I'm guessing you also don't give a crap whether the rank insignias are gold or silver, or how long the Enterprise is either, like me. I just want to go see a good movie and go home and get some sleep.
Bully for you.
Some of us have longer term concerns.
Bully for you.
Some of us have longer term concerns.
What are you referring to?
By the way, can't we return to the opening post and title and assume a disappointing box office for this Star Trek movie for the sake of discussion?
By the way, can't we return to the opening post and title and assume a disappointing box office for this Star Trek movie for the sake of discussion?
By the way, can't we return to the opening post and title and assume a disappointing box office for this Star Trek movie for the sake of discussion?
No, because everyone is on pins and needles anticipating this movie and hoping it does spectacularly well.
Your topic would make sense to discuss should the box office bomb come to pass.
By the way, can't we return to the opening post and title and assume a disappointing box office for this Star Trek movie for the sake of discussion?
No, because everyone is on pins and needles anticipating this movie and hoping it does spectacularly well.
Your topic would make sense to discuss should the box office bomb come to pass.
I never said "box office bomb" chief.
I said "disappointing".
This thing needs to make at least $300 million to break even, so even a $100 million gross qualifies as a bomb.
This thing needs to make at least $300 million to break even, so even a $100 million gross qualifies as a bomb.
This thing needs to make at least $300 million to break even, so even a $100 million gross qualifies as a bomb.
How do you figure? That seems a little excessive for a movie that's budgeted at $150 Million.
Sorry, I'd take your word for it but you just made some stuff up half an hour ago.
This thing needs to make at least $300 million to break even, so even a $100 million gross qualifies as a bomb.
How do you figure? That seems a little excessive for a movie that's budgeted at $150 Million.
Sorry, I'd take your word for it but you just made some stuff up half an hour ago.
I think he is figuring that because though the studio will spend all of the 150 million to make the movie...the studios only get a fraction of the total box office in return. Sometimes as low as one third. Individual theatres and others get the rest.
64% RT score isn't comparable to a 100% RT score in terms of reviews.
Fat lady hasn't sung on the reviews yet. Most of the cream of the crop is still out there and 33 is a long way from 130.
So you're expecting it to drop down to 63 like Watchmen?![]()
By the way, can't we return to the opening post and title and assume a disappointing box office for this Star Trek movie for the sake of discussion?
No, because everyone is on pins and needles anticipating this movie and hoping it does spectacularly well.
Your topic would make sense to discuss should the box office bomb come to pass.
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So you're expecting it to drop down to 63 like Watchmen?![]()
Lawl. No I am saying don't expect it to be at 100% in 3 days.![]()
How do you figure? That seems a little excessive for a movie that's budgeted at $150 Million.
Sorry, I'd take your word for it but you just made some stuff up half an hour ago.
I think he is figuring that because though the studio will spend all of the 150 million to make the movie...the studios only get a fraction of the total box office in return. Sometimes as low as one third. Individual theatres and others get the rest.
There is a disparity between what theaters and studios make, but it swings strongly in the opposite direction. For the first few weeks of release the studios get the overwhelming majority of box office receipts. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 80-90% IIRC. This is why a Coke costs $9.
Plus, there's all the promotional costs, the cost of just printing and shipping the copies of the film to the theatres, and how many different ways the box office take is split up. The general rule is that, after all these other costs are figured in, that any given movie has to gross at least twice its production cost in order to turn a profit, with the current market pushing that figure to around three times to production budget.
One big change in recent years is how DVD sales and merchandizing sales are now figured into the total take, which definitely helps with the studio's bottom line, but the emphasis is still on the box office (since that number tends to have a big influence on how attractive the DVD and other merchandise will be).
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