Jump to content

Neo

Blade Runner 2049 | October 6, 2017 | Villeneuve directs | Full Trailer on Page 40

By Neo, in Box Office Discussion

Recommended Posts





Joel M Box Office Gold

Joel M

Posted
Posted

150m sounded a lot but 200m for an R rated movie is nuts. I don't care if it turns out a great movie and I don't worry about Gosling, Villeneuve or Ford if this flops. They 'll be fine. But it's hard to believe that the buisness people greenlight this movie with such an insane budget.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
The Futurist Global Phenomenon

The Futurist

Posted
Posted
11 minutes ago, Joel M said:

150m sounded a lot but 200m for an R rated movie is nuts. I don't care if it turns out a great movie and I don't worry about Gosling, Villeneuve or Ford if this flops. They 'll be fine. But it's hard to believe that the buisness people greenlight this movie with such an insane budget.

 

Terminator 2 & True Lies were the most expensive movies of their times.

 

 

Both Rated R.

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites




Joel M Box Office Gold

Joel M

Posted
Posted
23 minutes ago, The Futurist said:

 

Terminator 2 & True Lies were the most expensive movies of their times.

 

 

Both Rated R.

 

 

 

But it made at least some sense back then for an R rated movie to be the most expensive of their time. R rated movies were huge in the 80s-90s. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites


The Futurist Global Phenomenon

The Futurist

Posted
Posted
5 minutes ago, Barnack said:

In the 90's most of the BO was made from R rating:

http://www.the-numbers.com/market/mpaa-ratings

 

It is early 2000's were it shifted to pg-13 (with Spiderman, Lords of the rings, Potters (PG), X-Men, well franchises)

 

Still not sure why this shift happened, especially when stuff like The Walking Dead is mainstream as fuck.

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites


Barnack Global Phenomenon

Barnack

Posted
Posted
Just now, The Futurist said:

 

Still not sure why this shift happened, especially when stuff like The Walking Dead is mainstream as fuck.

 

I suspect that it is a bit circular, on a lot of those movie most of the audience tend to be adult anyway (X-men apocalypse first weekend was 78% 18 or over, so I imagine 80+% were 17 or over, Logan being R rated was not a risk at all)

 

Same for BvS (78% adult audience first weekend), Skyfall 75%, but they spend the giant budget only on those movie that will have that audience boost from family and kids and it became really hard to compete with 300 million dollars movie with a 200 million world release for the R-rated movie that were not getting comparable resource anymore.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Elessar Summer Tentpole

Elessar

Posted
Posted

Oh now people are complaining about the budget instead of being happy that they are willing to spend the big bucks. Sure, they could have done it for less but it would not have looked as good / have been less ambitious. Stop acting like an accountant.

 

In the long run, if it's good, i'm sure they'll get their money back. As for another sequel, be happy that we even got this one, i'd say.

  • Like 5
Link to comment
Share on other sites
















Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.


×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Guidelines. Feel free to read our Privacy Policy as well.

  I accept