>Denied release in China
>Shit word of mouth already affecting its release date
>Pre-order ticket sales are practically non-existent
>Needs to make at least 400 Million to recoup its investment
Are you ready for the biggest box office disaster since Pluto Nash?
Are you ready for the biggest box office disaster sin
>Are you ready for the biggest box office disaster sin
Fuck, didn't mean to type that
CERTIFICATED FRESH
MANBABBIES ON
Not being released in China is bad for the "GB Cinematic Universe" they're wanting to make, but I'm not sure it'll bomb. Films that bomb are films nobody is talking about... And everybody is talking about GB 2016
>>71953711
I'm talking about it but I'm certainly not paying money for it.
And it's all going down on a weekend where Ghostbusters has no major competition.
How pathetic for them.
I hope this ruins Paul Feig's career. Run back to your Spy sequels, you fucking trash merchant.
>>71953636
I'm fucking ready for the feminist butthurt when it bombs.
>>71953781
Secret life of pets, kids will want that more. Star Trek soon.
>>71953636
>Shit word of mouth already affecting implying this will keep the "progressives" and normies away
>Pre-order ticket sales are practically non-existent
Since when has this ever been a barometer of success or failure?
>Needs to make at least 400 Million to recoup its investment
It's budget was $140 million, $250 million return would be a great profit return
I look forward to /tv/ being btfo yet again
>>71954100
>$250 million return would be a great profit return
Domestic gross alone or does that figure include international money?
>>71954100
>It's budget was $144 million, $250 million return would be a great profit return
Right. You've completely left out world wide marketing for the movie, and that's not cheap. Even as a bare minimum it's estimated that the marketing for this movie was approximately 75-100 million.
They would need to make, atleast, 350+ million to make a profit.
>>71953685
>the average pleb likes bottom tier humour
More news at 11.
I also wouldn't be surprised if "feminists" are flooding it with praise simply because of the female leads even though they haven't actually seen it yet.
>>71954259
What are your top 10 films of all time?
>>71954259
what's funny is the top critics score is still below fresh, but it still is a red meter because they made it "certified fresh." It's literal damage control before your eyes.
>>71954381
What is the relevance?
>>71954428
>the average pleb likes bottom tier humour
I want to see your taste in film
Especially to see if you are one of them too and don't realize it
>>71954517
Taste in humour =/= taste in film
Not every film is a comedy. Again, it's not relevant.
>>71954565
Sure if you're going to beat around the bush then we can do it
Post your top 10 comedy films of all time
>>71953636
if women are just as good as men, if not better, why can't they make a good ghostbusters movie?
>>71954100
You do know Sony spent $400 million. That's FOUR, ZERO, ZERO MILLION. promoting Angry Rids right? Imagine how big the Ghostbusters ad budget was for the amount of shilling being done.
Assuming it's around $300 million for the ad budget at the bare minimum, it would need to make at least $500 million to even consider breaking even. (that includes all the other costs that are kept under the books)
>shit on the original fans and men in general
>wonder why it does terrible
It's good that this shit has united /tv/
why are the chinese so afraid of spooky monsters
>>71954681
you know how when you squint your eyes and then also at the same time it
I don't think I've ever been so eager for a movie to tank, and this weekend is going to be glorious to behold. Monday morning I'm going to be on box office mojo mashing F5 and cackling in delight as the sweet, sweet schadenfreude rolls over me in waves.
>>71954639
Paul Feig made it, he's also the one who lead the charge calling all detractors misogynist. When his shit film bombs it will reinforce his world view that sexist men are ruining the world and need to be taken down a peg. Luckily he won't be trusted with big budget movies anymore.
>>71954100
>It's budget was $140 million, $250 million return would be a great profit return
>>71954611
not him but why aren't you interrogating literally every other 4chan poster? Nothing he said was particularly special
you're a freak among freaks
>>71953636
I saw Pluto Nash opening weekend in theaters
>>71954816
Then don't reply unless you are sure your cinematic skill set is above mine.
>>71954100
They don't get 100% of ticket sales. Also as some anons pointed out, you're not counting advertising.
>>71954645
These are the retards hating on ghostbusters.
There's next to no marketing for this movie, all the marketing was free thanks to the stink caused by literal baby men. Even if there was a marketing budget what makes you think it would be twice the budget of the movie itself
>>71954916
I don't care about your cinematic skill set but your autism is intriguing
What about all the reviews claiming it's great and anyone who dislikes it is a misogynist shitlord? And what about normies?
>>71955027
But you said you weren't him or was that just more beating around the bush because your taste is terrible
>>71954995
Maybe not 100% but they would get the lion share upwards of 80% easy
>>71953711
>Films that bomb are films nobody is talking about... And everybody is talking about GB 2016
It doesnt really work so well if people talk about it, but no one's actually spending money to see it. Lots of people talking about it works if it gets other people to watch it, which is really isn't at this point/.
