Ghostbusters Box Office Results
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So, would this be considered a success or a failure to you guys? I'm surprised this movie made this much considering all of the empty theaters posted during its premiere. Why is that?
>From Box Office Mojo
M8 the budget was 144 million
>>81533074
Tickets cost $12.
>>81533282
Does that include advertising?
Technically, it would be considered a failure. Most movies with budgets that high are expecting to recoup a larger chunk in their opening weekend.
Also, given the poor word-of-mouth the film is getting, they can't rely on the audience to increase like many big budget films do. They may break even in 3-4 weeks, but everyone knows that's not actually 'breaking even'.
Big budget films can often bring in 4-5x as much as was spent. Then the toys, soundtrack, and franchise can generate even more money - if they're popular.
Nobody wants the toys. Nobody wants the soundtrack. Nobody wants merchandise. And nobody wants a sequel.
This is a failure.
not an expert on this stuff but that looks bad compared to budget and it's an actual bad movie that won't have a ton of staying power like other bad movies. seems like a bad performance considering all the publicity (albeit bad publicity) it got
irredeemably shitty movies are rarely huge successes so it had an uphill battle assuming it's as bad as it's supposed to be
>> $144mil budget (BEFORE MARKETING)
>> $65mil combined gross
>> #2 on opening week
By comparison, Fantastic Four had a production budget of $120mil and took in $59mil combined opening weekend.
So.......
Asked my chinese ex tonight what she thought of it based on previews as she's a movie connoisseur and she said it looks so stupid and glad it got negative reviews before it aired
>>81533074
>>Not knowing that directors will personally buy up tickets to ensure a sequel is made and so it doesn't look like a flop.
Who needs actual viewers when you can buy your way to a sequel?
It's neither.
Not really a flop but not profitable either
>>81533661
Nope, or merchandising which is already at the clearance price level.
>>81533074
That is a huge fucking failure m8
>>81533661
It never does
>>81533074
>4000 theatres.
I think breaking even is treated as a failure.
Production was $148M and I think marketing was $100M, so only making $65M is a flop for sure.
Millions of tricked Women went to watch it to show them evil Sexist Men
But quickly word of mouth got around from normal people who tried film out, so lets see how it does in following week
Won't stop CNN from hyping it though. Gotta keep it in the news. Gotta make it controversial.
>>81534201
>>81534280
LITERALLY SCARES UP VIEWERS!
You can't make this shit up
>>81533750
However -- The Asian market may save them, Asians love ghost shit.
>>81533074
>Star Trek/Ice Age/Bourne are all about to come out
>poor word of mouth
It is over
>>81534446
Although, they try to sneak a little bit of reality into the bottom of their article. You know, journalistic integrity and all that.
>>81533861
I have a perpetual motion machine I want to sell you.
>>81533750
>Nobody wants merchandise.
The funny thing is that old Ghostbusters merch is selling. I was at a toy shop that had these $20 old Ghostbuster figures next to the new ones. I asked them how they were selling and they told me that the old ones were selling okay, just a little here and there but they didn't have a large stock anyway.
But they said they had about 4 times as much for the new film, and hadn't sold a single item. Not one.
ITT: people who don't understand how movies make money. With the overseas market and DVD sales and premium downloads and all that this this movie will make a hundred million in profit easily. It's performing as they expected it to. And it's apparently mildly entertaining which is all that's required for a good run.
>>81535038
>With the overseas market
It isn't playing in China
Flop, didnt open no. Now ticket sales will fall for it after opening weekend. Doubt full to make its $144 plus whatever millions in marketing back.
https://www.quora.com/Movies-How-much-does-it-cost-to-market-a-movie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
>>81535311
Hahahahahahahaha
>>81535038
Let's look back at FF:
>> $25.6 million on its opening weekend, marking one of the lowest openings of all time for a big-budget superhero movie which box office analysts have attributed to poor critical reviews and audience reception.
>> Outside North America, the film grossed $33.1 million on its opening weekend from 43 countries from 8,996 screens, coming at second place behind Rogue Nation at the international box office
Meanwhile, GB made $19mil overseas. That's...almost literally nothing. This is a trainwreck.
>>81533896
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/07/12/toys-female-ghostbusters-movie-already-filling-clearance-racks/
Topkek before it even came out
>>81533074
thats awful considering the budget. we wont see another big budget sjw experiment for a while
>>81534504
>>81535038
ITT: People who don't know it's banned in China.
>>81533074
Why is this place full of Sony marketers?
>disable Adblock out of curiosity
>nonstop shilling for this movie on Facebook, both from the website itself and from movie theater pages and related pages
>ads for it on YouTube
>turn on TV
>more ads for it
>hop on Rotten Tomatoes/Flixster
>everyone thinks it's trash except for (((critics))) and a minority of women and numale cucks
>IMDB
>just barely at 5/10
Despite shilling their asses off for this movie, the average person still won't see it and thinks it's trash. Great job!
![screen%20shot%202015-07-30%20at%202.31.57%20pm[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/TkjHPfQ.png "screen%20shot%202015-07-30%20at%202.31.57%20pm[1]")
>>81534504
>it's another poster who doesn't realize nips hate feminism and 3d women
>>81534504
China has banned the film
>>81533282
huehuehuehuehuehue
>>81533074
It's an okay opening, but it definitely won't sustain itself. Between Ice Age and Star Trek expect it to fall to 3rd or 4th, doubt it'll break $20 million through the weekend.
>>81533074
sorry m8, this is not /tv/
let me help you
>>>/tv/
>>81536368
/tv/ sucks, easily in the top 5 worst boards
>>81533803
>FF was more successful than Goybusters
Kek.
>>81535038
It's not being shown in China. Besides, that's a shitty argument. Even Deadpool, which had all the signs of being DOA, became a huge hit and broke records without China's money.
>>81534656
That's some impressive double-think.
>>81533074
Budget was 144million. To get the actual amount spent you double that, and this movie was shilled a lot so possibly more, you're looking at up to 300million spent.
>>81536806
>all the signs of being DOA
Huh? It's a superhero movie with "adult humor" and they marketed the everloving fuck out of it. It seemed destined to be a hit.
