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So did this flop¡?

posted 8 years ago by LetThemEatCake01
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It says the budget was 55 million and it made 50 million? That's strange because I don't remember Evita being considered as a flop.

[–] evabba 8 years ago

It did sub-par business in the US but it did much better overseas.

Domestic Box Office: $50,047,179
International Box Office: $101,900,000
Worldwide Box Office: $151,947,179

[–] WehoSteve 7 years ago

Domestic could have been much bigger if it went into wider release in early 1997. Add the video/DVD rentals and sales and TV rights sales and it was a very successful picture financially.

[–] Atomic885 7 years ago

and the soundtrack sold 11 million copies !

[–] jaynekranc 7 years ago

I just watched it again today and got curious about this again. They did hope it would do better in the US, but the overseas box office made a lot more than expected as did the CD and DVD sales.

[–] LetThemEatCake01 7 years ago

but they don't seem to care about the international box office, but this was still seen as a triumph for Madonna.

[–] jaynekranc 7 years ago

but they don't seem to care about the international box office, but this was still seen as a triumph for Madonna

I don't see why international doesn't seem to matter. Money is money. Madonna should have been nominated and gotten the Oscar. She did get a Golden Globe, but she should have gotten an Oscar in my opinion. As I see it, it was one of the biggest robberies in Oscar history, along with Judy Dench for Mrs. Brown,Bette Midler for the Rose and Robert Duvall for the Great Santini.

[–] LetThemEatCake01 7 years ago

Many films had good box office internationally but flopped in the US and didn't get sequels because of it.