[piytar]

Lion grossed over $700M. Prince grossed over $400M. So yes, there was a drop off, but $400M+ movies aren’t exactly failures, or even easy to find...

[jas3]

Lion grossed over $700M. Prince grossed over $400M. So yes, there was a drop off, but $400M+ movies aren’t exactly failures, or even easy to find...

What were the projected production costs of "Voyage"? And if you draw a trend line, the third film would only gross $100M+ worldwide. After production, distribution, and marketing costs, "Voyage" is certainly no sure thing.

jas3

[pepsionice]

I believe their fear is that the third one would generate less than $200M, and in their eyes on return profit...it starts to become questionable. Too many people who expect a two dollar return on each dollar invested.

[weegee]

And being a continuing franchise, unlike self-contained episodes (like James Bond), the whole set of films will have combined value.

By splitting the series among several studios, it’ll complicate sales of a “boxed set”.

Wonder if there is influence from the lavender mafia over prop 8.