Action-Adventure Mad Max: Furiosa Spinoff

[Ninjablade]

Let’s all enter a denial prayer circle that since Miller owns Mad Max as a property (I think?) some other studio might bite because of the name.

Knowing WB, wouldn't be surprised if they dropped that distribution deal if Miller decided to move forward with another one somehow. Would be lovely.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I would be okay if Miller could land distribution elsewhere. But if it ended up at Netflix, please Netflix let it play in theaters!

 

[Kane52630]

The snap judgments coalition that has formed on YouTube due to the fiscal rewards made possible by clickbait truly will be the death of our society. I’m sorry, that was probably melodramatic. The Death of Cinema. That’s more like it.

Are you talking about that lame film right section of YouTube? Saw a few clips come up on my feed and them losers are rejoicing that this bombed. Female leads are the devil nonsense and whatnot.

Thankfully I've gotten rid of any YT recommendations of those people but I was curious and good god...

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Netflix's Mad Max Wasteland

Is that the new JLo movie where she spends half the movie by herself annoyed and arguing with a computer (2001 A Space Odyssey it certainly is not)? I liked the Ghost in the Shell type of interrogation scene at the beginning but after the first 25 minutes or so it really goes downhill. It was better than Rebel Moon but can’t touch the script or craft of Furiosa.

 

[DKDetective]

Let’s all enter a denial prayer circle that since Miller owns Mad Max as a property (I think?) some other studio might bite because of the name.

Knowing WB, wouldn't be surprised if they dropped that distribution deal if Miller decided to move forward with another one somehow. Would be lovely.

Pretty sure MGM owns the international rights (ie. Outside Australia) to Mad Max 1. Maybe they want to get back in the game, especially with the Fallout series being such a huge success.

Village Roadshow is the domestic Australian distributer for the series.

 

[Ninjablade]

Pretty sure MGM owns the rights to Mad Max 1. Maybe they want to get back in the game, especially with the Fallout series being such a huge success.

As will Netflix, I hope that Amazon would allow for a theater release!

 

[DKDetective]

As will Netflix, I hope that Amazon would allow for a theater release!

Much better chance with Amazon as they don't have a carte blanche policy like Netflix.

Also, feel like Lionsgate would be a good fit for the franchise. It has a similar demo to John Wick.

 

[Cap2024]

Thankfully I've gotten rid of any YT recommendations of those people but I was curious and good god...

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This is why I’m hoping there’s a rebound of some sort since it - at least seems - once people see the movie they tend to like it as seen in critic rating and cinemascore.

It’s the kind of ammo that evil people (could use much harsher words here) like Ike Perlmutter use to try to stop these kinds of movies (female action) from being made. While Ike is fortunately gone, there’s others like him still in the industry.

There’s this well known really unfortunate and disturbing disparity. Blade Runner 2049 does poorly and it’s chalked up to the film itself not connecting with audiences due to timing, approach, etc. Not that it stars a man in the lead role. Whereas here there’s undoubtedly some suits wrongly quick to chalk it a lot of it up to having a female lead. It’s a double standard that impacts films centering on women and minorities. I’d love to say that double standard is gone, but doesn’t seem to be.

 

[Hurm...]

This film was incredible. I had low expectations because I loved Fury Road -- the trailers for this didn't grab me. But wow, this was a beautifully crafted movie with some truly nightmarish images that I'll never forget. While the CGI looked awful in trailers, I was so invested in the characters and narrative that I didn't care for the occasionally dodgy effects. It's a prequel with an unpredictable story which is quite difficult to pull off. I didn't anticipate rewatching Fury Road after this, but I did. Miller's world is so lived-in, every detail is so meticulously crafted without drowning you in backstory/exposition. For that reason alone, I don't know how anyone who loves moviemaking can dislike this movie.

This was such a quintessential summer film, much like Fury Road years ago. Blew my expectations out of the water.

 

[Hurm...]

I find it so deeply depressing that the box office is all anyone is talking about with a movie this rich, complex and full of things to talk about.

Me too! I was so disappointed reading this thread on my phone after watching the film There's so much to the film itself worth discussing - I'm grateful it exists at all!

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

In PostTrak exits, 52% said they went to Furiosa because it was part of a franchise they love, while 34% cited director George Miller, 32% cited Taylor-Joy, and 25% Chris Hemsworth. In regards to Garfield, the overall reason why people bought tickets was because it looked fun.

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[Black Narcissus]

If this is truly the end on the film side of things. I always wanted to see a series in this world. Get a showrunner who loves the material and we off to the races. Following Max and his different adventures etc.

 

[kguillou]

I just rewatched Fury Road and yep, Furiousa greatly enhanced that movie for me. Dont get me wrong, FR works great as a standalone feature but man, watching this and having Furiousa so fresh in my head really gave Charlize Theron's Furiousa a lot of emotional weight and context. And by the time FR finishes it really feels like coming to the end of an epic journey with this character. I dont know, everyone's mileage will vary but I think Furiousa and FR work great as companion pieces to each other.

 

[TheVileOne]

Kinda surprised at the opening but I also don’t remember Fury Road blazing the US box office. It wont help that the film will prolly be on digital next month.

It didn't. Comparatively to other blockbusters at the time it didn't do huge business, but it got great reviews and lots of awards hype.

But Mad Max, as influential as it is, has never been this huge blockbuster franchise. It's kind of like Blade Runner. Sci-fi classic, seminal, influential. Filmmakers worship it. And yet the sequel bombed.

