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[Horhey]

It'll probably make more on dvd sales and rentals. The thing I notice is, people may not go to see a movie like this in theaters, but they sure as hell like renting them.

The money it makes in theatres also depends on what it's competition is. As far as I know, all of the other comic book movies like Wolverine, Hulk, and Iron Man come out next summer.

[WisePredator]

Lower than P2.

[YutaniDitch]

Remember this film has a small budget, smaller than most films. So just because it makes less doesn't mean it is a failure. If it makes even just 100 million worldwide, I'd consider it a success.

Yes, but try to see this from a future-Alien-movie perspective...

An Alien movie willl require more of everything, more budget, more story, more acting memorabilia,...

So, even if AVPR covers the losses and has a tiny profit, it will STILL mean the end of the franchises...

So, I think that AVPR needs to make an astounding profit to enable FOX to even think about doing an Alien 5 movie or even have some brainstorming about a Predator 3...

And a marginal success or a success dependent on DVD sales is not enough to make FOX think they can invest in future Alien movies..

Just think about it: AVPR is more fan-oriented, the most fan-oriented movie of the whole bunch...

And the budget is the smallest of the bunch, so this is just FOX playing safe, and whichever profit this movie can make will be good...

The low budget means they are in safe mode, meaning that the budget they had (between 40-60 million) will be easily covered by both the domestic and international BO revenues...

[That Yellow Alien]

To be honest, I've given up hope on Alien 5. If it happens, it happens, but I'm not waiting for it.

[YutaniDitch]

It'll probably make more on dvd sales and rentals. The thing I notice is, people may not go to see a movie like this in theaters, but they sure as hell like renting them.

That's another problem with movies like these...


I saw Freddy versus Jason on DVD, for instance... And DVD sales revenue is slow-building and late figures, usually years after the theatre release date...

So, those long-term estimates are probably not what Fox is aiming at with a holiday movie or any movie like this...

[Highland]

agreed , A5 is toast.

Expect Pred 3 if any. Dont really see an excuse for AVP 3. Aliens have been established as Groups once again, taking away the threat.

I only wonder what would have been if AR was scrapped. That was the tuning point. Bloody French 

[YutaniDitch]

agreed , A5 is toast.

Expect Pred 3 if any. Dont really see an excuse for AVP 3. Aliens have been established as Groups once again, taking away the threat.

I only wonder what would have been if AR was scrapped. That was the tuning point. Bloody French 

That's easy, Highland...we would have had a perfect Alien Trilogy... and that would be enough for me... Ripley's heroic demise to neutralise the Alien threat to our planet... Case closed...

Any other Alien saga could have been done in another tryptic form, without Sigourney, and exploring other plotlines...

But Fox's greed mixed with severe symptoms to Hollywood's current originality and creativity depression and the resulting sequel fever said otherwise...

[Ok7]

Rating R and many other films ( National Treasure 2, Charlie Wilson's War, The Water Horse and Rambo 4).

Budget and marketing-100 million.
That make a profit-200 million.

USA-50 million.(maximum 70 mill.)
Foreign-100-150 million.
Worldwide-150-200 million.

So we not see AVP3, Alien5, Predator 3.

[pred_alien]

Rating R and many other films ( National Treasure 2, Charlie Wilson's War, The Water Horse and Rambo 4).

Budget and marketing-100 million.
That make a profit-200 million.

USA-50 million.(maximum 70 mill.)
Foreign-100-150 million.
Worldwide-150-200 million.

So we not see AVP3, Alien5, Predator 3.

the budget and marketing are gonna be no where near 100 mil

[Ok7]

I hope.
Maybe marketing 30 million and budger 50-60 million=80-90 million.

[pred_alien]

I hope.
Maybe marketing 30 million and budger 50-60 million=80-90 million.

the budet is not 50-60mil...more like 35-45 mil

[Ok7]

I hope, I hope is budget is 40 million.
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But AVP1 have 35 million marketing + budget 60 million=95 million

[Ok7]

It'll make less than what AvP did anyway...

why do you say this??? if this is a overall good movie and gets semi good reviews from critics and fans alike that will draw more people to see it...even fans new to the franchises...and also people that are tired of all the happy fun loving christmas movies that would like to see something besides that AVP-R is their choice

Grindhouse too critic praise and what?
25 million in USA

[That Yellow Alien]

Ya, that pissed me off. Grindhouse was great and got great reviews, but the average movie goer didn't know what the hell it was about. It was a shame it bombed.

[KillingJoke]

agreed , A5 is toast.

Expect Pred 3 if any. Dont really see an excuse for AVP 3. Aliens have been established as Groups once again, taking away the threat.

I only wonder what would have been if AR was scrapped. That was the tuning point. Bloody French 

Nobody would pay to see a stand-alone Predator movie after AvP.  It's been 17 years since we had one, and people are going to be asking where the Aliens are.

I would say that an Alien 5 is far more likely, especially given the recent interest Scott and Cameron had in it.