Prometheus Sequel (ALIEN: Covenant)

[crows]

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[jye4ever]

Which one is the AMC CEO lol

 

[YoNoSe]

Junkion is either trolling or hes dumb enough to think the theaters dont keep a cut of the money lol.

Yeah jye.... studios keep 100% of the profit

It's kind of amazing the way the regulars here eat their own ****.

I was just pointing out that the movie is making money (you said it isn't) If it hasn't pulled a profit yet it certainly will. That's just how it works, usually. I never said studios keep 100% of the profits. But LOLOLOL, right? Do you know what they keep worldwide? Yeah, me either.

Hey, I'm also happily married - wanna post some of your web research about how women are terrible golddiggers and don't value men with feels? Equally valid.

 

[crows]

It's kind of amazing the way the regulars here eat their own ****.

I was just pointing out that the movie is making money (you said it isn't) If it hasn't pulled a profit yet it certainly will. That's just how it works, usually. I never said studios keep 100% of the profits. But LOLOLOL, right? Do you know what they keep worldwide? Yeah, me either.

Hey, I'm also happily married - wanna post some of your web research about how women are terrible golddiggers and don't value men with feels? Equally valid.

Happily married ? what? why bring that up right now??

 

[EVILFACE]

A lot of flops this year. Yeesh. Not a good year for movies so far.

I can see this year causing reduction in some budgets.

 

[theuzi9mm]

I can see this year causing reduction in some budgets.

I think it's already been happening over the past few years. AC was budgeted at 97MM where as Prometheus had a 130MM budget. Fox for sure wanted to hedge themselves somewhat with this. The holiday weekend numbers for it are pretty bad, considering it's a holiday weekend, and it's only the 2nd weekend from initial release. Even if estimates are off, and the actuals end up being slightly higher, it's still a big drop in sales.

 

[EVILFACE]

Well it at least beat out the Alien knockoff 'Life'

 

[jye4ever]

I heard Life is better lol

 

[RIDDICK]

Better than Death, that's for sure.

 

[crows]

I think it's already been happening over the past few years. AC was budgeted at 97MM where as Prometheus had a 130MM budget. Fox for sure wanted to hedge themselves somewhat with this. The holiday weekend numbers for it are pretty bad, considering it's a holiday weekend, and it's only the 2nd weekend from initial release. Even if estimates are off, and the actuals end up being slightly higher, it's still a big drop in sales.

As it stands right now this movie has not broken even yet. It is still in the red, it needs to make 200 million to break even. Specially with the amount of advertising it got

 

[Sassafras]

Last thing they should do is cave to the nostalgia train (which everyone claims to hate, but cries when it's not observed).

Let Scott finish his vision - at a profit to the studio - and when he's done Blomkamp and other fans can get roasted by the internet when their concept art doesn't live up to the "hype."

Internet will be happy because it's an online failure, real world will be happy because the studio made money and the normies were entertained.

It's not as delicate a balance as it seems.

Just offering my 2 cents re someone who was sorta planning on seeing this, but passed because:

1) IMO Prometheus was a huge disappointment. Srsly. Was so hyped from the trailers and paid for myself and friend to go to upscale plush theater w. special system blah blah and then phhhtttt.

2) So, OK, figured they'd correct some of the *illogic* of Promtheus and this is one of my favorite directors

3) Did some reading plot etc. Read comments. *Sigh*. Passed because IMO from the sound of it, a. Sounds like film, overall, is trying to kill people off in most grotesque ways possible with alien culture and b. TOO MUCH EXPLAINING of origin of everything, and that EXPLAINING sounds to me a bit strained and/or hard to keep track of. Or maybe I don't even wanna know, because Hitchcock among other directors knew re horror a lot of times it's best to NOT explain. That's part of the fear, like the classic "The Birds".

Not saying Scott shouldn't have done that; it's obvious a lot of fans love the extensions of the story. But to me this isn't Star Wars where it makes sense to extend the universe and like that, because by default SW a HUGE universe w. lots of potential stories. You could make up anything and it'd fit.

Well, anyway, reading this and that, Covenant just started to feel fatiguing/over-explained/too much shock value/strained. I don't want Covenant to fail. I'm happy if real fans of the franchise are happy w. more films. I'll probably catch it on cable. Just sayin' one movie-goers perspective as to why I passed re the theater, and maybe re the BO other folks might have felt the same way.

 

[spindrift]

As it stands right now this movie has not broken even yet. It is still in the red, it needs to make 200 million to break even. Specially with the amount of advertising it got

doubt that will happen.
Fox is going to have a tough decision to make- will they piss off Ridley by saying no to the next film????????????????

 

[jye4ever]

Breaking News:

Ridley agrees to make AC sequel as a high budget ABC Afterschool Special.

Says he's honored to have the full confidence and support from Fox.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I bet Alien: Step Up would blow this away in boxoffice returns.

As would: Fast Alien, Furious Alien

 

[jye4ever]

 

[punisher1974]

Don't forget magic mike played by the predator

 

[Devil_666]

I bet Alien: Step Up would blow this away in boxoffice returns.

 

[Bravomite]

If it's got Ripley, Hicks and Newt in then I will see it

 

[crows]

 

[uscmhicks]

I'm surprised at the box office reaction, it seemed to me as if this was going to be a popular movie. As many nit picks as I have with this and Prometheus I'd still like another to be made in a way to bring some closure to everything.

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