Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God! (Updated: Oct 09/05) Spoiler Free Thread

[Zappo]

The sorceress picture is plainly bad. I could do that "special FX" in two minutes of paint shop, it's just a ball of white pixels. It isn't even affecting the shadows around it! The dragon looks cool (heh), but everyone can make a cool-looking still nowadays. It's the movement that makes for a good CGI creature. Come to think about it, even the lightball could look cool, depending on how it moves and what it actually is. I'm a sucker for giving the benefit of the doubt, I guess.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I posted on another board (which is currently down) that D&D took 20M to make. It grossed 7M domestic.

By Hollywood standards, that is an abysmal failure.

To illustrate why, let me contrast Coming To America (the Eddie Murphy movie). Also made for around 20-40M (sources vary), it grossed 480 Million...and finished in the red!

Why? Because you have to add many other costs to that 20M- printing & distribution costs, advertising costs, etc. Yes, there was also some shady accounting on this that led to the famous Art Buchwald case (he sued for non-payment of his royalties), but it illustrates in part that you need to account for much more than just the money it takes to get the film made.

So the fact remains that a 7M return on 20+ invested is awful, and I have no idea which genius greenlighted a sequel based on the original's performance.

Perhaps it was a multi-picture deal...and that executive has hocked his Porsche for an AMC Gremlin by now.

 

[Knightfall]

It made 'money' after the release...overseas. *referring to the first film*

As for the pic clips...they are not moving enough. Sorry...need more, much more to get a better assessment.

Okay, there are some better photos available at the D&D Movies Yahoo Group. I won't repost them here, as I was "specifically" asked not to distribute them (as were the group's members). But I will provide a link to where they are located...

Go Here.

However, you must join the group in order to view them. Plus, don't go posting these all over the Internet or the group won't likely get anymore previews.

Cheers!

KF72

 

[Klaus]

Y'know, that Ice Dragon looks quite like the 3e (Lockwood-designed) White Dragon...

 

[nikolai]

It made 'money' after the release...overseas. *referring to the first film*

I'm not sure that those of us not in the US deserve the rap for D&D making a profit. The film needed overseas sales and sales in the US to make money - but wouldn't have made a profit based on either alone - so if we're going down for this surely we should take you guys with us...

Dannyalcatraz;

Some financial figures are given in the link below. The $7 million figure is just for the first weekend in the US. The others are:

$50,000,000 (Worldwide)
$34,815,000 (Non-USA)
$15,185,000 (USA)

Which gives a 1/3rd return on investment - so no wonder they're making two more. Is the US/foreign ratio is substantially different to the average for any other movie?

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0190374/business

 

[Nightfall]

Y'know, that Ice Dragon looks quite like the 3e (Lockwood-designed) White Dragon...

Yeah which just means it looks nice but that doesn't mean the film will be.

*is always pessimistic when it comes to movies that suck.*

 

[Truth Seeker]

Okay, there are some better photos available at the D&D Movies Yahoo Group. I won't repost them here, as I was "specifically" asked not to distribute them (as were the group's members). But I will provide a link to where they are located...

Go Here.

However, you must join the group in order to view them. Plus, don't go posting these all over the Internet or the group won't likely get anymore previews.

Cheers!

KF72

There is an error..Group check. No access

 

[Truth Seeker]

I'm not sure that those of us not in the US deserve the rap for D&D making a profit. The film needed overseas sales and sales in the US to make money - but wouldn't have made a profit based on either alone - so if we're going down for this surely we should take you guys with us...

Dannyalcatraz;

Some financial figures are given in the link below. The $7 million figure is just for the first weekend in the US. The others are:

$50,000,000 (Worldwide)
$34,815,000 (Non-USA)
$15,185,000 (USA)

Which gives a 1/3rd return on investment - so no wonder they're making two more. Is the US/foreign ratio is substantially different to the average for any other movie?

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0190374/business

Specualtion: There is a moderate possibility, that there is unaccounted amount of revenue, that was made. Not seen on the books. For the machinations of production to continue with this 'franchise', considering again...that 'revenue' was made overseas..

We will...never...know.

 

[Knightfall]

There is an error..Group check. No access

As I mentioned in the post, yes, you have to join the group in order to view them.

 

[Truth Seeker]

As I mentioned in the post, yes, you have to join the group in order to view them.

Provided Link....