MNN (Labyrinth Gets a Reboot; Term Life Trailer Starring Cain Velasquez)

Status
Not open for further replies.
Summer Box-Office Flops: Tomorrowland, Fantastic 4 Top List

Fantastic-Four-Dragonlords-Review.jpg


Here are five big bombs of the season when accounting for budget, marketing spend and revenue the film can expect to earn in ancillary markets. Grosses are through Sept. 4, with several titles still in release worldwide.

Tomorrowland (Disney, May 22)
Budget: $190 million
Global gross: $208.4 million
Expected loss: $120 million-$150 million

Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1.4 billion) and Pixar's Inside Out ($703 million), which is still rolling out overseas, will go a long way in helping Disney absorb the loss.


Fantastic Four (Fox, Aug. 7)
Budget: $125 million
Global gross: $146.7 million
Expected loss: $80 million-$100 million

The dismal performance of Trank's reboot throws into question whether Fox will move ahead with a sequel, dated for June 9, 2017. The movie received scathing reviews, prompting Trank to tweet that his version was better.


Pixels (Sony, July 24)
Budget: $88 million-plus
Global gross: $186.4 million
Expected loss: $75 million-plus

The studio had hoped to launch a new franchise with the tentpole. Pixels opens in China later this month, but analysts differ as to its chances in the world's second-biggest moviegoing market.


The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Warner Bros., Aug. 14)
Budget: $75 million-plus
Global gross: $72.1 million
Expected loss: $80 million-plus

Warner Bros. had a difficult summer overall, with Hot Pursuit, Entourage and Magic Mike XXL also taking hits; the two standouts were San Andreas ($469.6 million) and Mad Max: Fury Road ($374.1 million). Man From U.N.C.L.E., based on the classic television series, still has yet to open in several key European markets.


Aloha (Sony/Fox, May 29)
Budget: $37 million-plus
Global gross: $26.2 million
Expected loss: $65 million

Some box-office experts put the losses for Aloha as high as $75 million, but the decision by Fox, which handled the film overseas, to scrub the film's release in numerous markets likely lowered the number.


Summer Box-Office Flops: 'Tomorrowland' and 'Fantastic Four' Top the List
 
Not quite understanding the 'Global Gross' number. That usually means how much the movie made, right? And if it's higher than the budget, it's a net profit? Then how is it a loss?
 
Perfect way to frame Ron's push for HBIII, DL.

A profitable, albeit modestly so, franchise 2/3rds of the way towards completing its trilogy shelved for years while dogs likee FF1b, Tomorrowland, Lone Ranger, and John Carter get made.

I'm wondering if we Armageddon this movie or not. 😎
 
GearSolidMetal said:
Not quite understanding the 'Global Gross' number. That usually means how much the movie made, right? And if it's higher than the budget, it's a net profit? Then how is it a loss?
Click to expand...

The film studio doesn't actually receive anywhere close to the total gross. They get approximately 50% of the domestic and 25% of the foreign, and the budget does not include advertising which can be anywhere from an additional 40-100% of the budget. A quick rule of thumb is to take the budget and quadruple it, and that's what the final total gross needs to be to be profitable just on box office receipts.

EDIT: So to put some more numbers to this here's an example.
Suppose a film has a $130mil budget. It will spend an additional $65-90mil on advertising. Some of the production and advertising costs can be defrayed by tax breaks and tie-ins, so we can estimate the break-even figure to be around $180mil.

Our rule of thumb says it needs a total gross of $130mil * 4 = $520mil to break even. A fairly typical domestic/foreign split is 35-65, so $182+338mil. If we apply the 50% and 25% studio return to those we get $91+84.5mil = $175.5mil, which is our estimated break-even point.

If the total gross was only $100mil in this example the studio take would have been about $34mil, or nearly $150mil short of breaking even. This is why Fant4stic is such a massive bomb: looking at the budget and project final gross it's likely losing $100-120mil, and that's hard to make up on the back end.
 
Last edited:
MEGA MAN Live-Action Movie in the Works at 20th Century Fox

2guziug.jpg


20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment have started development on a fan favorite in the video game world. Heralded as one of the most popular video game franchises in history, Mega Man is now on his way to the big screen. Feel free to be cautiously optimistic.

One positive sign of things to come is Chernin Entertainment. David Ready and Michael Finfer are overseeing for the company, while Peter Chernin produces. Together they have a pretty solid pedigree for sci-fi action movies, including the recent/upcoming Planet of the Apes films. Mike Ireland and Ryan Horrigan are overseeing for Fox.

Mega Man, originally called Rock Man in Japan, was first released in 1987 for Nintendo by Capcom. The backstory for the game is that a man named Dr. Light and the android that he built to be his lab assistant, Rock, were betrayed by the evil Dr. Wily, who stole Dr. Light’s work and made evil robot with special weapons to take over the world.

Dr. Light reconfigured his lab assistant into a battle droid with armor and a cannon, which he then called Mega Man. Once victorious over the evil robots, Mega Man can mimic their weapons, which are useful in the games as certain enemies are vulnerable to other enemies weapons.


