Pacific Rim

[redhawk23]

Btw Ramin Djawadi, composer for the first Iron Man and Game of Thrones, is doing the score for this film. I hope he does something more distinctive for this than he did Iron Man. This film deserves a memorable score.

 

[dark_b]

can i pay people to stop using 150 as the budget for summer movies?

 

[redhawk23]

Can I pay you to stop pretending like you know jacks*** on the subject matter?

I'm talking about the production budget, and Del Toro had to negotiate to even get that much.

 

[dark_b]

this movie will be over 150. thats obvious based on how big the sets are and based how much detailed complex CGI the movie has.

 

[dark_b]

Can I pay you to stop pretending like you know jacks*** on the subject matter?
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i know more about this then you. and there is nothing wrong with that. you are ok .

 

[Solidus]

i know more about this then you. and there is nothing wrong with that. you are ok .

No...you really don't. You just think you do. I can tell myself I'm the ultimate professor in quantum physics, but that doesn't make it so.

 

[Kane52630]

dark b be just derpin.

 

[dark_b]

No...you really don't. You just think you do. I can tell myself I'm the ultimate professor in quantum physics, but that doesn't make it so.

well in the last 2 years i had the chance to talk to some people who worked on those movies .i belive them more then a site called boxoffice mojo who gets the budget numbers from studios. its no problem guys. you dont have to belive me.

its cute that you think that all those movies are made for 150 and that they will all get sequels because they made a lot money overseas.

 

[KangConquers]

well in the last 2 years i had the chance to talk to some people who worked on those movies .i belive them more then a site called boxoffice mojo who gets the budget numbers from studios. its no problem guys. you dont have to belive me.

its cute that you think that all those movies are made for 150 and that they will all get sequels because they made a lot money overseas.

A great example: Marvel claimed Avengers had a $220 M budget, but the trading card series accidentally outed that the budget was $300 M. After advertising, I wouldn't be surprised if the film cost Marvel $450-500 M.

 

[TheVileOne]

Studios and corporations are always using Hollywood accounting to cook the numbers on their budgets. Wouldn't surprise me if it was a lot more than $150 million.

I think people were saying Amazing Spider-Man had a budget of $180 million while it was in production than when it came out, a budget as high as like $220 million was being reported.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

No, you're not. I love the guy, but I'm still surprised he's been awarded this kind of budget and relative freedom. It wasn't based on previous box office performance.

Way I see it... the decision-makers see something in him. That same spark that persuaded Sony to gamble on Raimi, New Line on Jackson, Fox on Singer, Warner Brothers on Nolan and so forth. Explains why they keep offering him big projects. Even after he keeps rejecting them. Somebody in charge wants to be the guy who "discovered" del Toro.

It can't be stressed enough what a risk this is. But WB is giving it their reliable summer date (middle-to-end of July) so there must be a feeling they have something. Until I see footage to convince me otherwise, smells like pure fanboy fodder and less general public hooking, a la Scott Pilgrim.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Nah... this will have way more mass appeal than Scott Pilgrim did.

 

[matrix_ghost]

I could've sworn that the budget of Pacific Rim was much higher ...around 180 million.
Of course with tax breaks etc , the budget could be much lower. But if it's really giant monsters duking it out with giant robots the size of sky scrapers , this movie has to cost more then 150 million. Heck the first transformers movie cost 150 million.

 

[matrix_ghost]

Way I see it... the decision-makers see something in him. That same spark that persuaded Sony to gamble on Raimi, New Line on Jackson, Fox on Singer, Warner Brothers on Nolan and so forth. Explains why they keep offering him big projects. Even after he keeps rejecting them. Somebody in charge wants to be the guy who "discovered" del Toro.

It can't be stressed enough what a risk this is. But WB is giving it their reliable summer date (middle-to-end of July) so there must be a feeling they have something. Until I see footage to convince me otherwise, smells like pure fanboy fodder and less general public hooking, a la Scott Pilgrim.

Ithink GDT working on Hobbit for so long definately showed that there were some high profile people ( PJ in this case) who had faith that he could handle a massive project.

But you definately make valid point. Although htis is going to be a BIG gamble , WB seems to see something in htis project to give it the coverted mid-july release date. A date that has been very profitable for them the past few years.

 

[dude stannis]

I think people are underselling the fact that $150 million dollars is ALOT OF GODDAMN MONEY!

 

[matrix_ghost]

I think people are underselling the fact that $150 million dollars is ALOT OF GODDAMN MONEY!

No one disputing that
However i always try to look things within a certain context. In this case...comparing visuals.
For example i can buy that a movie like John Carter costs more then 200 million. I can buy that something like Avatar costs MORE then 250 million.
Something like Hancock or the first transformers movie cost 150 million.
So when someone says that Pacifim Rim is a movie about GIANT EFFIN ROBOTS fighting GIANT EFFING MONSTERS on a skyscraper scale and that the movie features 6 or so monsters and has land , sea and aerial battles , the only thing i can conclude is that Pacific Rim budget must be 180 million OR more.

 

[dude stannis]

We'll have to see for ourselves. Hellboy 2 cost $85 million and had looked more expensive than Iron Man.

 

[TheVileOne]

We'll have to see for ourselves. Hellboy 2 cost $85 million and had looked more expensive than Iron Man.

Not really.

 

[dude stannis]

Troll market.

 

[matrix_ghost]

We'll have to see for ourselves. Hellboy 2 cost $85 million and had looked more expensive than Iron Man.

Yup.
Unless we see some footage , all this is pure speculation.
As for your other point about HB2 looking more expensive then IM1.
If i'm not mistaken IM1 cost 180 million whereas Transformers 1 cost 150 million despite having bigger action scenes.
Thing is though sometimes due to planning , the budget of movies can increase alot more. Rushing to meet the release date , changing shots midway or even reshoots ( planned / unplanned).
If you look at X Men First Class , the movie should actually cost less despite some scenes being changed. Fox was dead set on the movie being released JUne 1st despite the fact that principal photography started on Aug 1st .

 

[dude stannis]

Actually didn't Iron Man shoot without a completed script? That would certainly cause budgetary issues.

 

[matrix_ghost]

Actually didn't Iron Man shoot without a completed script? That would certainly cause budgetary issues.

Exactly.

 

[marcvader]

Del Toro's movies always look more expensive than they actually are.

 

[Gianakin_]

The guy's amazing at handling budget and making 120% out of it.

 

[dark_b]

i dont think anyone thinks that del Toro would go over budget. sometimes the studio demands changes that forces directors to go over budget.