Pacific Rim: Uprising | March 23, 2018 | Steven S. DeKnight (Starz' Spartacus, Marvel's Daredevil) directing | John Boyega. Scott Eastwood joins as co-lead | Tag All Spoilers!

[Dementeleus]

Y'all have no taste whatsoever.

[CJohn]

That would cause an uproar with Tumblr.

Just get new leads and push them to secondary characters. Or kill them in the opening battle.

[Deep Wang]

Is Pacific Rim a perfect movie? Not even close! It's got it's fair share of problems. My biggest problem is the wonky structure. Lots of exposition early and then the climax is the Battle of Hong Kong. But it has real characters that have real arcs and act and do believable things given the situation. I'd rather have that than half a dozen "comic relief" characters and a lead actor that people mistake spazzing out for charisma.

[John Marston]

This is Kick Ass 2 on a larger scale

[a2k]

40m of marketing.

Oh, I needed a laugh.

I doubt this movie made any profit. It just didn't lose a lot of money.

 

You need new eyes.

 

How much profit do you guys think PR1 made?

It had a budget of 190m.

It made 101 dom + 309 os.

Considering studios get about 50% of dom gross and 30% of os, the studio got ~50 + ~103 = ~153m. (I am not sure of this. Correct me if i am wrong.)

I guess the non-theatrical business covered the other 40m odd and marketing.

Edited June 28, 2014 by a2k

[zackzack]

I don't give a fat, flying fuck how much the sequel increases or decrease or stays the same.I just want it to be another really good movie.

 

I love that Warner Bros + Legendary started from scratch to create a whole new universe rather than lazily take up the new adapt-and-reboot game. The 3rd act is a big letdown, the music cheesy, the story a bit weak but the spirit of creating something new & fun is very, very infectious.

[kowhite]

Oh, you are correct.  Apologies.

 

That being said, I struggle to believe the downstream revenues covered the other inevitable $200m in expenses.  And $190m is probably bullish in of itself given how much comes from China.

 

Though it's probably pretty close in the long run.

[Captain Craig]

This sequel is one that's being made largely for the OS market.

I predict a DOM decrease right now. 

[Michael Gary Scott]

Y'all have no taste whatsoever.

You have no taste

[Deep Wang]

You have no taste

Liking every movie ever made isn't taste.

[miketheavenger]

I'm excited for this. I really enjoyed Pacific Rim and thought the robots vs. monsters fights were phenomenal. Obviously, the characters and dialogue weren't great (though Idris Elba's character had quite a lot of depth IMO) and besides Ron Perlman who was amazing the actors also didn't do a very good job. But I still think it was a pretty fun and entertaining movie.

Edited June 28, 2014 by miketheavenger

[eddyxx]

Why does this movie need a sequel. Didn't they defeat the kaiju at the end of the movie?

[Heat Vision]

Why does this movie need a sequel. Didn't they defeat the kaiju at the end of the movie?

 

Nope. They are a race of aliens that has been colonizing planets for centuries. I'm sure there is more of them left.

[Deep Wang]

Why does this movie need a sequel. Didn't they defeat the kaiju at the end of the movie?

According to the writer, there are a number of subtle hints or clues of things in the movie that the sequel will deal with. My guess is that it has something to do with Charlie Day's character drifting with the kaiju. Edited June 29, 2014 by Boner Omega

[Heat Vision]

According to the writer, there are a number of subtle hints or clues of things in the movie that the sequel will deal with.My guess is that it has something to do with Charlie Day's character deciding with the kaiju.

 

In theory Newton drifting with the kaiju brain connects him with the kaijus and his creator due to the hive mind mentality. In other words they can see what he is doing and he might not even realize it.

[SpiderByte]

That's not a particularly useful idea since they're all dead.

[bballman24]

That's not a particularly useful idea since they're all dead.

Maybe there are other worlds other than the one destroyed?

[Deep Wang]

That's not a particularly useful idea since they're all dead.

Have you seen what movies have gotten sequels?

[Fancyarcher]

That's not a particularly useful idea since they're all dead.

 

The people only think that the kaijus are gone. That might not be the case.

[kayumanggi]

Fight scenes in daylight please. lol