The Toymaker Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 It all depends on who is directing it, who stars in it and the marketing. Both movies have largely centred on Stallone, and while it hurts me to say this, he is not a worldwide draw anymore alone. The third movie needs to include him into the team but have all the other stars taking centre stage as well. I know that Barney Ross is the leader, and he still can be, but for major success it needs to be considered an action fest first and a Stallone vehicle second, and the first two don't quite make that distinction for me (of course i like that being a Stallone fan, but others do not).If John Woo directed, Travolta and Cage appear as villains, The Rock as their henchman, then you'll be seeing $400m overseas and $200m domestically. It needs to be marketed like a blockbuster and not a niche action movie that is targeting the nostalgic viewer, if it is to make the big bucks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 If it had all of what you mentioned Algren, then I agree it would be very big everywhere. But I also think that by getting The Rock you are taking away from the yesterday action hero and putting in the biggest star in today's landscape. I would personally like to see Clint and Harry get a role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Even by adding The Rock, there is still going to be Stallone, Bruce, Dolph etc and all the oldies. Statham is new too. We need some new ones in order to make big bucks, otherwise it will stay in the realms of 'those old guys playing with their toy guns', which is how a lot of people view it, unfortunately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wileECoyote Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Rth says EX2 is distributed by 50+ different companies in 63+ OS markets.Guess that's how Avi helps cover costs. Sell distribution rights like crazy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 In other news, The Expendables was pulled from theaters this weekend and made no money...anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 In other news, The Expendables was pulled from theaters this weekend and made no money...anywhere.What you mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 In other news, The Expendables was pulled from theaters this weekend and made no money...anywhere.Thats what happend.. Honest.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 What you meanNo numbers as usual 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 It'll be over $200m overseas now for a WW total of $285m. Beating John Carter worldwide on its way to beating Battleship and Wrath. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 i hope for 204 mill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 And The Expendables 2 has sold 10 million tickets in the USA and Canada. Worldwide, I only have about 60% of territories in admissions, but it has sold over 33 million tickets thus far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 NOTE: When checking BOMs foreign grosses by market for TE2, East Africa has a gross of $2,661,741. That is wrong. That is actually South Korea's opening weekend gross. It's been placed in the East Africa slot by Ray by mistake. I know that is wrong because if that were true, TE2 would be East Africa's biggest grossing film ever, making TDKR's gross 9 times over ... all one weekend. lol I suspect that TE2 does have a gross for East Africa, but it looks like we'll have to wait for a future update for that to be rectified. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Early estimates for last week in China about 49M yuan $8M, down less than 50%, cume now definitely over 300M yuan, close to $48m. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Great hold in China! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 If China didn't take all of TE2's screens for the national holiday week, then I think TE2 would beat TDKR's total gross at this rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 TE2 should beat TDKR in actual admissions in China, or at least close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Great! I'd love to see a US dollar equivalent to how well TE2 has done in China. Like the Aussie 10:1 rule etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 TE2 should beat TDKR in actual admissions in China, or at least close.Who would have guessed that a couple of months ago?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 TE2 was always expected to do 50M+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 TE2 was always expected to do 50M+.Why did you expect it to go that high Fake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
