If Shane Black’s earliest comment’s on the rating weren’t enough to let you know this was coming, The Predator has officially been given an R-rating by the Motion Picture Association of America! The news to comes to us via Box Office Mojo. The reason’s cited for the rating are:
“strong bloody violence, language throughout, and crude sexual references”
The Predator has not yet been rated in the UK (but we expect a 15), though the film has received an 18+ rating in Russia. Thanks to MudButt for the news.
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Thanks Wobbly. I've merged this with the existing rating thread. A 15 was pretty much what I was expecting.
Could be wrong tho, we'll see about that.
It's easy to forget, imo anyway, that the total budget includes advertising and marketing for the film. Makes it so much more costly
Me too. If it had been a more reasonable budget though, I think it would've turned out more like the scorpion king. All that extra money very likely saved the film.
I actually liked that movie....
After what happened to Guy's King Arthur, I had a hard time believing Warner Bros. invested such money in a shark movie starring J.S.
From what's being said, it has now reached 400 million. So even has been broke I'd say. Glad to see it succeed. But it's a shame it wasn't made as a more serious movie on a smaller budget. such a high return might have lead the studio to do a sequel. But, per your question, I submit the following from Wikipedia:
"With a production budget between $130–178 million, and another $140 million spent on advertisement, the film needed to gross at least $400 million in order to break-even."
And another:
"The studio spent $140 million on global prints and advertisement for the film"
This was not a low budget movie, and advertising for it was through the roof.
$400 to break even? How does that even work? It's got Jason Statham and a big CGI shark.
Gonna need around 400mil to break even, if I remember correctly. And it's really starting to level out. I don't see it going any higher than 400.
I really hope our optimism is justified. As said, the conditions are all there, all that's left is for the movie to be good and well received.
I'm sure that The Predator will do well. Marketing's been great, release date is no less than perfect with absolute zero competition, even if it's not as popular it is a recognizable brand, people are excited, runtime is ideal, and no one makes a fun movie like Shane Black. Action packed, terror, scary creatures, clever humor, it surely will draw people to see it. All that's missing is good reviews and we're done. No reason for this to fail.
Deadpool is the highest-grossing R rated movie in history, and it didn't make it to $800 million worldwide. It's a massive success, especially considering its budget, but again, it's the highest-grossing one. For a big budget PG-13 comic book movie in the veins of the MCU, DP's worldwide gross would be a big hit, but nothing absolutely groundbreaking. Logan, which I imagine is a movie The Predator is closer to in terms of budget, is another massive hit as an R rated movie and it grossed $619 million. So yeah, the R rating does limit the film's gross, but they are budgeted accordingly to that.
Like way off
Like nowhere near
Like not even in the same ballpark
Marvel vs Predator. Lol lol lol
Right. Plus, for the franchise's integrity, it kind of has to take the hit in that regard
Limit it, but R rated films are budgeted with that in mind.
Will it limit its box office or improve it?
How/why is he pushing it?
I'm also European. However, it's interesting because it offers an expectation of what rating to expect in our respective reasons.
R should be the new pg-13. Or just get rid of pg-13 altogether. A movie should either be child-friendly (like the incredibles) or not (everything else). These little undamaged 13-17 year old minds are watching horror films, playing doom, and F' ing each other out over xbox live. They can handle alittle cussing and violence in a movie. It's time Hollywood got with the program. G and R ratings, that's all we need people.
i wont be watching those scenes,..bring on the human carnage though!!!!
Thanks!
I wouldn't expect anything less lol. Nice job, btw.
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Sci-Fi Action Fox 9/14/18 R strong bloody violence, language throughout, and crude sexual references
via: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=mpaa&p=.htm