Asyulus Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 $939m isnt really great when compared to Transformers 4, AUJ, and ROTK. I know its run is not yet finished. It should end with $970m given the existing markets such as a China and domestically, is that dissapointing. Did it flopped, a financial failure and a commercial failure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Total flop, no question about it. We all know a movie is only successful if it breaks into all-time top 10. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) It isn't in any way a financial failure. Actually, it's set to sell more tickets than DoS and is par with AuJ overseas (in admissions) but what brought it down is the exchange rate. Edited February 9, 2015 by baumer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) It isn't in any way a financial failure. Actually, it's set to sell more tickets than DoS and is par with AuJ overseas (in admissions) but what brought it down is the exchange rate. It's not a stupid question. And you're going to have to learn one of these days Noctis not to talk like that to people. No, it's not a failure. Edited February 9, 2015 by baumer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seduh Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 it's a financial succes, but it was expected to make a little more (not much more either). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Domestically yes Overseas it sold the most tickets of the trilogy in the vast majority of places apparently so not really 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) compared with what expectations were when the first one came out yes. but no, it hit $250m Domestically, in the third of a franchise with a divided fanbase. and is going to close with nearly $1bww. Edited February 9, 2015 by Kalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 By that logic, basically every single movie last year except for TF4 flopped... And most movies ever released... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Domestically it underperformed a bit, especially given how it started. But overseas it did great. The only reason it's not a decent bit over $1 billion worldwide is because of the bad exchange rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonstersandRoy Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 With the same exchange rates as when Smaug was released, Five Armies would have hit over 1.05 billion and would have been the biggest of 3 in financial terms. Hurt badly by exchange rates. Still a success. 3 films over 2.9 billion worldwide was good, just didn't catch on with audiences like LOTR did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asyulus Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 I hope WB could do accounting magic to gross over 1B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel M Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I think it might feel that way because both Hobbit 3 and transformers 4 felt a lot more like POTC4 and the last Ice Age sequel. There were A LOT of people around the world that wanted to see them turning them into huge hits, but outside of them no one gave a shit, they came and went without notice. In contrast Transformers 3 and the first Hobbit weren't exactly zeitgeist conquering hits but they had some buzz. If you told someone who doesn't follow boxoffice that they were amongst the biggest wordwide hits of their year, they would say "of course they are". If you tell them Transformers4 and Hobbit3 were the biggest hits of 2014 they would go "huh, really?". But a billion dollars is a billion dollars. It just proves that today especially worldwide, an established brand and a huge fanbase is more important than all the buzz in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK007 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 It could have had better legs, but it was the shittiest of the three with unresolved plot points littering the finale. Doesn't matter though, finales in general have been pretty sub-par. TDKR, HP:DH2, TF3, SM3, IM3, SFA, ROTJ and so on. I think TS3 and ROTK are the only ones I'm pleased with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snitch Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Domestically - yes , it underperformed and i i still don't know why. Hobbit 2 was a great rebound from the first movie and i thought the marketing campaign was very solid. I expected it to gross just around 300. Overall - a movie that just made close to 950 M can no be a failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I wouldn't say that it underperformed domestically, at least compared with pre-release expectations. Buzz definitely seemed lower than it was for the previous two installments (despite Warner's "One Last Time" efforts), and it opened in a more crowded marketplace. Granted, its performance over the holidays did point toward a higher total than Smaug, but its legs were cut short in January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 It totally fell apart after the holidYs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asyulus Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 It totally fell apart after the holidYs That was the guilty, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asyulus Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Could Warner Bros re-release BOFA in December 2015. in all 60 markets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Each film dropped box office wise which was expected so imo no it didn't disappoint nor was it a failure lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asyulus Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Is 950m WW a hit already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
