Tower Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 according to what I have heard. Expendables 2 overseas gross isn;t that great because most of its gross came from China and the studio only gets a small percentage of Chinese gross. Anyone can verify that?As far as I know they sold all of the OS rights in advance, so they don't actually get any of the gross from any market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Tower is correct. The WW gross is fantastic because Millenium are already in profit even before the film was released, plus the distributors are making profits from the fee they paid to Millenium, so a third movie will definitely happen.Now to nitpick; most of its gross did not come from China. It has made $201.5m overseas, of which $50m has come from China. That's a quarter. But regardless, its WW gross is fantastic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 (edited) Yeah, good TE2 WW box office means Millenium can sell TE3's distribution rights at better prices. And higher distribution right price for bigger OS market. Selling rights or sharing BO gross, as long as the producer makes money, it doesnt matter. Edited September 30, 2012 by firedeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I think Avi Lerner is more of a 'selling rights' type of person than a 'BO sharing' type of man. It's too risky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wileECoyote Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I think Avi Lerner is more of a 'selling rights' type of person than a 'BO sharing' type of man. It's too risky.Yeah. I think he wants to lock in his profits before release. The distributors are basically taking most of the risk, but if the movie does really well, they take almost all the BO rewards. Of course, when Avi makes a sequel he may demand more for distribution rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Can someone tell me what its China gross was when the film was at 201m? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Can someone tell me what its China gross was when the film was at 201m?$48,259,911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acab Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 It's doing some really big numbers OS. There is a slim chance that it crossed 300m WW this weekend.It will be interesting to see what new faces they will bring for the third. I hope they keep the same tone as the sequel but have a stronger plot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 It needs $15m since last sunday to make $300m WW by this sunday. Is that possible when it had one new opening (Colombia) and its biggest holdover (China) has cut the majority of its screens? I don't know. If I had to guess, I'd say no. But it will get there eventually, so no worries.Chile and Japan will give it more money in October, so it will definitely reach $315m WW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 News on the Japanese release: The company that is in charge of distribution there has partnered with a condom company and they are promoting The Expendables 2 on condom packets. Not really the right sort of message considering the movie is about people that are 'expendable'. Opens on Oct 20. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Weird promotion that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 The Swedish Expendables 2 site gets great shots, like this one: ..and whole load more. I never saw this type of image being used in the US or UK. They really need to make the best images travel to every country, so all magazines can use them to help sell the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 News on the Japanese release: The company that is in charge of distribution there has partnered with a condom company and they are promoting The Expendables 2 on condom packets. Not really the right sort of message considering the movie is about people that are 'expendable'. Opens on Oct 20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I could be wrong, but it seems a long way off from making $300m ww as of 30th Sep (the weekend just gone).I think we'll definitely be needing Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I could be wrong, but it seems a long way off from making $300m ww as of 30th Sep (the weekend just gone).I think we'll definitely be needing Japan.it hasn't been updated yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 The major markets have been. Unless you think it's going to make $10m from Serbia & Montenegro's 7th weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) Where did the Expendables increase/decrease most? Edited October 3, 2012 by Rudolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Nice chart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 BOM did not even report on Expendables 2 this weekend OS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Rudolf, regarding your chart; TE2 did not make $2.6m in East Africa, TE1 made $32m in China, and you've not included Taiwan for TE2, which was $1,223,026. Otherwise, nice chart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