>>81533074
failure. generally a movie makes about 40-50 percent of its total revenue the first weekend.
no more cuntbusters
>>81536064
Kek.
Based gooks.
>>81534191
not all that money goes to the studio. Alot of that gross is cinemas and the like.
Why is this movie getting so much attention here? I don't get it, it's more than likely shit like nine out of ten movies made.
>>81536806
To be fair a lot of people weren't sure about the dead pool movie until word of mouth got out that it wasn't completely full of Facebook tier memes.
>marketing was free
>theatres don't take any money from the tickets
>breaking even = successful
>the intangible damaging of the brand is not relevant to a future sequel
>implying
>>81537252
It's the blatant agenda-pushing, not to mention the hijacking of a beloved franchise to push said agenda.
>>81537078
>It seemed destined to be a hit.
Not really since even they were surprised to see it become huge. It was rated R, not being shown in China, and it's a character most people aren't familiar with. At most they were expecting it to be a mild success, not an instant-sequel maker.
My wife spent my money to go see this trash with her girlfriends. Came back with glowing reviews and even suggested we rent it when it comes out on DVD. Yea, don't think so...
Trigger warning.
She's a basic white bitch. I'm black.
>>81533074
failure
would love to see their advertising budget total. They even had ads with nt football players during the euro intermissions. They probably spent more on ads than in the movie
GIRLS RULE GET OVER IT
>>81537563
>wife walking all over him like a cuck
>"btw im black shes white lel"
Yup, it's bait
>>81533880
It it's not profitable then it's a flop.
>>81537563
Be honest, how much longer do you think you're going to put up with her?
>>81535780
is China a big audience?
I thought they all pirated
Will it beat Mad Max domestically?
I checked some historical data and of the top 300 grossing movies, the average total gross averaged 3.3x the opening weekend rake. That puts this abortion at about $150 million, which is midway between actual production costs and net production costs due to incentives, tax breaks, etc.
So factor in that the $144-$154 mil doesn't cover marketing costs, which must be astronomical, and the likely $150 mil total gross is not net of distribution, theater cuts, etc., this one's a bomb.
Pro tip: the only kind of lesbians people don't loathe are the fake ones in porn.
>>81537823
they zerg rushed warcraft into profitability
>>81537823
You're thinking of Somalians
>>81537846
At this rate hell no. Expect lots of "features" on the DVD release to try and cut losses. I'm hoping for some cringeworthy bloopers and deleted scenes.
>>81537726
Well it's obvious trolling at the end there, but 100% true.
>>81537790
The first time she definitely says no to sex.
>>81537823
It's 2-0-1-6, senpai.
>>81534656
Laughably horrible writing in that excerpt.
>>81537846
>this turd won 6 oscars
amazing times we live in
>>81538241
But it was the best action movie of the last 10 years.
>>81537823
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/china/yearly/
>>81538007
Funny you should say that
>>81538241
It was good though. Not "deserves 6 Oscars" good, but I can't think of a recent action movie that surpasses it.
>>81533074
I think I recall from another thread, that both Ghostbusters 1 and 2, adjusted for inflation, made more dough than Fembusters in their opening week. So we'd have to wait for the first week to be done before really calling it, but lets be honest, this movie is not going to make back 144 MILLION burgerbucks.
because literally nobody but feminists and their enablers want this movie.
The movie everyone wanted was Ghostbusters 3, and that would have made serious bank. But that died with Harold Ramis, and people accepted that there would never be a 3, only for this to get announced a year later, and to be a reboot, not to mention trying to play gender politics by being a "gurrrrl empowerment" movie, and shitting over all the accomplishments of the originals. Most egregious being that Winston was in the originals, the straight man to the other 3's oddness. The everyman. The average audience member stand in.
And meanwhile, Patty contributes to that by being a generic black stereotype. And also being just plain unpleasant to look at.
This pissed of about 3 entirely different audience groups that should have been it's target, and then made it worse by playing to the media's feminist angle about how only basement dwelling meninists hate the movie and if you criticize it you are a sexist. Which pisses off more people.
>>81538428
Those awards were all technical, weren't they?
>>81538393
>McCarthy's TRIGGERED face
>the sheboon's EXPAND DONG face
o I am laffin
>>81533074
This movie had an absurd amount of advertising and a fucking huge budget. If it weren't for the "controversy" surrounding it everyone would be calling it a flop by now.
>>81533074
There was no competition.
Next weekend is secret life of pets and the latest ice age.
Ghostbusters will make another 10 million then goto Netflix.
Sony said it needs to make back 500 mil to be a success
>>81533282
fucking how, the catering bill?
>>81533074
It's not that bad. It's just weird.
>>81533074
So how long until an article blaming straight white men comes out?
>>81533661
Nope, they spent another $100M on advertising. Kek
>>81535703
>ALL of the ballbusters toys are peg warmers, no exceptions
Liberals on suicide watch.
>>81537911
you should review movies. don't get fat or wear sweatervests, please.
>>81538739
because when you take away the ghostbusters nameplate, you get the exact same as every other would be franchise.
a would be franchise. tons and TONS of money dumped in big names, advertising and social media fuckery, and the hope to establish a franchise, with probably 2 or more sequels already written/planned. With a side of hopping off of an existing franchise as a reboot to try and get a new audience to feed that new franchise.
>>81533074
>(Estimate)
tinseltpwn is a way to launder several.million without so much as a suspicious sneeze their direction.
>>81533074
Here's what would have LITERALLY happened if they cast this properly (for example):
The Ghostbusters:
>Will Ferrell
>Kevin Hart
>Zach Galifianakis
>Bradley Cooper
The Secretary
>Scarlett Johansson
SO FUCKING SIMPLE.
Biggest movie of the summer, highest grossing comedy of all time, merchandising, videogame/mobile tie-ins, et al.
It would have 100% been the start of a new billion-dollar summer blockbuster trilogy.
How long will the executives continue to hemorrhage money pandering to the SJW movement? Millenial SJW's have no buying power.
Shit, they could have even added a female comedian to an all male cast and still made $350 million from Normie Moviegoer.
