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12·8 months agoNOTE: Morbius died on the way back to his home planet.
5·9 months agoIt’s strange.
8·9 months agoFantastic!
7·9 months agoThank you, Blaze.
To everyone else here, it’s been an honor to be a part of this community.
There’s no way it actually cost $500m to make.
You’re right, there isn’t. The real, reported budget is $180 million.
The reason it needs to make $500 million to break even is because the studio doesn’t get the full box office gross - 50% of it goes to the theaters (because they don’t show movies for free).
So it needs to make double the budget, plus an additional hundred million or so, to cover the marketing costs, putting the real breakeven at around $450 million.
This feels like an xkcd comic. Was this inspired by a specific one?
The Rocketeer (1991).
Timothy Dalton.
“Well, when the superuser does it, that means that it is not illegal.”
— Richard NixOS
B-but it was a contest for children!
Live-action remake.
ohhh it sold lots so it must mean it’s good
That has never been true at all. Good movies can flop at the box office, and mediocre or outright bad movies can make $1 billion. Your last paragraph is 100% correct. Box office is a measure of popularity, not quality.
How is what a movie makes matter to the audience?
It means we will get similar movies like this one, for example.
When you buy a movie ticket, you are casting your vote for that movie. You’re sending a message to the studio that says, “Yes, we want more films like this.”
The message to take away here is, if people want to see more original, quality-driven movies (and not endless IP-driven sequels and remakes), then they need to go support them at the cinema.
29·9 months agoISO 8601 rules!
So sad, I hope he finds it.