>>71954916
You haven't posted your favorite films so your point is moot.
>>71955067
Maybe from domestic, I don't know (and neither do you), but not from international.
>>71955053
saying that plebs like shitty humor is just such a basic post to make here though
I was confused as to what about it made you so interested as to pester him for a list of his top 10 films
but it doesn't matter, enjoy your investigation
>>71955100
Let me know what you think. You should be able to in detail if you're above the average pleb
>>71954645
You're wrong
>>71954916
>Then don't reply unless you are sure your autism is above mine.
Fixed that for you, pleb.
>>71954737
I know, I can't wait to drink the tears of manbabies who can't stomach a female lead movie being a success
>>71955141
>american economics
typical amerifat
go fuck yourself and let the big people talk. If you can't keep up in a conversation then best to not speak of it at all.
>>71955067
>80%
What charity organizations are running theaters where you're from?
Most places are going to take 50% minimum. In America at least. Probably more internationally.
Being generous, assuming everyone goes the America Standard rate of 50%, Ghostbusters is going to need double it's budget in sales to make it's money back.
>>71954100
>$250 million return would be a great profit return
It's always the libcucks that suck hard at economics. No wonder they tend to be commies.
>>71953636
>>71953685
are you OK?!?! Did someone summon Candlejack in this thr
>>71955132
And? I want to see the plebs taste if hes going to step up on /tv/ 2016
>>71953685
>75%
>horrible average score despite this
>the rest of the reviews aren't even in
>certified
Somebody's getting a stern talking to for certifying that.
>>71955189
Actually, film companies do get the lion's share of ticket prices, somehwere in the range of 70% infact. That's one of the reasons movie theatres charge such high prices at concession, because it's where they make all their money
>>71955150
>newfrog memer is against autism
>>71955187
>>71955199
Holy fuck you are one deluded motherfucker
protip, if what you said were true movies like these would've stopped ages ago
There isn't any "hidden" 400 million dollar marketing budget
>>71953636
Give it a rest manbaby
http://www.avclub.com/article/anti-ghostbusters-revolution-will-not-be-upvoted-239374
>>71955235
It's closer to 50% for most. Only huge studios like Disney can blackmail people into 70%
>>71955240
>I don't know what the word profit means
Quick, donate to Bernie, he still has a chance friend!
>170 million dollar production budget
>At least 50% more on top of that for marketing (because it aint cheap, and Sony Pictures are retarded)
>AT LEAST 250 million in with production + marketing, if not more.
>1.4 billion people said "No thanks"
>Literally no traction overseas
>The sliding scale of domestic release payouts at domestic theatres begins at 80% in most cases.
>Comparable to Fury Road @ 150 mil for production, which did just short of 400 worldwide, and is considered a box office failure.
>The week after its release Ice Age and Star Trek come out.
>>71955112
It's industry standard and it's true for all first world countries (admittedly I'm not 100% on international)
>>71955189
This fucking meme, theatres make up their revenue from concessions and make a pittance from ticket sales
>>71955286
You seem underage, if not you're definitely still living with your mom
>>71955135
God youre a fucking faggot.
>>71955323
>being this mad over not understanding economics 101
I am feeling the bern.
>>71955240
>Hey guys marketing the movie doesn't cost anything
My feminist friend has watched this movie 6 times and offered to buy tickets to everyone she knows. I told her I didnt have time which is obviously bullshit I just dont want to watch it. Should I? I dont think I can keep dodging this.
It's coming out with no real competition since Independence Day, Central Intelligence and Dory have been out for a while now.
It will make the number 1 spot but Star Trek and Bourne will bury it in the coming weeks, GB won't even be top 10 grossing of the Summer.
>>71955378
Mexican cuisine never ceases to amaze me.
>>71955378
Tell your friend that every time she spends money on the Ghostbusters movie, she is taking that money away from real feminist causes like Feminist Frequency and abortion clinics
>>71953636
>Needs to make at least 400 Million to recoup its investment
This piece of crap cost $400 million? For what? Melissa McCarthy's food and toilet paper? Everything in the trailer looks cheap, from the costumes to the sets to the cgi. Somebody is getting fleeced.
>>71955354
Take your own advice, goober. What we're talking about is business, not a social science
>>71955343
Why don't you try learning about cinema before trying to play with the big boys next time.
>>71953636
>Manbabbies are still at it
>"word of mouth" for an unreleased movie
>chinks mattering in 2016 (see Deadpool)
>implying you have access to pre-order stats
HAHAHAHA
>>71955470
It doesn't, it's just an uncitated claim and numbers pulled out of OP's angry ass
>>71955020
>$00.01 has been deposited into your account
>>71955480
>establish he knows nothing about business and economics
>I am talking business!
>>71955495
I am literally kekking out loud reading your autistic posts, please don't stop
>>71955557
Of course you are. You're not a local to this board
>>71954861
Damn, someone my age
Who cares about the feminist issue? I'm more pissed off Hollywood seems incapable of making original ideas anymore, everything is a sequel, reboot, remake, or some liberal Oscarbait.
