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Spoilers Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Grading & Discussion
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Actually that's a good point.
Maybe 2 billion in the first month, is the point that triggers $100,000 bonuses for the execs who decide if the JLA expansion continues, or is aborted.
Maybe 2 billion in the first month, is the point that triggers $100,000 bonuses for the execs who decide if the JLA expansion continues, or is aborted.
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They're not gonna stop making superhero movies unless several of them bomb in succession.
And I mean really bomb, not "we made only $900 million on the box office plus a few billion extra on toys, products, dvds, streaming deals, rentals, etc." type of "bomb".
To stop or pause making them now would be significantly less profitable, so the ice is actually much thicker than people who like to raise panic and alarm care to admit...
They're not gonna stop making superhero movies unless several of them bomb in succession.
And I mean really bomb, not "we made only $900 million on the box office plus a few billion extra on toys, products, dvds, streaming deals, rentals, etc." type of "bomb".
To stop or pause making them now would be significantly less profitable, so the ice is actually much thicker than people who like to raise panic and alarm care to admit...
The intermediatory stage between where we were and where we are going is cheaper inexpensive DC Superheroes movies.
Lower budget, equals smaller projected necessary profit to keep the suits happy.
Lower budget, equals smaller projected necessary profit to keep the suits happy.
This is ridiculous. it's more common, but its still fairly rare for a movie to make a billion $.
I read this article the other day that declared BvS "Less PROFITABLE than MoS". Firstly, we don't know what it'll make, it's already defying expectations, and the amount it was expected to be less profitable by......$22 million dollars...after all that expenditure and whining....$22 million.
DC will be just fine.
RAMA
I read this article the other day that declared BvS "Less PROFITABLE than MoS". Firstly, we don't know what it'll make, it's already defying expectations, and the amount it was expected to be less profitable by......$22 million dollars...after all that expenditure and whining....$22 million.
DC will be just fine.
RAMA
It is the era of superheros, worst case scenario is a reboot. Green Lantern was a disaster at the boxoffice, but it still doesn't mean they've given up on the character.
Nope. 15 movies broke 1 billion in the last 5 years alone. 15.
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Um...yup. In all of history only 24 movies have done it. Higher ticket prices, and a few affluent developing nations like China are starting to skew the statistics to it becoming common, but it's still not yet. The USA releases maybe 500-600 movies a year..other countries release 1000s. Out of that number maybe 1 to 3 a year are now hitting that total. So yes, it's still pretty rare.
Oh Oh, don't look now, but BvS in less than 3 weeks has become the 8th highest grossing worldwide superhero movie of all time (6 are Marvel, 2 DC). It will likely wind up in the top 4-5. It also is going to surpass media and fan darling Deadpool by Monday. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=deadpool2016.htm
It's also set to pass Guardians of the Galaxy.
15 of which did it over the last 5 years. 5 of them in 2015 alone. You basically made my point for me.
Did you read my post at all?? 0.5% of movies PER YEAR make $1 billion if you just use the USA numbers alone. In 2015, it was .83%!! I said it is becoming more common and WHY, but it is not yet.Only 5 of the top 24 are superhero movies: 3 Marvel, 2 DC. 20.8%. If BvS had made the list, that would've been rare too.
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He means that the frequency is increasing.
The further into the future we get, the geometrically more billion plus earners will exist per year.
The further into the future we get, the geometrically more billion plus earners will exist per year.
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I did. Did you read mine? The one you called ridiculous, for stating that in 2016, a 200+ million dollar movie (meaning a 200+ mil. budget) is a letdown if it doesn't cross 1 bn?
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And? Deadpool cost a fifth as much to make and doesn't feature DC's three biggest hitters. If BvS didn't beat it, there'd be something seriously wrong.
BvS is already earning less each subsequent week than Deadpool did at the same point, which isn't great for them. Good thing the film opened super-hard. (Benefit of opening worldwide simultaneously.)
Deadpool also happens to be R-rated.
Well since you are wrong on the other point, let's test the other one...49 movies in history have cost over $200 million. Did they all make $1 billion??? What do you think the percentage is? It's 30%. Only 15 have. 70% didn't.
But wait, what about over $185 million budgets? there are 62 of those. The number falls to 29%. 71% failure rate to reach $1 billion.
Guess its an expectation, not a disappointment.
RAMA
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Good point!
Deadpool also was in release for 56+ days. BvS...16 days as of today.
Yes, there would be something seriously wrong, as in a 29% critical rating on RT. Deadpool had the benefit of almost universal acclaim, R rating or not, yet BvS will still surpass it.
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