bcf26 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Jempty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowhite Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 So this bombed. Consider me shocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieGuyKyle17 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I love when a movie bombs. I like predicting if my local movie theater will lower the movie times or not for the following week and if so, how bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrageous! Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I guess this can go in both the Thursday numbers thread, and this one, from Twitter: Quote #JemTheMovie with $49,450 on Thursday & a per theater average of $20. The chart is at BoxOffice.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TServo2049 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) This is going to post some of the worst averages ever (daily, weekend, weekly) in over 2,000 theaters next week - possibly worse than Delgo or Oogieloves or Saw: 10th Anniversary. (Those only got one week before losing most of their theaters or closing entirely.) Edited October 30, 2015 by TServo2049 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrageous! Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 6 minutes ago, TServo2049 said: This is going to post some of the worst averages ever (daily, weekend, weekly) in over 2,000 theaters next week - possibly worse than Delgo or Oogieloves or Saw: 10th Anniversary. (Those only got one week before losing most of their theaters or closing entirely.) And Jem is apparently expanding by 4 theaters this weekend from the Box Office Mojo charts. That should be insignificant for the average, but it does show that theaters cannot drop the film immediately. They are probably locked into showing the film by contracts with Universal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Du Jour means love. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookson Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 So, like 2 people saw this per theater..... WOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowhite Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) Are there more posts in this thread than tickets sold? Possibly. Edit: If someone does the math and tells me I'm wrong, I've got the biggest set of roll eyes ready for you. Edited October 31, 2015 by kowhite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hegemony Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Surely it was a good decision to market this towards today's teens and not to people who actually remember the franchise. ... Wait it wasn't? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cochofles Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 1 hour ago, hegemony said: Surely it was a good decision to market this towards today's teens and not to people who actually remember the franchise. ... Wait it wasn't? My only question is...was the TV show's original audience/fandom large enough to begin with? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Jem was never a huge smash or a cultural phenomenon. I don't think it even reached cult status. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyneOh1040 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 12 hours ago, Ruthie said: Du Jour means love. Du Jour means seatbelts! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJG Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 25 minutes ago, Cochofles said: My only question is...was the TV show's original audience/fandom large enough to begin with? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Jem was never a huge smash or a cultural phenomenon. I don't think it even reached cult status. They could've made it identical to the show and I still doubt anybody would have seen it. from what I know about the show it would be better suited for a live action show on Disney Channel rather than a movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrageous! Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 1 hour ago, Cochofles said: My only question is...was the TV show's original audience/fandom large enough to begin with? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Jem was never a huge smash or a cultural phenomenon. I don't think it even reached cult status. It was big enough in the 1980s to compete with Barbie for a few years, and its TV show originally went from a 5 minute show within "Super Sunday" with other Hasbro shows like Bigfoot and Robotix, to its own weekly one, and then finally in 1987 to a full 65 episode syndicated one. 1 hour ago, AJG said: They could've made it identical to the show and I still doubt anybody would have seen it. from what I know about the show it would be better suited for a live action show on Disney Channel rather than a movie. Yes, I will say that Jem would have been low even if it had been more faithful. However, I will say it would have avoided the worst ever numbers it's getting now if the original fans were on board. The thousands of more tickets that could have been sold might have meant the difference between a $2 million total domestic run and a $10 million one. The weekend holds would have been much better. Also, Hasbro wanted a home run from Jem right now, right this second, when they needed to reintroduce Jem first before the movie. Nobody wants to do any brand building anymore: everyone wants an instant hit right now, without any effort whatsoever. Its lifespan on future outlets like DVD, VOD, and Netflix would have had far more potential with a more faithful adaptation of the cartoon. Was that how Pitch Perfect became a hit after it was in theaters? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Water Bottle Posted October 31, 2015 Community Manager Share Posted October 31, 2015 With its $5 million budget and it's non-existent marketing budget, $10 million would have been enough to recoup most costs. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 This and Kasbah will both see top 10 percentage theater drops next week for sure. Hilariously awful numbers in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrageous! Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 (edited) Boxoffice.com says Jem had a $120 average for the entire weekend. The daily averages this week might fall to levels lower than the cost for snacks in those same theaters. Four more days of this for theaters to endure, then they can finally drop it. And yes, the number of theaters that will drop it by Friday will be truly outrageous. And the international releases are going forward, as I saw this on Twitter for the Philippines and the Ayala Malls Cinemas. It says it will start there November 4, just a couple days before the U.S. theaters can drop the Jem movie entirely. Edited November 2, 2015 by Outrageous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cochofles Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 I feel kinda bad for the girl that plays Jem. She's really good in TV's Nashville, and I was hoping for some sort of a movie breakthrough to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 On 10/31/2015, 4:51:50, Water Bottle said: With its $5 million budget and it's non-existent marketing budget, $10 million would have been enough to recoup most costs. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Ha, $10m. That may as well be $1b where this film is concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 On 31/10/2015, 20:01:21, Cochofles said: My only question is...was the TV show's original audience/fandom large enough to begin with? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Jem was never a huge smash or a cultural phenomenon. I don't think it even reached cult status. I'm not a 100% sure but I remember reading that it was the ratings leader when it came to programming targeted towards young girls in the mid 80's. Will check for a source later. And as Outrageous! said, the dolls outsold even Barbie, prompting Mattel to start their own "Rockstar Barbie" line to compete. And the soundtrack sales were pretty huge too. On 31/10/2015, 22:09:06, Outrageous! said: Yes, I will say that Jem would have been low even if it had been more faithful. However, I will say it would have avoided the worst ever numbers it's getting now if the original fans were on board. The thousands of more tickets that could have been sold might have meant the difference between a $2 million total domestic run and a $10 million one. The weekend holds would have been much better. Also, Hasbro wanted a home run from Jem right now, right this second, when they needed to reintroduce Jem first before the movie. Nobody wants to do any brand building anymore: everyone wants an instant hit right now, without any effort whatsoever. Its lifespan on future outlets like DVD, VOD, and Netflix would have had far more potential with a more faithful adaptation of the cartoon. Was that how Pitch Perfect became a hit after it was in theaters? If the movie had been faithful and successfully updated the franchise for the modern age, it could have not only had the original fans on board but also attracted younger audiences. But you are spot on with the folly of not trying to refresh the brand's appeal through something like a rebooted animated tv show first ala MLP. The comic was too little, too late, and the creative team of Kelly Thompson and Sophie Campbell said they were the ones who pitched the idea to the publishing company IDW, not Hasbro. Lazy cashgrab gets what lazy cashgrab deserves. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...