Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (March 24th, 2016)

[chewblacca]

Wow, so it is possible for a film to make almost a billion and be considered a flop.

 

[daikkenaurora]

Wow, so it is possible for a film to make almost a billion and be considered a flop.

Alice in Wonderland (2010) made over 1 billion dollars but to me, it was a flop. Movie was terrible.

 

[EVILFACE]

Wow, so it is possible for a film to make almost a billion and be considered a flop.

About as possible as me reading a wall o' text.

 

[karamazov80]

This is another one of those pseudo news stories that is built totally around rumos and conjecture, so it's hard for me to put too much stock into it. Can you infer some things from the performance of other, similar movies? To some extent. But where is the evidence that WB really expected it to break $1 billion?

I'm no apologist for this movie, but at the same time, I'm not going to accept flimsy evidence as an indicator that the sky is falling and WB is starting to really freak out.

 

[chewblacca]

Didn't WB do any test screenings before its big release? And was that the by they brought it out everywhere at once? They were afraid of the bad buzz reaching overseas?

 

[spindrift]

All subjective nonsense- the film will make a hefty profit- comparing it directly to Marvel's biggest hit in it's history ( and one of the highest box office smashes in the history of movies) and saying this flopped by not making those numbers is hilarious. Utter nonsense. Maybe you thought Batman and Superman in one movie should make 1.5 billion but that is an opinion. WB wanted more but what studio doesn't want more on a film's revenue?

Wait and see what SS and WW do- whatever they make- $600 million or 1.3 billion you can call that a flop if you have that approach. " A Wonder Woman movie should have made..."

 

[kryptonianmutie]

Didn't WB do any test screenings before its big release? And was that the by they brought it out everywhere at once? They were afraid of the bad buzz reaching overseas?

Considering Civil War leaked a few days ago on the internet, WB made the right decision.

 

[DiFabio]

Warner Bros. on Suicide Watch™.

 

[daikkenaurora]

This is another one of those pseudo news stories that is built totally around rumos and conjecture, so it's hard for me to put too much stock into it. Can you infer some things from the performance of other, similar movies? To some extent. But where is the evidence that WB really expected it to break $1 billion?

I'm no apologist for this movie, but at the same time, I'm not going to accept flimsy evidence as an indicator that the sky is falling and WB is starting to really freak out.

WB made money from the movie. Merchandising must have brought in a nice chunk of change as well.

 

[DiFabio]

Someone posted this info graphic a couple of days/weeks back somewhere showing all the promotional things like Doritos and Dr. Pepper and the amount of $$$ WB raked in from it.

They're fine.

 

[EVILFACE]

Someone posted this info graphic a couple of days/weeks back somewhere showing all the promotional things like Doritos and Dr. Pepper and the amount of $$$ WB raked in from it.

They're fine.

Yea, you got the people that refuse to buy a $12 ticket, but have $1000 worth of Hot Toys on order.

 

[DiFabio]

Yea, you got the people that refuse to buy a $12 ticket, but have $1000 worth of Hot Toys on order.

Are you gonna get the Hot Toys Affleck Batman doll?

 

[EVILFACE]

Oh yes, the regular outfit and shiny black sink pounding digs.

 

[Khev]

After seeing BvS twice I envisioned getting the whole HT line-up but I resisted preordering and decided to army build Reys instead.

 

[DiFabio]

Oh yes, the regular outfit and shiny black sink pounding digs.

I'm undecided. I hated the movie but I thought the Batsuits were awesome and dug the hell out of Affleck's Batman. That regular Hot Toys Batman as a standalone in my collection tempts me, especially with the TDKResque sniper rifle.

. . . I resisted preordering and decided to army build Reys instead.

What a mess. Sad!

 

[Khev]

In all seriousness that Affleck Batsuits are the coolest suits we've seen on screen and all three (regular, armored, and apocalypse) make for awesome figures.

 

[karamazov80]

I'm buying zero figures from this movie. . .and zero figures from Force Awakens. Unless HT forces my hand by only doing R2 and 3PO from Force Awakens or some lame **** like that.

WB made money from the movie. Merchandising must have brought in a nice chunk of change as well.

Amazing Spidey 2 made profit. The question is, how much profit was expected, and is it being matched or exceeded or not? And we all have no idea about that, one way or the other.

 

[Khev]

Unless HT forces my hand by only doing R2 and 3PO from Force Awakens or some lame **** like that.

No problemo.

 

[DiFabio]

Unless HT forces my hand by only doing R2 and 3PO from Force Awakens or some lame **** like that.

Then I'll laugh at you for having a dopey, red armed C-3PO in your collection.

 

[karamazov80]

No problem. I've still got some gold spray paint left over.