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Looks like Disney will take a bath on this one.


Tracking keeps ebbing lower as we get to release date. Looks to open below $30 million with a production budget of $105 million and a marketing campaign every bit as much.

Well...at least they have Black Panther to ease the pain.

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Wow! It is that bad!

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It's not looking good for them. The problem with Disney is every one of their films are really expensive so they have to make a boatload just to break even.

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Tracking keeps ebbing lower as we get to release date. Looks to open below $30 million with a production budget of $105 million and a marketing campaign every bit as much.

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Well least its not as bad as JL and WB

jesus, spending 300 M+ and another 100 to 150 Million on Marketing and Budget....talk about taking a bath....


also good point on BP...

as you mentioned, it looks like Disney is going to have a 1.2 Billion dollar movie to ease the pain of a 105 M dollar bust

certainly better than WB had with JL, sure WB had Wonder Woman which was 800 Million but it was against a 300 M + bust in JL

Disney.....1.2 Black Panther against 105 Million Bust

WB....800 Million Wonder Woman against 300 M+ bust....

damn looks like WBs the one taken a bath....

Oh damn I just remembered, Disneys GOT Back to Back Billion dollar + MCU movies coming up in BP and Avengers IW to ease the pain...

Poor WB...coming off Justice League, Geostorm, Blade Runner 2049, King Arthur LOS....Just a disastrous year for WB...

Meanwhile Disney coming off....Rouge One, Beauty and The Beast, GOTG2, Pirates 5, Cars 3, Thor 3,Coco, The Last Jedi and Black Panther

lol do you ever at any point think queen....?

nice try though, but next time, dont try and make fun of a studio that had nothing but Box office Grand slams last year, especially when the studio in direct competition(A Studio that you relentlessly defend) is coming off Massive bombs

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Hmmmm....what about WB's "It"? Production budget of 35 million.

Oh...and Cars 3 lost money big-time. Pirates barely broke even.

There...fixed your post for 'ya.

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"It" was a Huge hit, unfortunatel it was over shawdowed by A Year of Massive BOMBS by WB

lol nice try , Cars 3 didnt lose money, it made 383 M WW, 49 M from Blu Ray sales and easily more from TV sales....Cars 3 probably broke even with its Theatrical Gross and made a small Profit from Home Media, worst case scenario it broke even..did you even look up Cars 3s box office results before posting? lol

and dear god where to you get that Pirates barely broke even? it made 800 M on a 230 Million budget..BY your own words PIRATES made a BIG profit

lol when you were trying to troll the SOLO boards you made a now horribly failed troll thread where you claimed SOLO needed to make at least 800 M to Break even given it had a 300 M budget and 100 to 150 M will be spent on Marketing...

so literally by your own Standards Pirates Made a big profit, Pirates cost 70 less than SOLO....so if SOLO needed to make 800 M With A 300 M Budget to break even, Then BY YOUR OWN words Pirates clearly made a 70 to 140 Million dollar Profit.

lol funny huh? your OWN trolling comes back to bite you....now that I think about it...Your Solo Thread is turning into one of the biggest fails of all time....by making it you failed to realize you were ACCIDENTALLY proving JL was a FLOP(you know considering JL cost over 300 M to make and had a 100 to 150 M budget, Yet failed to make 800 M which you claimed would be a must, which results in JL being a flop since it only made 657 M).....and Now your thread comes back to get you again By Proving A DISNEY movie is in fact a hit and made a Big profit

just a fail on a massive scale

but now lets play make believe, Lets live it "YOUR REALITY"....lets pretend for a second that Pirates did just barely Break even and Cars 3 also just Broke even(Im sorry I can even pretend Cars 3 lost money like you said, theres just no possibly way that makes sense even in your delusional dream world) but for the sake of my point, I'll at least pretend for a second that it Just broke even....

did you see a serious problem yet?

the absolute best you could do was find 2 Disney films that just BROKE EVEN....couldnt find a Bomb, coudnt find a disaster, The absolute best you could do was find 2 films that Disney Broke even on....

and then it an absolute stunning failure...you threw those 2 films out like it was comparable to 4 Films that LOST at least 100 M each....

so even it your pretend world....

