Olive Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Maybe one million in Japan at most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck0 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Still havent seen this (really late release in Germany/Austria) and i will certainly watch it in english (which is not that easy here since everything is being dubbed into german). I assume legos humor is very pop culture centered and i guess also relies on puns, both of which do not translate that well into other languages. Will be interesting to see whether german audiences will connect with the movie since most of them will not see it in german... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpse Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Maybe one million in Japan at most. I think $500,000 will require a lot of luck. It was never going to do anything here though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I think $500,000 will require a lot of luck. It was never going to do anything here though. Do you think How to Train your Dragon 2 will have a solid increase in Japan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpse Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 (edited) Do you think How to Train your Dragon 2 will have a solid increase in Japan? Well, the first scored excellent reviews despite being a box-office dud. I've seen it ranked on different movie sites'Top 50/100 best reviewed movies. I don't think DVD sales were impressive, but maybe it found some audience since then. I just hope the sequel gets released! Animated films from Dreamworks/Blue Sky/Sony have been struggling to put it nicely. The Croods and Turbo weren't released, and I know Rio 2 won't see a release. I'm surprised The Lego Movie got a release. Warner Bros. and the success in the States is probably the only reason it did (in only 98 theaters though). How to Train Your Dragon 2 is on the schedule for 2014, however, but doesn't have a release date yet. Fox is listed as the distributor so I'm going assume it'll be released, probably in September or October. I doubt it does much, but it can't really do much less than the first film, so... A big box-office in the States and worldwide, along with the same critical consensus as the original, would really help it out. Edited March 23, 2014 by Corpse 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsyu Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I noticed sk and Japan are opposites when it comes to hollywood animated films. Disney&pixar do really poorly in korea while dreamworks does really really well. I think the opposite is true in Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 147m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 BoxOffice @BoxOffice 28s THE LEGO MOVIE: $147.6M Overseas Total / $390.9M Global Total #TheLEGOMovie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx93 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Why so low? LEGO is a really good movie, it deserves so much more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edroger3 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Why so low? LEGO is a really good movie, it deserves so much more. Because, as I ever say, it's the most overrated movie ever and simply boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAtGender Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I think a lot of it isn't so much that Lego is underperforming in most markets, but rather that the US and UK markets are vastly over performing. To be sure it isn't quite doing as well as it should in other markets, but in those cases it's more like down 10-20% rather than the US or UK where it's doing about 60% or so better than expected. If the US gross was heading for 150m the OS gross would be seen as "could be better, but it's okay". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 The movie is already profitable for WB, any money they get now is just gravy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire of Themyscira Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Because, as I ever say, it's the most overrated movie ever and simply boring. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edroger3 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Lego released in Japan: Had the same admission of 'Frozen in one screen'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 $152,200,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bapi Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 400M WW done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peeta Tong Karanasios Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 400m worldwide! Australia + Germany still to come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edroger3 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 But only 75M$ outside of USA and UK (Mr Peabody 105M$, Frozen 610M$). Many of non english-original language people tells that it loses much of its meaning with dubbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpse Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I noticed sk and Japan are opposites when it comes to hollywood animated films. Disney&pixar do really poorly in korea while dreamworks does really really well. I think the opposite is true in Japan. You're correct. Though Pixar films are still way ahead of Disney films at the box-office. Pixar >>>> Disney >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Dreamworks>>>>>>>>>Other (Blu Sky, etc.). Shrek 2 is the highest-grossing Dreamworks film with only 2.5 billion yen (~$23 million), and it can thank that number due to its insane box-office in North America and elsewhere creating hype for it before it was released. Dreamworks and other animation studios are having a hard time finding distributors for their animated films in recent years, too. Bee Movie, Megamind, Rio, Ice Age 4, The Croods... all these never got released because investors lost money on their other films disappointing/bombing. And that's saying something considering practically everything from Hollywood, France, Italy, Korea, and other countries eventually sees a theatrical release of some kind in Japan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDC1987 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 (Mr Peabody 105M$, Frozen 610M$). Many of non english-original language people tells that it loses much of its meaning with dubbing.But only 75M$ outside of USA and UK Which isn't exactly a problem for a film with a mere $60 millon production cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