They literally just squandered a surefire billion-dollar franchise reboot. Feels great watching it crash and burn.
>>81538739
the army paid internet shills and "journalists" and I'm not kidding about that
>>81533750
They're going to "red tails" this. Expect a "BRING YOUR DAUGHTER TO GHOSTBUSTERS" fake viral campaign to commence immediately.
$144 Million budget? ON WHAT?!
>>81539323
That list is nearly as unfunny as the people they did hire.
>>81535602
FF made the mistake of not gender bending their cast. Imagine Mrs Fantastic, rockhard boobs, flaming tits and invisible man.
>>81539056
This whole GamerGate/SJW nonsense served some purpose - it showed a ton of people who previously identified as "liberal" what kind of meaningless bullshit mainstream liberals try to push.
Goddamn redpill...
>>81533074
You do realize the studio """""""""only """"""""" gets about 40% of that, right? The rest goes to the theatres, actors, overhead, union dues, ads/marketing department, etc. That's why a lot of directors say they need to make at least twice the budget to consider "breaking even."
>>81539323
Replace Bradley Cooper and Kevin Hart with James Franco and Dave Chapelle and it would be A+++
>>81538431
>Ghostbusters 2, adjusted for inflation, made more dough than Fembusters in their opening week
>>81533074
sound like it was a failure, IIRC Ghostbusters 2 was bad and it was the reason of no more sequels
>>81539323
but nobody would have wanted that anyway. And Scarjo is a terrible meme actress who's only gotten big because of Marvel.
people wanted the original quartet. people wanted a sequel, not a reboot. Or even a sequelboot where the original ghostbusters still exist and new ones take their mantle or something. literally NOBODY wanted a straight reboot.
>>81539805
agreed
>>81539856
There are a few fun things in Ghostbusters 2, but it's by and large a worse version of the original.
>>81539805
You get my point though, a male cast would have made bank.
>>81538431
At least we got the 2009 game. Itmay as well be Ghostbusters 3.
>>81538739
they might have aligned interests but buzzfeed aint cheap
>>81533074
Most studios have this rule. A movie needs to make back its budget in a week or less to be considered successful. Of course they'll make their money back and they'll trot it as another success for them. But worldwide it's gonna tank.
>>81539326
>attacking AVGN
Leave him alone, he's not a big internet presence anymore and just wants to play his video games and is tired of the whole decade of persona.
>>81539326
That was the weirdest fucking shit when they went to do that promo at the hospital
>$144 million budget
>$46 million opening weekend
>exponential drop-off from here on out
>Banned in China
kek it's a flop
>>81539856
>Ghostbusters 2 was bad and it was the reason of no more sequels
Ackchually the real reason was that Bill Murray is hard to work with and had a falling out with Ramis over Groundhog Day or something.
>>81539326
>Oswalt getting blasted for being a cuck over his dead wife
POTTERY
>>81533661
>>81539024
Way more than that. One of the hardest advertised Sony Pictures movies. Feig said the movie would have to make $500M to break even.
>>81540221
Not with the writing of this turd.
Male cast would have been just as terrible.
>>81539326
>>81540398
I bet he feels pretty vindicated now, though.
>>81540512
Yeah, they didn't talk for 21 years until Ramis was in the hospital and Murray realized how much of a dick he'd been. That's why he was so torn up at the Academy Awards.
>>81540691
>The trolls even made light of my wife's passing, when I merely politely articulated my disagreement with a film critic.
This is how that waste of sperm would tell this story.
Ghostbusters 2, generally considered the weakest of the 2, still beat Ghostbusters 1 at the box office, and had the best weekend opening in history, topped only by fucking Batman the following week.
it made $29.5 M on it's opening weekend in 1989, on a budget of $37 million, which would translate to about $59.1 M today (on an inflation adjusted budget of $74M)
I mean, im bad at math but thats like, what, almost 78 percent of the budget made back in just the opening weekend?
This film, meanwhile, made $46M on a $144M budget. That's barely above 30%. On the third movie in a universally loved franchise
that shit is BAD.
>>81539326
Yet he was right and it still fucking flopped
They just have to turn Extreme Ghostbusters into a live action. Show is already is diverse as fuck. You get a black, hispanic, disabled and a woman.
Fucking Pascal and Feig for their agendas.
>>81539326
This actually upsets me more than anything. James Rolfe is such a chill dude and didn't deserve getting lambasted like that.
>>81539712
It also showed how much of a SJW hivemind is the internet "indie" media, see >>81539326
>>81539805
8.5/10 would watch once and again drunk as shit
>>81541328
Yeah? But he won. By not fighting. It's fucking hilarious.
>>81533830
It's actually banned in China because of the ghosts.
>>81533074
>Finding Dory is majorly successful
>it features a female protagonist with flaws
>nobody seems to care though
>>81537823
Chinks are one of the main things propping up modern Hollywood.
>>81539326
I like how they referred to it as boycotting the movie, he was just telling his fans that he wasn't going to see it and why because they might want to know why a ghostbusters fan like he is wouldn't go see it.
>>81541444
I thought it was bones and skeletons they had issue with
>Look what those assholes did... They ruined it.
How do you think he personally feels about being threatened with legal action to take part of it and watching his past work being sullied?
>>81533750
>sountrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AQ44nPrRTM
I can't recommend it to anyone who doesn't already have cancer.
>>81540501
Why did chinese ban it? Thats major source for income for any movie Warcraft made like 200milions in china alone.
>>81534504
It's banned in China and I have literally not seen a single advertisement for it here.
I'm seeing a shit ton of ads for that movie that has the girl stuck on a rock with a shark circling it though
>>81541639
>Why did you do this? Why? Couldn't you just leave it alone?
>>81541446
Funny, it's almost as if female protagonists don't prevent a film from doing well!
Hmm better guilt people into seeing one with heavy-handed social commentary, just to be safe. What could go wrong?
>>81541802
Chinese are afraid of spooky stuff
>>81541424
There shouldn't have been a battle in the first place, is what I'm getting at. This has somehow lowered my opinion of journalism even further.
