IsaacNewton
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2015 is turning into a year of movies bombing at the boxoffice.
The most recent is Jem and the Holograms. I have no idea what this is about but it received great hype and after only 2 weeks of release the stuidio is yanking it. A very unusual move in any scenario. Production cost was 5 million and the movie took in 2 million, loss of 3 million. Hardly worth noting for Universal who scored huge with Jurassic World, Minions and others this year. Jurassic world alone grossed 1.6 billion world wide.
Jupiter Ascending (-$127 million)
Seventh Son (-$79 million)
Blackhat (-$63 million)
Mortdecai (-$63 million)
Sandra Bullocks latest is tanking as well, as is Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's movie By the Sea.
How exactly does an exec at one of these studios walk in and say, 'we've lost 80 million dollars'.
I post this because it is interesting how some movies actually get green-lighted to be made. A few years ago Cowboys and Aliens. Someone actually went to a producer and said 'I have a great idea for a movie' and the producer agreed. Makes you wonder how hard is it really to come up with ideas for movies. I think its something like 10 of the top 20 movies that lost the most money have been made in the last 10 years. Some have lost as much as 130 million dollars. Mars Needs Moms, 47 Ronin.
The most recent is Jem and the Holograms. I have no idea what this is about but it received great hype and after only 2 weeks of release the stuidio is yanking it. A very unusual move in any scenario. Production cost was 5 million and the movie took in 2 million, loss of 3 million. Hardly worth noting for Universal who scored huge with Jurassic World, Minions and others this year. Jurassic world alone grossed 1.6 billion world wide.
Jupiter Ascending (-$127 million)
Seventh Son (-$79 million)
Blackhat (-$63 million)
Mortdecai (-$63 million)
Sandra Bullocks latest is tanking as well, as is Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's movie By the Sea.
How exactly does an exec at one of these studios walk in and say, 'we've lost 80 million dollars'.
I post this because it is interesting how some movies actually get green-lighted to be made. A few years ago Cowboys and Aliens. Someone actually went to a producer and said 'I have a great idea for a movie' and the producer agreed. Makes you wonder how hard is it really to come up with ideas for movies. I think its something like 10 of the top 20 movies that lost the most money have been made in the last 10 years. Some have lost as much as 130 million dollars. Mars Needs Moms, 47 Ronin.