Fant4stic: Reborn! - - - - - - - Part 41

[Eddie]

It's flopping hard worldwide. We get international numbers on our magic internet boxes, too. There were films that made more money than Fantastic Four this weekend that weren't even in half as many markets.

 

[X-Maniac]

It's flopping hard worldwide. We get international numbers on our magic internet boxes, too. There were films that made more money than Fantastic Four this weekend that weren't even in half as many markets.

My point, which still stands, is that I am sure the studio and cinema will drag it out as long as possible. I'm not sure why you are trying to argue, because it's clear that's exactly what's happening right this moment.

My nearest cinema has no screenings of Ant-Man and one screening per day of F4.

My next nearest cinema has one showing of Ant-Man per day and four screenings of F4 per day.

 

[Kelly]

The larger theaters around me still have both Ant-Man and F4.... both range from 4 to 5 showings per day. The smaller theaters still have Ant-Man but have pulled F4.

 

[X-Maniac]

They'll squeeze every drop out of it. Especially since summer blockbuster season now feels like it's over. The kids are soon back to school, students will soon be back at college/uni and autumn is coming.

It will be interesting to see what get shunted out of the way by The Transporter Refueled and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.

 

[Eddie]

In the US it will be Fantastic Four. It's already drawing lower attendance than films like Ant-Man, The Gift, and Pixels (note: to clarify, it's making less per screen than those films. Pixels came in just behind it in totals, but it made much more per screen).

 

[Krystal]

When a movie in it's 4th weekend falls to 18th place---it will soon be gone, period.
"Squeeze every drop"--lol, exactly, they have.

 

[Val_Zod]

They'll squeeze every drop out of it. Especially since summer blockbuster season now feels like it's over. The kids are soon back to school, students will soon be back at college/uni and autumn is coming.

It will be interesting to see what get shunted out of the way by The Transporter Refueled and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.

There's nothing left to squeeze. This thing is way out of the top ten in just it's 4th week. Antman has pulled passed it in attendance. FF will end it's domestic run below Antman's opening.

 

[Flint Marko]

But I'm not in the US. So your 'nationwide' means nothing to me.

It certainly means something to Fox.
What is it that you are even trying to argue? This movie is a flop of catastrophic proportions and is rapidly disappearing from theaters. What is the point of contention here?

 

[Iron_Stark]

Went to see Mission Impossible Saturday, FFINO was gone from the theater, the only thing that was left from this movie was the popcorn tubs.

 

[InCali]

There's nothing left to squeeze. This thing is way out of the top ten in just it's 4th week. Antman has pulled passed it in attendance. FF will end it's domestic run below Antman's opening.

Ant-Man??? Try Vacation, Pixels, Ricki and the Flash, and Trainwreck were ahead of FF on the Sunday estimates. Shaun the Sheep was only 45K behind it and Inside Out 9K. How can anyone say this was a flop?

 

[X-Maniac]

It certainly means something to Fox.
What is it that you are even trying to argue? This movie is a flop of catastrophic proportions and is rapidly disappearing from theaters. What is the point of contention here?

My point is that it's still playing in cinemas, despite its reviews and performance. Thus they are trying to squeeze as much out of it as possible, they want to get the budget back.

People on here need to be a bit more realistic. They weren't going to pull this film after one weekend.

It has yet to open in Italy and Japan.

 

[Krystal]

Down to one showing a day at my theater. Lol.
So all 3 people each day who want to see it will have a private section to themself.

 

[Quasar]

Down to one showing a day at my theater. Lol.
So all 3 people each day who want to see it will have a private section to themself.

There are no more drops left. They're down to squeezing every last molecule.

 

[Angryfantasyfan]

My point is that it's still playing in cinemas, despite its reviews and performance. Thus they are trying to squeeze as much out of it as possible, they want to get the budget back.

You aren't taking into account the theaters, who make most of their money from concessions. They have say in how long a movie runs.

 

[starscream22]

My point, which still stands, is that I am sure the studio and cinema will drag it out as long as possible. I'm not sure why you are trying to argue, because it's clear that's exactly what's happening right this moment.

My nearest cinema has no screenings of Ant-Man and one screening per day of F4.

My next nearest cinema has one showing of Ant-Man per day and four screenings of F4 per day.

You're point may have merit but why do you feel the need to present it so begrudgingly? Sure it'll make a few million more but it's clearly not going to have the same legs as Ant-Man or any other CBM regardless if the Studio wants to keep it in theaters or not.

 

[Erzengel]

Considering Ant-Man has more theaters and is making more money than FF even though it was released 3 weeks prior?

 

[InCali]

You're point may have merit but why do you feel the need to present it so begrudgingly? Sure it'll make a few million more but it's clearly not going to have the same legs as Ant-Man or any other CBM regardless if the Studio wants to keep it in theaters or not.

I doubt is will get a few more million. It was down to about 1.7M last weekend and with the kind of drops it was getting, it will probably not make more than another 1.8M. I think the final DOM will be <55M. Yeah, it still opens in Japan and Italy, but why would it do any better there? The WOM us is awful as is, apparently, the movie.

 

[Eddie]

Uh oh, Oh Heavenly Dog fans, Fox is doing a remake of that one next! I look forward to seeing them cast a chinchilla to play the dog.

 

[Flint Marko]

My point is that it's still playing in cinemas, despite its reviews and performance. Thus they are trying to squeeze as much out of it as possible, they want to get the budget back.

People on here need to be a bit more realistic. They weren't going to pull this film after one weekend.

It has yet to open in Italy and Japan.

This isn't new information to anyone. And who said they were going to pull the film after one weekend?

 

[Eddie]

They're not going to get the budget back.they have no chance whatsoever of getting the budget back. They're guaranteed to lose tens of millions of dollars minimum.

 

[Willie Lumpkin]

They're not going to get the budget back.they have no chance whatsoever of getting the budget back. They're guaranteed to lose tens of millions of dollars minimum.

I still think it will be lucky if it loses less than $100 million. It will gross about $150 WW which will net approximately $68 million. They spent approximately $175 Million counting marketing and they still owe Marvel, so every calculation I do has them losing over $100 million.

 

[InCali]

I still think it will be lucky if it loses less than $100 million. It will gross about $150 WW which will net approximately $68 million. They spent approximately $175 Million counting marketing and they still owe Marvel, so every calculation I do has them losing over $100 million.

No chance of it pulling a Frozen in Japan????

 

[Tony Stark]

My point is that it's still playing in cinemas, despite its reviews and performance. Thus they are trying to squeeze as much out of it as possible, they want to get the budget back.

People on here need to be a bit more realistic. They weren't going to pull this film after one weekend.

It has yet to open in Italy and Japan.

No one said they were going to pull it after one week. The film is a complete failure none the less. There's no way to sugar coat that, and Fox will be taking as much as a 60M write off for this so they have no vested interest in trying to make the budget back. They've already been damaged via their investors for this disaster, so they are going to cut their losses and move on.

 

[Krystal]

Later in the year they may do a double feature with Hitman to make more money.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

i doubt it.. remember.. theaters are going to have to WANT to show it...