Hollywood Analyst Warns: ‘Big-Budget Studio Bombs’ Coming To Movie Theaters In 2017

Breitbart News ^ | March 14 2017 | Daniel Nussbaum

[central_va]

If a historical event happened and there is absolutely no racial angle to it then did it really happen?

[Sam Gamgee]

Funny, my wife and I are opposite. Still rarely go to movies (for us adults) as just too hard with 4 children.

I admit, being a graphic novel fan, I love all the Xmen, Avengers movies.

[Dave W]

This same article has been written for 20 years. It just gets reworded. Hollywood had a record box office in 2016, so I’m sure the studios are hoping 2017 is just like 2016.

[Lee Enfield]

Was possible when I got my degree, but that was decades ago, they may have revised the study of history downward since then.

[raybbr]

There’s another site that has a better system.

[drewh]

the mouse house has to pay off all of ESPN’s losses! they basically ruined all the sportcenters, except for the red eye hours...next up we will have to pay for extra baseball stats

[Dave W]

The number of tickets sold does not matter. It's the revenue. Hollywood had a record box office in 2016. Articles like this have been printed for decades and there is no collapse in sight.

It really isn't fair to compare two different eras. In the 30s, 40s and 50s, there was really no competition for movies other than radio. Today, there are hundreds of ways to spend your entertainment dollar, so yes, less people are going to the movie theaters, but with ticket prices increasing, revenue is at a record high. With an actual IMAX screen or IMAX experience costing up to $20 a ticket, millions are willing to pay.

In addition, many more movies are doing well overseas and with ancillary revenue, movies do fine.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I think these days they're making the movies they believe a billion Chinese want to see.

Because half an hour later they want to see it again.

[Rummyfan]

And . . . another damn Star Wars movie is coming out this year? Really?

They'll keep cranking out Star Wars movies as long as they keep making money.

[Celtic Conservative]

Yeah, forgot about the fiscal black hole over at ESPN. But then again the parks are doing well, so it’s still a wash. I don’t think this is true, BTW but the board might.

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[Sam Gamgee]

Yes, but it still has to be adjusted for inflation, and nothing comes close to Gone with the Wind. Which is even a better result considering there was half as many people, and most people had far less discretionary spending available.

[ExNewsExSpook]

Ditto. The trailer has been out for several months on YouTube (and other platforms) and looks impressive. As long as they don’t wander off into some PC subplot (like a gay Spitfire pilot), the film should be quite good.

[Dave W]

Disney has not bet the ranch on Beauty. In 2016, Disney had 4 movies gross over one billion dollars, the first time any studio had 4 movies make so much money in one year. They are by far the strongest studio. That does not include any revenue received from video on demand, cable, DVD sales. Disney is an incredible cash cow. One movie will never break them. In fact, the latest box office projections show Disney grossing about $120 to $130 million in the US and Canada for the first weekend and about $215 to $245 million worldwide for the first weekend.

Disney is too strong of a studio and the Beauty story is universally known which makes for full theaters. And Disney makes that money with low priced tickets for all the kids that rush to the movie theater. I doubt most people know of "the kiss".

If you want to follow its box office story this weekend, Deadline.com has updates Fri morning and through the weekend detailing the box office draw of all movies, but they place an emphasis on the new ones.

[Mariner]

I’m just waiting for Guardians of the Galaxy II.

A big budget movie that is likely to set box office records.

EVERBODY wants to see that movie.

[Dave W]

I know that. If what you think is important is the number of people who buys tickets, that is fine. Hollywood thinks revenue is more important, for obvious reasons.

Hollywood had record revenue last year, period.

Hollywood will NEVER have the number of people buy tickets today who bought them 50 years ago. It's a different world. Hollywood has moved on and so should you.

[unlearner]

Disney will lose at least a few million dollars for their decision to include homosexual characters in this children’s movie.

But if it still makes a profit, Disney will chalk it up to the cost of doing business.

If enough of those who identify as Christian, conservative, or pro-family stay home from the theaters and don’t watch Beauty and the Beast, it will cost Disney tens of millions.

We need to recognize that our discretionary spending choices are a vote just as much as the elections.

[Alcibiades]

Yup. Guardians is going to be awesome.

This whole article is a joke though. The last transformers movie budget was 210 million. The box office was 1.104 Billion. Was it a great movie? Doesn’t matter.

China means more and more to the success of these films.

[unlearner]

“Where did all the romantic comedies go?” he asked.

Apparently they’ve been replaced by Hollywood’s attempt to mainstream porn with films like 50 Shades of Grey, and its sequels.

[PAR35]

Hollywood will probably do a “new” movie about Spiderman vs a Giant ape named “Kong”

Come on man, think outside the box. Superman and Batman as homo lovers. Some studio ought to make that as the first $Half Billion budget film. And see how that works out for them.

[TomGuy]

we look and look and look for something, anything worth watching and.... nothing

I have noticed similar with HBO and STARZ. I watch, maybe, one series and one movie every 2-3 months. They aren't worth the subcription. I only kept HBO for Game of Thrones and read that it is being delayed until summer.

Similar with Amazon Prime and Netflix. Usually around the first of each month, they release dozens of new offerings. I find a couple or 3 to put in my queue and that is about it. Mostly, I watch some of the TV series that were not available in the US or were on TV when I did not have cable.

Regular TV is flooded with the superhero/Marvel/DC Comics stuff. It is better than the reality crap that used to flood every channel, but not much better. Then, there are the remakes. Some do make it, but most fold.