Warcraft isn't the most succesful video game adaptation. The movie has had $160mil+ production budget, and latest reports are suggesting a massive marketing budget over $80mil, which is nearing towards $250mil total expenses.
Let's analyze Warcraft a bit. They currently made $40mil in NA, which is about $20mil for them, while it proved to be very successful internationally bringing in $340mil, and that could be anywhere from 60$mil-100$mil for them. So in best case scenario they are currently sitting at about $120mil.
This movie already needed $400mil just based on the production budget to break even, and start making any profit onwards from that. Add to that the marketing budget, and we're looking at $600mil just to break even. Biggest problem for Warcraft is that it bombed in NA, the place where it actually mattered the most. I honestly doubt we'll ever see a sequel, it's clear to me they were aiming to break past the $1 billion box office based on all the expenses they've had. They really overestimated their fanbase.
You mentioned Warcraft beat The Angry Birds, but did it really? The Angry Birds's production cost was only $70mil, and they've made $104mil domestically alone. Basically nearly covered their production costs just domestically ($52mil). Internationally they made 224mil, which is about $50-60mil, so it's safe to say that The Angry Birds made some profit, or at least broke even. And The Angry Birds were far from a success, so imagine how far Warcraft is right now. China alone is not enough.
I'm also surprised nobody is mentioning Minions. $74mil production budget, and it made $1.16billion worldwide.
Minions made more money then Captain America Civil War. It was a 250 million budget only made 410 million in the united states but made over one billion world wide. It made four times the budget so it was successful. Those have ridiculous high budgets but are almost guaranteed to break even no matter how shitty they really are.
As long as we get a sequel I don't care where the money comes from. Thank you Chinese Warcraft fans for going to see it.
Have you ever watched any Chinese movies on Netflix? Then you'll understand why they go see Warcraft.
You know Godzilla emanates from Japan right? And the 2014 Godzilla film was American and ... no matter.
However there are indeed some bad Chinese films; there are also some very good Chinese films. Come to think of it there are also some very bad <insert country here> films and some very good <insert country here> films.
As long as we get a sequel I don't care where the money comes from. Thank you Chinese Warcraft fans for going to see it.
Have you ever watched any Chinese movies on Netflix? Then you'll understand why they go see Warcraft.
You know Godzilla emanates from Japan right? And the 2014 Godzilla film was American and ... no matter.
However there are indeed some bad Chinese films; there are also some very good Chinese films. Come to think of it there are also some very bad <insert country here> films and some very good <insert country here> films.
Yea I spoke to Godzilla the other day said "ARRRRRRRRRGGGHHGGGHAARRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH" it was pretty intense stuff. Wasn't really appreciative of the biplanes and aliens mucking about. Although he is a big fan of The Fly.
Stop acting like a liberal snobs .. no body care about your scripts and
acting To be honest I begun to think that Orcs are best actor in
universe . I am sick of this era era of snobbish rubbish hipsters . And when I hear another, one of a hundred thousand complaint form them all my being is screaming "SHUT THE F UP "
Every time I read one of your posts it's always "enlightening/revealing".
In any case, caring about acting and scripts isn't a "liberal" attribute.
Also, "hipsters" have been around since the Jazz Era.
Having said that, I agree with the sentiment that there are too many people who think all movies need to be story driven or character driven or that need to have deeper meanings.
Even "Art house" movies don't always have a coherent story or deep characters (Last Year at Marienbad for example)
Sometimes a ray gun is just a ray gun.
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Stop acting like a liberal snobs .. no body care about your scripts and
acting To be honest I begun to think that Orcs are best actor in
universe . I am sick of this era era of snobbish rubbish hipsters . And when I hear another, one of a hundred thousand complaint form them all my being is screaming "SHUT THE F UP "
So, does this mean if I were to go see this movie (I haven't and probably won't---Haven't even seen new Star Wars) But if I walk out of the theater thinking.......That was a bad movie. It's because I am a snobbish hipster who needs an all star acting lineup? Or maybe it really was just bad.
Stop acting like a liberal snobs .. no body care about your scripts and
acting To be honest I begun to think that Orcs are best actor in
universe . I am sick of this era era of snobbish rubbish hipsters . And when I hear another, one of a hundred thousand complaint form them all my being is screaming "SHUT THE F UP "
Every time I read one of your posts it's always "enlightening/revealing".
In any case, caring about acting and scripts isn't a "liberal" attribute.
Also, "hipsters" have been around since the Jazz Era.
Having said that, I agree with the sentiment that there are too many people who think all movies need to be story driven or character driven or that need to have deeper meanings.
Even "Art house" movies don't always have a coherent story or deep characters (Last Year at Marienbad for example)
Stop acting like a liberal snobs .. no body care about your scripts and
acting To be honest I begun to think that Orcs are best actor in
universe . I am sick of this era era of snobbish rubbish hipsters . And when I hear another, one of a hundred thousand complaint form them all my being is screaming "SHUT THE F UP "
Every time I read one of your posts it's always "enlightening/revealing".
In any case, caring about acting and scripts isn't a "liberal" attribute.
Also, "hipsters" have been around since the Jazz Era.
Having said that, I agree with the sentiment that there are too many people who think all movies need to be story driven or character driven or that need to have deeper meanings.
Even "Art house" movies don't always have a coherent story or deep characters (Last Year at Marienbad for example)
Sometimes a ray gun is just a ray gun.
What we got ...
What we wanted ...
In that case ...
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Stop acting like a liberal snobs .. no body care about your scripts and
acting To be honest I begun to think that Orcs are best actor in
universe . I am sick of this era era of snobbish rubbish hipsters . And when I hear another, one of a hundred thousand complaint form them all my being is screaming "SHUT THE F UP "
Every time I read one of your posts it's always "enlightening/revealing".
In any case, caring about acting and scripts isn't a "liberal" attribute.
Also, "hipsters" have been around since the Jazz Era.
Having said that, I agree with the sentiment that there are too many people who think all movies need to be story driven or character driven or that need to have deeper meanings.
Even "Art house" movies don't always have a coherent story or deep characters (Last Year at Marienbad for example)
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However there are indeed some bad Chinese films; there are also some very good Chinese films. Come to think of it there are also some very bad <insert country here> films and some very good <insert country here> films.
Yea I spoke to Godzilla the other day said "ARRRRRRRRRGGGHHGGGHAARRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH" it was pretty intense stuff. Wasn't really appreciative of the biplanes and aliens mucking about. Although he is a big fan of The Fly.
In any case, caring about acting and scripts isn't a "liberal" attribute.
Also, "hipsters" have been around since the Jazz Era.
Having said that, I agree with the sentiment that there are too many people who think all movies need to be story driven or character driven or that need to have deeper meanings.
Even "Art house" movies don't always have a coherent story or deep characters (Last Year at Marienbad for example)
Sometimes a ray gun is just a ray gun.
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What we wanted
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
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