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EPCOT Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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MisterPenguin said:
That 'profit' was eaten up by the undisclosed advertising and administration. It is -- as a rule of thump -- equal to half the public budget. Then the theaters get half -- as a rule of thumb -- of the Box Office.

MPR practically just broke even... for the theatrical window. It still made some extra money in the post-theatrical windows.

So, yes, it didn't *bomb.* But given its pedigree, it was disappointing it wasn't a rousing hit.
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I was including the additional marketing budget but forgot about the theater take (which I think is generally around 40%, although I also think Disney typically keeps more than other studios). I should have just used the general 2.5x of production budget rule of thumb, which would give it roughly $25 million in profit. That rule of thumb is generally within 10-15% of the actual profit (or loss).

Mary Poppins Returns probably made $30+ million for Disney overall between the theatrical profit and the post-theatrical window. I agree they were almost certainly hoping for more, but it's not comparable to something like John Carter of Mars, which was a true flop for Disney.

It's probably best categorized as a mild success. Disappointing compared to expectations, but made money for the company.
 
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flynnibus

flynnibus

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Did they contract out the pedestal work to someone else? Why would they hang the ship so quickly and then the cladding be on an entirely different schedule?
 
TikibirdLand

TikibirdLand

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UNCgolf said:
I was including the additional marketing budget but forgot about the theater take (which I think is generally around 40%, although I also think Disney typically keeps more than other studios). I should have just used the general 2.5x of production budget rule of thumb, which would give it roughly $25 million in profit. That rule of thumb is generally within 10-15% of the actual profit (or loss).

Mary Poppins Returns probably made $30+ million for Disney overall between the theatrical profit and the post-theatrical window. I agree they were almost certainly hoping for more, but it's not comparable to something like John Carter of Mars, which was a true flop for Disney.

It's probably best categorized as a mild success. Disappointing compared to expectations, but made money for the company.
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yeah, in my mind, it was a mild success. It was entertaining and it fit my most important category: Some Mary Poppins is better than no Mary Poppins at all. Several songs were really memorable. Emily Blunt and Lin Manuel were cast well and I really enjoyed their performance. it's on my watch list for rainy days along with The Muppet Movie (the latest one) and The Greatest Showman.
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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flynnibus said:
Did they contract out the pedestal work to someone else? Why would they hang the ship so quickly and then the cladding be on an entirely different schedule?
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That is a possibility. Depending on what they use the cladding could be something like a metal panel as seen on the facade and fall under that scope of work versus the ship itself being a show set prop.
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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Hawg G said:
For $400 million of new ride funds?
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I’m not the type to complain about Disney dropping a fortune in parks I visit. Would you rather be at DLP? We are lucky we have so much in development given what they’ve spent at WDW in recent years.

They can’t build much Marvel at WDW and yet we get the blockbuster Marvel e-ticket. They can build whatever they want in California and Paris and they get modest Spidey rides that have been criticized widely.

I’ll take WDW’s hand over what has been dealt to others.
 
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gorillaball

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Hawg G said:
Because you realize this ride has been mega hyped by the Diznoids, and it is likely going to be little more than Space Mountain 3.0?
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And Flight of Passage was downplayed as "only" Soarin 2.0. It is indeed Soarin 2.0, but most would rate it a great success even 5 years later. (yes some will say it's terrible, some will also say oxygen is overrated).

Cosmic Rewind - label it how you want, it means nothing until we can experience it. Coaster? Screen Based? Not Enough AA? Too many screens? Space 3.0? Gringott's with different theme? All garbage summarized guesses.
 

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