Austin Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 42 minutes ago, Whydidyoudoit said: I disagree. Animated would "bomb" like the original animated LOTR movie. The audiences-drawing novelty would be in a well-made, ambitious, LOTR style live-action film. Eh... With how they marketed this movie, I wouldn't see an animated Zelda "bombing". Not doing as much as Mario obviously but it would still profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey ghost Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 1 minute ago, MightyDargon said: The "provincialism" of the board's MCU fans is really starting to smell up the threads now. Even worse than the "no cultural impact" period for Avatar stuff. What do you mean by provincialism? And is it really mcu fans who are guilty of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kon Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, RobrtmanAStarWarsReference said: It was Chunky from DK64, not Kiddy It's still a pretty big franchise. Breath of the Wild was huge both saleswise and impact on the game industry, and Tears of the Kingdom is almost guaranteed to be one of the biggest games of the year Yeah. Zelda is a big IP too. However, it would more difficult to adapt Zelda games, since these tend to have more story than Mario games. A good amount of Zelda games fans wouldn't be happy if Ilumination creates a completely original story for the characters. Edited April 16, 2023 by Kon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyDargon Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, grey ghost said: What do you mean by provincialism? And is it really mcu fans who are guilty of this? The whole "only Marvel characters can support a franchise" thing is really getting old at this point. Other than Hulk the MCU phase 1 characters were generally not considered "draws" by most people until the MCU actually began. Certainly less of a draw than Link/Zelda has been in game terms for decades now. DC fans are less guilty of this generally because Batman is still viewed as the flagship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Tears of the Kingdom is about to potentially have the biggest launch of any video game of all time if things like website traffic metrics for the game and its predecessors 6 year+ incredible longevity are anything to go by. A well done Zelda movie would be massive. Prob not Mario massive just bc you lose some of the casuals, but it could definitely be a LOTR sized hit if done right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 52 minutes ago, Whydidyoudoit said: I disagree. Animated would "bomb" like the original animated LOTR movie. The audiences-drawing novelty would be in a well-made, ambitious, LOTR style live-action film. Mario just made 1.2B+ while D&D is going to struggle to reach 200M. A Puss in Boots 2/HTTYD style animated Zelda movie from someone like Dreamworks is likely the best way to go for this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Breath of the Wild has actually outsold all Mario games besides the original SMB, Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart WIi for context. Tears will likely sell even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyDargon Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 1 minute ago, DAJK said: Mario just made 1.2B+ while D&D is going to struggle to reach 200M. A Puss in Boots 2/HTTYD style animated Zelda movie from someone like Dreamworks is likely the best way to go for this. Nah, should be ages 10 and up. Zelda isn't a "little kids game". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasNicole Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I´m very sad about D&D failure, the movie finally is released in Brazil and i could watch it yesterday, i had an amazing time It have an early 2000 vibe to it that fits so well with great balance between fantasy, action and comedy The script is also very clever with it´s comedic dialogues and also finding a way of making exposition and conveniences being fun and justified Very strong direction as well, i´m very surprised how they pulled of so many good action sequences considering it´s their first big movie I really hope this finds an audience in PVOD and streaming, it´s a bit sad seeing Mario grossing such massive amounts and this one struggling this much at the same time, because it shows it´s just lack of interest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 1 minute ago, MightyDargon said: Nah, should be ages 10 and up. Zelda isn't a "little kids game". Neither is Mario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheddar Please Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Is it just me or have we been witnessing OW deflation with blockbusters lately? No 200m+ OW since NWH, all of the movies that are on track to gross over 500m opened under 150m, not to mention inflation meaning that a 170m OW in 2019 translates to over 200m today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screambaby Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, Michael Gary Scott said: Neither is Mario Grace Randolph thinks it's x rated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyDargon Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, Michael Gary Scott said: Neither is Mario Yes it is, I played my first Mario game when I was 7. It took me forever to get into Zelda by comparison. Much more complicated worlds and play style. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasNicole Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Astonishing numbers for Beau, i suspect it won´t be so great when it goes wide because the movie is divisive by design But i hope it can get to at least 25M DOM and 50M WW, it´s enough to save the movie from losing money in long term since it´s surely perform well on PVOD, streaming and collector´s edition phisical sales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 With Zelda though you do have to nail the story aspect. Having it just be a fun time that feels like a video game like Mario won’t cut it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyDargon Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 1 minute ago, screambaby said: Grace Randolph thinks it's x rated Grace Randolph likes to sniff her own farts so that opinion checks out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screambaby Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Scream 6 crossed 60 million international. Almost 167 WW (s ream 2022 was 137) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey ghost Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 13 minutes ago, MightyDargon said: The whole "only Marvel characters can support a franchise" thing is really getting old at this point. Other than Hulk the MCU phase 1 characters were generally not considered "draws" by most people until the MCU actually began. Certainly less of a draw than Link/Zelda has been in game terms for decades now. DC fans are less guilty of this generally because Batman is still viewed as the flagship. Well it goes both ways because as an MCU fan I've been accused of forcing the NCU down people's throat when "not everything needs to be a cinematic universe". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainbug Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 The thing with Zelda and Mario is - in my opinion of course - that Mario is an instantly recognizable pop culture icon that literally everyone knows about. Zelda, while obviously beloved and well known especially in the gaming community, is not nearly in the same category. A Zelda movie - even if its really good - is not a surefire box office hit i think. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyDargon Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 1 minute ago, grey ghost said: Well it goes both ways because as an MCU fan I've been accused of forcing the NCU down people's throat when "not everything needs to be a cinematic universe". There is no "NCU" until Link appears in a Mario film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...