We got Rouge One, Beauty and The Beast, GOTG2, Thor 3,Coco, The Last Jedi and Black Panther.....and then 2 films in Pirates 5 and Cars 3, that JUST broke even, Meaning Disney LOST no money on any movie in this group of films, instead produced 4- 1 Billion dollar + films, and 2- 850 M + films Which all resulted in HUNDREDS of millions of profit on each of those 6 films

Meanwhile WB Produced 4 of the biggest bombs of 2017(No,not movies that just Broke Even)...No BOMBS that lost the studios HUNDREDS of Million of dollars, Justice League, Geostorm, Blade Runner 2049, King Arthur LOS....NONE even got close to breaking even

I mean at this point even you got to feel SHAME right...

lol not even in your Pretend, biased and delusional reality can you even remotely come up with a way to spin Disney Success and WBs failure

but now back to reality.Pirates 5 and Cars 3 didnt just break even..Pirates Made a big profit(even by your own standards) and Cars 3 broke even in Theaters and Will surely make a small Profit in the years to come

So in the really world we have NOTHING but MASSIVE BILLION dollar hits by Disney, 3 films that made 800 M+With Budgets all under 230 M(yes I'm counting pirates 794 M as 800M) and others films that at least made a profit

Meanwhile over at WB they are looking at a 50 to 100 M loss on JL, Massive loss on Geostorm, a 100 M+ loss on Blade Runner, and a 150 M+ Loss on King Arthur...NO BILLION Dollar films, no 800 M dollar films...ON the PLus side, It was a big hit, Kong SI, made a small profit and Dunkirk is a hit

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Against obviously I've made point my point....

Both WB and Disney are Great Studios...Both have made HUGE HITS and HUGE MISSES...but If your going to shamelessly troll Disney, I'm going to be here, pointing out the absurdity of your trolling...

the facts are you have a weird,unnatural hatred for Disney, this leads you to make ODD troll thread that dont actually makes...

I actually have no problem with WB, because your Hatred for Disney is so ODD, but I find myself then bringing up WB and Pointing out how Bad its doing compared to Disney right now, I dont do this because I hate WB, I do this because you Absurdly DEFEND WB at all costs....

So to Brutally Make fun of you and show how ODD and Pathetic your trolling is....I then have to Point out the MASSIVE difference in Success and failure right now between Disney and WB to really put into perspective just how ODD,Delusional and shameless your trolling is....

anyway nice try ...like always you made a complete ASS out of yourself

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The "ass" is youl

LOL

If you were as knowledgeable about box office as you believe you are then you would know that WB lost nothing on Blade Runner. They were just the U.S. ditributer and financed nothing.

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Geostorm found WB on the hook for only 40% as it was a joint venture amongst 3 parties. King Arthur was the only one that hit them hard but when you have something like "It" grossing well over 700 million on a 35 million budget(unheard of for Disney outside of DisneyNature films)....I think they are okay.

Lol

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Now...do you want to start talking about Universal and their budgets and grosses?

It's even better.

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did you honestly just try and somehow "Spin" 4 of the biggest flops of the year all by WB and try to make it sound like its all ok ?

well at least thanks for not going even more down the rabbit hole and try to absurdly suggest they are even close to The Success Disney had.lol

lol at least you somewhat Stopped yourself from going completely off the edge, sure Spinning 4 MASSIVE box office BOMBS is bad and SAD enough, but to your credit at least you left out any comparison to Disney's 4 Billion + hits, 3- 800 Million + hits lol

PS...I agree WBs ok....again you literally arent getting the argument here...

I'm not claiming WB is a bad studio or is in danger or anything...I have no problem With WB....

unfortunately due to your Weird hatred for Disney, you bring this on

lol you like to MAKE UP complete Delusional thoughts about Disney....you tried to make it seem like Disney is Disappointed, upset or LOSING....

by doing this, you therefor INVITE comparison

If you are going to claim Disney Is in trouble,disappointed or having a bad start to the year....Then you INVITE comparison...

and WB is a rival studio, a perfect comparison...

