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

[delericho]

I don't have any insights for the hit/flop 'debate', nor any real opinion, but...

I finally have some free time coming up on Monday and had intended to go see the film then, only to discover that my cinema has two showings a day until Sunday, then one more showing on Thursday, and that's it. Looks like I'm going to be missing out.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Here in lots of cinemas there is "audience day" in the middle of the week where the cinema ticket is cheaper. And in some summer cinemas some movies are released again although these are from months before.

My opinion is the movie has worked enoughly well in the sense thanks this the franchise has earned more popularity and power brand, and this will mean more economic incomes in the future.

Even if they have earned enough just to recover the expenses in the first month, the effort will be worth it.

We should await. Maybe the online video rent could give new ciphers in the future.

 

[mamba]

Even if they have earned enough just to recover the expenses in the first month, the effort will be worth it.

they have not done that given the box office figures, not sure why you keep repeating this. You do realize that not 100% of the ticket price goes to Paramount & Hasbro, right?

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Kevin Costner's "Waterworld" in 1995 was one of the worst bombs in the cinematographic industry. Wikipedia says the budget was 172-175M$, but the box-office is 264,2M$.

Even the 2000 D&D movie being a failure had got two sequels.

We shouldn't be too hard until one year after the release to safe if they have earned enough money.

 

[bedir than]

We shouldn't be too hard until one year after the release to safe if they have earned enough money.

I expect we'll find out next week, since that's the next quarterly report from Hasbro

 

[mamba]

Kevin Costner's "Waterworld" in 1995 was one of the worst bombs in the cinematographic industry. Wikipedia says the budget was 172-175M$, but the box-office is 264,2M$.

What is your point here? That HAT cost is not that far off and the box office is no better?

Waterworld never got a sequel. The difference to HAT is that it also had bad reviews.

Waterworld mostly is considered a big flop because it was the most expensive film ever at the time and had superstar Kevin Costner (that status was gone after it), and still failed to break even and got mediocre reviews. Not because its ticket sales / production cost ratio was the worst.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I don't have any insights for the hit/flop 'debate', nor any real opinion, but...

I finally have some free time coming up on Monday and had intended to go see the film then, only to discover that my cinema has two showings a day until Sunday, then one more showing on Thursday, and that's it. Looks like I'm going to be missing out.

And that is pretty predictive. The distributor is clearly downshifting to this going to second run theaters and home distribution soon, which does mean the theater revenue will be ending soon, prematurely or otherwise.

 

[bedir than]

And that is pretty predictive. The distributor is clearly downshifting to this going to second run theaters and home distribution soon, which does mean the theater revenue will be ending soon, prematurely or otherwise.

There are currently 6 movies in 3000+ theaters. That's just a lot, at any time.

It's not a surprise that several of them will be less available in week four+. John Wick is barely above 3000 for example. This will likely be the last weekend at major distribution for it and Honor Among Thieves

 

[Clint_L]

The problem with this thread is that the title sets up a black or white fallacy. But I guess a title like "Will the D&D film earn a short term profit on box office receipts, based on various unknown factors?" would be a bit clunky.

Was Princess Bride a hit or flop?

 

[Undrave]

The problem with this thread is that the title sets up a black or white fallacy. But I guess a title like "Will the D&D film earn a short term profit on box office receipts, based on various unknown factors?" would be a bit clunky.

Was Princess Bride a hit or flop?

30,8 million B.O in North-America on 16 million production budget.