|
Community Links |
Members List |
Search Forums |
Advanced Search |
Go to Page... |
|
Thread Tools |
03-26-2017, 02:00 PM | #11 |
THE UNSTOPPABLE ONE
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab
Posts: 178
|
And that's a safe bet.
Power Rangers was a good movie. But wasn't the type that'll make me want to go back and see it 5 more times. We all know that those CGI children flicks reign supreme at the box office. So Boss Baby should have a pretty good opening weekend. |
03-26-2017, 02:45 PM | #12 |
Victorious Knight
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 422
|
It's been interesting reading the difference of opinion on this movie's performance between the forums (not just PR centric ones) and industry websites. The industry is pretty happy with the results and feel it could launch a series while forums are a lot more analytical in their pessimism.
The big thing to note is that the production budget of the movie has already been completely recouped by Lionsgate. The studio operates in such a manner that it often sales off the foreign distribution rights for the movies they make, and Power Rangers is no different. In the end, Power Rangers only cost Lionsgate 25% of the budget plus the advertising budget. The movie opened to 18.6 million overseas and even though Lionsgate gets very little of that money, it's still not super fantastic. Lionsgate was able to avoid a loss by having foreign distributors help foot the bill, if this movie continues to operate at a loss for those distributors, it's less likely they'll want to participate in any kind of sequel. When you get into that situation, you run into the reality of needing this movie to do very well in the US because a success here means they can go forward with a sequel and be fairly confident of not having a loss on their hands. Also keep in mind that the movie still hasn't opened in five major territories - South Korea, Japan, France, Spain, and China. There's currently no scheduled release date for China, but I have to think it could follow in Pacific Rim's footsteps and do decent business over there. Japan's take on the movie is going to be fascinating to watch. Will it be seen as the ultimate potential of what Sentai, a major part of Japanese pop culture, can become, or will it be seen as a another typical Hollywood movie? For now, the movie is definitely overperforming in the states, making $10 million more than the studio's predictions, but because of the way Lionsgate operates, this movie has to either A) Find a way to be a huge success in those big overseas markets or B) Manage to have strong legs and bring in more than it's currently expected to gross. At the moment estimates for the movie's final take are $100 million and I would wager a guess that a $150 million US take could be seen as a huge success. Unfortunately, unless it can hold onto its audience strongly, I'm not sure that happens. Its one big advantage is that it's the only big budget boy centric movie on the market for a while. Long story short, the movie will make money. In fact, by next week, I'm confident the rest of the advertising budget will be covered. The question going forward will be, is the movie going to make enough money to justify a sequel? There are a ton of factors to keep in mind, not least of which is Lionsgate hurting for a new franchise and if they see potential to do something better with a sequel, that could justify it for them. But, again, this also depends of the foreign market vs how well it does in the US. Doesn't open in Japan until July. Last edited by Aoi Kurenai; 03-26-2017 at 02:49 PM.. |
03-26-2017, 02:48 PM | #13 |
New Member
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 4
|
|
03-26-2017, 03:02 PM | #14 |
Man with a plan
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 4,297
|
How do they even go about promoting it in Japan? Is japan aware enough of the Power Rangers brand outside of there in order to go see it?
|
03-26-2017, 03:08 PM | #15 |
Victorious Knight
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 422
|
It's being promoted as the "world wide version of Sentai" in a lot of trailers. I think the more well versed media viewer knows about Power Rangers, but it seems like the average person who grew out of Sentai at 5 or 6 probably wouldn't have any idea.
|
03-26-2017, 04:18 PM | #16 |
Tokusatsu Hero
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Maryland
Posts: 6,224
|
Godzilla 2014 did pretty well in Japan. I think PR will probably do pretty well over there too.
__________________
She/Her |
03-26-2017, 04:43 PM | #17 |
I'm an agile cat.
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 6,025
|
|
03-26-2017, 05:33 PM | #18 |
Tokusatsu Hero
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Maryland
Posts: 6,224
|
If we get a sequel, I hope they pick a good release date. I would hate it suffer the same fate as the recent Ninja Turtles live action movies (Out of Shadows would have done better if they release it not in June).
__________________
She/Her |
03-26-2017, 05:40 PM | #19 |
TFW2005 News Team
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Arizona
Posts: 47
|
I think you have to be happy with the opening weekend numbers. I did have a thought in my mind the movie would flop. Now over the course of the next several weeks you hope it chips away and gets closer to / over the $100 million number.
__________________
|
03-27-2017, 12:27 AM | #20 |
KinGold
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 886
|
Quote:
It's been interesting reading the difference of opinion on this movie's performance between the forums (not just PR centric ones) and industry websites. The industry is pretty happy with the results and feel it could launch a series while forums are a lot more analytical in their pessimism.
The big thing to note is that the production budget of the movie has already been completely recouped by Lionsgate. The studio operates in such a manner that it often sales off the foreign distribution rights for the movies they make, and Power Rangers is no different. In the end, Power Rangers only cost Lionsgate 25% of the budget plus the advertising budget. The movie opened to 18.6 million overseas and even though Lionsgate gets very little of that money, it's still not super fantastic. Lionsgate was able to avoid a loss by having foreign distributors help foot the bill, if this movie continues to operate at a loss for those distributors, it's less likely they'll want to participate in any kind of sequel. When you get into that situation, you run into the reality of needing this movie to do very well in the US because a success here means they can go forward with a sequel and be fairly confident of not having a loss on their hands. Also keep in mind that the movie still hasn't opened in five major territories - South Korea, Japan, France, Spain, and China. There's currently no scheduled release date for China, but I have to think it could follow in Pacific Rim's footsteps and do decent business over there. Japan's take on the movie is going to be fascinating to watch. Will it be seen as the ultimate potential of what Sentai, a major part of Japanese pop culture, can become, or will it be seen as a another typical Hollywood movie? For now, the movie is definitely overperforming in the states, making $10 million more than the studio's predictions, but because of the way Lionsgate operates, this movie has to either A) Find a way to be a huge success in those big overseas markets or B) Manage to have strong legs and bring in more than it's currently expected to gross. At the moment estimates for the movie's final take are $100 million and I would wager a guess that a $150 million US take could be seen as a huge success. Unfortunately, unless it can hold onto its audience strongly, I'm not sure that happens. Its one big advantage is that it's the only big budget boy centric movie on the market for a while. Long story short, the movie will make money. In fact, by next week, I'm confident the rest of the advertising budget will be covered. The question going forward will be, is the movie going to make enough money to justify a sequel? There are a ton of factors to keep in mind, not least of which is Lionsgate hurting for a new franchise and if they see potential to do something better with a sequel, that could justify it for them. But, again, this also depends of the foreign market vs how well it does in the US.
__________________
|
|
TokuNation News & Rumors |
Ultraman X Avengers |
Memorial Edition GoPhone Announced |
Kakuranger: 30 Years After |
ToyRise RyuKenDo |
Alternative Cut of "Day Of The Dumpster" Released |
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:36 PM.
|