Weekend Actuals (Page 120): Boss Baby 50.2M | BATB 45.4M | GITS 18.7M | Power Rangers 14.2M | Kong 8.6M

[Fullbuster]

Just now, CJohn said:

In Europe movies are not reviewed like that, that is why it had a good RT score before the American embargo lifted. Even Japanese people were very happy with the casting. But America has to America itself.

 

Yeah, agree. America is going from an extreme (Trump) to another (destroying good movies because of very far left views).

Thank God Europe is still pretty sane and can like movies for what they are.

[WrathOfHan]

45 minutes ago, Telerian said:

In the theater for POWER RANGERS. With Tele Jr. 

 

 

The price for his glory is your suffering.

[The Futurist]

GITS at least didn't have a fatal flaw in its story that waranted a 31% Tomato  score.

 

[CJohn]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

The price for his glory is your suffering.

He will like it more than his son. 

[Xillix]

I don't care about the whitewashing allegations and I thought Ghost in the Shell was pretty meh. 

[TalismanRing]

13 minutes ago, Barnack said:

 

One possible plus for GITS would be being popular in Japan/South korea those 2 market seem to be very similar to the domestic market for studio blockbuster in retention rate (close to 50%) I think and I suspect for home media, they spend a lot on marketing in those. At least that was the case for Sony (maybe it is doing better in Japan than other studios that I do not know), it can change a little bit for title/box office total, but that was was the expected average retention rate by market for Sony in 2014.

 

Ranked by retention rate: Studio share of the box office / raw box office:

Japan 47% South Korea 47% Germany 44% Spain 44% Belgium 43% Switzerland 42% Russia 42% Austria 42% Italy 41% Australia 41% Brazil 40% Netherlands 40% UK 40% France 39% Mexico 37% China 25%

 

By profit margin of the theatrical release alone, (Studio share of the box office - marketing - prints) / Raw box office, China is not a bad deal at all once considering the almost free releasing

Switzerland	29%
Netherlands	28%
Austria	27%
Belgium	26%
UK	23%
Australia	22%
Russia	22%
Germany	22%
China	21%
S. Korea	19%
France	19%
Japan	15%
Spain	13%
Mexico	13%
Brazil	13%
Italy	11%

 

 

Average for the biggest market:

Retention rate: 40% (the number used by deadline)

Profit margin: 20% 

 

It's the almost complete lack of ancillary in China that makes that 21% hurt.

 

[WrathOfHan]

Power Rangers is absolute shite. GITS is pretty good. Key differences.

[CJohn]

4 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Power Rangers is absolute shite. GITS is pretty good. Key differences.

 

[YM!]

I actually liked PR, I'll see GITS over break maybe.

[alisson23]

3 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Power Rangers is absolute shite.

Most of GA, critics and fans disagree.

[Frozen]

The whitewashing thing is a complicated issue. They pick Scarlett because of her name value and her ability to draw. There is not an Asian woman in Hollywood that has her name value or ability to draw. 

 

But then on the the other hand, how does an Asian woman get her name value or ability to draw if no one casts her in big movies? Or even little movies like Aloha? 

[grey ghost]

6 minutes ago, Fullbuster said:

 

Yeah, agree. America is going from an extreme (Trump) to another (destroying good movies because of very far left views).

Thank God Europe is still pretty sane and can like movies for what they are.

 

 

That's strange. I don't remember the RT consensus being: "Too many white people"

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, alisson23 said:

Most of GA, critics and fans disagree.

TOMATOMETER 

47%

[YM!]

Just now, alisson23 said:

Most of GA, critics and fans disagree.

Still not enough for a sequel.

[Momo]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

TOMATOMETER 

47%

 

Better then what GITS has.. lol

[CJohn]

3 minutes ago, Frozen said:

The whitewashing thing is a complicated issue. They pick Scarlett because of her name value and her ability to draw. There is not an Asian woman in Hollywood that has her name value or ability to draw. 

 

But then on the the other hand, how does an Asian woman get her name value or ability to draw if no one casts her in big movies? Or even little movies like Aloha? 

Even the director of the original said the role wasn't written with any ethnician in mind, because that is a shell, it can look like whatever they want. Great Wall is whitewashing. GitS is not.

[Fullbuster]

3 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

 

That's strange. I don't remember the RT consensus being: "Too many white people"

 

CJohn told it all : GITS had good reviews in Europe, it fell after the embargo in America was lifted, that's not a coincidence, that's also the only country where people care about whitewashing in movies.

[Gokira2012]

why don't asian american directors cast asian americans in their movies, asians directors are quick to cast whites

 

this asian casting whitewash thing is made up, it's asians trying to like black people......asians don't see race, the only race they see is Green

[Fullbuster]

1 minute ago, CJohn said:

Even the director of the original said the role wasn't written with any ethnician in mind, because that is a shell, it can look like whatever they want. Great Wall is whitewashing. GitS is not.

 

Yep

 

 

[arpiaaaa]

1 hour ago, Telerian said:

In the theater for POWER RANGERS. With Tele Jr.