I never saw a trailer or a commercial for it...
Dragonball raped at the box office
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Where have YOU been!?
Yes, Indeed.No, it's slighly better. It's a superpowered martial-arts show.
I wouldn't say it sucked exactly, it was entertaining enough and a lot better than I thought it was going to be.
It evidently didn't air on any channels I regularly watch. Where was it advertised?Where have YOU been!?
3D Master
Rear Admiral
Nah, Heroes is a poor man's Dragon Ball. That is; the original Manga/Anime. This piece of shite movie that doesn't look like Dragon Ball at all, is best forgotten.
No. However, I'd say most didn't know who Iron Man was either. It comes down to who is involved in the project and how faithful they are to what made it popular. I don't know jack squat about Dragonball and expected that like comic movies there would be a small contingent that would hate it no matter the quality. However, when 9 of 10 peoples comments I read about the net say how sucky it was and they admit to being fans it tells me that the talent involved both in front and behind the camera worked from a less than faithful script. Lose, lose all the way around.
I like Emmy Rossum and James Marsters and if this had even gotten some type of B-/C grade from most fans I was going to pony up and see it, not now. Netflix queue is the where I'll see it.
Dragonball: Evolution made approximately $4.6m in its opening three days at the US box office.
Maybe GI Joe too.
Edit: if you count superhero stuff, you have spiderman, X-men etc..
MeanJoePhaser
Admiral
IIRC The Flintstones was a commercial success.
I've never been desperate enough to watch it, though.
Here in the states animation to live action doesn't have a good track record in other places like Japan it's better and more frequent. Sometimes done a lot better, but not always. Basically, it's a roll of the dice with lots of factors to consider.
Speaking of Japan I hear that that DBE was extremely well received there. So for a film of this nature I think international sales figures have to be considered before calling it a flop too.
Speaking of Japan I hear that that DBE was extremely well received there. So for a film of this nature I think international sales figures have to be considered before calling it a flop too.
It was surprisingly pretty good. It wasn't perfect, but it felt like The Flintstones. That's the most important part.
Neither did I.
I would guess so, since the cartoon and the toys enjoyed massive mainstream popularity just a few years ago.
That's what I am surprised with. This movie got web coverage on comingsoon.net since the very beginning. But I never saw any TV spot or big trailer for it.
Nor did I! Was this new movie a cartoon or live action???
Anyone have any budget figures for it? I don't see the budget at Box Office Mojo or The Numbers.
Dragonball Evolution tries to compress the plot of Dragonball and make it more realistic, in all the wrong ways.
Dragonball is essentially a reimagining of Journey to the West, set in the near future, with improbable technology the titular magical McGuffins, and a great many naming puns.
It's ultimately the story of a brash and impulsive young boy's journey into adulthood,as he meets friends, has adventures, and learns patience and humility over the course of many years. Along the way, he fights many powerful enemies.
Then there is a timejump and a retcon involving aliens and everything gets really insane.
For the movie, they compressed about 51 hours worth of plot into 84 minutes. 51 hours into 84 minutes. They had to dump a a great many characters, and practically all fo the backstory, and plot, and character development, to acomplish this.
It also glosses over a lot of stuff that would leave a casual viewer scratching their head, like capsule cars.
The result is alright for a mindless kids action movie, but it lacks depth. Also, Roshi was miscast, miswriten, and misdirected.
Dragonball is essentially a reimagining of Journey to the West, set in the near future, with improbable technology the titular magical McGuffins, and a great many naming puns.
It's ultimately the story of a brash and impulsive young boy's journey into adulthood,as he meets friends, has adventures, and learns patience and humility over the course of many years. Along the way, he fights many powerful enemies.
Then there is a timejump and a retcon involving aliens and everything gets really insane.
For the movie, they compressed about 51 hours worth of plot into 84 minutes. 51 hours into 84 minutes. They had to dump a a great many characters, and practically all fo the backstory, and plot, and character development, to acomplish this.
It also glosses over a lot of stuff that would leave a casual viewer scratching their head, like capsule cars.
The result is alright for a mindless kids action movie, but it lacks depth. Also, Roshi was miscast, miswriten, and misdirected.
Well, at least half the episodes were just pointless battle scenes. 
Not so. That would be true of the sequel series, Dragonball Z, but Dragonball had a lot of plot.
