Johnny Wiseau Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 (edited) 2 sport themed movies came out this year so far.. Draft Day and Million Dollars Arm.. Draft Day made 29 mil MDA made 37 mil When the Game Stands Tall opens next week..projections for total domestic are 30-40 mil all budgets for these movies are around 25 mil now since I stated these facts..we observe the following.. 1-these movies are bombing 2-most of these movies don't get releases overseas for obvious reasons 3-studios keep making these movies a year after year.. -though the last "sport movie success" story was last year's 42..which made 95 mil on a 40 mil budget..hardly a big success.. -Ron Howards's Rush last year..luckily the F1 has an appeal overseas to save this movie from being a complete disastrous bomb.. -Clint Eastwood's Trouble with the Curve was a huge bomb -another Eastwood's sport movie "Invictus" which was very well-received even by the Academy..barely managed to break even. -Chasing Mavericks's BO performance is abominable (only 6 mil total) -Money Ball made money but barely enough to cover the 50 mil production budget the last "American sport" really successful movie that comes to mind was The Blind Side conclusion:the hits are way more sparse comparing to the flops..why do studios keep bothering? Edited August 19, 2014 by Johnny Wiseau 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 (edited) Well, why would you pay to see this kind of movies in a theatre? Probably they make good money from DVD, Bluray, VOD and a lot of money from TV reruns. There are a lot of sport fans out there. Edited August 19, 2014 by James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 2 sport themed movies came out this year so far.. Draft Day and Million Dollars Arm.. Draft Day made 29 mil MDA made 37 mil When the Game Stands Tall opens next week..projections for total domestic are 30-40 mil all budgets for these movies are around 25 mil now since I stated these facts..we observe the following.. 1-these movies are bombing 2-most of these movies don't get releases overseas for obvious reasons 3-studios keep making these movies a year after year.. -though the last "sport movie success" story was last year's 42..which made 95 mil on a 40 mil budget..hardly a big success.. -Ron Howards's Rush last year..luckily the F1 has an appeal overseas to save this movie from being a complete disastrous bomb.. -Clint Eastwood's Trouble with the Curve was a huge bomb -another Eastwood's sport movie "Invictus" which was very well-received even by the Academy..barely managed to break even. -Chasing Mavericks's BO performance is abominable (only 6 mil total) -Money Ball made money but barely enough to cover the 50 mil production budget the last "American sport" really successful movie that comes to mind was The Blind Side conclusion:the hits are way more sparse comparing to the flops..why do studios keep bothering? There's certainly more to this than them flopping just because they're sports films. The ones which hit biggest, like Rocky or The Blind Side (which is barely a sports movie really), have a mixture of critical acclaim and are genuine crowd pleasers with appealing premises. From the list you've mentioned, Invictus didn't make much because frankly the US doesn't care about Rugby on any significant level, even with Matt Damon or Morgan Freeman involved. It didn't have any gushing acclaim, and the story only had any form of resonance to those who had knowledge about it. Moneyball is one which likely made a lot of money from all of the ancillaries as once you get to wield "Academy Award Nominated" in your advertising, especially if the Oscars are around the HV release like it was for this, then you can see the fact that it was a solid winner for Sony. Another part of the problem for films such as Draft Day, is that there's nothing new to tell there. It was an OK film, but everything about it screamed generic sports cliché, just in a slightly different behind the scenes setting. That's where something like Rush succeeded with it not having a clear good and bad guy (provided you didn't know the sport) even if it didn't catch on in the US (a travesty I may add). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Yes, Rush is a fantastic film and it's really disappointing it didn't find an audience in the US. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Disney Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I think its because some sports movies have done pretty well historically. Rocky and Rocky III are the 2 box office champs when you adjust for inflation. But, even though no other sports movies are top 200 all-time domestic adjusted grossers, that doesn't mean they haven't been successful. Movies like The Mighty Ducks, A League of Their Own, and Caddyshack have been successful at the BO. That's why Hollywood continues to make movies like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 They're usually inexpensive to make, and if they hit, they hit big. Just look at the crazily massive success that The Blind Side had. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommycruise Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I remember back in the day it seemed like there were two football movies coming out every year, glad that stopped because unless its really an exceptional story to tell it literally feels like the same thing ever time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Wiseau Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 I remember back in the day it seemed like there were two football movies coming out every year, glad that stopped because unless its really an exceptional story to tell it literally feels like the same thing ever time underdogs who hit it big in the end..woooooow! from the trailers alone you can see the whole cliched thing..inspirational music etc lol like a parody of themselves. what doesn't help (for me) also is that I have no interest whatsoever in American sports..actually in any sport whatsoever other than what you Americans call "Soccer" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommycruise Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Ya at a certain point it felt like ever movie was trying to be the next Remember the Titans 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 When sports movies hit, they can really hit. At this point, though, it seems the only ones that can really make bank are ones that are based on true stories, since you can't really complain about them being cliched and formulaic if they really happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDodsen Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 When the Game Stands Tall will be a success. De la Salle's success was legendary. I'm thinking it can get around 75M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Wiseau Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 When the Game Stands Tall will be a success. De la Salle's success was legendary. I'm thinking it can get around 75M I think it'll open to about 10 mil..finishes at 30 mil but if the BOM budget is true (only 15 mil) then it won't bomb at least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