 

[Cap2024]

It didn't. Comparatively to other blockbusters at the time it didn't do huge business, but it got great reviews and lots of awards hype.

But Mad Max, as influential as it is, has never been this huge blockbuster franchise. It's kind of like Blade Runner. Sci-fi classic, seminal, influential. Filmmakers worship it. And yet the sequel bombed.

For clarification in case anyone initially misreads that like I did - the sequel that bombed was Blade Runner’s not Mad Max’s.

Mad Max 2 (by looking at the numbers) was a phenomenal indicator for indie films at the time I’m guessing. 3 million budget, 23 million box office worldwide; films today would wish for that kind of multiplier - that performance, imo, is inspiring. Almost like (could be way off) the Paranormal Activity of its time in terms of budget and box office.

[to put inflation into account - the third film was 12 million budget, thus I’m guessing 3 mil at the time was still really independent]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I dont think it being Mad Max would have made a huge difference. Like flick had said, I could see like 10-15 mil more. I don't think it was the difference between this and like 100 mil OW

Oh yeah I am not saying it being a MM movie would automatically turn it into a smash hit breaking records, but it would have done better for sure.

 

[DarkKnight]

For my part I’m not going to entertain this discussion anymore because I feel like I’m being hounded by 3 staff members simply because I didn’t like the film and have a justified different opinion.

Everyone and their mothers are seemingly jumping on me and I really don’t appreciate this at all. Its hard to keep up with the barrage of attacks and try to give people solid answers to everyone without everything getting piled upon me.

Even worse when I was super excited for this film to come out and gave it a ton of attention and time for now being treated almost like a persona non-grata for not conforming to something.

Hope to see you back soon. I can understand the feeling as I had a similar experience a good while back. Since then, I just do my best to avoid direct contact with certain folks. I'll never block anyone, I like reading everyone's opinions, reviews and such. I just know there may be one or two I can't directly "chat with". Everyone has a right to their opinion.
While I can say I did very much enjoy this film, I can definitely understand the disappointment of not liking it especially if you were looking forward to it. I've had that feeling with past films as well.

 

[henzINNIT]

Saw this last night. Real good time. Good performances and visuals and action. I think it suffers from some issues all prequels suffer from, but plays as a nice extension of Fury Road. Shame it's not making money but not surprising either.

 

[antsman41]

I was very underwhelmed… the structure was off, didn’t really get invested into the origin of it all.

Some of the car chases were amazing, loved her mom. I really like ATJ but she just doesn’t feel like younger Charlize.

The high of the glider things was amazing, some with the opening motorcycle chases.

And… I loved George’s trippy genie movie.

 

[TheVileOne]

For clarification in case anyone initially misreads that like I did - the sequel that bombed was Blade Runner’s not Mad Max’s.

Mad Max 2 (by looking at the numbers) was a phenomenal indicator for indie films at the time I’m guessing. 3 million budget, 23 million box office worldwide; films today would wish for that kind of multiplier - that performance, imo, is inspiring. Almost like (could be way off) the Paranormal Activity of its time in terms of budget and box office.

[to put inflation into account - the third film was 12 million budget, thus I’m guessing 3 mil at the time was still really independent]

OK and the long-awaited fourth film still only managed just over $150 million off of a $155 million budget, if not more because that's all that was reported. Fury Road's saving grace was its positive reception, great reviews, and awards hype. If you look at the biggest blockbusters of the 2000s and 2010s, Fury Road isn't even in the top 20, yet it was made on a comparable budget.

 

[Cap2024]

OK and the long-awaited fourth film still only managed just over $150 million off of a $155 million budget, if not more because that's all that was reported. Fury Road's saving grace was its positive reception, great reviews, and awards hype. If you look at the biggest blockbusters of the 2000s and 2010s, Fury Road isn't even in the top 20, yet it was made on a comparable budget.

Just over 154 million domestic, just over $380 million worldwide. If it was just 150 million total, that would have made Fury Road a flop. It (I believe, but could be wrong) just broke even.

Similarly a saving grace here could be worldwide, unsure how it's performing there though.

 

[Filmfreak]

Just over 154 million domestic, just over $380 million worldwide. If it was just 150 million total, that would have made Fury Road a flop. It (I believe, but could be wrong) just broke even.

Similarly a saving grace here could be worldwide, unsure how it's performing there though.

Actually I saw recently that according to calculations the net loss for Fury Road was 20-40 million, depending on the actual budget.

 

[Cap2024]

Actually I saw recently that according to calculations the net loss for Fury Road was 20-40 million, depending on the actual budget.

Box Office Mojo has the budget at 150 million. Google has it come up as 154 million to 185 million. Thus, I'm unable to say either way.

Unsure where the 154 and 185 comes from for google vs. Box Office Mojo.

 

[Weather Witch]

Box Office Mojo has the budget at 150 million. Google has it come up as 154 million to 185 million. Thus, I'm unable to say either way.

Unsure where the 154 and 185 comes from for google vs. Box Office Mojo.

We know that the production budget can't have been higher than $157M. Miller was promised a bonus if he could keep the production budget lower than that, and sued for not being paid.

With a $150m budget they would've (only barely) made back their production budget in theaters. An additional $56M on video sales is quite nice. Even combined though, it was likely not enough to cover the marketing budget, which would be somewhere in the $100-150M range as well for a movie like this. That's where that $20-$40M loss estimate came from at the time.