Days of Future Past First Class Sequel - July 18, 2014 - Part 1

[The Original Bamfer]

I'm pretty sure WB found the date to be a prime one - I don't see any reason to assume that this move was made for any reason other than to release their movie on a coveted date.

 

[marvelrobbins]

My primary concern Is Days of future Past gets good release date.We don't want It like first Class to underperform domesticly again.

 

[The Original Bamfer]

First Class didn't underperform.

Either way, it'll be starring Jennifer Lawrence. It will be a success. Probably bigger than any other X-Film.

 

[def28]

Yeah, Lawrence and Giant Robots =****loads of money at the box office, Its been proven haha. Add Fassbender,Mcavoy and a possible returning original crew and this flicks gonna grab alot of interest. No X Men film has bombed (even with being leaked and scathing reviews) and this is looking to be the biggest yet. I dont think this will effect the films success. If it moves it moves. Wont change the interest and scope of the franchise.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

First Class didn't underperform.

It did actually.

Either way, it'll be starring Jennifer Lawrence. It will be a success. Probably bigger than any other X-Film.

Imagine the selling point will be more on the returning actors from the Bryan Singer era. Lawrence will mostly be in blue makeup and unrecognizable.

 

[magneto23]

It did actually.

Is this according to you or did FOX come out and say the film didn't meet what they were expecting? With the new cast, weak release date, ***** promotion, and the task of following back to back X-Men bombs IMO FC did just fine.

 

[Angamb]

what I will hate is to read that the sequel was a huge success thanks to Hugh Jackman

Im SURE some fans will post that

thats why I would love to have a first class sequel without Hugh, to have a great boxoffice too and showing Fox and all the Logan fans that the x-men can be a big success without him.

 

[marvelrobbins]

First Class didn't underperform.

Either way, it'll be starring Jennifer Lawrence. It will be a success. Probably bigger than any other X-Film.

First Class was lowest grossing domesticly In the series.Overseas It was
second highest grossing film In series.

I am sure some Marvel studios fanboys will post see First Class did lower than
Cap and Thor and that means audence don't care about X-Men anymore
just ms films.Even though overseas First Class top Cap.

This Is why I don't want another June release for Days of Future past.

 

[JP]

In 2007, Paramount and Dreamworks released Transformers on July 3rd, only eight days before HP5 came out. It did boffo business despite the competition, and had only mild drops in its first couple of weekends.

So, if Fox just pushed up DoFP a week, it'll do fine. If they move it to a fall spot, it'll do even better with lack of competition. It has roughly three weeks to itself before the HG sequel strikes.

Whereas in summer 2014, it doesn't have much room to itself.

But see, they didn't set Tranformers ON THE SAME DAY. :/

 

[def28]

First Class was lowest grossing domesticly In the series.Overseas It was
second highest grossing film In series.

I am sure some Marvel studios fanboys will post see First Class did lower than
Cap and Thor and that means audence don't care about X-Men anymore
just ms films.Even though overseas First Class top Cap.

This Is why I don't want another June release for Days of Future past.

Tons of movies have done solid box office in June. FC didnt really have a high selling point, except for the X men name. Most audiences didnt even realize who the new characters were. I believe the team made up of Magneto, Prof X, Mystique, Havok, Banshee and Beast plus no returning original cast made it easier for audiences to skip out and not be hyped for. Not the fact it was released in June.

Now that people are more aware and the original cast could be returning I dont think there will be any problem with DOFP outgrossing FC. Regardless of release date.

 

[Angamb]

DOFP WILL outgross FC.

The question is how much, hehe

 

[psylockolussus]

First Class didn't underperform.

Either way, it'll be starring Jennifer Lawrence. It will be a success. Probably bigger than any other X-Film.

The budget for the film was over $160 million and at the domestic box-office, the movie got less than $150 million. It was the lowest grossing domestically out of all the X-Men movies. It didn't flop but its box-office numbers is far from impressive.

 

[marvelrobbins]

They had tax credits so they were able to do It for 140 Million.

Days of future Past reportly has a 175 Million budget.Second highest for a X-Men film.
Only The Last Stand cost more.

 

[JP]

Film cost $140 mil.

Definite underperformed, but obvious did enough to warrant a sequel, so who cares.

 

[YoungPrime]

Is this according to you or did FOX come out and say the film didn't meet what they were expecting? With the new cast, weak release date, ***** promotion, and the task of following back to back X-Men bombs IMO FC did just fine.

Hollywood in general rally's first and for most on their domestic box office. And as far as First Class goes...

Production Budget: $160 million
Domestic Total Gross: $146,408,305=

-$13591695 loss

Not including the undisclosed amount they owe Marvel/Disney for using their franchise to make the movie. It's not a lot but it still puts them in a bigger whole.

So assuming they get at least 50% of the Foreign box office (minus what they owe Disney) That's really their saving grace.

The total world wide amount is $353,624,124 but Fox's actual net income may barely be a 3rd of that. Which sounds like a lot to us but not by Hollywood's standards when it comes to this type of franchise.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

Officially-listed budgets are always BS. Just studios fudging numbers for the sake of saving face if a movie doesn't perform up to snuff.

 

[marvelrobbins]

Will originally It was listed with a 100-120 Million budget untill others disproved that.

 

[Angamb]

Im pretty sure Fox didnt expect X-men and Apes prequels to do 500 millions or more.

They were a long-term investment. They rebuilt the interest on those franchises, now they can move forward with both casts and expect bigger numbers with the sequels.

 

[YoungPrime]

Here are the facts: X-men First class

Box office Mojo Production Budget: $160 million.

Wikipedia Budget: $140–160 million

http://www.the-numbers.com Production Budget: $160,000,000

http://www.imdb.com Budget: $160,000,000 (estimated)

Wasn't trying to be negative just stating what was unanimously shown while researching Google so take it as you wish.

 

[JP]

The "official" budget it $160.

The budget after the tax break was closer to $140.

 

[YoungPrime]

The "official" budget it $160.

The budget after the tax break was closer to $140.

Whether its a $13,591,695 loss or a $6,408,305 gain. It's perfectly safe to say that Fox envisioned more.

 

[danoyse]

well I should have known mr negativty would show up.

It cost 140 Million thanks to tax credits.

And the big reason some are pissed on the Hobbit:There and backa gain opening July 18
Is we want a better release date.

If you have nothing nice to say, please refrain from saying it all. Name-calling is unacceptable.

 

[Schlosser85]

I don't think Jennifer Lawrence starring will make a big difference. She'll be unrecognizable, and to a lot of people, she's still not a household name, not anymore than Fassbender, maybe less.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

I don't think Jennifer Lawrence starring will make a big difference. She'll be unrecognizable, and to a lot of people, she's still not a household name, not anymore than Fassbender, maybe less.

True... But I think Hunger Games did a lot for Jennifer's popularity.

 

[Angamb]

she has a bigger fanbase now, thats for sure.

a decent part of them could probably want to see her next big movie, after the hunger games sequel