That One Girl Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, filmlover said: Considering that this is the latest unnecessary sequel this to be shunned by audiences this year, I doubt it. Starting to think about it...had they just greenlit The Lost Symbol for release after Angels and Demons got released and fast-tracked it for 2011/2012, before Inferno in 2015, this franchise might've been more successful. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxmoser3 Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Inferno might get $14-$15 million that's embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlborn Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 3 minutes ago, That One Guy said: Starting to think about it...had they just greenlit The Lost Symbol for release after Angels and Demons got released and fast-tracked it for 2011/2012, before Inferno in 2015, this franchise might've been more successful. Yup, I think it was too long between sequels. Still, Inferno is doing okay OS. Not great or anything but enough not to bomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Girl Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Honestly, there has been so much mishandling of franchises this year by so many studios that it's embarrassing. Why the hell was a Zoolander sequel not made in like 2007 or 2008, back when Stiller was still popular and Zoolander had an audience. Why wasn't Independence Day 2 released in like 2005, when there could still be minor nostalgia and when disaster films were still relevant. Why wasn't Alice 2 released in like 2013, when the film was still probably relatively fresh in people's minds. Why wasn't Ghostbusters made with just two male Ghostbusters...all that backlash would've been avoided if they only swapped out two of the females for two males. And now Inferno is mishandled. Get a fucking grip, studios. You need to make your tentpoles come at a good time, not at such a poor time where there's like a 0% chance the film will succeed. At that point, just cancel the film lmao. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 We still need to know what @James thinks about these numbers 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviesRus Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 That's very bad for Inferno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 50 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said: We still need to know what @James thinks about these numbers Well, I'd usually say that americans have sucky tastes (they do), but Sony fucked up the ending of the film so fuck'em. I am not defending this movie. Do I hope they will make other DB movies? Of course. I liked AD and DVC to some extent. But they messed with DB's work so they deserve the shit coming their way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Tbh I think there really was no saving Inferno (at least domestic) other than not making the movie. The fall off looks to be so severe from the second movie (which itself took a pretty sizable dip from the first one) that this was clearly a sequel that no one was clamoring for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Heatnix Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 I'm curious about Resident Evil The Final Chapter's numbers. They waited way too much to release this movie. Almost 5 years after the previous one. Sony will try to profit on RE and will probably milk Underworld to death. If Inferno is indeed the final movie due decreasing box office, I guess they'll have no choice. At least Resident Evil is getting its conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertman2 Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 5 minutes ago, Blaze Heatnix said: I'm curious about Resident Evil The Final Chapter's numbers. They waited way too much to release this movie. Almost 5 years after the previous one. Sony will try to profit on RE and will probably milk Underworld to death. If Inferno is indeed the final movie due decreasing box office, I guess they'll have no choice. At least Resident Evil is getting its conclusion. I think the fact Resident Evil 7 comes a few days before the movie, so I think that might the movie a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Girl Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 underworld will be milked for as long as Sony can. Resident Evil should've been released in 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babz06 Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 2 hours ago, That One Guy said: Honestly, there has been so much mishandling of franchises this year by so many studios that it's embarrassing. Why the hell was a Zoolander sequel not made in like 2007 or 2008, back when Stiller was still popular and Zoolander had an audience. Why wasn't Independence Day 2 released in like 2005, when there could still be minor nostalgia and when disaster films were still relevant. Why wasn't Alice 2 released in like 2013, when the film was still probably relatively fresh in people's minds. Why wasn't Ghostbusters made with just two male Ghostbusters...all that backlash would've been avoided if they only swapped out two of the females for two males. And now Inferno is mishandled. Get a fucking grip, studios. You need to make your tentpoles come at a good time, not at such a poor time where there's like a 0% chance the film will succeed. At that point, just cancel the film lmao. well, sequels/franchises weren't nearly as much of a thing even 10 years ago. Disney has cornered the market, so now it's desperation that's really bringing these films back from the dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franfar Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 10 hours ago, Treecraft said: Ticket prices haven't really risen in the past few decades other than with inflation. When you factor in inflation, average cinema ticket now is only 10% more expensive than it was in 1996 (20 years ago). ...well of course. Inflation is kind of an important metric when comparing prices from the past. Looking at the data, you're right, @Treecraft . Adjusted for inflation, the prices haven't really changed much: So if the ticket prices aren't a factor, something else has to be contributing to falling movie ticket sales. I think the other obvious reason is that there's more entertainment out there: very few tentpole films, streaming, piracy, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 That's not how it works guys. Someone wasn't lstening during economics 101. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 5TH Update, Saturday 1o:15 PM: Say what you will about Halloween impacting the box office, but history has shown that there’s typically a movie that benefits from the holiday, and this weekend that title is Lionsgate’s Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween. The old lady is giving the distributor its first No. 1 second weekend hold of the year with an estimated $16.5M-$17M, sending Sony’s Dan Brown threequel Inferno into second place with a revised industry opening between $14.5M-$15M. As we mentioned previously, overseas has been a boom for Inferno with an anticipated $150M, but stateside is a complete bust for this $75M production. Boo! saw an estimated $7.9M on Saturday, a 71% spike over yesterday while Inferno today essentially remained flat with its Friday ticket sales of $5.5M. We detailed what went wrong with Inferno stateside in our previous post; essentially peg it to a once controversial, riveting property by author Dan Brown gone formula, and critics smelled blood from the onset giving the Ron Howard-directed movie a 20% Rotten Tomatoes score. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 10 hours ago, Arlborn said: Yup, I think it was too long between sequels. Still, Inferno is doing okay OS. Not great or anything but enough not to bomb. I'm not even sure if I've seen the second one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alli Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 Horrible for Inferno. OS will save it. Reacher took a tumble. WOM is toxic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckasaurus Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 How the hell do you release a sequel to The Da Vinci Code and manage to lose opening weekend to a Tyler Perry holdover? This is a massive failure for Sony. Laughable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Embarrassing to think that this is only opening a measly few million higher than In the Heart of the Sea even though HOTS was a vastly superior movie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxofficeth Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Who would have thought Tyler Perry would take down both Tom Cruise and the collaboration of Ron Howard and Tom Hanks? I hope this would not give him a reason to make two films a year for another decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
