Box Office: 'Ghostbusters' Is (Sadly) A Disappointment
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[QUOTE=Domokun;50861846]Hopefully it sends a clear message that insulting your core audience is a very bad idea.[/QUOTE]
Not just insulting your core audience, but insulting your core audience before releasing a really bad movie
[QUOTE=Hogie bear;50862262]I thought he was picking at the fact that the movie's criticism has turned into that when sony decided to go with the sexism route to nullify the bad criticism.[/QUOTE]
Oh, yea I see that.
Still, screaming misogyny at anyone who doesn't appreciate a shitty gender swap remake of a cult classic and over all classic movie doesn't make them a feminist. It makes them an ignorant asshole.
[QUOTE=FezianEmperor;50861689]Well there's always Wonder Woman.[/QUOTE]
nah, feminists hate that movie because gal gadot prayed for israel
[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/wonder-woman-gal-gadot-on-israel-gaza-israeli-actresss-pro-idf-stance-causes-controversy-9643412.html[/url]
its a lose-lose situation
[QUOTE=Wii60;50864245]nah, feminists hate that movie because gal gadot is pro-Israeli.
[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/wonder-woman-gal-gadot-on-israel-gaza-israeli-actresss-pro-idf-stance-causes-controversy-9643412.html[/url]
its a lose-lose situation[/QUOTE]
I didn't know that all feminists are anti-Israel. It's almost like "feminism" is an enormously broad term that says pretty much nothing about your political beliefs.
That article is about conflict between two different political groups, and there's not a single mention of feminism or women at all. It's like saying vegans hate Gal Gadot because she ate meat once. Do some hate her for it? Probably a couple. Do [i]vegans[/i] (with an implied [i]all[/i]) hate her for it? No.
seriously what does feminism have to do with the fucking IDF lol
[QUOTE=Wii60;50864245]nah, feminists hate that movie because gal gadot prayed for israel
[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/wonder-woman-gal-gadot-on-israel-gaza-israeli-actresss-pro-idf-stance-causes-controversy-9643412.html[/url]
its a lose-lose situation[/QUOTE]
Hahah this is fantastic. I can't believe it.
You just can't win with these people. :v:
[QUOTE=Cock Boner;50861627]Well, it made its budget back. That's all that really matters.[/QUOTE]
the "budget" of 144 mil is just production costs. this doesn't include any marketing or splitting what was made with the theaters. at some point paul feig stated that the movie needed to make 500 mil in order to break even/have sony consider a sequel. it seems that the movie is going to barely scrape together half that 500 mil goal
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;50861758]Ah, I stand corrected. The movie budget was $144,000,000, so far it made [I]just[/I] $180,899,659.
Still a flop, financially speaking.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/9jPOgPq.png[/img]
[editline]10th August 2016[/editline]
[url]http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ghostbusters-(2016)#tab=box-office[/url][/QUOTE]
box office isn't revenue
they don't get all the money from the box office
also this is ignoring advertising, it's probably lost around 100m so far and has totally died off
[QUOTE=.Isak.;50864289]I didn't know that all feminists are anti-Israel. It's almost like "feminism" is an enormously broad term that says pretty much nothing about your political beliefs.
That article is about conflict between two different political groups, and there's not a single mention of feminism or women at all. It's like saying vegans hate Gal Gadot because she ate meat once. Do some hate her for it? Probably a couple. Do [i]vegans[/i] (with an implied [i]all[/i]) hate her for it? No.
seriously what does feminism have to do with the fucking IDF lol[/QUOTE]
alot of twitter reactions are like that involving this line of "as a feminist i was happy for a female wonder woman but i found out shes a zionist i hope it flops" thinking
some examples
[url]http://www.dailywire.com/news/7863/liberals-indignant-over-israeli-wonder-woman-harry-khachatrian[/url]
im hyped for a wonder woman movie personally.
[QUOTE=Wii60;50864245]nah, feminists hate that movie because gal gadot prayed for israel
[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/wonder-woman-gal-gadot-on-israel-gaza-israeli-actresss-pro-idf-stance-causes-controversy-9643412.html[/url]
its a lose-lose situation[/QUOTE]
Feminists tend to identify as liberal progressives so I'd be willing to believe that they aren't happy with Gadot's statement but this source doesn't even vaguely attribute any of the backlash to feminism so I don't even really see the point of this post other than meeting your quota.
the execs wasted no time quickly trying to do damage control as a lot of sites are reporting on this now
[url]http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ghostbusters-heading-70m-loss-sequel-918515[/url]
[quote]Sony disputes the amount of the potential loss, insisting that revenue streams from merchandising and such attractions as a new Ghostbusters exhibit at Madame Tussauds and a theme park ride in Dubai will help defray any deficit. The studio also notes that the number of people renting the 1984 film has soared over the summer.
"This loss calculation is way off," says the Sony rep. "With multiple revenue streams, including consumer products, gaming, location-based entertainment, continued international rollout, and huge third-party promotional partnerships that mitigated costs, the bottom line, even before co-financing, is not remotely close to that number."[/quote]
"it's not that bad!! I swear!!"
