Poetical Poltergeist
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Universal Dominates The Box Office Without Any Comic Book Movies
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Good for 'em, I say. I like superheroes movies but I don't necessarily want every major studio pumping them out.
That said, can't wait for some of the more Universal Monster movies.
That said, can't wait for some of the more Universal Monster movies.
Where?
We need this....like everything else Hollywood goes overboard and drives an idea into the ground then buries it. See 3D movies post avatar. Or found camera movies after Blair Witch. Comic book movies are in the process of that happening. Every single damn superhero does not need his own flick. And we dont need to see origin story 20000x. I swear if I see batman or spiderman's origin story one more time on the screen Ima lose my damn mind. Even if universal's big money makers arent exactly original they're different. People are fiending for that
LOL pour gasoline on them if they flop in 16.
as of now Universal eating, but marvel DC going for seconds in 2016
NobodyReally
Superstar
top 4 earners are sequels
against the grain? really? Jurassic Park, Fast/Furious, Minions, another Pitch Perfect? Thats against the grain?
Yeah good point but at least they weren't all the same type of movie.
In a blog piece written at IndieWire.com, the writer points out how Universal has become the top grossing studio of 2015 without putting out one comic book movie (and has none on the horizon despite still having the rights to The Sub-Mariner). The Universal slate of films so far have been varied but really successful as they have 5 of the top 10 grossing movies of the year so far and tend to keep production budgets low enough that it becomes much easier to see their films turn a profit. Here is the list of successes for Universal in 2015:
Jurassic World
Production Budget: $150 million
Grosses:$637,971,480 (domestic) / $968,732,851 (foreign)
Furious 7
Production Budget: $190 million
Grosses:$351,032,910 (domestic) / $1,160,693,295 (foreign)
Minions
Production Budget: $74 million
Grosses:$312,916,835 (domestic) / $648,376,291 (foreign)
Pitch Perfect 2
Production Budget: $29 million
Grosses:$183,785,415 (domestic) / $101,010,41 (foreign)
Fifty Shades of Grey
Production Budget: $40 million
Grosses:$166,167,230 (domestic) / $403,484,237 (foreign)
Trainwreck
Production Budget: $35 million
Grosses: $97,955,120 (domestic) / $13,493,439 (foreign)
Straight Outta Compton
Production Budget: $29 million
Grosses:$60,200,180 (domestic) / $32,839 (foreign)
The Boy Next Door
Production Budget: $4 million
Grosses:$35,423,380 (domestic) / $14,739,723 (foreign)
Unfriended
Production Budget: $1 million
Grosses:$32,482,090 (domestic) / $25,560,320 (foreign)
And they have a fall/winter schedule that features Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak, the Tom Hardy vehicle Legends, Everest, Steve Jobs and the M. Knight Shyamalan horror film The Visit.
Universal is doing big things out here and basically telling super-heroes to.
1 important factor in Universal's sucess that you didn't mention is Legendary Pictures now with Universal. I knew Warner Bros. would regret letting Legendary Pictures go.
In a blog piece written at IndieWire.com, the writer points out how Universal has become the top grossing studio of 2015 without putting out one comic book movie (and has none on the horizon despite still having the rights to The Sub-Mariner). The Universal slate of films so far have been varied but really successful as they have 5 of the top 10 grossing movies of the year so far and tend to keep production budgets low enough that it becomes much easier to see their films turn a profit. Here is the list of successes for Universal in 2015:
Jurassic World
Production Budget: $150 million
Grosses:$637,971,480 (domestic) / $968,732,851 (foreign)
Furious 7
Production Budget: $190 million
Grosses:$351,032,910 (domestic) / $1,160,693,295 (foreign)
Minions
Production Budget: $74 million
Grosses:$312,916,835 (domestic) / $648,376,291 (foreign)
Pitch Perfect 2
Production Budget: $29 million
Grosses:$183,785,415 (domestic) / $101,010,41 (foreign)
Fifty Shades of Grey
Production Budget: $40 million
Grosses:$166,167,230 (domestic) / $403,484,237 (foreign)
Trainwreck
Production Budget: $35 million
Grosses: $97,955,120 (domestic) / $13,493,439 (foreign)
Straight Outta Compton
Production Budget: $29 million
Grosses:$60,200,180 (domestic) / $32,839 (foreign)
The Boy Next Door
Production Budget: $4 million
Grosses:$35,423,380 (domestic) / $14,739,723 (foreign)
Unfriended
Production Budget: $1 million
Grosses:$32,482,090 (domestic) / $25,560,320 (foreign)
And they have a fall/winter schedule that features Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak, the Tom Hardy vehicle Legends, Everest, Steve Jobs and the M. Knight Shyamalan horror film The Visit.
Universal is doing big things out here and basically telling super-heroes to
Nice to see this as I'm sick of all these comic book films. It's ridiculous.
Its not just that comic book movies are hot or overtaking, its that franchises are what people are interested in now. All of these comic book movies are either parts of a franchise or a starting point for a franchise and the same can be said about ALL of the top grossing movies from Universal as well.
What makes franchises so popular compared to stand alone movies is that there is much more to get invested in and much greater payouts (character and concept moments) from the larger built universe. your typical movie is 90-120 min, but when you have 2-5 films in a franchise, you can tell a much deeper and complex story in 4-10 hours than you can in 2 hours. Franchises are the way to go in this era.
What makes franchises so popular compared to stand alone movies is that there is much more to get invested in and much greater payouts (character and concept moments) from the larger built universe. your typical movie is 90-120 min, but when you have 2-5 films in a franchise, you can tell a much deeper and complex story in 4-10 hours than you can in 2 hours. Franchises are the way to go in this era.
vin was doing more superhero stunts and 
than nolan's batman
Kill Dat Noize
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you're leaving out the most important thing, and it's the fact that these franchise films all tend to have big explosions and dazzling visual effects.
movies are available on demand in only a few short months now but the big action spectacle I think people still want to experience on the big screen.
Well... to be honest, I don't think that is the most important thing, I don't even think that is an integral thing.
dazzling visuals can definitely entice viewers, they are an effective gimmick, but I don't think they are in any way a deal breaker. Some of the best movies and franchises of all time didn't rely on explosions or visuals to tell a story (Godfather series, Rocky series, etc.) and some of the worst movies and franchises were based around visuals (do I really need to go into deal here?).
Its more about the payout you get from the resources invested (time, money, energy and giving a fukk) IMO.
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Banned
godfather and rocky were released during a time when people didn't just go to the movies to witness dazzling effects. it was also before the advent of home video, so if you missed that movie in theaters... you didn't see it for a really, really long time. the first VCR was released in 1976 and didn't really become mainstream until the 80's.
but these days if you a miss a movie in theaters you could probably catch it in HD only a few months later anytime you want, so no one is really in a rush to see every movie. the ones that draw big audiences now are the big visual extravaganzas, because people want to experience those on the big screen.
Universal runs you nikkas ask Frankenstein
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