Fancyarcher Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) So I've seen Ender's Game. It's a pretty good movie, worth a watch. If anyone's interested, but still on the fence, you should check it out.I'm glad it's doing quite well. It is doing okay, right? I haven't looked at the numbers. No, the numbers are not great, their just okay (I guess). Edited November 2, 2013 by Fancyarcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 No it will likely open poorly . Not enough to make any profitThat's unfortunate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Damn, Bad grandpa increasing almost 250%. What the hell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcalcagn Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Damn, Bad grandpa increasing almost 250%. What the hell? I know; it's potentially looking at a sub-40% drop which is not only impressive for an R-rated comedy, but one in a franchise that typically has short legs. Maybe people really are desperate for a comedy; not to mention I've heard that the film actually has a bit of a heart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 This week's Film Theory predicts: Last Vegas - 20M Ender's Game -15M Free Birds - 10M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 AGH at Ender's Game doing well; that ruins all my predicts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 So I've seen Ender's Game. It's a pretty good movie, worth a watch. If anyone's interested, but still on the fence, you should check it out. I'm glad it's doing quite well. It is doing okay, right? I haven't looked at the numbers. No it will likely open poorly . Not enough to make any profitNo, it's actually doing pretty decently. Remember, they got 44m in presales for some foreign territories. That's cash right in their pocket, it's not a rebate or a future payment or anything. What it means is for our purposes, EG's outlying expense is really 65m or so. (100-110m budget minus the presales). So, while its not going to be a box-office juggernaut, it's going to (very likely) turn a profit for Summit, Odd Lot, and Digital Domain. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jandrew Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 No, it's actually doing pretty decently. Remember, they got 44m in presales for some foreign territories. That's cash right in their pocket, it's not a rebate or a future payment or anything. What it means is for our purposes, EG's outlying expense is really 65m or so. (100-110m budget minus the presales). So, while its not going to be a box-office juggernaut, it's going to (very likely) turn a profit for Summit, Odd Lot, and Digital Domain. You're the only person ive seen ever say "presales". What do you mean? Do you mean tickets that were sold in advance and now the money is coming in? Or do you mean the movie was released early OS and so that money has came in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 The really winner this weekend is Bad Grandpa. Less than a 50% fall...damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Easily. Maybe $18+ million. Holy crap. Thats impressive. So what will its total be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 How much will 12 Years A Slave do? I dont see it going over 35M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Holy crap. Thats impressive. So what will its total be? Around 60M this by Sunday. I thinking a grand total around 80-85M but I would love to see it push over 90M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Also do we have Dallar Buyers Club numbers yet? It wont be a hit or anything but the reviews are very positive and its one I'm really looking forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 How much will 12 Years A Slave do? I dont see it going over 35M Yeah i agree. 12 Years A Slave seems to be a low grossing but high PTA type of film. I definitely can't see an over 50M gross for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Enough Said has had a good little run. 14M is not something I would've expected for it. Escape Plan is surprisingly near (47M) to making its budget (50M) back worldwide. Not a hit but not a huge flop either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Specialty B.O. Preview: ‘Dallas Buyers Club,’ ‘Man Of Tai Chi,’ ‘Broken Circle Breakdown,’ ‘Casting By,’ ‘Mr. Nobody,’ ‘The Visitor,’ ‘Big Sur,’ ‘The Pervert’s Guide To Ideology,’ ‘These Birds Walk’ Again, go to see Mr. Nobody if possible !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) You're the only person ive seen ever say "presales". What do you mean? Do you mean tickets that were sold in advance and now the money is coming in? Or do you mean the movie was released early OS and so that money has came in? 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 Edited November 3, 2013 by Telemachos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 You're the only person ive seen ever say "presales". What do you mean? Do you mean tickets that were sold in advance and now the money is coming in? Or do you mean the movie was released early OS and so that money has came in? He means that the fiilm was shown to exhibitors overseas before the film was finished and based on what they saw, they bought the film outright which means that they do not split as much the gross with the studio. So lets say a distribution comnpany from Germany liked it and they gave.....sorry, Tele beat me to it.....just to add another film that did this, First Blood did it as well. Carolco covered the entire budget of the film by selling the film to foreign investors and that allowed them to pay Stallone what he wanted, which was 3 million. If they didn't sell the rights they might not have had the money to pay him what he wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLK Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 This is how Lionsgate does its international business as they don't distribute movies themselves in overseas markets. They sold Breaking Dawn 2 for $175 million (Budget $130 million), Now You See Me $50-55 million (budget $75 million), etc. The Hunger Games also recovered most of its $80 million budget from foreign presales. This is a good risk-averse strategy for a small distributor and it keeps them competitive with major studios that have the ability to take big risks in hopes for bigger rewards. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 How much will 12 Years A Slave do? I dont see it going over 35M I predicted 130-150m for 12 Years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