I would never bring up WB ever if you didnt troll on Disney....But you do troll on Disney, and to make you look like a FOOL....I then take whatever you say about Disney and show its even worse for WB...

Example...You just tried to say Disney Will be Disappointed or is taking a bath on A wrinkle in time....you are trying to make it seem like Disney is in trouble or failing because they have 1 film that BOMBED, 1 Films out of the last 10...and those 10 Films that succeeded, SUCCEEDED in almost unprecedented way

ok, thats fine...If thats your opinion, If you want to Judge Disney and make fun of Disney for having 1 FLOP to 10 Grand slam home runs....

then you have to judge all studios that way...which brings me to WB....

you cant try and Spin 4 BOMBS, 4 of the biggest bombs of the year, all by WB and then claim "everything is okay".

no, if Disney is in trouble after 1 FLOP and 10 Grand slams, Then WB has to be on its Death Bed for 4 FLOPS and 3 hits....

So I live it reality....where BOTH Disney and WB are doing fine...

but you live in a Delusional reality...where you Judge Disney on an Absurd scale and if your going to judge Disney on that Absurd scale, I'm gonna point out how your Absurd scale proves WB is Failing disastrously....

theres just no way around it for you queen...Disney, Marvel Studios and Star Wars are all so successful , they are troll proof, you have nothing to work with...Marvel Studios is 18 and 0...Star Wars is 3 and 0....Disney is 10 and going to be 1....

in order to troll on Disney you Literally have to be delusional, You have to stoop to such extremes lows, that they make absolutely no sense....but because you hate Disney so much you do this...You actually try to claim Disney is in trouble or is having a bad year after they go 10 and 1 With 4 Billion + movies and 3 800 M+ movies....

again thats your right, if you dont mind stooping that low, all power to you....but if you take your same scale on judging Disney and apply it to WB....then WB is on its DEATH bed, If Disney is in trouble or having a bad year for going 10 and 1, then WB it on its DEATH BED for going 3-4....

so I hope you understand....I'm not the problem

I'm not claiming WB is doing bad or anything...I live it reality where I understand Studios hit and miss, WB hits way more than they miss and same with Disney...

But you are the problem...Its your scale...If you choose to troll on Disney, Your DOOMING WB....you cant not troll on Disney without DOOMING WB...because to troll on Disney you have to through out all reality, all logic and Literally make up a Scale that can ignore and spin a 10 and 1 year into a negative

but by doing this, by creating this scale, your DOOMING WB, because when someone like me comes along and decides to Apply your scale to WB....Well it makes WBs 3 hits and 4 bombs look like shit...

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Once again...Cars 3 did not break even. At minimum it's production budget was 185 million which is the FLOOR for present-day Pixar films but is rumored to be higher at 200 million. There"s a reason Disney didn't release the production numbers for this AND Coco...they were too expensive. That doesn't include the marketing budget , of course.

On home video...how much of that supposed $49 million do you think actually goes into Disney's coffers?

Toys and merchandise sales? It's been widely reported they were beyond "soft". Bob IIger himself even said in the quarterly investors call that Cars 3 was a "disappointment".

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queen theres no way you can Spin it....Cars 3 broke even....

With 384 M in theaters and Near 100 Million after its theatrical Run, It broke Even....

I'm sure Bob did call it a Disappointment, Car 3 was a disappointment, You dont spend 200 Million + to Break Even....you spend that much to make a huge Profit....I'm sure every single person involved with Cars 3 is disappointed, But disappointed doesnt mean FLOP or LOST MONEY...

the film clearly Broke Even, but given the budget and The Success of the first 2, "Breaking even" wasnt the goal...

Nice try though.