[QUOTE=DesumThePanda;50864372]the "budget" of 144 mil is just production costs. this doesn't include any marketing or splitting what was made with the theaters. at some point paul feig stated that the movie needed to make 500 mil in order to break even/have sony consider a sequel. it seems that the movie is going to barely scrape together half that 500 mil goal[/QUOTE]
It probably won't even be able to scrape together the half of that goal, because Box Office numbers don't factor in things like theater cuts.
[QUOTE=Aphtonites;50862248]They were already flinging turds like a bunch of fucking monkeys at James Rolfe after he stated that he wasn't going to review or ever watch the film, you know.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/61jDCkE.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
There was something about that way James walked out of that situation. It was so cool... It was like nothing and no one could touch him, you know?
He's one of the most passionate and thick-skinned people on YouTube. Say what you will about the current quality of Angry Video Game Nerd, James is one of the coolest guys on the internet.
[QUOTE=Wii60;50864435]alot of twitter reactions are like that involving this line of "as a feminist i was happy for a female wonder woman but i found out shes a zionist i hope it flops" thinking
some examples
[url]http://www.dailywire.com/news/7863/liberals-indignant-over-israeli-wonder-woman-harry-khachatrian[/url][/QUOTE]
because an article that literally starts off with "social justice warriors" is [I]clearly[/I] not prone to confirmation bias
Meanwhile a lot of sjws are claiming Suicide Squad is problematic/sexist and rage buy tickets.
Guess what it did? Make all of ghostbuster's 3 week gross in a single weekend.
Gee I guess pissing them off is more profitable than pandering to them
[editline]11th August 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=Ehmmett;50864490]With multiple revenue streams, including gaming..
lol[/QUOTE]
The devs filed bankruptcy almost immediately after release
[editline]11th August 2016[/editline]
Also most of the merchandise that doesn't look like its made on a budget of $5 in china is original ghostbusters which is pretty unfair to bunch in with this
:snip:
dude did you literally shield your eyes after seeing ghostbusters and 3 next to each other
I said Ghostbuster[b]'[/b]s [b]3 week gross[/b]
imagine making a post so dumb that postal feels the need to use his mod powers to rate it accordingly
holy fuck it made less money than [I]pixels????[/I]
how the fuck is that possible.
[QUOTE=Cloak Raider;50865369]holy fuck it made less money than [I]pixels????[/I]
how the fuck is that possible.[/QUOTE]
People like Adam Sandler for some reason. That's why he keeps getting movie deals. I sincerely doubt it was actually worse than Pixels.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;50865382]People like Adam Sandler for some reason. That's why he keeps getting movie deals. I sincerely doubt it was actually worse than Pixels.[/QUOTE]
Also premise alone was enough to hook people up for Pixels and there was no controversy during movie production.
They spent so much time making the whole thing a giant virtue signal that they forgot the movie part. Great job, Sony.
I wince whenever I see a lol_so_nerdy girl wearing a ghostbusters 16 shirt because you know they are putting a shitty political agenda ahead of actual good taste in film
[QUOTE=usaokay;50865426]"Journalists" insulting/using an opinion in an article.
Okay.[/QUOTE]
The line between 'article' and 'opinion piece' becomes blurred when contentious topics are discussed on the internet. It's not a bug, it's a feature.
[quote]"This loss calculation is way off," says the Sony rep. "With multiple revenue streams, including [B]consumer products, gaming, location-based entertainment, continued international rollout, and huge third-party promotional partnerships[/B] that mitigated costs, the bottom line, even before co-financing, is not remotely close to that number."[/quote]
Yeah, I guess it's not that close if you don't take into account all of those other things ALSO cost money to do.
What a trainwreck.
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;50861758]Ah, I stand corrected. The movie budget was $144,000,000, so far it made [I]just[/I] $180,899,659.
Still a flop, financially speaking.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/9jPOgPq.png[/img]
[editline]10th August 2016[/editline]
[url]http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ghostbusters-(2016)#tab=box-office[/url][/QUOTE]
Pretty sure this doesn't include marketing, which in itself requires a huge budget.
[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;50864730]There was something about that way James walked out of that situation. It was so cool... It was like nothing and no one could touch him, you know?
He's one of the most passionate and thick-skinned people on YouTube. Say what you will about the current quality of Angry Video Game Nerd, James is one of the coolest guys on the internet.[/QUOTE]
What did he do? Or is it that he literally said nothing? All I've seen from this whole fiasco is his video.
[QUOTE=Hanso;50865703]What did he do? Or is it that he literally said nothing? All I've seen from this whole fiasco is his video.[/QUOTE]
His video is literally all he did. Somehow saying "I can tell from trailers this isn't the Ghostbusters I wanted and I can't give it an unbiased review" means he was being sexist or something.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;50865382]People like Adam Sandler for some reason. That's why he keeps getting movie deals. I sincerely doubt it was actually worse than Pixels.[/QUOTE]
As Jay of RedLetterMedia put it:
"It was better than the first Pixels"
I'm really glad to see this movie fail after how its rabid fans treated James. Keep on burning, Sony.
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