Action-Adventure Mad Max: Furiosa Spinoff

[Kane52630]

Never bet against Cameron.

 

[TheVileOne]

The lawsuit that resulted from Fury Road was likely the result of Hollywood accounting. WB trying to be cagey and said Miller isn't owed his bonus because the movie "under-performed" and came "over-budget." In court, WB tried to claim Fury Road cost $185 million:

‘Mad Max’ Lawsuit Details: George Miller’s Production Company Accuses Warner Bros. of ‘Reprehensible’ Behavior

Miller's production company accuses Warner Bros. of acting in a "high-handed, insulting or reprehensible" manner.

www.indiewire.com

 

[Spider-Fan]

The lawsuit that resulted from Fury Road was likely the result of Hollywood accounting. WB trying to be cagey and said Miller isn't owed his bonus because the movie "under-performed" and came "over-budget." In court, WB tried to claim Fury Road cost $185 million:

‘Mad Max’ Lawsuit Details: George Miller’s Production Company Accuses Warner Bros. of ‘Reprehensible’ Behavior

Miller's production company accuses Warner Bros. of acting in a "high-handed, insulting or reprehensible" manner.

www.indiewire.com

Correct. But like I said, it makes 800 mil instead of just under 400, I bet they resolve that dispute more quickly

 

[InCali]

That gives you cancer.

 

[TheVileOne]

Correct. But like I said, it makes 800 mil instead of just under 400, I bet they resolve that dispute more quickly

I think you are right if the film makes $800 million it likely gets done a lot quicker and there's probably no lawsuit and hemming and hawing. That said, look at Lord of the Rings and Peter Jackson. There was still a lawsuit there with Jackson and Time Warner. And those movies made bank and won Best Picture. But the issues did eventually get resolved, and Jackson returned to do The Hobbit, and now it looks like he's collaborating with WBD again with their new LOTR projects.

Besides the pandemic, the lawsuit was probably the biggest reason for the long gap between films. I think the long gap isn't the only thing that hurt the movie but IMHO it didn't help.

I think one other thing to point out while studios and media companies are desperate for IPs and franchises, it's tough to recapture that formula that made the certain thing so exciting to begin with. I think Fury Road's moment was sort of a unique storm as it were, and Furiosa wasn't quite able to duplicate it.

But at the end of the day, movies are more than just their box office and RT scores. Yeah, I'm disappointed Furiosa didn't do better as I would like Miller to return to the world of Mad Max. There are plenty of movies we love that maybe weren't the biggest hits when they were first released but they've managed to endure for decades. A movie sort of gaining cult status or finding new life is hard to predict as well. You can't really force it to happen.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

It may not be a BO success but it is 5 Mad Max movies and none of them is bantha poodoo.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Sequels/prequels usually fall faster than ‘entry point’ movies do. I think kid-friendly movies also get more repeat business than older-rated movies do (both in theaters and homes), so this is par for the course.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

It’s held a bit better overseas at least than it did domestically. Opening in Japan and Greece next week I believe. Then China later.

Domestic doesn’t look promising, though a trend I notice don’t last year which has carried on to this year is that movies are having better 3rd weekend drops than 2nd weekend drops.

 

[Drizzle]

If Bad Boys 4 wasn't opening next weekend I'd have higher hopes for it sticking around domestically.

 

[Primal Slayer]

whatever happened to good ol'family values? Why take the fam to see Pratt the cat when you can give them substance that is Furiosa?

 

[Filmfreak]

It’s held a bit better overseas at least than it did domestically. Opening in Japan and Greece next week I believe. Then China later.

Domestic doesn’t look promising, though a trend I notice don’t last year which has carried on to this year is that movies are having better 3rd weekend drops than 2nd weekend drops.

It opened this week in Greece but we're literally one of the smallest markets ever.

 

[Spider-Fan]

whatever happened to good ol'family values? Why take the fam to see Pratt the cat when you can give them substance that is Furiosa?

I mean, I can't really talk on this front cause Robocop, Alien/Aliens, and Predator were favorite films of mine and I was buying the toys en mass when I was like 4, lol!

 

[Black Narcissus]

Sad to say this is most likely my last theater going experience for this year. Nothing in the near horizon that will make me go. Most of the auteur driven flicks will come out on streaming sooner or later and I can wait for the big budget stuff to get on vod as well, eh.

 

[theastsunnn]

Started off strong, but as soon as we left little girl everything started to drag. Overall an ok movie, nowhere near fury road. Still like someone else in this thread stated this movie should be doing ok at the box office if garbage like Kong Godzilla does numbers.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

Man, I thought this movie was awesome. I can't believe more people aren't talking about it?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ first overseas title to lead Japan box office in 2024

The prequel also surpassed the opening revenue for 2015's 'Mad Max: Fury Road'.

www.screendaily.com

 

[Drizzle]

‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ first overseas title to lead Japan box office in 2024

The prequel also surpassed the opening revenue for 2015's 'Mad Max: Fury Road'.

www.screendaily.com

Shout out to Hideo Kojima for spreading the word over there.

 

[Filmfreak]

So this opened at 26 million and Bad Boys 4 is projected to make 75 million opening weekend.

 

[Zantera]

So this opened at 26 million and Bad Boys 4 is projected to make 75 million opening weekend.

It's a depressing time we live in unfortunately

 

[Drizzle]

So this opened at 26 million and Bad Boys 4 is projected to make 75 million opening weekend.

$75 million worldwide, domestically it's aiming for $40-50 million.

Realistically, Bad Boys has a wider audience appeal as a franchise than Mad Max.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

So this opened at 26 million and Bad Boys 4 is projected to make 75 million opening weekend.

I like the BB franchise but yeah, that seems a little crazy.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

So this opened at 26 million and Bad Boys 4 is projected to make 75 million opening weekend.

That's domestic (U.S. + Canada) for Furiosa versus worldwide for BB4...

‘Bad Boys: Ride Or Die’ Hopes To Avoid Speed Bump At Sluggish Summer Box Office With $75M+ Global Opening – Preview

'Bad Boys: Ride or Die' Eyes $75M Global Box Office Opening

deadline.com

‘Furiosa’ Opening Action Muted With $59M Global Debut; Why Didn’t It Strong-Arm The Marketplace? – International Box Office

Warner Bros’ Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga underperformed in its global opening this weekend, grossing $58.9M box office

deadline.com

 

[Filmfreak]

Ah ok, I didn't read it correctly, that's why I thought it was a total crazy number. It's still making more than twice of what Furiosa did, which I think it's unfair, but I can somewhat understand it.

 

[Drizzle]

Ah ok, I didn't read it correctly, that's why I thought it was a total crazy number. It's still making more than twice of what Furiosa did, which I think it's unfair, but I can somewhat understand it.

Globally it's projected to pull in more than twice what Furiosa made domestically but globally it's only projected to make about $15 million more than Furiosa did globally during its opening weekend. It's not much of a jump. The box office in general is still in a sorry state, at least until Inside Out 2 opens next week.