TombRaider Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 18 minutes ago, Gamera said: The main problem, imo, was that they made a sequel to a horror film (a tame one) but took almost all the horror out of the next one. All the reviews and tweets from the actors/actresses made clear how different this was going to be. I still saw it, but am not surprised at all that many found the change unappealing. its not even that different. and bad WOM from who? most people ive read loved it, see this thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaider Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 goodbye 3quel Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $13,527,500 53.4% + Foreign: $11,800,000 46.6% = Worldwide: $25,327,500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 33 minutes ago, TombRaider said: goodbye 3quel Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $13,527,500 53.4% + Foreign: $11,800,000 46.6% = Worldwide: $25,327,500 That's a pretty solid foreign take tbh. Sell foreign rights to Netflix for a sequel and you're good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Girl Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Already close to 3x its budget after OW. Gonna be very profitable even if its run is disappointing. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaider Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 34 minutes ago, SchumacherFTW said: That's a pretty solid foreign take tbh. Sell foreign rights to Netflix for a sequel and you're good. not really, it was released almost everywhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 It'll be good for at least 60M WW; agree with @SchumacherFTW; sell foreign rights to Netflix, keep the budget under 10M, and you've got your 3-quel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2k Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 50% drop on Monday will give it 13.5 5-day (10 FSS). 27 dom, 3x the prod budget, is possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabrecmc Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Took my daughter and 4 other 13 year olds to see it. Cute movie. I hadn’t seen the first, but didn’t really need to. Girls seemed to really like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouisianaArkansasGeorgia Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 On 2/16/2019 at 12:10 AM, kitik said: Where did this movie go so wrong? Marketing? Concept? Very surprising to see a horror movie with good reviews and nothing that you'd consider objectionable or divisive in it doing so poorly after the first one was a success. No spoilers, but I'll say that I did not like that mid credit scene. The trailers were so generic that to me they felt like the trailers for the first film. What was the hook for this film? I mean, you could say the hook was simply the fact that it was a sequel to a well liked film, but when you have a first film that was modesty successful only (not a massive mega-smash like, say, IT), is that enough to compel audiences? I think the marketing was atrocious: again, the trailers felt super indistinct from the trailers of the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OdinSon2k14 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 I was expecting a more supernatural explanation for the time-loop, such as a voodoo curse...something that matched the horror genre...instead of the sci-fi/high tech reveal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napoleon Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 What went wrong here was how the movie was marketed. Well, I haven't seen the movie yet, so I don't know if they could have marketed it differently. But the trailers promised nothing new, it felt like a cash-grab rehash of the first movie. Considering the reviews and the reception from fans, this sequel seems to be actually worth it, but that's not how it looked judging from the trailers. That being said, I think people who enjoyed the first movie will eventually catch it on Netflix, and if there's a third movie that's marketed right and promise something exciting, it will do great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napoleon Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 By the way, the first movie still isn't on Netflix here in Brazil yet. It was neglected by the studio during the theatrical release, and it will for sure find a big audience when it hits Netflix. This is exactly the type of movie that becomes very popular after it's on Netflix. If that's the case in other countries, than maybe that's also preventing the sequel to be doing better worldwide. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnokesLegs Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 It’s a shame this has underperformed, it really is genuinely a good film, and I’d actually say I enjoyed it more than the first, but I would agree that the marketing let it down due to it looking like a rehash when in fact it’s anything but and goes out of its way to go against your expectations, to the point where it is more of a comedy drama than a horror. Although I suppose the marketing department might have been concerned about alienating the original film’s audience by marketing a horror sequel that is no longer a horror, so I get why they marketed it the way they did. I loved it and hope they manage to make a third. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaider Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Napoleon said: This is exactly the type of movie that becomes very popular after it's on Netflix. If that's the case in other countries, than maybe that's also preventing the sequel to be doing better worldwide. This makes a lot of sense. They should have released it on netflix on october or so... and add a HDD2 trailer at the end, their loss. would have done better OS Edited February 18, 2019 by TombRaider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 7 hours ago, Napoleon said: What went wrong here was how the movie was marketed. Well, I haven't seen the movie yet, so I don't know if they could have marketed it differently. But the trailers promised nothing new, it felt like a cash-grab rehash of the first movie. Considering the reviews and the reception from fans, this sequel seems to be actually worth it, but that's not how it looked judging from the trailers. That being said, I think people who enjoyed the first movie will eventually catch it on Netflix, and if there's a third movie that's marketed right and promise something exciting, it will do great. This has already made back more of its budget than Alita. With where this movie is at WW, it would be the equivalent of Alita opening to 500M WW. Mesmerizing success. Spoiler I'm just trying to point out how the box office is objective. It works both ways, not serving one person's agenda about a certain movie (or actress). Does no one else recognize this Second Act was a resounding success because its budget was so low, while all of a sudden Alita is the big hit and HDD2 is the bomb. I'm not saying HDD is a hit, but some of these Alita stans are getting ridiculous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaider Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 24 minutes ago, DAJK said: This has already made back more of its budget than Alita. With where this movie is at WW, it would be the equivalent of Alita opening to 500M WW. Mesmerizing success. Hide contents I'm just trying to point out how the box office is objective. It works both ways, not serving one person's agenda about a certain movie (or actress). Does no one else recognize this Second Act was a resounding success because its budget was so low, while all of a sudden Alita is the big hit and HDD2 is the bomb. I'm not saying HDD is a hit, but some of these Alita stans are getting ridiculous. I think it comes to expectations now. HDD 1 made 125m on a 4,5m budget. im sure they expected this to do at least 100m and it'll do around 55m WW when the movie is done. is it profitable? of course. but blumhouse is used to almost everything doing 10x its budget or more so... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxofficerules Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 It opened at number 6 over here. Schools are out on holidays as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 gonna try really hard to see this tonight. If I don't get around to it oh well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaider Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 almost 5x its budget already. dont think a 3quel will get made but i hope they do Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $21,611,880 50.8% + Foreign: $20,900,000 49.2% = Worldwide: $42,511,880 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Heatnix Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 If it gets 100 million worldwide, I think a sequel might happen ( but thanks to overseas grosses ). A third movie might be the last, because the diminishing returns have been visible. I mean, the movie hasn't even matched the first movie's opening weekend yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