I don't really know how the typical movie revenue timeline goes (I'm a terrible Jew I know). Is it on track to making a profit or not?
>>81539693
>rockhard boobs
underrated post
>>81541869
>>81541446
because female leads ARE successful. Feminists just ignore them because they dont fit the narrative, and then discard them on some bullshit reason. usually for being "overly sexualized pin ups" or similar.
One of the biggest fucking female icons of the 90's was fucking Xena. Who, despite being fairly sexy, kicked ass like noone else, had a female sidekick, with a bumbling male friend that feminists should by all means love, and turned out to be lezzy with the sidekick.
but nope. she's a sexy pinup fantasy for boys so she doesnt count
also Tomb Raider, particularly the Jolie Movies, which were basically kickass femdiana Jones
feminists dont actually care about female characters. they aren't about female empowerment, they are specifically anti-male and anti-masculinity of any sort.
>>81541967
There's that interview where Feig said they need 500M to profit.
They are currently 46M and no chinks to boost sales, they're turbo fucked.
>>81541802
skelingtons
>>81538343
>But it was the best action movie of the last 10 years.
Aside from practical effects the movie wasn't very engrossing. It started off with a non-character Max destroying his interceptor right away. Then it was good for 30 minutes when the main character was the War Boys, with Furiosa being the villain and Max being a hood ornament that got too much camera time. After that it was a bunch of pointless action scenes that I had no reason to care about.
>>81541446
>Children's fish movie is majorly successful
>Female protagonist with flaws
Thank you. I genuinely laughed out loud. Good troll, bro.
>>81542184
>>81539769
Compensation for the workers aren't included in the budget?
>>81535038
Thanks for explaining that, Ms Wiig.
>>81537563
Fuck off race mixer
>>81534656
>Solid start
No. That isn't a solid start.
>>81538343
LOL Not even close.
>>81542184
>>81542396
Why can't we get a Dinner with Andre remake with Rick Moranis and Ernie Hudson?
>>81542116
the thing with xena, it wasnt feminist power fantasy, Xena had dumb moment, hard moments, needed help, etc, etc. So it was actually genuintly funny show back in the day when i was kid, i used watch the shit out of Xena and Hercules.
>>81534656
>Women will literally throw away a 100 million dollars and call it a spiritual win.
>>81533880
>Not really a flop
>98 Million dollar loss for an organization
>>81542116
I agree with you. I also want to add that even successful MALE leads need to have a certain sex appeal, not for male fans to gawk at, but rather to make them appealing as a strong protagonist.
I don't want to watch George Costanza or Patton Oswalt solving crimes and bumbling around women. Even the super awkward protagonist from Mr. Robot fucks his neighbor.
>>81542648
and yet she was a good character. she had every reason to be a feminist icon. I couldnt really say if she really was or wasnt back in the 90's, probably because people didnt really think about those things back then like they do now
>>81542688
isnt 140mil just production costs (including salaries)? With all the shilling that goes on RL, TV and online about this shit movie i bet it costed 3times more.
>>81541802
Anything related to the dead is banned in China. You can't do it, it's disrespectful. To them at least.
So it's fucked, anon. They need $500m apparently, and they have $65m.
>>81542403
It ain't bait.
Max wasn't even a character for the first 45 minutes, barely one afterwards, the interceptor was gone, no doggy, stupid flashback visions, the plot going nowhere, action scenes that went on until I lost interest, Max taking out the Bullet Farmer off camera.
Not a great movie, other than the practical effects and visuals.
>>81542648
If I were to put on my feminist robot hat and imagine what their reply to Xena would be I think they would take issue with the plots all revolving around men, and with Xena often being assisted by men.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test
>>81541802
sony didnt bribe them enough
>>81535762
Thank God. The first step in the SJW movement unravelling is for its big backers to see there's no money in it.
>>81533880
>needs $500m to make a worthwhile profit
>has made $65m
'no'. it is a flop.
>>81534504
no one here wants to see it, and its banned in the mainland.
>>81541623
Anything that has to do with the afterlife, time travel, rebirth, etc. The list is pretty damn significant and writing a film that can actually play in China is a huge hassle.
One good thing about the ghostbusters propaganda film is that China won't play it, at least not heavily edited, and so the traditional way for shit movies to recoup some costs won't work for them.
>>81543104
Come back to Britain, bro. We love you. We miss you. Macau can come too. Portugal wouldn't mind.
Love Hong Kong. Really wish it was still British clay...
>>81542157
It was no Shawshank Redemption, but the practical effects ruled and it was true to its source. Best exclusively action movie since 300.
>>81542116
>Gabrielle lost her girly fat and got swole
>still got a butterface
that's sad
>>81541903
Dory is a literally retarded female protagonist fish and she still has more brains and heart than the entire cast of fembusters combined.
>>81541305
>Goth girl gets captured all the time yet BTFOs her captors without fail
>Cripple is the most athletic of the team
>Nigger perfectly fills audience surrogate role
>Spic works for a fucking living
XGB was a show about how minorities should have been handled. They even handled a crossover with the original cast with respect.
>>81533074
>10% of the way to turning a profit after opening weekend.
>Won't be screened in China (1/7th of the entire world cannot pay to see it by law)
>Came in 2nd, behind a week old movie from Universal.
>>81543104
what's the reasoning behind the ban?
>>81543359
Spoopy as fug
>>81543359
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_China#Film
China is really bad about movie censorship.
>>81533830
What does your wife's son think of it?
>>81543293
>butterface
I always thought she was cute desu
All they had to do was steal the all female Ghost Buster team from the comic books and replace the guy that hired them with Bill Murray
>Wants to make super marketable ghost busters team so he just gets 4 hot post-grad girls without looking into their backgrounds
>They all turn out to be really good at their jobs because you can be both pretty and smart
>Movie is actually a positive role model for girls instead of teaching them you have to be a geek/social outcast to be a scientist
>>81533074
>Direct Paul Feig said that Ghostbusters haters must be Donald Trump fans
Looks like we already won the election, lads. Seems like most of the nation is voting Trump.
