Weekend Box Office (7/13 - 7/15): When Does The Dark Knight Rises Come Out Again?
07-15-12, 06:04 PM
#26
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Weekend Box Office (7/13 - 7/15): When Does The Dark Knight Rises Come Out Again?
Because Tom Rothman is a moron and he's been running Fox directly into the ground for the past few years. He probably passed on Ted as his thought process was than a hard R-rated comedy wouldn't sell to the masses.
Universal took a chance and it became the surprise hit of the summer.
to Universal and MacFarlane.
Spider-Man 3 cost $258 million to produce (before prints and advertising) and pulled in $900 million worldwide. The Amazing-Spider Man cost $230 million to produce (before prints and advertising) and looks to do significantly less. It's also going to drop hard when the Batman is released next weekend, possibly hurting its chance to make it to $800 million. So, tell me again why Raimi and Maguire got the boot?
Possibly. Warner is throwing it onto as many screens as possible.
Universal took a chance and it became the surprise hit of the summer.
to Universal and MacFarlane.Spider-Man 3 cost $258 million to produce (before prints and advertising) and pulled in $900 million worldwide. The Amazing-Spider Man cost $230 million to produce (before prints and advertising) and looks to do significantly less. It's also going to drop hard when the Batman is released next weekend, possibly hurting its chance to make it to $800 million. So, tell me again why Raimi and Maguire got the boot?
Possibly. Warner is throwing it onto as many screens as possible.
07-15-12, 07:00 PM
#27
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Re: Weekend Box Office (7/13 - 7/15): When Does The Dark Knight Rises Come Out Again?
I bet if Jonah Hill's The Sitter was released instead of Ice Age it would've done well.
07-15-12, 07:59 PM
#28
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Weekend Box Office (7/13 - 7/15): When Does The Dark Knight Rises Come Out Again?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but hard R comedies usually don't do that well at the box office. You said yourself that Universal took a chance. It easily could have bombed royally. If Fox had taken the chance and it bombed then they would have looked stupid. Now they look stupid because they passed on a hit. Universal looks like a genius for taking a chance on the surprise hit of the summer. Hindsight is always 20/20.
07-15-12, 10:38 PM
#29
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Weekend Box Office (7/13 - 7/15): When Does The Dark Knight Rises Come Out Again?
R-rated comedies are usually a hit as they tend to have lower budgets due to to higher risk (unless they have huge stars attached) and they tend to pay off pretty well.
ie -
Wedding Crashers (July 15th 2005, $209m domestic) $40m budget
Knocked Up (June 1st, 2007, $149m domestic) $30m budget
The Hangover (June 5th 2009, $277m domestic) $35m budget
The Hangover 2 (May 26th, 2011, $254m domestic) $80m budget (they all got huge paychecks)
Bridesmaids (May 13th, 2011, $169m domestic) $32.5m budget
21 Jump Street (March 16th, 2012, $138.5m domestic) $42m budget
Ted (June 29th, 2012, $159m domestic so far) $50m budget
Borat (Nov 3, 2006, $129m domestic) $18m budget
Superbad (Aug 17th, 2007, $121m domestic) $20m budget
Horrible Bosses (July 8th, 2011, $117m domestic) $35m budget
Even Bad Teacher made over $100m. ($20m budget)
Plus they do well on DVD/Blu. Harold and Kumar only made $18m in theaters and spawned two sequels ($9m budget on #1, $12m on #2, $19m on #3)
ie -
Wedding Crashers (July 15th 2005, $209m domestic) $40m budget
Knocked Up (June 1st, 2007, $149m domestic) $30m budget
The Hangover (June 5th 2009, $277m domestic) $35m budget
The Hangover 2 (May 26th, 2011, $254m domestic) $80m budget (they all got huge paychecks)
Bridesmaids (May 13th, 2011, $169m domestic) $32.5m budget
21 Jump Street (March 16th, 2012, $138.5m domestic) $42m budget
Ted (June 29th, 2012, $159m domestic so far) $50m budget
Borat (Nov 3, 2006, $129m domestic) $18m budget
Superbad (Aug 17th, 2007, $121m domestic) $20m budget
Horrible Bosses (July 8th, 2011, $117m domestic) $35m budget
Even Bad Teacher made over $100m. ($20m budget)
Plus they do well on DVD/Blu. Harold and Kumar only made $18m in theaters and spawned two sequels ($9m budget on #1, $12m on #2, $19m on #3)
Last edited by RichC2; 07-15-12 at 10:46 PM.
