I know this thread is going to kick up a **** storm, but oh well
Spiderman comes out 2 weeks before Godzilla comes out a week before X-Men Dofp.
Which movie do you think will be king of the box office in 2014?
Things to take into consideration:
1. Brian Singer Is directing Dofp, and his last 3 movies combined lost money for the studios, When you take into account that the studios gets roughly 40% of overseas grosses. His last 3 movies cost 540 mil, they made 248 overseas, for a net loss of 16 mil. And this movie will get NO merchandise support from Disney. So this movie will rely heavily on word of mouth, But NO huge pr campaign unless Fox is willing to pay out of pocket for it. And judging by the almost non existent pr campaigns for Wolverine, X-Men: First Class, and The Wolverine, I doubt they will.
2. TASM2 is dropping between Captain America and Godzilla, and starting with this movie it is highly doubtful that Disney will give merchandise support when it would mean they would be helping Sony compete against Captain America, Especially if Sony is not willing to play ball and share Spiderman. and this movie will rely heavily on word of mouth, but NO huge pr campaign unless Sony is willing to pay out of pocket for it.
3. There has only been one big-budget movie that resembled Godzilla, and that was 98's G.i.n.o.,which to be fair was 15 years ago. and since then there have been six REAL Godzilla movies released up until 2004 (on a VERY small budget all Japanese produced) So Godzilla fans have had 6 years to forgive Toho for allowing Sony to touch their tentpole and 10 years of anticipation after that, Now Godzilla will have a HUGE pr blitz and will NOT be hamstringed by lack of merchandise. and lets not forget that the Godzilla teaser practically blew the roof off of Comicon. One downside however is if Pacific Rim tanks, It would hurt the Godzilla film. (Non-fans would lose interest in the genre)
So share your thoughts and keep the insults to a minimum
Spiderman comes out 2 weeks before Godzilla comes out a week before X-Men Dofp.
Which movie do you think will be king of the box office in 2014?
Things to take into consideration:
1. Brian Singer Is directing Dofp, and his last 3 movies combined lost money for the studios, When you take into account that the studios gets roughly 40% of overseas grosses. His last 3 movies cost 540 mil, they made 248 overseas, for a net loss of 16 mil. And this movie will get NO merchandise support from Disney. So this movie will rely heavily on word of mouth, But NO huge pr campaign unless Fox is willing to pay out of pocket for it. And judging by the almost non existent pr campaigns for Wolverine, X-Men: First Class, and The Wolverine, I doubt they will.
2. TASM2 is dropping between Captain America and Godzilla, and starting with this movie it is highly doubtful that Disney will give merchandise support when it would mean they would be helping Sony compete against Captain America, Especially if Sony is not willing to play ball and share Spiderman. and this movie will rely heavily on word of mouth, but NO huge pr campaign unless Sony is willing to pay out of pocket for it.
3. There has only been one big-budget movie that resembled Godzilla, and that was 98's G.i.n.o.,which to be fair was 15 years ago. and since then there have been six REAL Godzilla movies released up until 2004 (on a VERY small budget all Japanese produced) So Godzilla fans have had 6 years to forgive Toho for allowing Sony to touch their tentpole and 10 years of anticipation after that, Now Godzilla will have a HUGE pr blitz and will NOT be hamstringed by lack of merchandise. and lets not forget that the Godzilla teaser practically blew the roof off of Comicon. One downside however is if Pacific Rim tanks, It would hurt the Godzilla film. (Non-fans would lose interest in the genre)
So share your thoughts and keep the insults to a minimum
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