>>81538343
>>81541305
>>81543216
>best action movie
lol /pol/ can't into kino action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-HSoOFdJ3s
They spend around 230 mill on it this includes advertisement.
Gigantic failure they likely won't even hit 100 mill, so they lost an insane amount of money on this movie.
>>81540411
Going to a hospital to bust ghosts is just being proactive anon.
>>81542978
>Max wasn't even a character for the first 45 minutes, barely one afterwards
Have you seen Road Warrior or Thurnderdome? He's never been a character except in the first movie. He's just the mysterious wanderer who gets into adventures.
>the interceptor was gone, no doggy
Were you expecting a remake of Road Warrior for some reason?
>stupid flashback visions
"I wish Max and verbally explained that he was haunted by memories of his past and regrets."
>the plot going nowhere, action scenes that went on until I lost interest
What do you mean the plot went nowhere? What scene in the movie didn't advance the plot?
>>81541802
the original movie never came out in China and they don't have SJW there, so this wouldve been an absolute flop
they prefered to cut the losses and not show it
>>81543637
She was cute enough but her personality was nails on a chalkboard
Not quite as insufferable as Xena herself though
Don't let hate win.
Just remember brohs and brahs
Pic related
>>81539370
What is "red tails"?
>>81543119
Why don't they like those things? Don't they have this whole xianxia-genre shit?
>>81542681
100 million dollars were wasted on worse things
>>81540411
>That was the weirdest fucking shit when they went to do that promo at the hospital
Dumping, starting with the obligatory one that started it all
>post yfw you realize the kid is actually flat-lining
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG83qBuQ_A8
>>81543837
Also culture clash in both directions, communist China bans belief in spirits and ghosts while traditionalist China is appalled at disrespecting the spirits of the dead
but mainly money
>>81543920
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VVMVtuN9FY
>>81543972
>inb4 somebody says "respawn camping" for the 500th time
>>81543201
Meh, britain needs to get rid of all the dindus you guys have been importing.
We'll have to see how brexit works out.
>>81537563
>Came back with glowing reviews
>I'm black
Well, it's obvious she has bad taste.
>>81543359
Mainlanders are stupid and superstitious.
They literally believe in ghosts, ghouls, and other nonsense. Like, you go to buildings in the mainlands, and the elevators don't have certain floor numbers
>>81544167
Party pooper
>>81543729
Hollywood's accountants are very good at making every movie show a profit. A couple of small production or FX studios who assisted on the movie might eat shit, but the bottom line at Columbia Pictures will show a profit.
>>81533661
No. It'll need to make about half a billion just to break even.
>>81541225
Yeah it's bad. What's funny though the political bias around it. Facebook Trending is so bias and trying to be subtle about it. It has this big "GHOSTBUSTERS MADE 46M in box office" but of course that doesn't sound bad when you don't know how much of a weak metric that is. It just sounds like it opened up and made money!
>>81540398
He has 2 million subs so Sony clearly saw that as a threat.
>>81543980
Lost at the chimp scream. I should have expected it, but it's still effective.
>>81539326
>>81540411
>That was the weirdest fucking shit when they went to do that promo at the hospital
PR is strong indypendant womyn, she saw no problem in sending in a ghost bustin' squad to a terminal childrens ward lmao
>>81533074
Anyone who knows anything about movies and budgets will tell you that it's a failure.
It's not a gigantic failure, but still a failure.
>>81533282
Budget is not the whole story..They have marketing costs, merchandising etc. Then studios don't get all the money from the gross they get a percentage of it
The director himself said it needs to make $500m to be considered successful.
Sucks to be him.
>>81542598
Rick Moranis hung up his hat after his wife died of cancer so he could take care of his kids.
>>81544480
>Happy Stem Cell Day Jayden
>>81537396
to be fair, the vast majority of theater revenue comes from snack sales
>>81544572
What? Really? That's why we don't see anymore?
Fuck, m8. You just made me sad.
>>81534504
>it's another "I don't know gooks and zipperheads hate ghosts, references to superstitution, and kulturkampf via liberal western ideals" episode
>>81535038
we dont want your kike film
>>81544572
He did, but he has said (recently) that he's open to working again but isn't going to take shitty unfunny movies.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/rick-moranis-reveals-why-he-829779
>>81543726
fantastic taste
I really hope those guys do more action movies, (besides John Wick 2) because as former stunt coordinators, they clearly know whats up.
>>81543879
I never quite understood why Igon was blonde in this
>>81537823
They brought the Warcraft movie back from the dead.
>>81544930
Same reason anime characters have pink hair, it's to differentiate the designs.
>>81541725
oh god this cant be real.
>>81545033
>>81545055
Double dubs
Got these images off the hospitals facebook page that these fools visited in their cosplay outfits
>>81545033
god that she boon nigger is a fucking ape, huge nostrils, forward skull profile, horse teeth, literal monkey.
$65 million world wide is off to a good start.
To break even in Hollywood you actually need to make two and a half times your budget.
So they need to make 360 million worldwide for this to be officially called a success
>>81545033
I know Adam Sandler looked depressed, but I didnt know he was that bad
>>81545183
Forgot pics
>>81533074
Its enough for SJW's to feel good.
The foreign numbers are surprisingly low
So they a bunch of actors who portray people who vacuum up souls of the dead into a children's hospital for a photoshoot? You really can't make this shit up.
>>81545122
"lanky with round glasses and a pompadour" wasnt enough?
>>81541725
wtf is this shit
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/07/ghostbusters-no-china-release
>Director Paul Feig told New York Magazine that the movie needs to make at least $500 million to be profitable—”and that’s probably low.”
>no china release
>made 46 million on opening weekend
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>81533074
all those tickets were bought by ticket master
>>81533074
Films need to usually double the budget just to break even.
So, 144 million needs 290 to break even before taxes in most places, and really in terms of opportunity cost for the industry needs to beat that by 10%. So the film is a major loser and likely cost Sony 120 million directly and perhaps as much as 200 million in sales from other more profitable movies they could have made with that money.
>>81545323
>So they a bunch of actors who portray people who vacuum up souls of the dead into a children's hospital for a photoshoot? You really can't make this shit up.
