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I get the feeling Spielberg and Lucas are more cost conscious directors, The BFG cost $140m which to me wasn't that expensive considering how visually heavy it was. Zemeckis in comparison spent a lot more on films like What Lies Beneath which cost $100m, $10m more than than Castaway and Forrest Gump which cost $55m in 1994 but luckily was a huge hit not to mention the motion capture years where the films were between $150-200m, his last three films cost a lot less. Films like Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight etc everyone is working for scale and ironically those films tend to have a harder time raising money but the producers usually sell the distribution rights and recoup the budget.
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The Last Knight filmed in the UK so they get tax credits there too, the generous tax credits is the reason many tentpoles shoot in the UK, WB's purchase of Leavesden turned out to be very good as it's always busy not only with WB but other productions, Pinewood and Shepperton are at capacity as well. Pirates is expensive because filming with water tend to drives up budgets, filming with Queensland for the new film was actually for financial reasons, The Lone Ranger was $250m which was too high for a Western. Bay along with Nolan and Eastwood are known for shooting on time and on budget, Nolan was under budget for his last few films which is unusual.
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Doctor Strange and Guardians were VFX heavy and I would guess now Uncle Ike doesn't control the purse strings, they can spend more. People do mention that the budget of WDAS and Pixar are higher than say Illumination or WAG but the latter studios outsource their animation and do cut corners whereas you can see the money on screen on a WDAS and Pixar film
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Top 10 of 2018 predictions: From JAN 1st 2018 to DEC 31st 2018
Jonwo replied to YM!'s topic in Box Office Discussion
Anything over $70-75m OW is a win in my eyes. -
I get the feeling Edgardo Mortara is going to be pushed back, Spielberg will be doing press for Ready Player One and The Post from December to March plus prep Indy, there's no feasible way he could shoot another film in that time The main thing is getting the actors schedules which I suspected has already been cleared with Hanks and Streep. I'm assuming Ready Player One will be in the can by the time he starts shooting The Post but the downside of him shooting another film this year is that he won't be able to promote the film at Comic Con which isn't a huge issue since I imagine they'll get the author and the cast of that to do it anyway
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Eastwood has a reputation of shooting on time and on budget. I think Gran Torino was also shot in the same summer as its release year as well. He's be a good choice for Its What I Do which Spielberg was attached to direct but will likely drop out Allied was another example of a film that started filming in the same year as it was released. Started shooting in March of 2016 and released in November
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Top 10 of 2018 predictions: From JAN 1st 2018 to DEC 31st 2018
Jonwo replied to YM!'s topic in Box Office Discussion
As much as I want Ready Player One to be successful, I'm not sure if it's going to crack $90-100m OW. -
I'd prefer the approach of the stage musical and Howard Ashman's original idea of having the Genie be more of a Fats Waller and Cab Calloway showman, maybe Jamie Foxx or John Legend would be interesting. A live action Hunchback would be cool but it would need to be similar to the stage version which is a lot closer to the book and thus much darker and more tragic than the 1996 film
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No Time To Die | October 8 2021 | 82% on RT | RIP Sean Connery
Jonwo replied to Neo's topic in Box Office Discussion
I'm guessing November 2019 will be when this will be out. -
$150m is going to be difficult with Cars 3 and DM3 in the same month. I think $25m/80m is more likely