Superman Returns Box office affecting sequel

[FCEEVIPER]

Honest question. Where the hell was the money spent on this piece of crap. Films like Star Wars, individual LOTR's, King Kong 2005, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 ( although 3 will cost more ), etc etc. All those films cost less and yet they not only had a better story with the exception of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, they also had more exciting action and you know, superfights, pure cgi characters, and so on so forth. What the hell, where was the money spent on Superman Returns. And Im not even reffering to the $40 million spent on past projects, Im talking about the $204 million they used on this stinker...

Honest answer. The more CGI in a movie via superfights, pure CGI characters, all green screen shots..etc, the less a movie costs.
Real sets, actual shooting locations cost more then the usual CGI-fest, this is puplic knowledge.

Example:

Production budget for BB: $150 million. Real setS/locations.

Production budget: for ROTS: $113 million. Real CGI fest.

So there you go.



BTW, there will be a SM sequel. Bet on it.

 

[DorkyFresh]

Real sets, actual shooting locations cost more then the usual CGI-fest, this is puplic knowledge.

i hope they haven't torn down the entrance or roof of the Daily Planet, hehe.

 

[retconned]

don't bypass censors, retconned

and calm down, remember we're just talking about a superhero movie, not deciding global politics

I apologize. Ill keep myself in check from now on.

 

[FCEEVIPER]

i hope they haven't torn down the entrance or roof of the Daily Planet, hehe.

Not all of it was real but most of it was, smartypants.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

I imagine the set that were built were NOT torn down, right?

I mean, if they did what the BATMAN BEGINS people did, which was keep everything in tact, supposedly the film SHOULD cost less to make.

 

[FCEEVIPER]

I imagine the set that were built were NOT torn down, right?

I mean, if they did what the BATMAN BEGINS people did, which was keep everything in tact, supposedly the film SHOULD cost less to make.

Yeah, I very interested in seeing how much BB2 production cost will be this time around.

 

[Star]

erm, hasn't a sequel basically been confirmed? isnt there a quote from bryan singer on the main page basically confirming it?

why is there a debate... sure, its not breaking records but in the end they're going to make their money back, so why argue about it?

 

[Doomed_hero]

If Big Mommas House got a seqeul Then anything can.

 

[logansoldcigar]

erm, hasn't a sequel basically been confirmed? isnt there a quote from bryan singer on the main page basically confirming it?

why is there a debate... sure, its not breaking records but in the end they're going to make their money back, so why argue about it?

yeah, when he talks about doing a batman vs superman, he says "Im sure there will be a sequel". means one of two things IMO..the WB aint decided yet (which is at odds with all their statements that its doing better BO than they expected), or there will be one, and they have forgotten to mention it to Mr Singer

 

[SFII]

no one's gonna see Logan's Run anyway.

 

[OzzMosiz]

T3 cost 200 million to make and only made $150 million in the US. Another sequel to the Terminator franchise is being worked.

Superman Returns cost a 207million (excluding the 40 million development) and is likely to be around $145million by the end of the weekend. With sales of T-shirts and figures etc this will make Superman Returns more profitable than T3.

Ok T3 was not exactly a roaring success in comparison to T2 but it still made money!

 

[OzzMosiz]

yeah, when he talks about doing a batman vs superman, he says "Im sure there will be a sequel". means one of two things IMO..the WB aint decided yet (which is at odds with all their statements that its doing better BO than they expected), or there will be one, and they have forgotten to mention it to Mr Singer

How can WB decide yet when Superman Returns isn't even released in most countries yet!! They need to see what the Box Office returns are first.

 

[logansoldcigar]

plenty of movies get a sequel greenlite on the back end of a cracking opening weekend. However, what with superman's unspectacular BO (not saying it has flopped, but that its nowhere near what people expected, whatever Warners may say now), and its anticipated break even figure of close to 600 million dollars (according to some warners owned subsidiary. its in the main BO thread), that it isnt yet guaranteed one. what if it dies at 200 million in the US (or possibly less), and the international matches that? its a 200 million loser on the BO, despite making potloads.

Ive said, i have no doubts that we will have another superman movie inside the next 5 or so years. Im not sure if its gonna be a reboot or a sequel is all.

 

[retconned]

T3 cost 200 million to make and only made $150 million in the US. Another sequel to the Terminator franchise is being worked.

Superman Returns cost a 207million (excluding the 40 million development) and is likely to be around $145million by the end of the weekend. With sales of T-shirts and figures etc this will make Superman Returns more profitable than T3.

Ok T3 was not exactly a roaring success in comparison to T2 but it still made money!

T3 should have never been made, or atleast been a throwback to the first film.

 

[EternalMaster]

T3 cost 200 million to make and only made $150 million in the US. Another sequel to the Terminator franchise is being worked.

Correct. Terminator THREE performed mediocrely. Terminator 1 and 2 did great in the box office.

So when the studio thinks about making a fourth film, they look back on all three films. The series is still quite successful even if T3 was a bit disappointing.

Now a movie like Batman&Robin... that kind of a movie does more harm to a series than just box office hardship. It's such a joke of a movie that it stains the reputation of the whole series.

 

[mathhater]

If Big Mommas House got a seqeul Then anything can.

Or "Garfield," for that matter.