Mojoguy Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 What PR needed was a big star. Not having one hindered it from the beginning You mean that guy from the motorcycle show wasn't a big star? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rthmessiah Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) at this rate PR will lose all its IMAX screens and give it back to Man of Steel Except it's making less than a million bucks a day now In some places yes Imax & MOS not sure whats happening yet with Dom MOs coming off Imax was a huge blow, Imax screens had lowest drop in general and were taking bulk of BO, for example Lincoln square taking MOS of imax screen entirely saw it plumit the next week. In AUS, the two traditional Imax theatres are sharing MOS/PR , Sydney as doing 2 sessions of each and similar coming week, Melbourne was still giving MOS 1-2 a day. The digital Imax cinemas that took MOS off last week , at Least two of them this coming week are putting MOS back on at least 1 session a day. In the UK, last week the London BFI Imax took MOS off it was the #1 location taking 4.5 times for the week the #2 location (Cume to date is over 30% higher than 2nd highest in cume) and it also had the smallest drop for the week of any theatre (in weeks 2 & 3 it dropped no more than 20% in each). PR opening weekend was lower than what MOS took in its 3rd, However at the moment MOS isn't scheduled to return to London BFI. Way back with Superman Returns Imax was the big money earning, there was an example in one city in NA that didn't get Imax version till about week6 of season, in week 6 it took more 2 times the BO of all the other theatres in the city combined for the week and it ran a further 14 weeks after Edited July 17, 2013 by Rth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) Tom Cruise would've been perfecf. I could have definently seen him turning this into a blockbuster! Pacific Rim made slightly more than what Oblivion made on it’s opening weekend. Don’t think the film would have still been a hit. Edited July 17, 2013 by Boxofficefanatic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 In some places yes Imax & MOS not sure whats happening yet with Dom MOs coming off Imax was a huge blow, Imax screens had lowest drop in general and were taking bulk of BO, for example Lincoln square taking MOS of imax screen entirely saw it plumit the next week. In AUS, the two traditional Imax theatres are sharing MOS/PR , Sydney as doing 2 sessions of each and similar coming week, Melbourne was still giving MOS 1-2 a day. The digital Imax cinemas that took MOS off last week , at Least two of them this coming week are putting MOS back on at least 1 session a day. In the UK, last week the London BFI Imax took MOS off it was the #1 location taking 4.5 times for the week the #2 location (Cume to date is over 30% higher than 2nd highest in cume) and it also had the smallest drop for the week of any theatre (in weeks 2 & 3 it dropped no more than 20% in each). PR opening weekend was lower than what MOS took in its 3rd, However at the moment MOS isn't scheduled to return to London BFI. Way back with Superman Returns Imax was the big money earning, there was an example in one city in NA that didn't get Imax version till about week6 of season, in week 6 it took more 2 times the BO of all the other theatres in the city combined for the week and it ran a further 14 weeks after I figured this. IMAX was the heart of the MoS gross. It wasn't reaching 300M without it. Go figure, WB's Pacific Rim killed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Pacific Rim made slightly more than what Oblivion made on it’s opening weekend. Don’t think the film would have still been a hit.Tom Cruise with Robots and Monsters? Audiences would have ate that sh!t up. Oblivion had a very confusing plot and trailer. That managed a good OW and it would have crossed 100M DOM if it wasn't for IM3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 I figured this. IMAX was the heart of the MoS gross. It wasn't reaching 300M without it. Go figure, WB's Pacific Rim killed it. If Pacific Rim does another week of this weak business, I think they will hand those screens back to Man of Steel. IMAX either gets MOS to $300M or PR to $100M. Which would they rather have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 If Pacific Rim does another week of this weak business, I think they will hand those screens back to Man of Steel.IMAX either gets MOS to $300M or PR to $100M. Which would they rather have?Has that ever happened before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) Tom Cruise with Robots and Monsters? Audiences would have ate that sh!t up. Oblivion had a very confusing plot and trailer. That managed a good OW and it would have crossed 100M DOM if it wasn't for IM3. Tom Cruise hasn’t been a major box office draw for years now. Simply putting him in a film with robots and aliens isn’t going to get people to see it. Edited July 17, 2013 by Boxofficefanatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 Has that ever happened before? Last time I remember was back in summer 2009. Lots of IMAX screens took back Star Trek instead of playing Terminator: Salvation after it flatlined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitik Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Tom Cruise hasn’t been a major box office draw for years now. Simply putting him in a film with robots and aliens isn’t going to get people to see it. Oblivion starring Charlie Hunnam would have been lucky to make half of what it did with Cruise. A heavily-marketed Cruise action flick with giant robots and monsters would have brought in at least another $50M. Possibly more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Oblivion starring Charlie Hunnam would have been lucky to make half of what it did with Cruise. A heavily-marketed Cruise action flick with giant robots and monsters would have brought in at least another $50M. Possibly more. Nope. Aside from the Mission Impossible movies Tom Cruise hasn’t had a movie that opened to more than 37 million since War of the Worlds. Pacific Rim would still need to be properly marketed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 If Pacific Rim does another week of this weak business, I think they will hand those screens back to Man of Steel. IMAX either gets MOS to $300M or PR to $100M. Which would they rather have? I think they'd rather have whatever gives them the biggest cut from the theaters. I assume that's PR at this point, but who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 I think they'd rather have whatever gives them the biggest cut from the theaters. I assume that's PR at this point, but who knows? That's the thing. It is another month till Elysium takes over. But they have to do something. Pacific Rim isn't cutting the mustard and Man of Steel is moving to its second-run theater phase. What do they do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I wouldn't be surprised if WB had a four-week IMAX contract for PR. There's a precedent for that. Not too late for Fox to put Wolverine in some digital IMAX screens, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 That's the thing. It is another month till Elysium takes over. But they have to do something. Pacific Rim isn't cutting the mustard and Man of Steel is moving to its second-run theater phase. What do they do? How do we know it "isn't cutting the mustard", especially compared to MOS? I have no idea what sort of deal the studios have with IMAX, but I assume it's along similar lines as other theaters, where they get a greater percentage upfront. Why wouldn't they want a larger slice of a larger pie? It's not like MOS was setting the IMAX world on fire at this point of its release -- I'm assuming WB is taking the Apple route and saying, "If anyone's going to be taking money from MOS's IMAX theaters, we'd rather it be one of our new releases". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 How do we know it "isn't cutting the mustard", especially compared to MOS? You're kidding, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 MOS and PR should have switched release dates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 You're kidding, right? No. Where's the numbers in terms of what MOS was making in IMAX last week and what PR did this weekend? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 MOS and PR should have switched release dates I don’t think it would have made a difference. Warner Brothers would have still have given MOS the better end of the deal because they actually get a big profit from it, unlike Pacific Rim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 What PR needed was a big star. Not having one hindered it from the beginning I've been saying that since seeing it. Hugh Jackman and Liam Hemsworth should've been the Aussies, and Channing Tatum should've been the lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
