CJohn Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 Do you know screen numbers of the time BO results were fine and how many your country now (after the closing of the 2nd biggest company) has in total? If yes, it might help with your frustration to calculate the old results to how much they would have made with the reduced screen numbers (I know, very theoretically and probably very inaccurate) and find new BO results/goals to hope for? I know 18 theaters closed. We have around 60 theaters right now. Oz would have defeated John Carter with the extra 18 theaters but not by much. 11 million people live here but nobody goes to the movies anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 Maybe you should adjust your expectations of the market. I am not sure what expectations I should have. My only prediction now is seeing our biggest TC (28 theaters) closing. Theaters are empty day after day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tower Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 (edited) I am not sure what expectations I should have. My only prediction now is seeing our biggest TC (28 theaters) closing. Theaters are empty day after day. Bomb is a term relative to the other films in the market, if you call everything bombs, than you should adjust your expectations downwards. Portugal seems to be a market similar in size to my own (Israel), and I don't think of everything as bombing here. Edited March 9, 2013 by Tower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 (edited) From time to time we have one of two good results. But February has been completely awful so far. January was good with Les Miserables, Django, Lincoln and The Impossible doing well. Our problem is that young adults and teens don't go to the movies anymore. Hansel & Gretel, Warm Bodies and Beautiful Creatures bombed while Die Hard disappointed. Edited March 9, 2013 by CJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tower Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 BTW I just checked the Portugal numbers and noticed that Furry Vengeance just opened! WTF that films is 3 years old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 (edited) BTW I just checked the Portugal numbers and noticed that Furry Vengeance just opened! WTF that films is 3 years old That happens sometimes It actually did well considering the delay and the very small number of theaters/shows. Edited March 9, 2013 by CJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juni78ukr Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Apparently they greatly overestimated foreign potential of Oz. Who the hell is Oz? Too few people knew and even less cared. Great and the Powerful? That sounds really lame. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLK Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 This has a budget of $235 million and Disney spend a ton on marketing. Nothing short of $500 million Worldwide will do in this case. So what are the chances that this will make $500 million+? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makrciana Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 (edited) Apparently they greatly overestimated foreign potential of Oz. Who the hell is Oz? Too few people knew and even less cared. Great and the Powerful? That sounds really lame. I think in Latin america, it might do well enough. Oz is far more popular than Alice (the first movie is a classic, Judy Garland and her ruby shoes, even with stage musical, etc, etc). Hope, it won't dissapoint in all these markets Edited March 9, 2013 by Makrciana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstevan Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Apparently they greatly overestimated foreign potential of Oz. Who the hell is Oz? Too few people knew and even less cared. Great and the Powerful? That sounds really lame. I don't think so, in Serbia Oz is very succesful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupek Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Mago de Oz es muy popular en España Ellos tocan "Molinos de Viento" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 It is doing fine in DOM, UK, and Russia so far as known. Otherwise ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Assuming 75M DOM OW, looks to be 150M WW OW or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndustriousAngel Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 150WW would mean 75OS in this case - don't see it doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 150WW would mean 75OS in this case - don't see it doing that. Yeah, maybe sub 60M OS ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChD Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 So this is flopping (I'm allowed, right) overseas... Sad. This might kill the chances of a sequel. With 200M Dom it would need around 500M OS to gain at least some profit... If it doesn't manage that, no chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 So this is flopping (I'm allowed, right) overseas... Sad. This might kill the chances of a sequel. With 200M Dom it would need around 500M OS to gain at least some profit... If it doesn't manage that, no chance. Mind you, watch out for using THE word here .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Japan Thanks to Corpse: "Very poor for Oz: The Great and Powerful. I guess it's looking at maybe ¥225 million ($2.4-2.5) for the weekend frame and a 3-day total of ¥275 million ($3 million). It was a very bad idea to open this weekend against Doraemon - should have waited until April or May. This situation is very reminiscent of last July when Brave bombed when opening against Wolf Children" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 500 WW seem doable, but it won't go much higher IMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL debuted with $150.2M worldwide--$80.3M domestic, $69.9M Int'l I was expecting more OS. John Carter opened with 73M OS and less markets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...