“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!
Domestic haul - $104,499,038 - $33,123,609 opening weekend and then dropped off a lot
International haul - $21,100,000 because word got out the movie sucked
Marketing, merchandising, and other cost - ??????? a lot ???????
Disney financial projections - Demolished
Disney could have projected this piece of crap profiting a tens of millions, maybe hundreds of millions.
A movie can make a profit, however, not meeting financial projections will be labeled a flop. This thing might not even make a profit at all, which means a financial disaster, not a “flop”.
Sorry, total domestic haul was $83,399,038