75828 - Ghostbusters Ecto-1 & Ecto-2

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8 hours ago, Mhd747 said:

So this movie hasn't had the best of reviews, however people are still going out to see it, in a few weeks it should recoup it's budget of $144 million.

The problem isn’t whether it recoups or not, it was meant to be the start of a franchise.  Feig has been quoted as saying that $500M worldwide was the sum required for a sequel.  It isn’t going to hit anywhere near that.  However Sony have enough sunk costs in it and they’re in desperately in need of a movie franchise, so it’s likely they’ll throw up a sequel any way, just with a reduced budget.   

Not a total disaster, not a success is probably the worse situation for the property/brand and will likely tarnish it.    

[dcdfan]

I guess when it's been out for a full month, it'll be out of the top ten movies.

[Will 4]

How is nerve not higher up? its a pretty good film as it is different to the usual stuff

[Val-E]

On 29/7/2016 at 10:50 AM, feed said:

The problem isn’t whether it recoups or not, it was meant to be the start of a franchise.  Feig has been quoted as saying that $500M worldwide was the sum required for a sequel.  It isn’t going to hit anywhere near that.  However Sony have enough sunk costs in it and they’re in desperately in need of a movie franchise, so it’s likely they’ll throw up a sequel any way, just with a reduced budget.   

Not a total disaster, not a success is probably the worse situation for the property/brand and will likely tarnish it.    

Apparently it has recouped on worldwide ticketing and will probably get to 200-250 or so once DVD and other stuff are factored in.

I am avoiding this set due to the TLG tax here and will wait to see what other sets they release before passing final judgement.

[dcdfan]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ghostbusters-heading-70m-loss-sequel-918515

'Ghostbusters' Heading for $70M-Plus Loss, Sequel Unlikely

 Confronted by tepid box office for the reboot, the studio will instead focus on animated spinoffs.

Immediately upon the opening of Ghostbusters in mid-July, top Sony executives boldly declared a sequel to Paul Feig's all-female reboot of Ivan Reitman's 1984 classic was a given. "While nothing has been officially announced yet, there's no doubt in my mind it will happen," said Rory Bruer, president of worldwide distribution at Sony.

That was the studio's last public mention of a sequel. As of Aug. 7, Ghostbusters had earned just under $180 million at the global box office, including $117 million domestic. The film still hasn't opened in a few markets, including France, Japan and Mexico, but box-office experts say it will have trouble getting to $225 million despite a hefty net production budget of $144 million plus a big marketing spend. The studio has said break-even would be $300 million.

Sony hardly is alone in suffering from audience rejection of sequels this summer. But film chief Tom Rothman and his team, along with partner Village Roadshow, had high hopes for launching a live-action Ghostbusters "universe." Now they are preparing for steep losses (think $70 million-plus) and an uncertain future for the franchise.

Sony won't comment on whether it has banished a sequel to the netherworld, but perhaps tellingly, a rep says the studio actively is pursuing an animated Ghostbusters feature that could hit theaters in 2019 and an animated TV series, Ghostbusters: Ecto Force, which is eyeing an early 2018 bow. Both are being guided by Reitman, who firmly is back in charge of the Ghostbusters empire via Ghost Corps., a subsidiary with a mandate to expand the brand across platforms. (It was former Sony film chief Amy Pascal who first embraced Feig's vision for the live-action reboot, not Reitman or Rothman.)

"We're very proud of the bold movie Paul Feig made, which critics and audiences loved," a studio rep tells THR. "It has enlivened a 30-year-old brand and put it into the modern zeitgeist. As a result, we have many ideas in the works to further exploit the Ghostbusters universe."

Feig hasn't said whether he'll return. Stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon are said to be signed for two potential sequels, and initially they said they were game. But now? "Ghostbusters is on ice until further notice," says box-office analyst Jeff Bock. "I just can't fathom the creative talents behind it — Feig, McCarthy, Wiig, etc. — slogging out another one when the reception to the first one was so mediocre."

Sony disputes the amount of the potential loss, insisting that revenue streams from merchandising and such attractions as a new Ghostbusters exhibit at Madame Tussauds and a theme park ride in Dubai will help defray any deficit. The studio also notes that the number of people renting the 1984 film has soared over the summer.

"This loss calculation is way off," says the Sony rep. "With multiple revenue streams, including consumer products, gaming, location-based entertainment, continued international rollout, and huge third-party promotional partnerships that mitigated costs, the bottom line, even before co-financing, is not remotely close to that number."

 

[exciter1]

7 minutes ago, dcdfan said:

'Ghostbusters' Sequel Unlikely

Best news yet...

[KvHulk]

19 hours ago, dcdfan said:

Sequel Unlikely

***Standing Ovation***

Too bad Hollywood doesn't learn as apparently there is going to be an all women version of oceans 11... Because that's needed.

[dcdfan]

10 minutes ago, KvHulk said:

***Standing Ovation***

Too bad Hollywood doesn't learn as apparently there is going to be an all women version of oceans 11... Because that's needed.

"Ocean's 8"

[KvHulk]

8 minutes ago, dcdfan said:

"Ocean's 8"

They even prepped the name for a trilogy.

[TheOrcKing]