>>71955521
>baby men detected
I hope you stream your inevitable suicide
>>71955240
You're joking right? The angry bird movie's budget was $73 million. They then spent $400 million in advertising it That's over 5 times the budget itself and you saw ads for it wall to wall. Now the same thing is happening with ghostbusters since they want to make it a franchise.
Of course the budget is that big.
>>71955540
>y-you know nothing it's established!!
okay, where? All I see is a mouth-breather frothing at its mouth. You aren't ever going to get anywhere just pulling numbers out of your ass and saying everybody is wrong. It's why I take it that you're probably and underage baby or immature twat living with your mom still. Learn some humility
>Paul Feig was hopeful it would get a Chinese release.
>>71954100
it amazes me there are so many newfags who dont know basic shit about box office
>>71955609
> mouth-breather frothing at its mouth
Maximum projection, achieved.
Are really that dumb, or are you just a woman? Honestly can't tell. But that would at least give you an excuse for being so economically illiterate.
>>71955649
They're from reddit and SJW sites, of course they don't know how this shit works.
>>71955687
Why not give your source for this super economically proven fact? I worked at a movie theater company for 4 years and they definitely do not take 50% profit faggot.
>>71955649
Its hilarious
same with RT score. Its been like this for years and people still refuse to learn
>>71955512
>chinks
How socially just of you!
>>71955649
I find it hard to believe that people still think $1 at the box office means 1$ for the studios. There are a lot of moving parts there that people don't know about.
Before I left to get a real job, I worked as a manager overseeing about 40 theatres along the east coast. The theatre chain negotiates the contracts for % of payouts when it comes to domestic releases on a studio basis, but there is wiggle room. It can be as high as 90%, but Ive also seen it as low as 50%. Not surprisingly, Sony Pictures was the lowest in the 4ish years I was there. I never saw them take more then 70%, while Disney took 90% no matter what.
I'm not longer there, but my theory with GB's and Sony is they are hoping for a franchise, new cartoons, video games, merch, etc. to come out of this, and launch a bunch of sequels. I don't see that being a reality though.
>>71955755
Dont reply to me ever again
>>71955750
Then you would know that every movie is different pending on the studio. 50% is the average over the run of a typical movie. Higher percentages come from blockbusters. You would also know that the House Nut cuts into it even more in most cases, had you ever worked at one.
If you even worked a day of your life in business you would also understand the gross and profit are not synonyms.
But you haven't, and you're making up shit on the internet due to your insecurity.
kek
This is going to shit the bed hard.
There's a reason people that have already seen it are not allowed to review it on movie sites.
>people that have already seen the movie are not allowed to talk about it.
It's that fucking bad.
I didn't even know 'review embargoes' were a thing before this little remake. That doesn't exactly scream success now does it.
I hope this shit crashes Sony.
I heard on a movie podcast light night that Sony was literally always retarded. They used to give hundreds of millions of dollars to the stupidest ideas. Every movie that was pitched, no matter how terrible, got a huge budget. And then Amy Pascal came along and somehow made even WORSE decisions.
>>71955885
Feig needs to be euthanized.
>>71953636
>no china release
that's like almost 40% of its total gross down the tubes
Why does reddit hate Feig so much when he created their favorite pleb show Freaks and Geeks?
>>71955831
We're speaking in averages for Sony studios. You are literally retarded if you think 50% of ticket sales goes to the theater simply for showing the picture in their location.
>hurr I took Econ 101 online I'm gonna act like a business genius on /g/
>>71954645
>costs
>kept under the books
I want children to go to bed.
>>71955596
Your ass isn't a credible source
>>71955885
Can you just imagine the shitstorm of tears if it was 4 men stepping on a bitch?
Like I said.
Women & Niggers don't want EQUALITY.
Women & Niggers want REVENGE.
>>71954681
Chinese government thinks having "afterlife" themes in movies that they themselves don't curate will foster more creative thinking and make Chinese citizens think outside of their shitty ass garbage lives.
Not joking.
>>71955942
>We're speaking in averages for Sony studios.
Literally the first time you specified that. The female brain works in mysterious and irrational ways, eh?
Over the course of the typical run the 50% of the gross is the average though. Sorry, not sorry.
>mfw pokenmon go will make more profit and it's free
>>71955977
>Women & Niggers don't want EQUALITY.
>Women & Niggers want REVENGE.
holy shit, did you just figure this out?
>>71955896
The Amy Pascal debacle was when I knew Sony was doomed.
She is clinically insane, damaged a ton of actor relations, and Sony's response was to set her up elsewhere in the company producing such projects as Ghostbusters, The Barbie Movie, The Emoji Movie and Spider-Man: Homecoming.
She even bought the rights to Zoe Quinn's Gamergate memoir.
This is how fucking retarded these people are.
