Bishop54 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 PR is exactly the type of movie Chinese viewers would gush over. It seems to be doing very well in Asian countries, but badly elsewhere. So $20M in Russia and over $12M in Mexico is considered doing badly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 So $20M in Russia and over $12M in Mexico is considered doing badly?And the French numbers aren't bad at all...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 So $20M in Russia and over $12M in Mexico is considered doing badly? Virtually all movies that have explosions do well in Russia. It's a developing market like a lot of Asian markets, as is Mexico. And $12m is hardly great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juni78ukr Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 So $20M in Russia and over $12M in Mexico is considered doing badly? In Russia it will finish in the same league as Battleship, Mummy 3, Prince of Persia, Prometheus, Wrath and Clash of the Titans. Nothing extraordinary. It was always supposed to do well in Russian no matter what. In Mexico it will make around 15 mln. Reasonably good for a blockbuter, nothing exciting. Once again every big-budgeted action movie will do well there. Jack the Giants Killer made 13.5 mln not so long ago. 695k admission in 12 days in France is not good either. Probably will not pass 1 million in admissions, 10 mln in gross. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manu Delpech Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 The number in France is good, it's an original movie, it's doing more than Monsters University there, and plenty of movies have underperformed over there too, so it's good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juni78ukr Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) The number in France is good, it's an original movie, it's doing more than Monsters University there, and plenty of movies have underperformed over there too, so it's good. It's a nearly 200-million blockbuster. This is all that matter. Stop this "original movie" bullshit. Would you call also Armageddon, Independence Day or 2012 an original movie? No one really cared. And for your reference Monsters University did 1 million admissions in 2 weeks. 1.26 mln in three. With low drops it can reach 2 mln admissions in France. Pacific Rim had 17th opening week this year in France. How this can be good for huge blockbuster with massive advertising? It's less than After Earth or Oblivion and its legs are also not good there. 54% 2nd weekend drop. Edited July 30, 2013 by juni78ukr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tower Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 The number in France is good, it's an original movie, it's doing more than Monsters University there, and plenty of movies have underperformed over there too, so it's good. Good compared to what? it's not good for an attempted blockbuster. Also it is not beating MU it's losing to it by a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 It's a nearly 200-million blockbuster. This is all that matter. Stop this "original movie" bullshit. Would you call also Armageddon, Independence Day or 2012 an original movie? No one really cared. Er, they are. They were just more successful ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juni78ukr Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Er, they are. They were just more successful ones. I just tried to tell that "an orginal movie" is no excuse. Thats the point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manu Delpech Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 We always said this was going to be a hard sell from the beginning, the movie has no star power, del Toro is unknown from the GA, the genre is primarily aimed at fanboys, geeks, Kaiju fans, and yet, the movie is on track to 350-400 million WW, how is that not good? The budget is 190 M (allegedly so) yes, but it could have been much much worse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wileECoyote Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Good news for PR? I'll take it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I'm hard-pressed to call PR's performance "good" in any way, but at least overseas it's doing OK. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 We always said this was going to be a hard sell from the beginning, the movie has no star power, del Toro is unknown from the GA, the genre is primarily aimed at fanboys, geeks, Kaiju fans, and yet, the movie is on track to 350-400 million WW, how is that not good? The budget is 190 M (allegedly so) yes, but it could have been much much worse. Eh ... I didnt know that ... All I remember is some fanboys had been calling 1B+/800M+ for months before release ... now they suddenly knew it was always going to be hard sell ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 Plus I would not say PR is doing very well in SK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentryTrans Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Wonderful OD! Summer is hot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manu Delpech Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Eh ... I didnt know that ... All I remember is some fanboys had been calling 1B+/800M+ for months before release ... now they suddenly knew it was always going to be hard sell ? Whoever called for 800 M + was delusional, I saw btw 400 & 500, should get close to 400 M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackzack Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 China isn't paying Hollywood so WB and Legendary won't receive a single cent from this But there is an upfront one-time fee to show the movie...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 They will get the money, sooner or later. No hurry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentryTrans Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 FF6 will damage it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentryTrans Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 forget it .... FF6 will shadow it. And no way it makes more than MoS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
