'80s movie remakes: dead on arrival...?

[MessiahDecoy123]

This is from an article I just read http://www.pajiba.com/seriously_ran...-remakes-are-the-safest-bets-in-hollywood.php

(the first number is box office total, and the second is the production budget).

1. Karate Kid (Projected: $165 million) ($40 million) = $125 million profit
2. Friday the 13th ($65 million) ($18 million) = $47 million profit
3. Clash of the Titans ($161 million) ($125 million) = $36 million profit
4. My Bloody Valentine ($51 million) ($15 million) = $36 million profit
5. The Dukes of Hazzard ($80 million) ($50 million) = $30 million profit
6. Nightmare on Elm Street ($63 million) ($35 million) = $28 million profit
7. Prom Night ($43 million) ($20 million) = $23 million profit
8. The Fog ($29 million) ($18 million) = $11 million profit
9. The Stepfather ($29 million) ($20 million) = $9 million profit
10. Fame ($22 million) ($18 million) = $4 million profit
11. The Hitcher ($16 million) ($15 million est). = $1 million profit
12. Sorority Row ($12 million) ($12 million) = $0 profit
13. The A-Team (Projected $75 million) ($110 million) = ($35 million profit)
14. Miami Vice ($63 million) ($135 million) = ($72 million profit)



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I think it's just hit or miss. Some will do ok and others could be a great success.

You need the worldwide numbers. Then divide them in half since the studio only gets 50% of what the theaters get. Also you have to remember the studios spend between 40 to 100 million on marketing.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Some of those aren't actual remakes, though. Movie versions of old TV shows *generally* do okay --- hence, The A-Team, Miami Vice, Dukes of Hazzard....oh wait, Colin Farrell's Miami Vice is actually negative.... -72 million, not +72 million.

That list shows that horror fans, though, seem to have a flair for nostalgia. Of course, you're just looking at totals and not actual ticket sales --- if you adjust for inflation, I could see almost everything up there except for Jaden Smith's Karate Kid being in the negative compared to their 80s predecessors.

The 80s just don't seem like a profitable well to keep going back to...

The second number is production budget, not what the first film did which you seem to think is the case.