The proof is in the pudding.
US release this weekend.
Get back to me on Monday.
User reviews will be out and people will be allowed to talk about how shitty this piece of shit is.
Anyone watched it, or tried to?
Hoo boy this thing is a literal stinking piece of shit! Ghostbusters!
SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND
XDDDD JUST LIKE THE ANGRY GUN MAN MOVIE! HEHEHE THIS IS GONNA BE EPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIC I'm gonna lmao the whole time!
seriously, someone wrote down "say hello to my little friend" as a JOKE. The people who are PAID TO BE FUNNY thought this would be funny. This movie will be bad. The action looks ok though
>>71955378
I'm surprised she has any money left after Bernie took everyone's donations and quit.
>>71954611
>50 minutes and this child of pleb still hasn't posted his top 10 comedy films of all time
Is it safe to assume hes into reddit meme humor flicks like Deadpool, Anderson and Guardians of the Galaxy?
>>71953636
>I'm gonna be butthurt if a movie does not bomb.
Where did your step-dad touch you?
>>71955977
Checked, and the women were clearly uncomfortable doing it, but so what?
Step on me ladies, to crush the patriarchy!
If you get any dirt on my suit, you'll never work again!
>You will never work again in Hollywood. Ever
>>71955940
I tried freaks recently, quit after first ep since it's just a bunch of kids being assholes to each other, def don't understand the hype
>>71955988
>Chinese people aren't allowed to have imaginations
>They aren't even allowed to see the sun.
And people call the U.S. and U.K. Orwellian shitholes.
>>71956013
Those are the guys developing a Sonic movie with a mix of cg characters and live action. They are obviously fucked retarded to begin with.
>>71956013
It almost makes you wonder if she is Jewish?
>>71953711
I wouldn't actually bet on that one this time
since the first announcement that it would be girls, many people have raged hard about this movie. hell, even I decided not to watch it in theaters instantly just because it was obvious that they were trying to shove diversity down our throats when in fact it was solely stupid-ass feminism they were trying out
>>71953636
So is this like the DmC: Devil May Cry of movies?
>Insults the core fanbase with a prima-donna director
>Does nothing really original and new despite saying it does
>Filled with crude jokes and pretends to have a deeper meaning even thought it comes off as preachy
>Filled with high-constracting colours and eye-sore scenery
>Reviews give it a good score even though the customer disagree
>>71956088
Most people KNOW how shitty China is, but they don't give a fuck because they make cheap phones.
The world is full of fucking sociopaths. We should be bailing the chinese out right now instead of worrying about middle eastern shitheads.
>>71956139
Nah because you could enjoy DmC if you went in knowing nothing about it like I did.
This doesn't look redeemable on any level.
>>71956139
I wouldn't know
Videogames are anti art and I don't play them because I don't have capeshit sensibilities
>>71953636
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG83qBuQ_A8
>>71953636
Source for no pre-order tickets? I would really like proof that this is true.
>>71955575
Hey, you take that back, I've been coming here since atleast 2010
>>71955940
I tried watching that show but its too meh
Linda Cardellini is my waifu though
>>71956066
but deadpool was good and well liked after release here...
>>71954100
Just a reminder that Amazing Spider-Man 2 made over $700 million worldwide and Sony still considered it a failure because they wanted an Avengers level mega blockbuster. Then they cancelled not only Amazing Spider-Man 3 but the whole Spider-Man universe they had planned. Now they want this to be their Avengers level mega blockbuster with a cinematic universe attached. Just doing a "great profit return" will not do for them.
>>71953672
It's a sin alright. You did good anon.
>>71956106
she is isn't she?
>>71956106
She is Jewish
>>71955965
HUE HUE HUE
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-angry-birds-sony-20160517-snap-story.html
>>71956106
Wasn't Sony Pictures was run by japs back in 90's?
Honestly, I can see this making a lot of money from older women.
I don't like Ghostbusters and I don't like remakes, so this kind of annoys me, and all the obnoxious people. Bet the same people will rightfully shit on Fox's Lethal Weapon this fall and it will bomb because it doesn't have MUH WOMENZ shit
>>71955896
>>71956013
>you think this is exclusive to Sony
you just don't realise that basically all companies are run by incompetent morons throwing shit against the wall. The only difference between normal people and CEOs is that they have the right background and connections.
>>71955020
>There's next to no marketing for this movie
Germanon here. Confirmed for my city: Three big cinemas right next to each other. No marketing whatsoever save for one (1) A2 poster with the updated logo and "coming soon: 4th of August" written on a piece of paper taped over it.
People still ask me whether I'm going to see it, anyway, because I happen to have a GB patch on my jacket.
Actual conversation I had with a guide (sort of wimpy looking fella in his late 20sjust like me) while visiting a museum last month:
>Cool patch
Thanks.
>So, you gonna see it?
See what?
>The new movie
Don't think I'll enjoy it, I'll pass.
