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Wkd Box Office 0306-0815 - Chappie sticks, Second Best 3rd, Vaughn finished
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That's why they work for me. Next up hopefully is Nemesis or Supercrooks.
Aquamarine
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I'm liking the margins on these low-budget horror movies.
The Lazarus Effect cost $5 million to produce, another $3.3 million to be purchased / distributed by Relativity Media, and it has raked in $18 million in two weeks.
It's already very close to profitability. I'm looking forward to seeing how high it will go.
The more successful horror movies we have in the market, the better.
The Lazarus Effect cost $5 million to produce, another $3.3 million to be purchased / distributed by Relativity Media, and it has raked in $18 million in two weeks.
It's already very close to profitability. I'm looking forward to seeing how high it will go.
The more successful horror movies we have in the market, the better.
More_Badass
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But what if those successful horror movies are shit? Like the Lazarus Effect?
Not really for the better in that case IMO
Aquamarine
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Box office bombs disincentivise film makers from taking risks.
I'm a big fan of the horror genre, so I'd rather have a bad film flourish than crash and prevent a new, potentially-good horror film from getting funding because the market is deemed too risky.
What? Those movies are garbage. They shouldn't be rewarded.
All of this, for sure. Also I guess people are forgetting that Elysium was profitable and Chappie was pretty cheap to make and will definitely turn a profit. As should be clear from the constant stream of Transformers movies, the studio doesn't care if the movies are good, just that they make money.
The Wachowskis. They're a brother-sister team.
Aquamarine
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My bad. Didn't know Larry / Lana was transgender...thought they were still the Wachowski Brothers.
Not exactly a new trend... low-budget (usually garbage) horror films have been raking in cash for decades now.
DontBeThatGuy
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That top 10 is something else.
None of that takes into account the marketing costs, which aren't cheap for a wide release. I don't know what this particular film cost, but it's entirely possible for a film to gross several times its budget and still be a financial failure.
They haven't "greenlit" anything. I mean, I agree that they aren't going to suddenly pull the plug because Chappie did badly, but there's no guarantee the movie will actually happen.
neogaffer1
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Bobby Roberts
Banned
Pretty sure they greenlit it. There's a long road to go between greenlit and starting production still, but I think the fact the project was officially announced means it was greenlit. It's a go. If it wasn't, they wouldn't be talking about it.
It can always become a stoplight later, but I don't think Chappie's reception financially or criticallyk is going to be enough on its own to stop it.
By any definition of "greenlight" with which I'm familiar, there would have to be a script (if not 100% final) and budget in place for that to happen. Directors get attached to movies that don't happen all the time.
Aquamarine
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It would probably be around $12 million, so $20 million total ($5 million production + $3.3 million Relativity Media Purchase + $12 million marketing).
In that case, The Lazarus Effect would still need another $23 million at the box office.
Which they will probably realise through the remaining box office, and through Blu-Ray / DVD / VOD.
I'm using the term "profitable" loosely here based on critical mass projections. But you're right...I should be more all-inclusive upfront.
Bobby Roberts
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Is this not the case? Honestly asking.
My understanding of the situation from the official announcements is that there is no announcement from Fox about the film. What was announced is:
- Blomkamp personally announced that his next film would be a new Aliens.
- The trades reported that according to their sources a deal has indeed been signed between Fox and Blomkamp and Weaver is attached.
- Fox then confirmed officially that they had signed a development deal with Blomkamp for the next Aliens film.
So there's no actual movie announcement, no target release date, no script, no budget, no producers at this point. Just a "development deal" to get the film into production first. I would say this is similar to Fincher being attached to Disney's 20,000 Leagues, where clearly there is interest in the film being made on the side of the director and the studio, but it's not quite at the point where it's going into production and a lock.
airmangataosenai
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The only impressive thing about him is how he's so good at managing a budget: His movies are made super cheap.
What does the percent mean in these statistics?
But isn't it profitable already? If it have cost them $8.3 million, and they have earned $18 million. So the profit is $9.7 million so far?
I'm trying to understand the whole Box Office / profit thing, so please enlighten me.
The share each gross has relative to the total take.
Forceatowulf
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Hollywood cracks me up with this type of shit. This girl would have mad crushes in the real world if she had a nice personality to go with those looks. But in hollywood land shes frumpy, fat, and ugly.DUFF stand for "Designated Ugly Fat Friend", it's a about a girl in high School that's label as "The DUFF" so she has to overcome that label and save her last year on High School, BTW she looks like this
She's all that is still the worst offender. Who the FUCK was buying Cook as nerdy ugly chick people would refer to as a "freak"?! I remember the nerdy chicks in my highschool who were even a little bit attractive getting more attention than they knew what to do with... and none of them were as cute as cook. Not even close. Pure Hollywood fuckery.
You always have to double the budget to get a rough estimate of the marketing costs.
Bobby Roberts
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thanks!
3D movies market share continues to decline, begs for Avatar 2:
http://www.mpaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/MPAA-Theatrical-Market-Statistics-2014.pdf
Wish it were the same worldwide (I imagine it isn't).
http://www.mpaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/MPAA-Theatrical-Market-Statistics-2014.pdf
Wish it were the same worldwide (I imagine it isn't).
Phoenician_Viking
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Holy shit. Disney getting dem money.
Sho_Nuff82
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Focus was good, but not a massive blockbuster type film. It could have easily been pg13.
People desperate to see the Frozen short confirmed
Phoenician_Viking
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Cinderella $23 million
Run all night $3.9 million
Focus $1.7 million
Kingsman $1.7 million.
Run all night $3.9 million
Focus $1.7 million
Kingsman $1.7 million.
Bobby Roberts
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2015 is going to easily become the biggest earning single year in the history of cinema.
It might even break the top 20 in tickets sold. Maybe.
It might even break the top 20 in tickets sold. Maybe.
CrunchyFrog
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phew, lotta bombs on that list. Jupiter Ascending barely grossing a quarter of the budget, poor Wachowskis
Matt_
World's #1 One Direction Fan: Everyone else in the room can see it, everyone else but you~~~
Nope
Not even the highest grossing animated film worldwide or America
unless you are talking about a single market specifically in which case it may well be somewhere
Future Foundation
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Apparently it just passed HTTYD2.
Cinderella didn't keep up pace with Oz on Saturday, but it still beat expectations. The fact that it had a much lower budget than Oz makes this a big win for Disney.
Weekend Studio Estimates
1) Cinderella - $70.1M
2) Run All Night - $11M
3) Kingsman: The Secret Service - $6.2M - $107M
4) Focus - $5.8M - $44M total
5) Chappie - $5.8M - $23M total
Weekend Studio Estimates
1) Cinderella - $70.1M
2) Run All Night - $11M
3) Kingsman: The Secret Service - $6.2M - $107M
4) Focus - $5.8M - $44M total
5) Chappie - $5.8M - $23M total
Matt_
World's #1 One Direction Fan: Everyone else in the room can see it, everyone else but you~~~
oh, so it has. my bad
Next Year with Through the Looking Glass.
After that, I guess we are getting live action Dumbo.
The bar was pretty low this year for highest grossing animated film though.
Wasn't there meant to be a live action Little Mermaid as well? Won't be surprised if we see live action Aladdin anytime soon either.
alfredofroylan
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Cinderella made almost the same ammount of money in one weekend worldwide than Jupiter Ascending in 1 1/2 month
With almost half of the budget too.
So Meh and The Beast
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