DAR Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I'm going to need to revisit this again see if my opinion improves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGossamer Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) ...but SNOWPIERCER isn't a flop. Not certain how all the financing went down. But, yeah, $86M WW on a $37M budget ain't all that bad. Did Harvey W. help finance or just pay for distribution rights in North America? Edited September 3, 2014 by JohnnyGossamer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Not certain how all the financing went down. But, yeah, $86M WW on a $37M budget ain't all that bad. Did Harvey W. help finance or just pay for distribution rights in North America? The bulk of the budget was financed by CJ Entertainment (a Korean company). Supposedly they licensed the movie to 167 territories (I have no idea how much they got in return for that). TWC acquired the English-language rights for a "seven figure amount" (which doesn't really help much) -- this means the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Sources: Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and press releases. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Not certain how all the financing went down. But, yeah, $86M WW on a $37M budget ain't all that bad. Did Harvey W. help finance or just pay for distribution rights in North America? It was certainly profitable for Radius, maybe their most profitable movie - and more so than most if not all TWC releases this year but it most likely made far less for them than it would have with a traditional release. Also the almost year delay in the release probably cost them a nice chunk in DVD/Blu Ray sales since it was not only available elsewhere (Korea, Japan, Italy, Spain etc) but leaked online months ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 The bulk of the budget was financed by CJ Entertainment (a Korean company). Supposedly they licensed the movie to 167 territories (I have no idea how much they got in return for that). TWC acquired the English-language rights for a "seven figure amount" (which doesn't really help much) -- this means the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Sources: Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and press releases. I wonder what ever happened to that promised expansion in Australia? It premiere to a huge PTA in two theaters and they said they were expanding and then it never showed up on any weekly chart. And they still don't have a release date in the UK. TWC really screwed over this movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 http://deadline.com/2014/09/snowpiercer-vod-box-office-radius-twc-bong-joon-ho-830834/ It’s important to note that numbers for on-demand reportedly are calculated based on different time frames than theatrical, so updates aren’t available in the same way as weekly box office. RADiUS’ Snowpiercer VOD cume for two months is now at $6.45M, while The One I Love, now in its 5th week on VOD is at $737K. Love also had a $104,610 theatrical gross this weekend ($1,453 PTA in 72 theaters) for a theatrical cume just over $309K. Snowpiercer’s 11-week theatrical cume is now just over $4.5 million. Combining that with its VOD cume brings the title’s U.S. gross at $10,956,135, according to RADiUS-TWC. The film is directed by Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho and stars Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton and Jamie Bell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 On Blu- Ray and DVD today in the U.S. http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Snowpiercer-Blu-ray/79120/#Review Disc One:Audio Commentary: Scott Weinberg, of Geek Nation, hosts MSN Movies' James Rocchi, the Austin Chronicle's William Goss, Hitfix.com's Drew Mcweeny, Deadline's Jennifer Yamato, and Movies.com's Peter S. Hall. Disc Two: Transperceneige: From the Blank Page to the Black Screen -- A Documentary by Jésus Castro-Ortega (HD, 54:27) The Birth of Snowpiercer (HD, 15:09) The Characters (HD, 13:08) Animated Prologue (HD, 4:31) Chris Evans & Tilda Swinton on Snowpiercer (HD, 4:40) The Train Brought to Life: Behind the Scenes of a Special Screening (HD, 8:06) Concept Art Galleries (HD) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Still my favorite movie of the year. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Seng Wah Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 One of the best sci-fi of the year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Really nice, short video about it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 It's coming to netflix in November I'll finally be able to see it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narniadis Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Finally watched this last night and thought it was great. Shame it got treated so terribly release wise. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 It's coming to netflix in November I'll finally be able to see it It's already on netflix. Watched it last week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyla Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Tilda & all of those Best supp actress mentions get my hopes up (& shouldnt!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) overrated, though it was better on second viewing. It's amazing how low the budget was on this because those frozen city, boat shots were amazing. Goes to show how far CGI has gone in the last 10 years. Looked better than The Day After Tomorrows shots. Edited December 9, 2014 by jessie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 https://variety.com/2014/digital/news/apple-gets-two-week-exclusive-to-trip-to-italy-as-itunes-becomes-more-valuable-to-indie-filmmakers-1201377258/ This year, “Dallas Buyers Club” was the most purchased indie title on iTunes, according to Apple. While the company doesn’t disclose specific numbers, the Matthew McConaughey vehicle topped “12 Years a Slave,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “Snowpiercer,” “Chef,” “Blue Jasmine,” “Her,” “Enough Said,” “August: Osage County” and “Bad Words,” which rounded out the top 10. Overall, “Snowpiercer” generated more than $8 million in sales from digital and VOD platforms, according to the Weinstein Co.’s Radius. Radius declined to break out just how much came from iTunes. So far, its gross on iTunes is neck-and-neck with that of the comedy “Bachelorette,” Radius’ highest-grossing film on digital platforms, it said. “Bachelorette” was priced higher than “Snowpiercer,” meaning that the Evans vehicle generated more overall buys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 It's getting turned into a TV series. Josh Friedman is the showrunner. I'm stoked. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/snowpiercer-being-adapted-tv-josh-839122 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Water Bottle Posted November 11, 2015 Community Manager Share Posted November 11, 2015 It's getting turned into a TV series. Josh Friedman is the showrunner. I'm stoked. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/snowpiercer-being-adapted-tv-josh-839122 But not as stoked as he is. I'm hoping HBO picks it up. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...