I wouldn’t say it flopped. $83 million domestic is a nice haul, if the budget is right. Problem is they overspent.
“I wouldn’t say it flopped. $83 million domestic is a nice haul, if the budget is right. “
And that’s in just a few days, theaters only.
I don’t understand the perpetuation of the imperative of judging a movie’s success under such tight limitations, when of late increasingly competing against the near-totality of cinema available in glorious big-screen presentation in one’s own home, on demand, for far less than the cost they’re demanding.
Most people nowadays can either: spend $50 traveling to a large decaying building to sit in mostly sub-optimal locations with complete strangers doing annoying things, vs spend $0-5 for the group to watch darn near anything else at their convenience in private (or the same movie a few weeks later).
Couple that with the rising costs of producing blockbusters ... no wonder there are so many “flops”. Get with the audience’s viewing habits, Hollywood!
“I wouldn’t say it flopped. $83 million domestic is a nice haul, if the budget is right”
$103 million to make before millions spent to advertise.
movie will make a profit from foreign distribution rights, but is a flop in the domestic market because expectations were that it would be a megahit and make a ton of money here ... that didn’t happen
I believe the box office takes are now about $100 million odd -- but out of this only a fraction goes to the producers, the rest is to the theatre owners, distributors etc.
Then from the sun that the producers get, they have to account for marketing costs.
So this film would most likely lose money. It will definitely lose money in the fiscal/calendar year but may get some money back after DVD sales, streaming etc.
I just doubt it will get back enough over the next 5 years to break even.
What a pity - the book was very good - scientifically accurate and religious.