>Well, it DOES have an AWL FEE MEL KUST [he actually said it in English, so it sounded exactly like this]. That's very PRUGGREZZIF [same here]
By now I smell a reddit, but keep my composure.
Look dude, it's not about the women. I'm just majorly underwhelmed by the humour presented in the trailers.
>You're gonna pirate it though, won't you?
Nah! Maybe when it's on some streaming service, for free.
>Oh. Well gotta get on with the tour now.
>>71956579
The only area its tracking highly for advanced tickets is for older women, but that usually has to do with older people planning their trips to the cinema in advance. The Secret Life of Pets is going to do very well alongside it, then the following week Ice Age and Star Trek are released, so its going to be tough.
>>71956651
I'm in the UK and I saw an ad during the Yuros, they paid for a trending topic and I've seen some posters in city centre.
So there's definitely some advertising, but it's certainly not wall-to-wall like something like Secret Life of Pets.
>>71954259
>I also wouldn't be surprised if "feminists" are flooding it with praise simply because of the female leads even though they haven't actually seen it yet.
This is already happening.
Look at Rotten Tomatoes.
Nearly every positive review cites how "important" this movie is for its GURL POWER message before lavishing praise on it for how supposedly funny the fart-jokes are.
>>71956637
I don't think its just Sony, its just Sony has a series of high profile failures attached to projects that should have done very well (Spider-Man, twice) and the email leaks gave us insight into what exactly is going on behind closed doors.
>>71956705
Ice Age (in the US anyway) and Star Trek aren't going to do jack shit though. I can also see Secret Life of Pets falling off once people realise it's shit.
God I hope it bombs. The last laugh for their "positive" reviews...
>>71953711
Yeah like nobody was talking about BVS either ?
>>71953636
Also don't expect it to do well in latin america or russia where ghostbusters are still a semi obscure 80s reference and feminism is not a selling point.
>>71956774
>once people realise it's shit.
Which is what should happen with Ghostbusters within a day or two.
>>71956736
Weirdly enough, the cinema I was talking about has had cardboard cutouts of the Pets characters out for several months, standing right in the middle of the entrance hall. Progressivebusters has a little spot on the wall off to the side next to the till. It's the only frame on that side of the room.
>>71956774
>Ice Age (in the US anyway) and Star Trek aren't going to do jack shit though
Lol what? Even if they both flop, they will be taking money out of Ghost-busters 2nd week.
>>71956761
Ehhh, the only difference between Sony and every other big company is that Sony had their e-mail leaks that exposed how incompetent their management is. It's not ike Fox and Disney don't have high-profile bombs too
>>71956774
They'll do well enough to be serious competition. Star Trek will attract the hardcore nerd base who might have come to see the reboot and families will choose ice age over girl power. Ghostbusters might be in legitimate trouble.
>>71955020
>There's next to no marketing for this movie
Oh look, another retarded, uninformed liberal feminist that came from Tumblr to "inform" us.
http://www.reuters.com/video/2016/07/11/londons-waterloo-station-gets-ghostbuste?videoId=369224339&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=Entertainment&videoChannel=3&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FUSVideoEntertainment+%28Video+%2F+US+%2F+Entertainment%29
>>71956774
The last two Ice Age movies have done 800+ million worldwide.
The Star Trek films do in the range of 400 million each time, and are heavily built on domestic box office results.
So yeah, jack shit.
>>71956814
Secret Life of Pets just had one of the biggest openings of all time, though.
>>71956823
They marketed the living shit out of Pets. I bet the marketing cost more than the film.
>>71956796
BVS made money its opening weekend.
>>71956836
>Ehhh,
HOLY FUCK
>>71956861
Ice Age doesn't do much in the US (<$40m OW) and I'm willing to bet Star Trek Beyond does significantly worse than Into Darkness (<$60m OW, perhaps even significantly less).
They aren't major blockbuster competition. It's not like a Marvel film turning up and crushing everyone.
>>71956498
no? columbia like all of hollywood has always been jewish
>>71953636
Why isn't it being released in China?
>>71956877
And then it very quickly stopped making money.
>>71956942
><$40m
Sounds about right for Ghostbusters too.
>>71956970
Chinese government doesn't fuck with supernatural shit
>>71956970
because the first 2 movies flopped and it's illegal to show ghosts in china
>>71955885
It doesn't even have to crash and burn in order to doom Sony.
All it has to do is NOT be a hit.
Sony has been circling the drain for the past 4 or 5 years, with sales of the PS4 being one of the only things that has saved them.
They are COUNTING on this Ghostbusters shit being a MASSIVE hit that saves their company with a mult-film franchise and merchandise sales on par with something like The Avengers.
>>71955378
dodge her existence if you know what i mean
>>71956970
China has a ban on ghost movies.
>>71956970
Ghosts are offensive to the Chinese.
No, really.
>>71957014
Ghosts, skeletons, and semi-recently time travel.
