Quote from: Game_Over_Man on May 22, 2017, 12:01:12 AM
Quote from: Robopadna on May 21, 2017, 11:14:09 PM
Quote from: Game_Over_Man on May 21, 2017, 11:06:11 PM
It's made it's budget back, but Fox will no doubt be interfering in the follow up big time. I'll be surprised if Ridley directs again - he'll be producer of course, but I can see Nicolas Refn or even Matt Reeves sinking their teeth into this.
A:C isn't a poor film, it's just average with some intriguing moments. But if you really want to re-ignite the franchise, you need Ripley back for one last stand, one last battle against the xeno's...and the corporate suits!
No, it did not. People need to stop saying this... it hasn't made half of it back of just the production cost, let alone advertising and distribution.
Globally the takings are just under $120m. The movie's budget is estimated no more than $110m...I'd say it's made it's money back. WITH DVD/RENTALS you're looking around $300m - ok, not as strong as Prometheus, but by no means a flop.
Alien 5 probably coming sooner than we think, for Fox's sake.
This. Even without taking into account DVD/rentals,300M is totally possible and I don't see how it could be considered a flop. Correct me if I'm wrong but Prometheus wasn't released in China. This has that market too,and the budget is considerably lower.
From Forbes:
QuoteThe good news is that 20th Century Fox and friends spent just $97 million on this picture, as opposed to the $130m that was spent on Prometheus. A 25% smaller budget means they can afford to make a lot less money here and abroad and still come out okay. The film received mixed-positive reviews and may yet triumph overseas. If the film has the same post-weekend legs as Prometheus than we're looking at an $88m domestic total. However, if it's as frontloaded as Alien vs. Predator then it'll be a $76m total which will put it below the domestic cumes of Prometheus ($126m), Aliens ($86m) and Alien ($78m). Again, this isn't a code red catastrophe, especially if it plays well outside of North America.
I don't have overseas figures at the moment, but an eventual over/under $300 million worldwide gross for an R-rated Alien movie shouldn't be taken as a defeat, but rather a sign that these films don't justify bigger budgets.
Sure,a 40M opening would have been better,but 36M is not a
bad result at all for R-rated sci-fi horror that is part of a niche franchise. Also,it's not released in 3D and the number of IMAX screens is really lower than Prometheus. But that's not even the most important reason why Prometheus and A:C shouldn't be compared. Prometheus was treated as an event. Forbes' BO analyst is also right with his argument about the whole promotion. Prometheus was promoted as an original sci-fi thriller that can appeal to a wider audience. Also,Deadline pointed out that there's definitely confusion for the average moviegoer. Mixed reactions on social media -Prometheus sequel..uhm,no,it's an Alien film,and so on- didn't help either.
BTW,it's still very strange that Fox didn't leave it in August. It would have done much better. The real problem is not the opening number,but the insane competion in the next weeks.