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Like Ouija 2. First one was terrible but made 20x its budget, so why not put in another $5-10m and make another $30-40m. I imagine a second Visit film will be without MNS. I haven't see the film, but I'm not convinced he's out of he's doldrums. Give me one more good low budget film and I'll be convinced.
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Get it to 350m WW and I'll walk away a happy man.
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Can't wait to see what Everest can do in expansion. Better than expected drop for The Visit tbh given the genre and my own expectations.
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | In theaters
TalesofToday replied to Ash Skywalker's topic in Box Office Discussion
Well, look on the bright side, by the end of the third film, the franchise will have grossed nearly $1 billion WW for the price of a single Hunger Games film. Not a bad investment if you ask me. -
Box Office rarely impacts fledgling acting careers. O'Brien will get to show off his chops in Deepwater Horizon (another September release next year), Death Curse and another 30 or so episodes of Teen Wolf, so his career is fine. His agents are clearly doing things right, leveraging his talents in Teen Wolf and the social media following he has to secure roles. What the Maze Runner has done is give the director Wes Ball some exposure. Give him a great script and I think he'll be able to make a good movie. MR2's box office performance has more to do with the creative and marketing choices by Fox. And look, $300m+ WW is nothing to brag about for the genre, but when it's budget is $63m, I'll take the money and run.
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It didn't grow for Divergent either. Maze Runner is unique. We haven't had a male centric YA adaption since Harry Potter, and that was a whole different beast. I think with a movie like that a compelling story and characters are very important and I think they failed in that respect. Hopefully it's last outing can redeem the franchise.
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OW is about bragging rights. OW talking points is catered to us fanboys and marketing. When it comes down to it, WW numbers and whether the movie was profitable is what really matters to the studio. The Maze Runner may not be a Hunger Games level profit machine, but its low budget and decent WW numbers means Fox is happy. Their consolation prize is that both films are better reviewed than Divergent and both films grossed more than $300m WW. They're happy, I'm happy. Having said that, I'm disappointed that it did not meet my expectations. I thought this franchise could have grown. But I'm willing to bet those last three minutes of the first film put a hamper on that. If it was a much more compelling ending I think these numbers would of been higher. The only theater (Lincoln Square) that I pay for IMAX. Love that screen.
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Where is this awesome WOM I keep hearing about? Sure it got a great cinemascore, but so did Divergent and Insurgent. Both Divergent and MR have a 6.8 on IMDB. Divergent has an audience score of 70% on RT with an average rating of 3.8. MR has a score of 68% and an average rating of 3.7. Fact is, WOM for MR beat expectations, but it was not significantly better than Divergent or near the same level of HG.