Im not spending money on Hellboy
oh Netflix is doing well. People like Adam Sandler movies, and I bet Holmes and Watson would have done well on the streaming platform too, but those films would have bombed in Theaters. Netflix doesn't release their real streaming numbers so will never know exactly but I believe we can read a few quotes and assume they are doing well.
Netflix doesn't care about critic reviews just streaming numbers. The completely opposite of the Oscars. Netflix is all about eyeballs and box-office
Netflix does do TV ads on occasion. They did it for the Marvel shows. They've done it for a few films and other things. Largely they do digital ads, TV ads are pretty rare for Netflix
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To be fair Netflix has pushed hard to create more original programming and movies. Its why they paid a decent price for the last Cloverfield film , why they just did Bird Box. Some things they lose on , some they don't. But they likely saw that Disney and others were gonna start a move to take programming to their own streaming services. So they have done this. The price tag on Holmes and Watson was likely something netflix didn't wanna do. Also given how bad the reports were the film was and its delays.
"The story so far: As usual, Ginger and I are engaged in our quest to find out what the hell is going on and save humanity from my nemesis, some bastard who is presumably responsible." - Sir Digby Chicken Caesar.
“ Well hell just froze over. Because CM Punk is back in the WWE.” - Jcogginsa.
“You can take the boy outta the mom’s basement, but you can’t take the mom’s basement outta the boy!” - LA Knight.
"Revel in What You Are." Bray Wyatt.
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Early Man & Hurricane Heist came about before i started this list in the spring of the year.
You can debate the Death Wish film which while it sucked , it made its Production budget back. Not a huge hit , but the film did make its production budget back.
"The story so far: As usual, Ginger and I are engaged in our quest to find out what the hell is going on and save humanity from my nemesis, some bastard who is presumably responsible." - Sir Digby Chicken Caesar.
“ Well hell just froze over. Because CM Punk is back in the WWE.” - Jcogginsa.
“You can take the boy outta the mom’s basement, but you can’t take the mom’s basement outta the boy!” - LA Knight.
"Revel in What You Are." Bray Wyatt.
A number of films only do their production budget back as we have seen. They don't really get called box office flops. And given the lack of budget for this Bruce Willis film , I doubt the studio was expecting a huge return from it. (the film only had a $30 million budget). I am not a fan of the film at all since it really was like some standard revenge film. (overseas according to the Numbers the film did $14+ million and did over $7 million on home video sales).
https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/De...8)#tab=summary
"The story so far: As usual, Ginger and I are engaged in our quest to find out what the hell is going on and save humanity from my nemesis, some bastard who is presumably responsible." - Sir Digby Chicken Caesar.
“ Well hell just froze over. Because CM Punk is back in the WWE.” - Jcogginsa.
“You can take the boy outta the mom’s basement, but you can’t take the mom’s basement outta the boy!” - LA Knight.
"Revel in What You Are." Bray Wyatt.
Given the lack of budget for the film and push for it...i doubt much was put into it. Its what they joked about with Disney's box office bomb Nutcracker (which did way below its production budget). There wasn't a big promotional push it seems for that one. (which was wise given how bad it did)
"The story so far: As usual, Ginger and I are engaged in our quest to find out what the hell is going on and save humanity from my nemesis, some bastard who is presumably responsible." - Sir Digby Chicken Caesar.
“ Well hell just froze over. Because CM Punk is back in the WWE.” - Jcogginsa.
“You can take the boy outta the mom’s basement, but you can’t take the mom’s basement outta the boy!” - LA Knight.
"Revel in What You Are." Bray Wyatt.
Saw GREEN BOOK the other day and Viggo Mortensen looks like he packed on a few pounds to play Tony Lip. Maybe not as much as Bale for Cheney. But if you win Oscars for eating, then Viggo should win. He impressed me.
This is the last movie busts of 2018. Time to run it down....
Total Film Budget : $100 million
Total Box Office : $69 million (worldwide).
Mortal Engines was based off the books and was released by Universal. The film came out on the bloodbath of films that hit all within a week (Mary Poppins Returns , Bumblebee and Aquaman). One film had to fail and it was Mortal Engines. The film as of right now has only done $15 million domestically and its combined box office is $69 million.
Total Film Budget : $42 million
Total Box Office : $36 million (Worldwide)
What is amazing is this film somehow earned $29+ million domestically. But as it stands right now this release by Sony was a film marred by terrible test screenings and Sony got scared. Originally planned for an August release ; Sony pushed it back to November and then December finally. This is after they tried selling it to Netflix. The film was so bad it had a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes for awhile before finally climbing up some.
Holmes & Watson was part of the Christmas bloodbath of films that arrived within a week of each other . Like Mortal Engines it bombed.
"The story so far: As usual, Ginger and I are engaged in our quest to find out what the hell is going on and save humanity from my nemesis, some bastard who is presumably responsible." - Sir Digby Chicken Caesar.
“ Well hell just froze over. Because CM Punk is back in the WWE.” - Jcogginsa.
“You can take the boy outta the mom’s basement, but you can’t take the mom’s basement outta the boy!” - LA Knight.
"Revel in What You Are." Bray Wyatt.
Super, are going to create a new thread for 2019?