D&D Movie/TV Baldur’s Gate 3 will earn more than 10 years of films, says Hasbro

[Henadic Theologian]

Like damn, that's brutal slam, not just against the DADHAT, but there have been at least one or two Transformer movies, at least 1 GI Joe movie in that time period, maybe more. Like just damn.

"Hasbro expects to make more money from Baldur’s Gate 3 than from all its film licensing in the past 5-10 years combined"

Baldur's Gate 3 will earn more than 10 years of films, says Hasbro

Hasbro's CEO expects Baldur's Gate 3 to be a GOTY contender, and to earn more for the company than a decade of film licensing has done.

www.wargamer.com

 

[Henadic Theologian]

 

[Henadic Theologian]

10 years include 4 Transformer movies!, 2 GI Joe movies 2, Ouji Board movies, a Power Rangers movie and a Jem, and a D&D movie and the Holograms movie. Btw the post above this glitched on me and I couldn't fix it.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation	Paramount Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Skydance Productions Hasbro Studios di Bonaventura Pictures	March 28, 2013	$155 million	$375.7 million[8]	—
Transformers: Age of Extinction	Paramount Pictures Hasbro Studios di Bonaventura Pictures China Movie Channel Jiaflix Enterprises[9]	June 27, 2014	$210 million	$1.104 billion[10]	—
Ouija	Universal Pictures Hasbro Studios Blumhouse Productions Platinum Dunes	October 24, 2014	$5 million	$103.6 million[11]	—
Jem and the Holograms	Universal Pictures Allspark Pictures Blumhouse Productions SB Projects	October 23, 2015	$2.3 million[12]	[13][14]
Ouija: Origin of Evil	Universal Pictures Allspark Pictures Blumhouse Productions Platinum Dunes	October 21, 2016	$9–12 million	$81.7 million[15]	[16]
Power Rangers	SCG Films Lionsgate Temple Hill Entertainment	March 24, 2017	$105 million	$142.3 million[17]	—
Transformers: The Last Knight	Paramount Pictures Hasbro Studios di Bonaventura Pictures Huahua Media	June 21, 2017	$217 million	$605.4 million[18]	[19]
Bumblebee	Paramount Pictures di Bonaventura Pictures Allspark Pictures Tencent Pictures	December 21, 2018	$100–137 million[20]	$468 million[21]	[19]
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins	Paramount Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Skydance Media Entertainment One di Bonaventura Pictures	July 16, 2021	$88–110 million	$40.1 million	—
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves	Paramount Pictures Entertainment One Hasbro Sweetpea Entertainment	March 31, 2023	$150 million	$202.6 million	[22]
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts	Paramount Pictures Skydance Media Hasbro di Bonaventura Pictures New Republic Pictures	June 9, 2023

 

[Ferrousbones]

Henadic Theologian, your 2nd comment isn't showing up correctly. Edit: timing of comment.

I thought the following paragraph was interesting:

This comes alongside the news that Hasbro is selling its eOne Film and TV company to Lionsgate for $500 million, along with 6,500 titles, and active productions such as The Rookie and Naked and Afraid. It bought the company in 2019 for $4 billion.

 

[Seramus]

Last Steam report showed BG3 at 712,281 concurrent players on Saturday, August 5th.

 

[aco175]

Is there a cost to make vs. revenue comparison. I'm guessing it does not cost as much as 10 years of movies to make, but it would be interesting.

 

[Lidgar]

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

Is there a cost to make vs. revenue comparison. I'm guessing it does not cost as much as 10 years of movies to make, but it would be interesting.

Nothing has been announced about the exact size of the BG3 budget, other than that it's "AAA" sized. I believe there's been 3-4 studios that have been working on the game concurrently, so it's definitely a big production.

 

[Scribe]

Not surprised. It seems quite good so far, and much (much!) improved from the Early Access.

I'm beginning to accept that I was perhaps, potentially, wrong about the game's potential.

 

[bedir than]

Computer gaming takes in more money each year than every American sport, every movie and every concert series -- combined.

Last year gaming took in 180 billion. That a hit game makes more than a hit movie should be expected.