I thought it was the work of a saddistic kike who enjoys the perverted thought of it...
But after investigation, it seems it was just a result of womens' incompetence - Their PR manager being a strong 21st century independent womyn and all
>insert_cast_&_crew_pic_of_them_holding_their_role_on_signs.png
>>81545222
not of the director said it needs to make 500M, which means hes probably counting in the marketing, which is usually what accounts for a large chunk of the budget in things
>>81545448
Hey gaylord >>81545222
>>81538007
The bluray will cone with 1080P versions of the original 2 films plus the entire GB cartoon series, plus a 20$ coupon off a 25$ purchase of *insert garbage snack item* all at the low low MSRP of 19.99, but act now and get an instant rebate of 15$!!!
>>81543970
Fucking brutal.
>>81545515
The "two and half times" the budget usually includes marketing.
The ad buy for this movie has been really, really, really small
>>81545545
>the entire GB cartoon series
For anyone who is a fan, Sony is actually releasing the series in a massively over priced multi volume collection.
>>81537846
No.. Mad Max had great reviews. If its good politics goes out the window
WITNESS MY DUBS
>>81545448
>>81545351
Yeah, sorry I didn't count in advertising and the full foreign release line.
It probably needs 400-450 to break even and then 500-550 to justify its cost.
>>81545222
So essentially its like a armless kid doing the jungle gym
>>81545222
Simply breaking-even is not considered a 'success' in the movie industry.
>>81545500
>>insert_cast_&_crew_pic_of_them_holding_their_role_on_signs.png
Pic related
>>81545667
off by one
>>81545656
Damn, how overpriced is overpriced?
>>81545753
Yes it is.
>>81533074
To be considered a successful movie it's world gross must be double the cost to produce.
In this case you'd be looking for a world gross of 288 Million
So no.
This is not a success
>>81545519
Yeah you're leaving out advertising and foreign release costs.
The opening was much lower than needed. This needed 72 domestic and 105 worldwide for the opening weekend.
>>81543726
This was a fucking great action movie unless you're one of those faggots who care about plot.
Though I still think a better title would have been "Keanu Reeves' dog dies and he kills 77 people over it."
>>81545326
Peter is also lanky, and remember that with the toy tie-ins the characters molded faces may not be easily distinguishable, so they decide to use different colors.
They weren't going for accuracy to the original appearances, Peter wasn't balding for example. They redesigned the characters to what they thought would work best for a cartoon.
>>81545222
So there's no way in hell this will even break even. They better pray for good DVD sales (KEK).
>>81545448
Sony wanted to launch a franchise. Leaked emails say they wanted $500m. They aren't getting it.
>>81545222
>e is off to a good start.
There are no new films this week. It literally had to compete films that were out for awhile. It failed. It failed miserably.
>>81545334
He died that day never able being able to play his E-Hero deck because of those Zombie-Type Tumblrwets
>>81533896
Don't forget opportunity cost on what that money could be doing right now instead of evaporating
>>81545055
>She shoul've aborted me
>>81538080
Bet they were pissed the Chinese Jager got so little screen time and got rekt so quickly.
>>81545896
>Be bank
>Loan you $50,000
>You pay back $50,000
>lel
>Go out of business
Are you this stupid?
>>81543970
Underrated.
>>81545906
You're leaving out advertising and foreign releases take out a bigger cut and just to release for 100+ countries it costs 10+ million upfront for wide releases.
So add 90 million to the production cost at least. This needs 400ish to get its money back. They need more like 450 and since most of the production was likely loans with interest rates the real cost is 450-500 to earn a profit.
Tough business.
>>81533074
Fail. The movie itself was bad so a big splash was it's only hope. Once the word gets around it will get worse. No oNE wants dvds of this shit. Or the toys.
And if they were really beat by the last ff movie maximum keks.
>>81543970
Jeb's campaign was actually hilarious though
>>81533074
If it doesn't make back its production cost, it is considered a flop. Interestingly, only about half the budget is spent on production. The other half is marketing, which this film did HORRIBLY.
These days Hollywood makes most of their money from foreign box office receipts. If the movie plays well in China or India, for instance, it won't matter as much that US audiences hate it. Unfortunately, this is an outright SJW feminazi trashing of a beloved classic. I don't think it has a prayer of being popular anywhere if it isn't here. The picture is sunk.
>>81546397
No he's not. Production budget includes marketing.
>>81543347
Hell isn't Dory voiced by that turbolesbian Ellen Degeneres?
She should be their fucking darling but I guess she's too mainstream.
>>81546487
>that arm hair
>>81546459
The DVD's should be hurt, the toys will probably do well and may help the very poor DVD sales projections.
This film is a major loser, you're going to see it on Cable TV for the next 25 years until they sort of get back to even. That is if anyone's watching cable.
>>81546487
>have failing campaign
>don't even reach 1% of the vote
>sell Guac bowls for 75$ and cry and bitch about another candidate because that will surely help you
>>81546707
now I want to know what that thumbnail was
>>81538241
All the Oscar's were won on the technical aspects of the movie, which are all great.
![nostalgia-alert-hi-c-ecto-cooler-is-returning-950108[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/J4Q2xJn.jpg "nostalgia-alert-hi-c-ecto-cooler-is-returning-950108[1]")
>>81534700
The original Ghostbusters movies made a fortune on merchandising. If you count the spinoff cartoon series and all its toys, it made even more. Between that movie and Star Wars, the movie industry was kind of changed forever by that.
The tie-in Hi-C flavored drink was produced for eleven years after the series went off the air. That's the kind of power Ghostbusters merchandising had before this film ruined it.
>>81541725
>>81545144
>>81545263
>>81545343
TFW we could have had this instead...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF39e_hnFb8
>>81541725
Jesus Christ, the singer looks like the epitome of a nu male. I remember them being the shit in mddle school.
>>81533074
>1 post by this ID
>>81543726
>No recoil
>Shitty posterior when moving with the gun
>Wastes excessive ammunition when killing bad guys
>Pulling the "le literally invincible" trope
So fucking dumb, I can't wait until the liberals lose their grip on the media. Only then will we get decent action movies.
