the rights to the Riddick character.

He then ploughed his own money into financing the third film, in which the character is badly injured and trying to reach his homeland.
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Did not know this... thanks OP. I'll have to go see it.
 
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Ludicrous Speed

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glaurung said:
Good for Riddick, but those numbers are just sad for a summer's end period.
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Not really. First week back to school for many across the country and Riddick was the only wide opening. And that was rated R. So honestly, the BO doesn't look terrible.

It'll be slow for the next few weeks most likely.
 
ElRenoRaven

ElRenoRaven

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Good for Vin. The movie was pretty damn good. A bit predictable but good. It's always nice when a movie that doesn't compromise and not dumbed down for a PG or PG13 ratings does well.
 
fushi

fushi

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First and second act of the movie are great, but the third act stumbles. I enjoyed it nonetheless.
 
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blamite

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I'm surprised, there were like seven other people in the theater when I saw it with my friends. It's a really bad movie too, but at least in a kind of fun way.
 
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SRG01

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The movie is quite good for what it is: a slow, methodical Sci-Fi film. It's more of a shout-out to Riddick's fans than a real 'continuation' of the series.
 
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Miles Quaritch

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It was good...until the last 20 minutes where it all falls apart.

It's good to see it do well as it means we might get more Riddick movies, I'd love for the next movie to finally show Furya and maybe even the Underverse....
 
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Deified Data

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fushi said:
First and second act of the movie are great, but the third act stumbles. I enjoyed it nonetheless.
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Third act is definitely the weakest, but a spectacular film nonetheless.

Were it up to me Riddick would spend the entire film wandering the wastes with his doge.
 
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angular graphics

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So it did $75M on a $38M budget. Almost double its budget. According to imdb it has already been shown close to pretty much everywhere so we shouldn't expect the WW BO numbers to become much higher than what they already are.

The first movie in the franchise performed about the same (meaning just a little over double its budget). So do you think we'll get a sequel?

The sequel(s) to this were supposed to have a bigger budget because we would get to see the Underverse and Furya. But to me, sadly, it doesn't seem the franchise is hot enough to support a bigger budget than this film's.
 
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i-Lo

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Depends on what kind of ROI the in investors are looking for. They can have a 70 mil budget and if the movie performs the same then it should break even at the theatres WW and recoup marketing costs via however much it profits there and subsequently as DVD, blu ray, etc.

Or they could release one as a game another as a movie. A $30+ million game ought to have a lot more content than a movie.
 
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Miles Quaritch

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angular graphics said:
So it did $75M on a $38M budget. Almost double its budget. According to imdb it has already been shown close to pretty much everywhere so we shouldn't expect the WW BO numbers to become much higher than what they already are.

The first movie in the franchise performed about the same (meaning just a little over double its budget). So do you think we'll get a sequel?

The sequel(s) to this were supposed to have a bigger budget because we would get to see the Underverse and Furya. But to me, sadly, it doesn't seem the franchise is hot enough to support a bigger budget than this film's.
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I think there's room to make sequels without huge budgets. Animated sequels is one way to go or follow in Dredd's footsteps and have acomic sequel. As much as I'd love to see at least one more big budget movie showing Furya and the Underverse, I think it's unlikely at this point.

A move to animated projects like Dark Fury would be the smarter play.
 
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angular graphics

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Miles Quaritch said:
I think there's room to make sequels without huge budgets. Animated sequels is one way to go or follow in Dredd's footsteps and have acomic sequel. As much as I'd love to see at least one more big budget movie showing Furya and the Underverse, I think it's unlikely at this point.

A move to animated projects like Dark Fury would be the smarter play.
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I agree, I don't think there is much hope in doing a bigger budgeted live action movie.

I'm thinking an animated movie that takes place in the Underverse and then a live action one that takes place in Furya might be the best approach to complete the franchise.

The Underverse will definitely be expensive to depict on film since its bound to be "weird" looking.

On the other hand I don't think we know almost anything about Furya so maybe they can keep the budget in check if they don't make it too shiny, futuristic and epic.

I don't like the idea of finishing the franchise with animated movies or comics, games etc. It should end like it began.

However I'd love to play a new game, as long as it is like the ones already released, meaning sidestory/prequel instead of main story/sequel material.
 
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Miles Quaritch said:
I think there's room to make sequels without huge budgets. Animated sequels is one way to go or follow in Dredd's footsteps and have acomic sequel. As much as I'd love to see at least one more big budget movie showing Furya and the Underverse, I think it's unlikely at this point.

A move to animated projects like Dark Fury would be the smarter play.
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We know the next two films go Underverse and then Furyia, and I'd rather not have the Necromonger fleet reduced to "off screen".
 
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I think there is plenty of room for mid-level sci-fi. Like the Resident Evil films, Riddick movies could be a nice 2-3 year installment of manly cheesiness. I dislike that every movie seems to cost 200 million and needs to make 400 million, there are too many compromises at that level in order to make the film marketable worldwide.
 
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Count Dookkake

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jason10mm said:
I think there is plenty of room for mid-level sci-fi. Like the Resident Evil films, Riddick movies could be a nice 2-3 year installment of manly cheesiness. I dislike that every movie seems to cost 200 million and needs to make 400 million, there are too many compromises at that level in order to make the film marketable worldwide.
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Yup.
 
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DieH@rd

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angular graphics said:
So it did $75M on a $38M budget. Almost double its budget. According to imdb it has already been shown close to pretty much everywhere so we shouldn't expect the WW BO numbers to become much higher than what they already are.

The first movie in the franchise performed about the same (meaning just a little over double its budget). So do you think we'll get a sequel?

The sequel(s) to this were supposed to have a bigger budget because we would get to see the Underverse and Furya. But to me, sadly, it doesn't seem the franchise is hot enough to support a bigger budget than this film's.
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Good news.
 
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angular graphics said:
So it did $75M on a $38M budget. Almost double its budget. According to imdb it has already been shown close to pretty much everywhere so we shouldn't expect the WW BO numbers to become much higher than what they already are.

The first movie in the franchise performed about the same (meaning just a little over double its budget). So do you think we'll get a sequel?

The sequel(s) to this were supposed to have a bigger budget because we would get to see the Underverse and Furya. But to me, sadly, it doesn't seem the franchise is hot enough to support a bigger budget than this film's.
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$85M now. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=riddick.htm
 
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