War Zone Box Office Thread

[rogue trooper]

It's cool.

 

[Nivek]

Y'know, people dig Ghost Rider as well. judge not... y'know?

 

[Superwoman Prime]

Ghost Rider was a fun movie. Many label it "cheesy"... and it was, in parts, but those parts were genuinely funny to me. Overall a good movie.

 

[Mito88]

my god, this thing wont even make more money than catwoman...

 

[The Guard]

CATWOMAN didn't make money because it was any good. It made money because it had a huge name attached to it in Halle Berry. Come to think of it, it also had Sharon Stone.

 

[Carlo Comicus]

Disaster...

 

[Chewy]

This thing isn't even going to make $10 million at this point.

 

[S. Grundy]

Seemingly it was only made for $22 million, and chances are it'll get that back from the overseas box office. But here it ain't going passed the $5 million or so it already has.

 

[Balthus Dire]

It'll make back it's budget after international box office and DVD sales. It just bombed domestically.

 

[S. Grundy]

Yeah, that's what I said. It bombing domestically might still hurt its chances of a sequel.

 

[Chewy]

The budget is listed as $35 million. Here are two links for that:
http://the-numbers.com/movies/2008/PUNS2.php
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=punisher2.htm
And that doesn't take marketing costs into account.

This thing will end up losing the studio money.

 

[hero79]

I wasn't expecting this movie to be a massive hit, but I wasn't expecting it to be a massive BOMB either!

I really don't know why it didn't fill the theaters up opening weekend. I'm sure the film still would've turned off many with its bizarre and wacky tone, but I expected a $11-$20 million opening.

I still think it will find an audience down the line.

 

[S. Grundy]

Hell, I think Lionsgate was only expecting around $8 million for the opening.

 

[Mito88]

The budget is listed as $35 million. Here are two links for that:
http://the-numbers.com/movies/2008/PUNS2.php
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=punisher2.htm
And that doesn't take marketing costs into account.

This thing will end up losing the studio money.

I agree, i dont understand how people think it will make profit.

it will have to make more than $35mill to see any profit, even with DVD sales i doubt it will get anywhere close to that.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Yep, those good legs are kicking in, It's off only 75% from last weekend!

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/

 

[Punisher 04]

The budget is listed as $35 million. Here are two links for that:
http://the-numbers.com/movies/2008/PUNS2.php
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=punisher2.htm
And that doesn't take marketing costs into account.

This thing will end up losing the studio money.

That number is incorrect, the budget was $22 million, right from the horse's mouth.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iea59cb79796a9dff61dc23fcae89b788

NEW YORK -- Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns doesn't expect day-and-date cable VOD releases of new DVD product to see a breakthrough in the near term.

Speaking at the annual Global Media and Communications Conference, organized by investment bank UBS, he also promised his studio's flopped release "Punisher: War Zone" won't lose the studio more than a few million dollars.

Burns provided laughs after an opening video, joking that he was glad the video contained no clips of the "Punisher" sequel. "There's always DVD, and I'm sure we'll outperform there," he promised.

The movie cost $22 million to release, and it made about $4 million so far, he said. Overall, he expects to lose $4 million-$5 million at most on the film, he added, saying it's an example of Lionsgate's solid risk mitigation strategy.

He also said he is confident that the studio will overcome recent boxoffice disappointment to end the year up.

 

[Carlo Comicus]

That number is incorrect, the budget was $22 million, right from the horse's mouth.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iea59cb79796a9dff61dc23fcae89b788

NEW YORK -- Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns doesn't expect day-and-date cable VOD releases of new DVD product to see a breakthrough in the near term.

Speaking at the annual Global Media and Communications Conference, organized by investment bank UBS, he also promised his studio's flopped release "Punisher: War Zone" won't lose the studio more than a few million dollars.

Burns provided laughs after an opening video, joking that he was glad the video contained no clips of the "Punisher" sequel. "There's always DVD, and I'm sure we'll outperform there," he promised.

The movie cost $22 million to release, and it made about $4 million so far, he said. Overall, he expects to lose $4 million-$5 million at most on the film, he added, saying it's an example of Lionsgate's solid risk mitigation strategy.

He also said he is confident that the studio will overcome recent boxoffice disappointment to end the year up.

This man it's an idiot.

 

[Punisher 04]

Yep, those good legs are kicking in, It's off only 75% from last weekend!

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/

If there were legs, they just got blown off. I loved this movie and plan to buy it on blu-ray but I never imagined this movie or any Marvel/comic book based movie making this little domestically. Even if some of you consider it a bad movie, I've seen most of them make quite a bit of money i.e. Date Movie, Max Payne, Ghostrider, Epic Movie, etc. etc.

 

[Punisher 04]

This man it's an idiot.

Why because he works for Lionsgate lol

 

[allhollows86]

any dvd updates

 

[Heretic]

Wow, those legs everyone promised sure did come through! Now Punisher is running all the way to the bank!!!

And I love how suddenly people think that the overseas market will somehow save the film. Superhero type movies traditionally do FAR better in the US than overseas. This movie did so poorly in the states that many countries simply wont release it.

Time to go back to the "it will be a massive hit on DVD and inspire sequels" argument.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Wow, those legs everyone promised sure did come through! Now Punisher is running all the way to the bank!!!

And I love how suddenly people think that the overseas market will somehow save the film. Superhero type movies traditionally do FAR better in the US than overseas. This movie did so poorly in the states that many countries simply wont release it.

Time to go back to the "it will be a massive hit on DVD and inspire sequels" argument.

Don't be so hasty. Good word of mouth is still building, can't you hear the cheering crowds!? Give it another weekend!

 

[Heretic]

You're right. After all, Milk almost doubled Punisher on Friday and had over two thousand LESS screens as Punisher. That must mean that the fewer screens it has, the better it will do! I cant waiit till all the crap screens are removed and the promotional push can be focused on the ones that really count!

GO PUNNY!

 

[citizenpain]

the movie may not be all that great, but considering all the crap that makes money these days, war zone really doesn't deserve to be this much of a failure at the box office.

 

[Punisher_MAX]

^seriously, this movie is waaay better than those "____" Movies and Twilight.