>>81546892
in fact, wasnt there a nostalgia bait ecto cooler revival, before the reboot was even announced?
>>81546075
Kristen still looks good for 45.
>>81537563
Yee yee nigga I'm black too and I fuck all the da white bitches then come home and post on /pol/ shiiiet cuz that's what us niggas do right?
>>81543970
>wasted
>implying there isn't a surge coming
6 trillion hours in paint.
It still looks bad.
>>81547087
I also rather like her movies.
>>81547032
Seems you're right.
http://www.ecto.cool/
>Hi-C Ecto Cooler became a cultural mainstay in 1987 as a tie-in with the original Ghostbusters franchise. Then much to the dismay of people around the world, Ecto Cooler vanished. POOF. There was mass hysteria without the sweet, green goodness of Ecto. Following on the heels of the new Ghostbusters release, there will be a limited time resurgence of the slime-inspired, green cult-classic. The fans have begged for it, and we have answered their call.
>>81547022
>"le literally invincible"
do you shitpost by habit or did we not watch the same scene
>has to reload at least twice on camera and switches between guns
>taken by surprise in the beginning, cut, stabbed, shot in vest and dropped at least a floor on his back
>has to limp out
also thats sort of the whole point of his character. That he's an ex assasin who happens to be the best assassin in the world
>>81545930
If by "plot" you mean "the events of the film" then yeah, its pretty thin but there is an underlying lore that isn't explicitly spelled out: the assassin's hotel, the gold coins, the cleaner, Francis, Ian Mcshane's character, the impossible task, everywhere he goes there are allusions to the past being a big part of the plot and the viewer can only infer what it all means to the present. As soon as I saw it the first time I figured that they would do a prequel someday with a younger man playing John. I remember assuming that it must be a comic book adaptation or something because of the inferred lore and being surprised that it was OC
>>81547022
>muh tactics
Were you one of those faggots who was triggered by dual-wielding Sir Dayne? Its art, not an instructional video for /k/.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQqwsTgGcmM
>>81543216
Shawshank sucked balls.
No really, there was nothing Deep or redeeming about it.
>>81547087
You're fucking right, mate.
>>81546541
>Production budget includes marketing
Marketing has nothing to do with the production of the movie
>>81541802
because mainlanders are stupid superstitious and believe in ghosts
>>81543970
Those were some expensive memes.
>>81547192
Her only option at this point is to do a Sharon Stone.
>>81544744
>I don't know gooks and zipperheads hate ghosts
just their government
>>81541725
I'm terminally ill and I think my cancer has cancer now after listening to that.
>>81539805
No, keep Kevin Hart but replace Cooper with Dave Franco. I think he'd be funnier than his brother.
Have Annie Potts still be the secretary. Make it a tangential sequel. Original cast except for Murray went on some other-dimensional mission and never made it back. Maybe a mission using the lore from the recent video game. Murray cameos, very small scene, pass the torch.
>>81533880
>Sony loses $435m on the movie
>not a flop
>>81547505
Become a whore?
>>81539326
So, given the weekend box office numbers, did they apologize or are they going to pretend like it never happened?
>>81543970
Alot of spoiled ivy league kids got paid this spring to help with his campaign, so its not all wasted.
>>81546928
DANCE DANCE
>>81547279
dont know about prequel, it wouldnt be the same without Keanu himself, but they are doing a sequel.
Speaking of box office successes:
John Wick was made on a budget of $20 Million, and made back $86 Million, with $14 Million it's opening weekend, and $43 Million domestically. From a revenge flick that most people expected would make at best $7 Million back.
I mean, shit, $20 Million budget. From a Hollywood movie!
>>81533661
>>81533282
>>81540711
>>81544278
Why do you say half a billion to break even? Cost to make was 144 million. Advertising was 100 million. So they need to clear 244 million, not 500, to break even.
The 46 million earned was what was projected, so I guess Sony can't be mad. But a lot of recent blockbusters have earned hundreds of millions during their opening weekends, dwarfing Ghostbusters' performance.
Expectations for this movie are so low now that I think Sony will be happy just to break even and end the franchise. Losing the Chinese market suddenly also guarantees that there will be no sequels.
>>81543938
yes, but 仙俠小說 is much different than this.
the main reason is mainlanders are superstitious morons
>>81547615
Use the term independent woman, please.
>>81547450
Hollywood films spend about half their production budget on marketing. It's one of the important differences between a studio movie and an indie.
>>81544480
>Spawncamping
Loved that crack
>>81538655
check'd
>>81545334
Am I only one that sees the irony of the Ghostbusters visiting people in a hospital ?
>>81547754
Movies generally need to make 2 dollars for every dollar spent on them to be considered "profitable" by Hollywood standards.
The studios aren't making these things to break even and get 0 dollars at the end. Even if you say they didn't lose any money, they still technically do because they wasted time, effort, and manpower that they could have been using on actual profitable films.
>>81543970
legendary
>>81540711
>Feig said the movie would have to make $500M to break even.
He was low-balling hard. Said so in the very same sentence.
>>81547704
This film basically made nothing for the studio, you would need 20 films like this a year just to stay in business and they'd all have to make a return like this.
>>81540411
Their faces were the best part. You could tell they really didn't want to be there.
>>81547803
I wouldn't mind seeing her as an, uh, independently woman.
>>81533074
This is a prime opportunity to destroy regressive leftist-controlled media. Show the world Hollyjew's race/gender/religion-baiting tactics in TV, movies, and even news media so they'd boycott American media all together until it collapses. And when the seditionist elements of Hollyjew have been disenfranchised and chased out of media, it would allow real Americans to take over and begin undoing the damage done for decades.
The Chinese government banning Ghostbusters alone really rekt leftists, hard. They know leftist BS is poison and must be prevented from being consumed by the Chinese, especially if they want to remain in control - only their brand of BS is allowed. Eventually, America (leftist-free) would have to begin undermining Chinese society and government through culture exports (i.e. media), but keeping the left from poisoning more people with their insanity is good, for now.