>>71956992
>>71956996
>>71957014
>>71957011
Oh, this makes sense why there's no ghost champion in league of legends.
>>71953711
The internet is not everybody.
More people are talking about Secret Life of Pets rather than Ghostbusters.
Also everyone is still waiting for Jason Bourne.
>>71957007
THis is bullshit. Sony have recovered after losing a shitton of money 5-10 years ago, and Sony Pictures has always made money for them even when everything else was going wrong.
It's the PS4 that's saving them, but they also aren't burning money like they used too on shit like laptops, phones and TVs.
>>71956013
>She even bought the rights to Zoe Quinn's Gamergate memoir.
What the fuck would this even look like as a movie?
If it has ANY relation to the truth 90% of the movie will be Quinn sitting in front of a computer, Googling her own name over and over again and gaining weight.
>150 million dollar budget
>Melissa McCarthy getting 14 million
>Paul Feig getting 10 million
>Double that production budget for marketing
This movie unironically has to do north of 400 million dollars to break even, and probably over 500 to warrant any further sequels.
What the fuck was Sony thinking.
>>71954100
Practically no pre-order ticket sales THE DAY BEFORE release is pretty alarming for a movie promoted as a huge summer blockbuster.
>>71957007
The original cast and crew could barely sustain two movies (and a pretty decent vidya gaem), why are the Sonyggers banking on a concept that ran out of steam one movie in? What kind of retard do I have to become to be a studio exec?
>>71957049
At least that saves us a Back to the Future Reboot.
>>71957049
time travel? they had to ban one of the best movie genres? ree
>>71957007
This just might be the straw that broke the camel's back.
Good, fuck 'em.
>>71956091
>Those are the guys developing a Sonic movie with a mix of cg characters and live action.
Wait, seriously?
Does anyone have a source on this?
>>71957141
A kind of a retard with rich parents and connections.
>>71957051
you ought to look at the chinese character models for dota 2. Anything which portrayed skulls or referred to death and ghostly apparitions has been altered or removed
>>71956859
>us
do you have proof that you are /tv/??
>>71957007
>with sales of the PS4 being one of the only things that has saved them
This is how I know you're a massive retard. Don't take my word for it, read up on their financials before making ignorant statements
>>71956218
>Videogames are anti art
Oh holy fuck, you probably meant this unironically too.
>>71957141
There's multiple reasons, but the main one is that it's considered "safe" because it's a proven title, so nobody gets fired if it flops. There's a reason we keep seeing remakes, both on movies and TV, even though they don't do well.
>>71953711
>Films that bomb are films nobody is talking about
>I have no idea what I am talking about
Maybe try taking a single business course
>>71957137
Do actors always make more money than directors? I never really thought about it until you said McCarthy is making more than Feig.
>>71953672
This is the biggest box office sin ever made, you're not wrong.
Exhibitor Relations @ERCboxoffice 17m17 minutes ago
In an attempt to pass Chinese sensors, Sony has retitled GHOSTBUSTERS as THE SUPER POWER DARE DIE TEAM. Just green light this film now.
>>71956970
Movies about ghosts or the undead could encourage the Chinese populace to start thinking about the after-life. And in a Communist shithole, deviation from State-atheism is a big no-no.
>>71957207
Video Games = "entertainment" sensibility = autism.
This is predominantly an art board (the "entertainment" shit that is constantly being discussed here is a result of crossposters from pleb boards like /co/ and /v/)
True cinema = art which is the opposite to autism and in turn the opposite to video games.
The sensibilities resulting in video game appreciation are diametrically opposed to the appreciation of cinema as "art". Videogames/autism/"entertainment" are the reason for capeshit.
>>71957283
Ah, they're paraphrasing this Variety article:
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/ghostbusters-china-release-rejected-1201813649/
>“Ghostbusters” is unlikely to score a release in China, sources confirm to Variety.
>It’s bad news for the $144 million comedy, which needs to do well globally to make back its hefty budget. Though “Ghostbusters” hasn’t officially been screened for Chinese officials, its subject matter will likely run afoul of the country’s censors, according to an insider. The state-controlled film board does not approve of films that promote cults or superstitious beliefs. In the past, movies that focus on the paranormal, such as last fall’s “Crimson Peak,” have been unable to secure a berth in the country.
>To try to assuage censors, Sony has cooked up a new title for “Ghostbusters” — it’s now known as “Super Power Dare-to-Die Team.”
>>71957180
Isn't lich a skeleton? is he banned in china?
>>71957151
They also banned Majora's Mask.
>>71956016
Is Stewie trying to protect the kid?
>>71957137
Sony has been the most incompetent movie studio in Hollywood for a while now.
>>71957330
Not in China
http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Low_Violence#Lich.E2.80.8B
Have you noticed how the shills sudennly stopped here? This was the final hit to the guts of lying Sony. Can't deny now.
We won.
>>71957304
Holy shit, I can SMELL your unlaundered trench-coat from here.
