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Agreed. And this was the point I thought that I was making. Obviously, I was a bit more obscure than intended. True enough. Although according to some critics, some CR cast members still don't know the 5e rules all that well... ;) That will be the key: Speed of play at the table. Which...

^These^ In my opinion; The new CR rpg has to be designed to support the style of play you see during the stream. Daggerheart should be a game specifically designed for play while streaming live. 5e actually has a lot of stuff baked into the design that is completely superfluous for CR's live...

Yeah, Struck me real odd that there was no meaningful international release. But I looked it up, and yeah, a whole lotta 'nada... ^This^ Sometimes stuff just doesn't work out.

The $30.8m includes the international. The Princess Bride didn't get a big international release - it only made $189,220 overseas. And the $16m is just the production budget. That does not include what they spent on marketing and distribution... So yeah, just fell a bit short of breaking...

It was a flop. It did $30.8m on a $16m budget. You factor in some marketing, and it fell a just bit short of breaking even. But... It became an absolute cult classic. A low Single digit millions loss at the box office was vastly easier to overcome with VHS/DVD sales/rentals, and thousands of...

Just Sayre's law. No side-bets needed... There is more than a little truth to this. William Goldman was right: “Nobody knows anything... Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're lucky, an...

Agreed. If one is paying attention and is reasonably informed, their opinion is just as vaild as anyone else’s citing the same sources.

Good luck with that around here...

They did predict that, yet it still didn’t stop some reviews from ragging on its story/plot...

I laid out the varying forms of back-end revenue, why studios favor making a profit during a film's box office run, and even gave an example of a film that flopped, but still got a sequel thanks to the long tail revenue it made by being a fan favorite. And all you got out of it was: "nuh uh"...

I agree in principle. I just think that they would have done better had they kept the same writer/Directors, but given them a more limited budget in the 80-90m range.

It's not an irrelevant point. It's just that "Modern Income Streams" have already been addressed. Twice just by me, and Zardnaar has posted similar responses. This: More: You also missed the part where I compared D&D's flop in-progress to the 2013 Pacific Rim Flop: i.e. Even though a...

Cite me one 'industry' article that does not use the exact same Box office numbers as the articles dismissed as 'clickbaity'. Or the ones being used by Zardnaar and I. I'll wait. While we're waiting... Here are two positive articles about D&D's opening weekend using the same box office...

Are you saying that consulting someone with Years of university education + residency + years of experience in whatever specialty is not the exact same thing as looking at Box office numbers that are universally available to everyone, and doing basic math? :eek:

Mario does seem to be blowing by the expectations of those I follow that said it would do a billion. It's a mega hit, and it hasn't even opened in Korea or Japan yet... It should challenge assumptions. You compare it to an peer film like Lightyear that lost around 100m at the box office, and...

The "Industry" outlets also suggested that it "exceeded expectations"... When the actual numbers a week later told a different tale. The "Industry" has no special knowledge. I can wait a few weeks to see the final results.

Several people did amongst the youtube movie pundit channels. But they weren't "Industry guys", so naturally their opinions "don't count"... ^This^ It's ok to really like a movie that Flopped. I really liked 2012 DREDD. It bombed hard. These things happen. Was D&D an obvious Bomb like Shazam...

No I didn't. You are just pouting that you got caught in a Lie falsely claiming that I said this: And you know you lied, as you are slyly trying to move the goal posts by going back to an even older post of mine trying to score 'gotcha' points again. But I'll come back to that. You say that...

Re-reads slowly... You are right. I stand corrected. But the point I was making is still sound: They did say: "That’s a solid figure for “Honor Among Thieves,” So "good chunk" or "solid figure", whatever descriptor you use; it doesn't change the fact that D&D's opening weekend haul of...

You are not refuting any of the factual points made on the films box office performance. And the article I cited is clearly positive towards the film!! But this is easily resolved: As Zardnaar pointed out - it is using the same metrics. Box Office: ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’...