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Good call on completely Ignoring Pirates...

you say pirates "Barely Breaks Even", I then prove even by your OWN Scale Pirates clearly made a Huge Profit....

good call on just turning into a ghost on this one, trying to fight this would have only resulted in even more embarrassment....

Damn your TROLLING huh queen?

had you just not made that "SOLO needs 800 Million" thread, you could have fought back and tried to prove Pirates barely Broke even....but instead due to your awful trolling you now have to just turn into a ghost and refused to comment...

please answer this one question, on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you regret making that Solo needs to make 800 Million Thread?

considering that thread has brought you nothing but Pain, considering that thread accidentally proved Justice League FLOPPED and NOw Proved that Pirates made a Huge Profit.....I got to believe that Thread KILLS you and you deeply regret making it(on a scale from 1 to 10) just how much do you regret it

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He's just upset the DCEU is in shambles so needs to redirect his anger.

A Winkle in Time looked REALLY bad though. Not shocked its doing so poorly.

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I saw and enjoyed it, and Whoopi, Mindy Kaling,. Reese W., and "Meg" aka Storm Reid.

And Lionsgate had (not "Wonder WOMAN LO") just plain"Wonder" and THAT proved to be one of the big ones..

Paramount at least had "Daddy's Home 2", Universal the final installments (third) of both "Pitch Perfect" & "50 Shades".


AND "Wrinkle/Time" DID NOT FLOP< nor did it do that badly here..a lot of people..my mother and I included. (Popcorn pretty good too)











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I finally saw it. Sorry I thought it was really bad. I don't think Disney will recoup its budget on this one.

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Disney < - That once prized title ain't what it used to be no moar. Never seen such a show with a Disney logo slapped on it rated 4's across the board.

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Tracking keeps ebbing lower as we get to release date. Looks to open below $30 million with a production budget of $105 million and a marketing campaign every bit as much.

Well...at least they have Black Panther to ease the pain.



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watch this....I'm going to take queens exact trolling thread and Apply it to Queens favorite Studio and Movie Queen constantly defends....here it goes....



"Looks Like WB's gonna take a Bath on Tomb Raider.

Tracking keeps ebbing lower as we get to release date. Looks to open below $30 million with a production budget of $94 million and a marketing campaign every bit as much.

Well...at least they have Wonder Woman to ease the pain.......................NO wait, Justice League Flopped, lost 50 to 100 Million So that Already DEVOURED much of Wonder Woman's Profit, Now Tomb Raider Set to lose Money, with A Budget nearly as high as Wrinkle and projected to open LOWER....Tomb Raider could DEVOUR the REST of Wonder Woman's profits, Maybe there is NO EASING THE PAIN."


lol Queen fails to ever think about his trolling....

the problem is, In order to Troll on Disney, due to its incredible Success, Queen has to set Weird,Absurd scales and criteria to Troll...But to do this, to get this desperate, It Also Damns ALL FILMS and Studios...Including The films and Studios that Queen Relentlessly defends

on the surface this thread made sense in a total desperate and SAD way...But if you actually take the time to think about it, it doesnt make sense and it doesnt make sense even more when it specifically applies to Queen....

Because the thread DAMNS films and Studios Queen Loves more than His Original Target...

So in order to make this thread, In order to troll on Disney...Queen had to sacrifice WB and Wonder Woman...

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1) Projections are not actual grosses so let's wait and see how Tomb Raider does. It should have better legs regardless as it's RT score is definitely higher than A Wrinkle in Time's.

2) WB is only on the hook for 50% of Tomb Raider's budget. It's a partnership with MGM.

3) Why don't you try trolling on Ready Player One? That's 100% WB and is getting stellar reviews and white-hot social media buzz.

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You just made a fool out of yourself again.

Tomb Raider has a budget 13 million less than A Wrinkle in Time. Last night's previews earned 2.1 million compared to AW IT's. 1.3 million.

Oh...and it just had an opening day of 12.5 million in China. Couple this with WB being on the hook for only half the cost and your post just blew up in your face.

Lol

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Oh...and Audience score?

AWIT 34%

TR 73%

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