Don't you have a katana to go polish? Or some facial-expression flash-cards to go memorize?
>>71957084
Are you retarded? Do you really think that Sony Pictures has anything to do with ANY other branch of Sony? Have you read anything about the rift in the company, and how everyone views Sony Pictures as legit family retard?
So have the Ghostbusters people been angry and insult China as reprisal or are they taking this free publicity silently?
>Denied release in China
An American comedy was never going to be big in China.
>Shit word of mouth already affecting its release date
It's got great word of mouth. Most people who have seen it enjoyed it. The people bashing it have never watched it.
>Pre-order ticket sales are practically non-existent
Normal people don't pre-order movie tickets.
>Needs to make at least 400 Million to recoup its investment
The movie will break even and the sequels will be even bigger and build on that because they don't have to go through the origin story or be tied down by the original movie
>>71957283
Did you even read the responses?
Someone links them to THR article about it being canned, and their response is "O-Oh, maybe they'll try to rename it."
China has relaxed its "No Ghosts Allowed" rules in the past, this isn't about that IMO. China really throttles what foreign films make it into the country, and they straight blocked Ghostbusters because it had no value.
>>71957413
Sent from my Xperia Phone
>>71957379
Are you trying to turn around fedoracore on me you piece of shit videogame player?
>>71957357
Some of those low violence versions look a little scarier tbqh
>>71957388
what does that have anything to do with what he said? Also stop capitalizing words mid-sentence
>>71957388
I have no fucking idea what you're trying to say. Sony used to be a mess, they've stopped bleeding money. They own Sony Pictures but, yes, they're quasi-independent, and have made money even when the rest of the company was crashing and burning.
The very worst case scenario, they'll just sell Sony Pictures to another giant multinational company.
>>71957484
>Also stop capitalizing words mid-sentence
This fucking thread...
>>71957413
>An American comedy was never going to be big in China.
But big budget CGI does. China is #2 in worldwide box office, you can't downplay this.
>It's got great word of mouth. Most people who have seen it enjoyed it. The people bashing it have never watched it.
All the word of mouth has been about the reviews, not the film itself. People are arguing over an RT score, not whether or not the film is good.
>Normal people don't pre-order movie tickets.
When a film is in demand, yes, they do. Especially in the 30+ year old crowd and with the advent of reserved seating.
>The movie will break even and the sequels will be even bigger and build on that because they don't have to go through the origin story or be tied down by the original movie
This movie needs at least 450 million dollars to break even, and probably close to 600 million to see any sort of sequel. The general rule is two times budget to break even, three times to see any sort of continuation. On the low, low end, Sony is probably in this thing for around 250 million with production and marketing. Sony doesn't know what the fuck they are doing.
>>71957430
>straight blocked Ghostbusters because it had no value.
You mean they didnt want to see our great example of a female black comedian or atleast our feminist views? HOW DARE THEY?!
>>71955135
Are you fucking kidding me? You can't even conceive of the level of cinematic patrician-hood I exist at.
I de-crop my letterboxed VHS tapes and watch them in the dark on a 10-inch CRT. I fucking stack my Laserdiscks to the ceiling. I LISTEN to the mono-sountrack of a black and white movie, then watch the movie without sound, THEN and ONLY THEN do I watch it with both.
You can't even compete. Don't even try. Just admit that you are eternally, forever, pleb.
>>71953672I aint afraid
>>71957439
>Puts some of the most critically acclaimed movies in one picture
>calls them shit
get your ruses on at 4chan.org!
>>71953781
>Spy sequels
Wasnt his last venture some space sitcom on Yahoo?
>>71957317
Goooooooooood! Goooood! Let it suffer.
>>71953711
fantastic 4 was talked about a lot
>>71954611
Naked Gun
Spaceballs
Young Frankenstein
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Airplane
Groundhog Day
Life of Brian
Caddyshack
Blazing Saddles
Cannonball Run
>>71956025
Better than that, money is going to Dem super-pac for Hillary. All those redditors have literally used their few dollars to fund the woman they spent weeks hating on the internet. It would be sad if it wasn't daddy's or welfare money.
>>71955067
Bwahahahaha.
>80%
Come on. Are you really this stupid.?
>>71955235
Someone has no idea what they're talking about.
>>71956651
That's weird. I went to the theater last weekend and there was this massive fucking stand up display for this movie, as well as several marquees plastered with its promo poster. But I've also yet to see the actual trailer anywhere on television, or even in a theater.
The advertisement for this movie seems very oddly distributed.
>>71957751
We were getting the same sexist and racist remarks about all of it too.
And that still failed hard and we won
>>71953711
another fucking cinematic universe?
we already have:
marvel
xmen
dc
harry potter
the monster one they are planning
jj abrams wants a cloververse
star wars universe
>>71958560
Don't forget the LEGOverse.
