RoboCop Reboot - Part 7

[Binker]

If this thing gets a sequel, it has to be OCP is run by Richard "Dick" Jones, who has plans for Detroit with the idea of "fixing" the city's and its citizen's problems with his Delta City plan. To prevent Robocop's intervention, he uses Clarence and his group to go after Robo's family, while Robo is dealing with a crisis in the Middle East and his police work back at home.

 

[chintai80]

i feel that sellars was enough of a "dick jones" type character, the sequel should try something different. maybe not even have any ocp related villians. an outside threat this time.
ocp can remain that vague, mysterious corporation though.

 

[rogue trooper]

The 1988 animated series had some solid villains like The Brotherhood, whose goal is to destroy all robots and cyborgs in Old Detroit with a high tech ball which causes errors on robots and cyborgs and they become mad and destroy all things they see, or causes power failure. That'a route that could be examined. There's also the episode "Project Deathspore", which was about an artificially created life-form from OCP whose purpose is to drain the power of any uncooperative nation, but goes terribly wrong and it escapes into the sewers and streets of Old Detroit and feeds on the energy of the city, and the energy of RoboCop as well. That's another type of structure to look at.

 

[ThePhantasm]

Just saw this for the first time. Actually surprised me - I thought it would be a cheese-fest aimed at teenagers, but the story was actually quite moving in places. They sold the 'panic of not being able to control what's happening to you' quite well. I thought the action was subpar, but I wouldn't mind seeing a sequel.

 

[chintai80]

The 1988 animated series had some solid villains like The Brotherhood, whose goal is to destroy all robots and cyborgs in Old Detroit with a high tech ball which causes errors on robots and cyborgs and they become mad and destroy all things they see, or causes power failure. That'a route that could be examined. There's also the episode "Project Deathspore", which was about an artificially created life-form from OCP whose purpose is to drain the power of any uncooperative nation, but goes terribly wrong and it escapes into the sewers and streets of Old Detroit and feeds on the energy of the city, and the energy of RoboCop as well. That's another type of structure to look at.

that's actually some interesting ideas there...
i've never read the comics from marvel, i wonder if there's any good source material there too...

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

with Terminator getting an unnecessary "reboot", i wonder if we will ever get a Terminator vs Robocop

though to be perfectly honest, i always had Arnold & Peter Weller in mind for that

 

[rogue trooper]

that's actually some interesting ideas there...
i've never read the comics from marvel, i wonder if there's any good source material there too...

Yeah, there's those. Also, I don't know if Marvel will get to make a Machine Man or Deathlok movie(arguably the originators of Robocop), but maybe in those early stories there could be some ideas as to where to take the Robocop character. Not so much to ripoff the stories, but just use as guidance as to what could serve as an appropriate conflict.

 

[SofNascimento]

One thing that I liked about this film is that the robots do what they are told. They follow their programming. I believe this is way less common then it should be.

 

[chintai80]

haha yea it's the opposite from the original, in that they start the robocop program because ed-209 malfunctions. In this, ocp's droids work perfectly and only make rc as a marketing scheme.

 

[Dyson]

Worldwide box office is now over $220 million.

 

[Octoberist]

with Terminator getting an unnecessary "reboot", i wonder if we will ever get a Terminator vs Robocop

though to be perfectly honest, i always had Arnold & Peter Weller in mind for that

The problem is that Hollywood has a history of 'not getting it'.

Alien vs. Predator sold itself based on the damn title. But no..they screwed up twice. And even though the second AvP was Rated R, it made me like the awful first one more because 'Requiem' was just a super mean-spirited, poorly lit slasher film in a small town. WTF!

 

[Terminator]

A Terminator reboot may be necessary.

I don't think Terminator vs Robocop works because in the Terminator universe, cyborgs are a big deal. If Robocop exists in a modern setting, it's really not a big deal anymore.

