D&D Movie/TV D&D Movie Hit or Flop?

[mamba]

Deadline today suggests that it will break even.

there is no way it will on the box office alone. It's now somewhere around 160M after three weeks, it needs to double that. I don't think most movies come even close to making as much at the box office in weeks 4 and above as in weeks 1 to 3.

 

[mamba]

Mario d...] should cause a big rethink industry wide.

But cynical me says it won't.

expect more animated game adaptations

 

[Undrave]

I think I have seen 5 movies on that list of 17, so 'can't imagine life without them' is a bit of a stretch. Even out of those 5 I only would watch three again

And how cost of 6M with a box office of 24M (Booksmart) makes the list of box office flops is somewhat unclear to me, is there a typo somewhere ?

Wikipedia says this:

The film made $2.5 million on its first day, including $875,000 from Thursday night previews. It ended up underperforming, debuting to just $6.9 million (a four-day total of $8.7 million), finishing in sixth place. Industry publications insisted that although the targeted young female demographic did turn out to the film, it should have begun with a limited release and expanded, similar to the R-rated, female-led high school comedy Lady Bird in 2017, and that Booksmart failed to stand out in the crowded marketplace. In its second weekend the film made $3.3 million, dropping 52% and finishing in eighth

That's 11 millions in 2 weeks. So it was a cheap movie but didn't really get noticed? It's weird.

 

[Zardnaar]

there is no way it will on the box office alone. It's now somewhere around 160M after three weeks, it needs to double that. I don't think most movies come even close to making as much at the box office in weeks 4 and above as in weeks 1 to 3.

Might need a link for that obe. Just checked Deadline both home page and Google and there's nothing recent.

 

[bedir than]

there is no way it will on the box office alone. It's now somewhere around 160M after three weeks, it needs to double that. I don't think most movies come even close to making as much at the box office in weeks 4 and above as in weeks 1 to 3.

Here's another example of the ever-shifting revenue target. Now a 150m film needs to earn 320 to break even.

 

[bedir than]

Might need a link for that obe. Just checked Deadline both home page and Google and there's nothing recent.

‘Super Mario Bros’ Super Sunday Sends Second Weekend To $92M+, Still Record For Animated Movie & Illumination – Monday AM Box Office

Box Office: 'Super Mario Bros' Buries 'Renfield', 'Pope's Exorcist', More In second weekend.

deadline.com

Sixth place belongs to Paramount/eOne’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves with $7.5M, -46%, after an estimated $2.28M Sunday. Its running total is $74.2M. A belief stands in distribution land that this movie can still get to $100M.

That's domestic only.

Current international is $83,000,000. It's 52.8% of total, which would make a the combined, if domestic 100m to right around 225m, the magic production+marketing budget to break even.

My bad, this would only make Paramount clear, as I expect that eOne/Hasbro are willing to take a loss as this is marketing expense for them.

 

[mamba]

Here's another example of the ever-shifting revenue target. Now a 150m film needs to earn 320 to break even.

that is slightly over double the cost of 150M, so pretty much in line, and still below 2 x (cost + marketing), so nothing shifting at all

I always maintained that the movie needs about 400M (not sure how much marketing is, but 50M seems conservative)

The movie worldwide will probably make close to 150M at the box office, which is its cost. Obviously the theatres keep part of the money too, which is why this number usually needs to be around double the cost for the movie to make a profit, and it does not include marketing either. If you factor those two in, the movie is falling about 250M short of being a financial success (if we only consider the box office).

 

[mamba]

Current international is $83,000,000. It's 52.8% of total, which would make a the combined, if domestic 100m to right around 225m, the magic production+marketing budget to break even.

it certainly will not break even at 225M, that is just wishful thinking. It cost 150M to make, so this is 1.5 cost, talk about shifting the goal....

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The "Industry" has no special knowledge.

Your doctor must love you.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Mario's not my type of movie I don't plan on seeing it even on streaming but damn that's an impressive Gaul.

He's actually Italian-American.