I may stand corrected: Opening day Friday delivered a solid $21.6M including $3.35M from Thursday night's post-midnight shows. But Saturday fell a disturbing 22% to $16.8M and the studio is optimistically projecting a slim 15% Sunday decline to $14.3M helped in part by Father's Day. This summer's well-reviewed super hero films Thor and X-Men: First Class both fared better with audiences. Each dipped by only 8% on Saturday and scored a B+ CinemaScore. More students were out of school for Lantern's opening day, but the Saturday fall was still very troubling.
Dropping sales over the first weekend is a bad sign. You just might be right, Raven. On Jun 20, 2011, at 3:58 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Box Office Mojo ALSO says, they spent an additional $100 million on > marketing, which makes the budget upwards of $300 MILLION dollars. It will > NEVER make it's money back and it will cost them money in the FUTURE, since > people have no trust in them to put out a quality product. They are > foot-shooters, fools, product assassins. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cary Preston <[email protected]> > To: theuniquegeek <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:49 pm > Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] Superhero box office chart > > Box office mojo listed the production cost at $200 mil. It made just over $50 > mil the first weekend domestically; if it has an equal showing overseas even > with a steep drop off in the second weekend (let's say 60%) it should break > even in the theaters with a four week run. Figure in DVD sales/rentals and > the licensing fees from tv outlets (HBO and such) plus the money from digital > outlets like iTunes and it should turn a modest profit even with the metric > ass load spent on marketing. That being said, if they make a sequel I'd wager > a day's pay they won't spend on production. > If nothing else, this movie proves beyond a reasonable doubt that there will > never be a Justice League movie. > On Jun 20, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: > >> of course they have a sequal planned, but can it now be "green" lit? i'm >> with Raven, it needs to meke back its production cost AND make them some >> serious cash and do it fast, and it doesn't look like that will happen >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: >> This. Even absolute stinkers can turn a handy profit when you consider all >> avenues of distribution. With Hollywood in the mire of sequel-mania (and >> apparently grasping for movie ideas) I wouldn't be surprised if they have a >> sequel already planned. >> >> >> On Jun 20, 2011, at 3:29 PM, Michael Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> You act as if this was the only money the film is going to make. Are they >>> pulling it from theaters and I wasn't aware of this. And what about >>> international numbers? Has it been released overseas? Plus there are the >>> DVD sales to consider. I doubt that WB would just dump this and movie on. >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:23 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> It did very badly. The budget was much higher than X-Men, and the >>> marketing budget easily added another $100 million to that number. So...it >>> will end up making maybe $80 on a $300 dollar investment. There's no >>> chance of a sequel. >>> >>> X-Men had good reviews and held over decently. It's also part of an >>> established franchise. It didn't overwhelm, but if they make a sequel and >>> put Wolverine in it, they'll make a few bucks. There's history and the >>> numbers in relation to the budget inspired hope. >>> >>> GL had nothing for anyone to hold on to unless you count the hope that ten >>> thousand people fell in love with Sinestro and can't wait to see him be the >>> bad guy next time. Spoiler warning - they didn't. >>> >>> The only thing WB can cling to is they were the "number one movie in >>> America" that week. They may even throw some more money in the toilet >>> advertising that fact. More good money after bad. >>> >>> I'm glad you enjoyed it. I knew Luke would, he likes everything. I knew >>> Van would, he has books to sell, but it won't be bothering us any time in >>> the future. We won't have Hal Jordan to kick around any more. >>> >>> GL was a braying donkey. >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Michael Bailey <[email protected]> >>> To: theuniquegeek <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Mon, Jun 20, 2011 8:31 am >>> Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] Superhero box office chart >>> >>> That is interesting. All things considered and compared to the two other >>> super-hero films of the summer GL didn't too badly. That is a 2500 or so >>> dollar difference between First Class and they were talking sequel that >>> first weekend. >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I thought that was very interesting! I wonder how Superman and Superman II >>> would rate in 2011 dollars...I think that would be even more meaningful, to >>> adjust for inflation. >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: >>> This is pretty interesting to view. >>> >>> http://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?view=openings&id=superhero.htm&p=.htm >>> >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> Have a Better One, >>> Edward Crosby >>> http://about.me/edwardcrosby >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> This post/e-mail was written by Michael Bailey, Superman Apologist >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> This post/e-mail was written by Michael Bailey, Superman Apologist >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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