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Its En Vogue to now say that this movie wasn't a risk and the success was expected, but we all know that couldn't be further from the truth. These numbers are nothing short of spectacular and well deserved.
What do you mean risk ? Was there really even 1 in a million chance this movie woudlnt make its money back ?
We knew beforehand it would have a budget of 150-200 mil..
..And we also knew that with the sole exception of The Incredible Hulk that all MCU films made 370mil or more.
And with the everexpanding OS markets plus the recognition that this brand has i'd say its was pretty naeve to think this was a risky move. Even at the time it was anounced.
Risky in terms of not doing Avengers numbers doesnt make sense. What was the risk really ? enlighten me plz.
We re not talking DC nor Marvel here. Its an MCU film. Never gonna flop.
Just watch what the rest of the pack will bring.
P.S. Sony wont go bankrupt this year. Nor next year. PS4 sales boosted its earnings. The probability (for bankruptcy) fell from 79% to 48% . Its not going to happen soon. Maybe in 4-5 years who knows.
What do you mean risk ? Was there really even 1 in a million chance this movie woudlnt make its money back ?
We knew beforehand it would have a budget of 150-200 mil..
..And we also knew that with the sole exception of The Incredible Hulk that all MCU films made 370mil or more.
And with the everexpanding OS markets plus the recognition that this brand has i'd say its was pretty naeve to think this was a risky move. Even at the time it was anounced.
Risky in terms of not doing Avengers numbers doesnt make sense. What was the risk really ? enlighten me plz.
We re not talking DC nor Marvel here. Its an MCU film. Never gonna flop.
Just watch what the rest of the pack will bring.
P.S. Sony wont go bankrupt this year. Nor next year. PS4 sales boosted its earnings. The probability (for bankruptcy) fell from 79% to 48% . Its not going to happen soon. Maybe in 4-5 years who knows.
P.S. Sony wont go bankrupt this year. Nor next year. PS4 sales boosted its earnings. The probability (for bankruptcy) fell from 79% to 48% . Its not going to happen soon. Maybe in 4-5 years who knows.
Each Hollywood blockbuster usually gets a Promotion and Advertising budget roughly equal to half it's production budget. In the case of the $170 M Guardians of the Galaxy, that would mean Disney spent roughly $250 M, making, distributing and promoting the film.
Studios only get about 50 cents on the dollar for a ticket, meaning Guardians of the Galaxy has to gross over $500 M to break even. Considering Iron Man and Spider-Man are the only two marvel characters to break $500 M in their first movie, this was a HUGE risk.
I can understand Guardians being an unknown risk in terms of introducing new characters,
But a sci fi film released during the summer?
Not that big of a risk really .
Edge of Tomorrow and Oblivion both disappointed at the box office and After Earth and John Carter bombed.
Sony as a whole wont go bankrupt. But they may have to eventually sell off their movie division
Come on guys lets not rewrite history. This film was absolutely a risk from the moment it was announced. Scifi movies are not guaranteed successes anymore and this film had no recognizable characters or actors. And just saying you are from the same studio as a previous hit is never enough to guarantee anything.
Its only in the last few weeks that it looked like it would be a big hit. It was originally tracking at $55m and then 60 and then 70. And now its expected to make $90m.
Not to mention GL. A "known" property according to some DC fans when pitted against Thor and CATFA back in 2011.
P.S. Sony wont go bankrupt this year. Nor next year. PS4 sales boosted its earnings. The probability (for bankruptcy) fell from 79% to 48% . Its not going to happen soon. Maybe in 4-5 years who knows.
which was so silly. Captain america was always more well known than green lantern. It's something every box office analyst pointed out that summer. That captain america was the only new franchise general audiences recognized by name of the three.
Either way, every marvel cinematic universe property is now more well known than green lantern, and even wonder woman. Good job, dc.
Agreed, especially about Wonder Woman. For the life of me I don't understand why people continue to call a part of DC's trinity when she's not. I'd argue that Flash is more popular than she is right now, a character that has had no media exposure since the 70's. I'm on record as saying I think BvS will make more than Cap but Cap will screw up BvS box office, meaning its done its job. But thinking about it, its no guarantee that BvS will win that weekend because Marvel/Disney know how to promote the crap out of a film and its not a slam dunk as people think.Which was so silly. Captain America was always more well known than Green Lantern. It's something every box office analyst pointed out that summer. That Captain America was the only new franchise general audiences recognized by name of the three.
Either way, Every Marvel Cinematic Universe property is now more well known than Green Lantern, and even Wonder Woman. Good job, DC.