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If they have a 50/50 share of any loss on the movie, breaking to top 100 for book sales for one week/days (really not that many actual books) seems like an incredible waste of money. They have this $1B brand concept and I think the movie is not going to advance it. Maybe it is a sunk cost they...

I agree, not an outright flop but certainly not a hit. And eOne is Hasbro and they already covered a lot of the production cost. I doubt they are doing anything more for Paramount.

I have blocked almost no one over the years but that last post earned one. International rollout was staggered and several new markets were added in week 2 hence the increase in box office numbers. Search jump could have been purchased for far less money via google ad spending. Just reach...

To be honest, I am close to blocking you. You seem seem desperate to prove that the movie on standard metrics is successful when it is not. 2 x the cost (production cost plus marketing) has been the standard for a very long time. It comes from the theaters keeping 50% of the gross. There is...

There honestly is no way to know what the “merch” sales are. The one moment that supposably the PHB went back into the top 100? First, the uncovered cost of the movie as a marketing expense probably is not justified by the book sales. You can be rosy about brand value and such, but if people...

At the current box office numbers there is no way that the movie on a stand alone basis will be a hit. It will not cover costs plus marketing. I don’t think it is a terrible flop, though. Decent to good reviews and was the top film the week it released. It is not binary, a film can both not be...

I picked this up at GaryCon this year. I got another one last year and he tossed in a copy of Hobonomicon.

There is a bad sand storm now and a lot of people are not going out if they can avoid it, but the D&D movie still opened pretty weak in China.

D&D is basically unknown in China ( I lived there). Does not surprise me that there were low numbers.

A drop less than 50% is good. 61% off of good reviews is not great.

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/box-office-dungeons-and-dragons-40-million-opening-weekend-1235570970/ They correct the total in the article, but this is Variety, which has a more balanced view on the opening weekend. The really positive takes are from people associated more directly with...

The article does not say that. Strawman. The article projects the total receipts based on then opening weekend. Common method.

I am not sure why you quoted my post. I simply said why I did not go week 1. Others jumped in and started arguing that was not a good reason.

No, they did not. They made no legally binding statement saying they will not do it in the future and they just proved that they think they can at any time.

They did not “fix” it. The OGL is key for the viral use of past content and that still is thought to remain in peril. CC just is a bandaid and they specifically did not say they were leaving the OGL alone. The message was more it does not matter because of CC release but that is not true. And...

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/shazam-2-dungeons-dragons-flop.html Did not make opening week projections. Being called a flop. I specifically did not attend opening weekend as a reaction to the OGL mess they created.

I did not notice the hex paper, if I had I probably would have picked some up.

I looked at your booth a few times but already have most of the main OSR books. I actually did much less shopping this year than previous ones. Just one piece of original art from the dealer hall. Unlike prior years. Did not seem to be many special releases for the Con. I switched into a villa...