20th Century Fox, Chernin Entertainment Developing a Live-Action Mega Man Movie
 
*puts gun in mouth* Megaman live action. it wasn't the best movie but at least when they "re-made" astroboy that went with the computer animation route. but we'll see maybe it'll be as good as hit-man: agent 47.....
 
First Poster for LEATHERFACE Teases the Beginning of Your End

Lionsgate has released a first look at the new, international poster for Leatherface, the prequel to Tobe Hooper
 
GearSolidMetal said:
Not quite understanding the 'Global Gross' number. That usually means how much the movie made, right? And if it's higher than the budget, it's a net profit? Then how is it a loss?
Click to expand...

Got to imagine because budget doesn't include marketing costs and what not. So these studios are literally shelling out tens of millions just on that end.
 
Danny Boyle Says TRAINSPOTTING Sequel Is His Next Film

71pbh4.jpg


His new film Steve Jobs just premiered at Telluride, but filmmaker Danny Boyle already got his eye on what he wants to do for his follow-up. Boyle
 
Dragonlordxxxxx said:
Danny Boyle Says TRAINSPOTTING Sequel Is His Next Film

71pbh4.jpg


His new film Steve Jobs just premiered at Telluride, but filmmaker Danny Boyle already got his eye on what he wants to do for his follow-up. Boyle
Click to expand...
 
Dragonlordxxxxx said:
JACK REACHER 2 Gets an October 21, 2016 Release Date

Jack-Reacher-Tom-Cruise-090215-Dragonlord.jpg


The 2012 action flick Jack Reacher was a delightful surprise. Before Christopher McQuarrie delivered a smashing Mission Impossible sequel, he and Tom Cruise knocked it out of the park with Jack Reacher, a straightforward throwback thriller with well-crafted suspense, visceral action beats and Cruise delivering one of his trusty performances as World
Click to expand...
 
Jermei said:
I actually read Porno. Tough read but had good bits in it, should make for a good movie. Lots of Begbie in it so it'll be good. Hope they pull it off.
Click to expand...

Yea I think it will be perfect, as the characters in Porno have aged quite a bit since Trainspotting. Huge Trainsporting/Boyle fan, i'm in and looking forward to this
 
Dragonlordxxxxx said:
Summer Box-Office Flops: Tomorrowland, Fantastic 4 Top List

Fantastic-Four-Dragonlords-Review.jpg


Here are five big bombs of the season when accounting for budget, marketing spend and revenue the film can expect to earn in ancillary markets. Grosses are through Sept. 4, with several titles still in release worldwide.

Tomorrowland (Disney, May 22)
Budget: $190 million
Global gross: $208.4 million
Expected loss: $120 million-$150 million

Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1.4 billion) and Pixar's Inside Out ($703 million), which is still rolling out overseas, will go a long way in helping Disney absorb the loss.


Fantastic Four (Fox, Aug. 7)
Budget: $125 million
Global gross: $146.7 million
Expected loss: $80 million-$100 million

The dismal performance of Trank's reboot throws into question whether Fox will move ahead with a sequel, dated for June 9, 2017. The movie received scathing reviews, prompting Trank to tweet that his version was better.


Pixels (Sony, July 24)
Budget: $88 million-plus
Global gross: $186.4 million
Expected loss: $75 million-plus

The studio had hoped to launch a new franchise with the tentpole. Pixels opens in China later this month, but analysts differ as to its chances in the world's second-biggest moviegoing market.


The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Warner Bros., Aug. 14)
Budget: $75 million-plus
Global gross: $72.1 million
Expected loss: $80 million-plus

Warner Bros. had a difficult summer overall, with Hot Pursuit, Entourage and Magic Mike XXL also taking hits; the two standouts were San Andreas ($469.6 million) and Mad Max: Fury Road ($374.1 million). Man From U.N.C.L.E., based on the classic television series, still has yet to open in several key European markets.


Aloha (Sony/Fox, May 29)
Budget: $37 million-plus
Global gross: $26.2 million
Expected loss: $65 million

Some box-office experts put the losses for Aloha as high as $75 million, but the decision by Fox, which handled the film overseas, to scrub the film's release in numerous markets likely lowered the number.


Summer Box-Office Flops: 'Tomorrowland' and 'Fantastic Four' Top the List
Click to expand...

I have to say I'm really sad about man from uncle. It should have been a blockbuster
 
TERMINATOR GENISYS a Victim of Box-Office Fraud in China

Terminator-Genisys-Emilia-Clarke-090715-Dragonlord.jpg


Produced by a group of state-owned film companies to celebrate the WWII anniversary, The Hundred Regiments Offensive came from behind to dominate Terminator Genisys at Chinese box office for the week of Aug. 31 to Sept 6, grossing $39.40 million over Terminator
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Latest posts

Forum statistics

Threads
1,237,097
Messages
55,467,361
Members
174,786
Latest member
plasterby

Share this page

Back
Top