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HOWZIT doin' at the b.o.?
Greg?
brm
From 11 April's Forbes magazine:
"Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One hit a double milestone. The Warner Bros./Time Warner Inc. release passed $100 million in domestic grosses yesterday while (with $397.593m not counting the Monday/Tuesday overseas numbers) also presumably sailing past the $400m mark. That in and of itself is not unusual. Sure, it’s been a tough year for big movies not titled Black Panther, but as a general rule, you greenlight $175m-budgeted flicks with the hopes that it will earn well over $100m domestic and maybe take a shot at $500m worldwide. While it’s not drowning in profits yet, the VR sci-fi actioner is on its way to being a relatively solid hit."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/04/11/box-office-steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one-tops-100m-u-s-and-400m-worldwide/#650a5bf933f0
As I have said many times before, domestic grosses are the only ones that really matter. To me at least.
thanks!
b
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As I have said many times before, domestic grosses are the only ones that really matter. To me at least.
thanks!
b
That view, my apologies, is completely outdated. For studios domestic grosses, of course, are important, but they are not the deciding factor for them anymore. Worldwide grosses are what determines how movies get made now.
In other words: if a movie is a domestic hit but tanks in the rest of the world, it will be considered a disappointment. If a movie does meager business domestically but is a hit in the rest of the world, it will be considered a hit and spawn sequels.
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Reporter: Mr. Spielberg, how do you feel about the reception of American audiences to ADVENTURES OF TINTIN?
Steven Spielberg: Well, it was a total box office flop but It doesn't bother me.
Reporter: why not?
SS: Because it did great business in the People's Republic of China!
yeah, right.....
brm
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Bruce, get your head outta your Trumpian arse and breath in the bigger picture.
The North American box office stopped being the main player some years ago.
as i am not an investor is motion pictures i dont give a shit how much money they make overseas.
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