GEMINI MAN | Oct 11 19 | Paramount | Estimated to lose 111.1M

[elcaballero]

I'm seeing Will Smith's face everywhere right now.

[tonytr87]

22 hours ago, filmlover said:

I'm gonna see it as well but in a regular format. Doesn't seem like the HFR is worth it.

 

I've never tried HFR so I think I'll spring for it this time. AMC Stubs is the shit. 

[Porthos]

 

[DeeCee]

The Matrix really did lack an accompanying song. 

 

 

[Krissykins]

Looks DOA. 

[Litio]

Budget is $138m. Financial target is to get lower loss than MIB 3. Poor Paramount.

Edited October 9, 2019 by Litio

[Hatebox]

Ouch at that budget. Expensive original movies sure don't make it easy on themselves. 

[Blaze Heatnix]

I watched the movie and I honestly can't see where did that 138 million budget go...I wonder if half of that went to Will Smith's pockets, which should be the case.

 

Plot is paper thin, action was ok at best and there wasn't anything remotely impressive about the movie. 

 

The trailer gave away the entire movie. 

[EarlyDeadlinePredictions]

4 minutes ago, Blaze Heatnix said:

I watched the movie and I honestly can't see where did that 138 million budget go...I wonder if half of that went to Will Smith's pockets, which should be the case.

 

Plot is paper thin, action was ok at best and there wasn't anything remotely impressive about the movie. 

 

The trailer gave away the entire movie. 

You watched in HFR?

[35MM-18]

6 minutes ago, Blaze Heatnix said:

I watched the movie and I honestly can't see where did that 138 million budget go...I wonder if half of that went to Will Smith's pockets, which should be the case.

Will Smith's pockets, Jerry Bruckheimer's pockets, the HFR cameras, and insurance for filming in Colombia.

Edited October 9, 2019 by 35MM-18
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[Gavin Feng]

9 minutes ago, Blaze Heatnix said:

I watched the movie and I honestly can't see where did that 138 million budget go...I wonder if half of that went to Will Smith's pockets, which should be the case.

 

Plot is paper thin, action was ok at best and there wasn't anything remotely impressive about the movie. 

 

The trailer gave away the entire movie. 

The trailer is way better than the whole movie though it looks dumb already.

[Blaze Heatnix]

11 minutes ago, EarlyDeadlinePredictions said:

You watched in HFR?

Nope. 

[zhu2]

From what I've read Paramount allows quite a bit of freedom for filmmakers to pursue their artistic visions, and so I presume that's how Ang Lee was given the choice to explore HFR once again with a budget of this magnitude despite the utter failure of Billy Lynn.

[MrGlass2]

10 hours ago, Litio said:

Budget is $138m. Financial target is to get lower loss than MIB 3. Poor Paramount.

Deadline:

"Paramount and Skydance’s exposure on the movie is only 35% apiece with Fosun, which is handling China, in for 25% and Alibaba at 5%."

[35MM-18]

21 minutes ago, MrGlass2 said:

Deadline:

"Paramount and Skydance’s exposure on the movie is only 35% apiece with Fosun, which is handling China, in for 25% and Alibaba at 5%."

That doesn't sound too bad.

[TalismanRing]

50 minutes ago, 35MM-18 said:

That doesn't sound too bad.

It helps though how much depends on marketing expenses (and who pays for what), how the profits are being split and what the distribution fees/ % are.

[dudalb]

12 hours ago, 35MM-18 said:

Will Smith's pockets, Jerry Bruckheimer's pockets, the HFR cameras, and insurance for filming in Colombia.

Not sure that Will Smith can command the kind of money he once could.

But with a projected 25 to 30 Million opening, the film is in trouble given the 130 plus budget.

I like Ang Lee, but the trailer did not convince me it's any better then your typical Sci FI action thriller.

Edited October 10, 2019 by dudalb

[dudalb]

56 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

It helps though how much depends on marketing expenses (and who pays for what), how the profits are being split and what the distribution fees/ % are.

And even if Paramount is covered, somebody is going to probably lose money on this.

[35MM-18]

11 hours ago, dudalb said:

Not sure that Will Smith can command the kind of money he once could.

Neither can Jerry Bruckheimer. Not many of his films have broken even in the past couple years.

[TalismanRing]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/how-will-smith-cracked-code-making-real-money-hollywood-1246035

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But a sizable chunk of Aladdin's online trailer views and social media impressions came from Smith's posts; one source put his share in the 12 percent to 20 percent range. As a testament to his digital prowess and viral video.

 

He is earning $12.5 million for Gemini Man and will land $20 million for playing the father of Serena and Venus Williams in Warner Bros.' King Richard

 

After King Richard, he is expected to shoot a Bright sequel in summer 2020 (and receive a hefty salary bump).

 

That $12.5m is no doubt up front - but doubtful there will be anything on the back end.

 

He'd have earned more on Bright and even more for Bright II b/c you don't have a back end with Netflix or a % of home media sales etc.

 

Reynolds just got a reported $30m+ to do that Christmas movie for Apple with Ferell getting $20m+