 

[matrix_ghost]

The overseas numbers are strong.
I do think that the studio will go forward with the sequel.
China especially is one of the leading foreign markets

 

[Octoberist]

Nah, I don't think so but that's not up to me. Again, it's domestic, not international. Despite the hyperbole about international box office, in some cases, that's just to show that the film wasn't a total lost. Sony/MGM made this movie to make LEGO MOVIE money, not 'OKAY, we gonna break even' money.

I think MGM is waiting for the video release. Keep in mind too that Sony co-financed the film and their films have not done too well in the past several months besides maybe Monuments Men. They don't have enough wiggle room, so to speak unless something solidifies them to make a sequel to this.

 

[Paradox1]

Rebooting a franchise is a tricky thing most films barely break even. The fact that this is the slightest bit profitable is a good sign for a sequel.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=franchiserebootvs.htm

 

[PalmerTheThing]

BO numbers look alright for this.

Not a failure by any means. I didn't really enjoy the movie, but it had some worth while moments.

1. Robocop (1987)
2. Robocop 2
3. Robocop (2014)
9999999999. Robocop 3 (man this movie blows)

 

[Octoberist]

Robocop 3 was the victim of Orion trying to stay afloat with a lower budget, kid friendly sequel.

What a disaster of a film that was. Also, it made people love Peter Weller even more. So thank you Robocop 3 for that.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

haha yea it's the opposite from the original, in that they start the robocop program because ed-209 malfunctions. In this, ocp's droids work perfectly and only make rc as a marketing scheme.

Yeah that was a nice little twist actually, the robots were problems because they were doing what they were programmed to do rather than malfunctioning. Its done subtly but it was a nice little twist.

Nah, I don't think so but that's not up to me. Again, it's domestic, not international. Despite the hyperbole about international box office, in some cases, that's just to show that the film wasn't a total lost. Sony/MGM made this movie to make LEGO MOVIE money, not 'OKAY, we gonna break even' money.

I think MGM is waiting for the video release. Keep in mind too that Sony co-financed the film and their films have not done too well in the past several months besides maybe Monuments Men. They don't have enough wiggle room, so to speak unless something solidifies them to make a sequel to this.

Domestic isnt as important as it used to be, and International numbers are more important than ever. In China studios are now making upto 43% of the box office takings if the movie counts as a co-Chinese production (not sure if this movie does, but Transformers 4 will be apparently).

Plus, Die Hard 5 had a similar budget to this and well all is said and done Robocop 2014 will make around the same amount and yet we are getting a DH6.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Nah, I don't think so but that's not up to me. Again, it's domestic, not international. Despite the hyperbole about international box office, in some cases, that's just to show that the film wasn't a total lost. Sony/MGM made this movie to make LEGO MOVIE money, not 'OKAY, we gonna break even' money.

I think MGM is waiting for the video release. Keep in mind too that Sony co-financed the film and their films have not done too well in the past several months besides maybe Monuments Men. They don't have enough wiggle room, so to speak unless something solidifies them to make a sequel to this.

I'm thinking that the international box office has saved this film. The film did great in China, Brazil, Japan, and Russia which are growing in importance for film studios.

 

[chintai80]

UK blu-ray information (june 9, 2014 release):
https://www.facebook.com/Robocop.UK/posts/10151984822275418?stream_ref=10

USA blu-ray will probably have similar extras.

 

[Dyson]

$234 million in overall worldwide box office so far. $56 million in North America.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

^Think it will struggle to $60 million in NA, will get $250 million WW, maybe more, then come BD/DVD sales, I imagine thats enough for them to greenlight a sequel.

 

[Dyson]

^Think it will struggle to $60 million in NA, will get $250 million WW, maybe more, then come BD/DVD sales, I imagine thats enough for them to greenlight a sequel.

It wouldn't shock me if a sequel budget is quite cheaper than the first film's budget. I'm thinking a $60 million production budget.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

^I dont think a Robocop movie could be made for that today, not with the level of CGI needed, $80 million would be the lowest they went IMO.

But with the movie doing so well over seas, and over seas markets becoming more and more profitable, it wouldnt surprise to see the budget go slightly higher either.

 

[Dyson]

Seems RoboCop's final worldwide box office total is just over $240 million. I'm hopeful for Robo 2.