Some critics, like that Angry-guy-whatever, led more people to openly reject leftist media - this should be encouraged, even if some of them would only do it for attentionbux. There are plenty of useful idiots willing to be used out there.
>>81545794
save this and overlay it with figures on the films epic failure.
>>81547754
Not all the box office revenue goes to the studio. Also they don't make these things to break even.
They shilled so hard they made it out to be one of the biggest must see movies of the decade because of muh female cast.
Which if it was, would have no problem pulling in over 500 million US easy. But it's not.
>>81546487
>Jeb's campaign was actually hilarious though
That was the best comedy I'd seen in years. Now THAT'S something I'd want to see a sequel for. Who needs ghostbusters when we can have Jeb v Trump 2020.
>>81544682
This is the best image out of these. The only one who looks genuinely happy is the psycho looking bitch who probably gets sometype of a kick out of seeing children suffering. Especially the fat bitch has an ungodly smirk which must've been hard to pull off, and the two center sluts look like they lost a part of their soul somewhere in that hospital.
And to top it off the kid looks like he's dying soon.
Fucking great.
>>81538655
>next weekend
been out since the 8th, bro. and it's opening weekend made back 104 Million. For a shitty CG movie on a 50M budget.
AND finished #1 at the box office. After already being out for a week.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/07/17/ghostbusters-secret-life-of-pets-box-office/87108696/
>>81545055
Jeez if that coon hadn't smiled you'd have never seen her.
>>81547424
I don't care if she is part of some SJW shitfest movie or 45, I would still PULVERISE her vagina.
>>81543970
Hot damn, hue monkey is bringing the bantz.
>>81546707
1) it's peach fuzz
2) you're GREEK
>>81548430
Greek women shave.
>>81547704
To put that into perspective the scene where Neo fought a mob of Agent Smith's in Matrix Reloaded cost like $40m, just for less than 20 minutes of screen time.
>>81547960
>made nothing
>need 20 films
But if you are a studio decision maker, and you see a director who makes something that beautiful on a shoestring budget then you would perhaps be inclined to afford him a bigger budget on his next film. John Wick was directed by a pair of stuntmen with no experience as directors and they showed themselves to be prodigies. A studio boss will look at what they did with $20m and want to find out what they can do with $100m at their disposal.
>>81544480
>>81544242
>>81543972
holy fuck
do these dumb bitches really have to travel around wearing those janitor outfits for promos?
KEK
>>81548430
Man, I do not envy guys with tons of body hair.
>>81548597
Sony needs the money. Everything except Spiderman and James Bond has failed as a franchise.
>>81547928
>Even if you say they didn't lose any money, they still technically do because they wasted time, effort, and manpower that they could have been using on actual profitable films.
You're absolutely right. It's a massive opportunity cost. They could have made a piece of shit Transformers 5 instead, complete with a crap script and no-name actors and they still would have made half a billion on opening weekend.
I just meant that Sony must have been so scared with this early fanboy backlash that they felt that the movie would lose 100 million or more and are now having some relief that maybe it'll just break even. Still a disaster though.
>>81548135
You're right
See this: >>81548831
>>81548794
>the height of dignity
must carry those props! :^)
>>81533074
>Unannounced twister games,
>All players with no names,
>They lined up double quick,
>But just one pogo stick,
>Everyone gets to play,
>Runaway, expose',
>It was so exotic,
>But just one pogo stick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lITuHDdhdkw
>>81547754
>Why do you say half a billion to break even?
Because that's literally what the director said, and he called it the 'low end.'
>>81546892
I use to drink this. My god you're right, now I remember the original logo being around for years after the original movie, owned a few things with it, even a key chain. They destroyed the brand with these pigs as the main characters, you can't relate them to the image of the original main casts in the suits and ecto-1 car, it just doesn't fit, it's off, they threw all branding opportunities out the window, they look like a maid service or cleaning crew with the suits on and next to the ecto car. They threw out riding on the originals branding and even possible merchandise sales potential out the window casting females, they don't fit the originals image.
>>81547754
Jews aren't nice people - they always want a huge return on their investments. That's why they like usury.
If the movie (including production and marketing) costs $100M, the Jews of Hollywood want $200M - $100M to recoup their investment and $100M profit. To them, $200M is breaking even. Any less than that is a failure and whoever were involved just got their careers ruined, or at the very least they don't get to make high-budget movies anymore. Feig is probably going to be reduced to making shit Adam Sandler movies with minimal investment aimed at jewing Jews, or Rogen movies aimed at poisoning the minds of goys.
>>81533074
Ghostbusters 2020 should star Rainn Wilson, Chris Pratt, Daniel Radcliff, and that kid from life of PI Suraj Sharma.
After the events of Ghostbusters 2, the Ghostbusters became a profitable corporitized, global company handling paranormal shit everywhere and employing weirdos, autists, and foreigners to do Ghostbusting.
But, 4 years before the movie, a strange incident (maybe involving a couple original Ghostbusters and the current CEO played by Melissa McCarthy) went down and business has been steadily drying up and Ghostbusters Intl is slowly being closed and sold off.
Our heroes do some shit and discover that a global coordinated effort has been happening to destroy earths defenses against ghosts.
The 4 new Ghostbusters have dramatic encounters and have to actually learn vast amounts of theology, mythology, and shit to expose and defeat the evil CEO Melissa McCarthy as she tries to unleash (cuz she was a demon sent to destroy Ghostbusters you see). The Ghostbusters are helped in the climax by a strange Egyptian frog god who does not wish to see permanent slavery for humanity.
I'd pay to see that movie.
>>81549195
>Because that's literally what the director said, and he called it the 'low end.'
Wow.
Feig on suicide watch
>>81549572
>Rainn Wilson, Chris Pratt, Daniel Radcliff, and that kid from life of PI Suraj Sharma.
When Ramis was alive they were pitching Kal Penn, Chris Rock, Jack Black, and Maya Rudolph. That could have worked. I like all of them. But I'd swap out Black for Seth Rogan. I know, he's a jew, but he's still pretty funny.
Name your GB dream team, anons. I'm curious.
>>81549173
I'm hyped for Secret Life of Pets. I can't wait to go see it.