>mfw it's my GF's turn to choose a movie we watch and she chose this one
>>71958732
Option A) Sneak in so you don't give them money.
Option B) Buy tickets to something else and go into Ghostbusters
>>71958732
You know what to do.
https://youtu.be/stdi-1tIUhM
>>71958732
Why don't you wait a couple of weeks and watch the japanese godzilla?
>>71953685
not among top critics ie the people that matter
>mfw it makes more than Warcraft in its opening weekend
I lost hope in US audiences long ago.
>>71959038
Is that getting an American release? Everything I've read says otherwise but this summer's been so shit for movies, I'm actually pretty interested in how that will be.
>>71957051
It's why Karthus was remade into being more corpse like instead of a skeleton face.
>>71954100
only half the box office goes to the studio...
>>71953636
But pluto nash was funny
>>71959170
Warcraft barely made shit in its opening weekend in the US
>>71959510
Just stop Eddie. It's over.
>>71957268
>Do actors always make more money than directors?
I am going to use the following term unironically, Are you fucking kidding me?
A list actors command fucking huge sums of money. I mean when Robert Downey Jr. made Iron Man a massive success they had to decide between replacing him with a cheaper actor for the sequels so they could put more of the budget into special effects.
As for a director, you have to be at the top or be buddies with the producers to command anything $15 mil or higher and that's usually because they get a percentage of the profit.
>>71959557
Reminder that Eddie is a confirmed asshole in person and the only noteworthy thing he's ever done was Coming to America and wear a fucking fat suit
>>71955831
>sidestepped instantly
kek you're pathetic. All one has to do with you retards is just ask for a source (very simple thing just FYI) and you crumble
>>71957413
>the sequels will be even bigger
>>71957589
>But big budget CGI does. China is #2 in worldwide box office, you can't downplay this.
Not if they don't give a shit about it. Pacific Rim did well because it was a good flick put China in a positive light. Warcarft did phonemically well because the Chinese have a massive hard on for MMOs including World of Warcraft.
Shit special effects and cultural gags from 4 women wouldn't translate well to the Chinese market.
>>71959616
HOW YOU DOIN
>>71959548
>>71959170
It didn't make anything at all. China saved it from being a massive flop. They should have taken a SJW angle.
#OrcLivesMatter
>>71959633
>have no source for outrages claim
>"y u no gif source for common knowledge?"
I missed you baby. Alas, sneaky, but no closure for you. The butthurt and shame shall and must remain.
>>71957603
Is this pasta? Because if so I like it.
Pretty sad that the cartoons had more creativity than this. I mean for fuck sake they want to stretch Gozer/Zuul for two more movies
>>71955516
>>71955470
http://deadline.com/2016/07/ghostbusters-melissa-mccarthy-kristen-wiig-kate-mckinnon-weekend-box-office-preview-the-infiltrator-bryan-cranston-1201785316/
$144M after rebate and about the same on advertising, so $288M.
They need to make $288M just to break even and they're tracking only puts them at $50M for their opening weekend.
Then the next week Star Trek and Ice Age open.
It's going to flop
This is a screengrab from the booking page for Manchester's IMAX, about an hour before the opening night showing... This is beyond pathetic.
For a comparison for you guys, Avengers AOU, Jungle Book, Zootopia, Warcraft, Hateful 8, ok pretty much any big film gets fully booked out about a week before opening night and this was HOURS before opening.
It's trancesnded the realm of hilarious and is now just plain sad.
>>71954737
You're going to be sorely disappointed, friend.
>>71958978
I approve of option B Anon >>71958732
>>71955885
Does he have an erection?
>>71960304
>150 million dollar production
>144 million in marketing
What in the fuck.
>>71956016
fun fact
literally all the kids in that ward are now dead
>>71960014
Well the video game also focused on gozer/zuul, to be fair, as did many of the "major incident" episodes of the cartoon.
>>71953636
>Shit word of mouth already affecting its release date
Actually the reviews are mixed.
>Pre-order ticket sales are practically non-existent
Something you pulled directly from your ass.
>>71953636
Y'know how when movies lauch in foreign before domestic we still hear about the box office.
Marvel spoke about how Civil War opened huge in Europe before the US, Fox loving the big Apocalypse debut in the UK
But now when Ghostbusters launches and has been out for 4 days in Europe, not a single word on how it's doing. You search Ghostbusters Box Office you get a forbes article saying how it should bomb posted days ago.
Sony is in full damage control and it's beautiful
>>71960391
It's very common practice for a movie to spend as much on marketing and advertising as they do everything else.
>>71954100
>been a barometer
>barometer
what the fuck dude.
>>71960391
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 cost 40 million to make, and they spent 200 million on advertising
>>71960508
>Manchester
You're a fucktard.
>>71960435
still reviews dont mean shit look at BVS and they are clearly leftwing shills, I was at my local cinema yesterday and heard nothing but bad word of mouth like kids screaming because it was that bad and they just wanted to see finding dory again...
