baumer Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 Why would it only do 35 million? That seems way too low. If it's a true oscar contender it will do well over 60 mill,. The Artist is the worst best picture nominee ever imo and it still 44 mill. Slave will soar past 35 with a best picture nominee and if it wins it could do 70 mill. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackzack Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 they are standing little too close to each other, don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Assuming 12YAS gets a legit wide release next weekend, it might do $35m by the time the Oscar noms are announced, and who knows how much more after that. $60-80 million total is definitely possible for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackzack Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 It lost IMAX so expected drop. With Thor 2 and CF coming I don't see 300M happening but it should still be able to finish around 275M which is crazy impressive for it. With this weekend gross, it may not even go that far : $260M Slightly below MU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) No, preselling to foreign distributors means you're selling the rights to distribute in that territory, in exchange for a greater percentage of the gross given to that distributor. It's a way of hedging your bets: you get money up front, the distributor gets a good chunk (or even all) of the gross for that territory. New Line famously paid for almost all the production budget of LOTR with FOTR pre-sales. edit: here's the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_finance#Pre-sales On the flip side the studio will see little or none of the profit after selling the rights, so a big OS gross would mean squat (see The Golden Compass). Edited November 3, 2013 by C00k13 Monster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 What you guys don't mention from all this is that once the studio sells the rights to a movie OS they don't get the usual 40-45 % of the gross They get little to no money from its OS performance since the distributor ( rightfully - since they paid for it ) have the rights to the movie in their respective territories Sometimes this bites em in their asses since a movie does much better OS than DOM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 On the flip side the studio will see little or none of the profit after selling the rights, so a big OS gross would mean squat (see The Golden Compass). It's the gamble they take though. They go for the sure thing instead of risk. Smart imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 What you guys don't mention from all this is that once the studio sells the rights to a movie OS they don't get the usual 40-45 % of the gross They get little to no money from its OS performance since the distributor ( rightfully - since they paid for it ) have the rights to the movie in their respective territories Sometimes this bites em in their asses since a movie does much better OS than DOM BD2 made about 530 mill OS. 40% of that is about 215 mill. They sold the international rights for 175 mill. That's a pretty good gamble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Exhibitor Relations @ERCboxoffice2m GRAVITY held its own in the face of sci-fi competition, grossing $13.1M (-35%), $219M total. Pretty good drop after losing IMAX. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Exhibitor Relations @ERCboxoffice2m GRAVITY held its own in the face of sci-fi competition, grossing $13.1M (-35%), $219M total. Pretty good drop after losing IMAX. Great drop. But I never though losing Imax would be a problem. Losing 3d is what will hurt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Seeing Don Jon tonight. JGL Scarlett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 GRAVITY: $13.13M Weekend (est) / $219.19M Domestic Total / 3,024 Locations / $4,342 Location Avg. https://twitter.com/BoxOffice/status/397019492892827648 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 #Gravity dips 35% to $13.1M wknd, massive $219.2M dom cume. Best 5th wknd gross for any film since Avengers. https://twitter.com/giteshpandya/status/397019671079043072 That's crazy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Seeing Don Jon tonight. JGL Scarlett I didn't like it but I have a feeling you will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 It's the gamble they take though. They go for the sure thing instead of risk. Smart imo.With EG, they needed the pre-sales to cover the budget before they even went into production. They pre-sold with star names and a sizzle reel. If they hadn't, there wouldn't be a film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Great drop. But I never though losing Imax would be a problem. Losing 3d is what will hurt it. It's not losing 3D. Most theaters can still give Gravity a 3D screen after Thor opens. Competition is the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) Exhibitor Relations @ERCboxoffice6m 12 YEARS A SLAVE found $4.6M in its first weekend of moderate wide release in 410 venues--$11,220 per. Very good expansion. Edited November 3, 2013 by druv10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 I didn't like it but I have a feeling you will What are you suggesting, that I'll like it just for the sex? Hell yeah I will! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 What are you suggesting, that I'll like it just for the sex? Hell yeah I will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 ENDER'S GAME: $28.0M Weekend (est) / $28.00M Domestic Total / 3,407 Locations / $8,218 Location Avg. https://twitter.com/BoxOffice/status/397026500429365248 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
