@flynnibus said it would and I called him out on this prediction but I don't want to turn this into a whole I told you so thing
Well, looks like my $69 million was accurate ... for international BO. Seems it did hit the $80 million domestically.
Those numbers are HUGE for time of year and film.
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/03/10/oz-has-powerful-opening/?mod=google_news_blog
Now lets predict how much you guys think OZ will make at the end of its run! I predict $220 domestically and with $750 million worldwide
Sigh, this is not going to help our cause.Yep, it's a hit.
I can see this film doing that well abroad. Chinas market is huge nowThat seems like a pretty good guess. About 75% of what Alice did in total which is in line with what the opening weekend was. Just to make a different guess I'll say a little higher at $275M domestic and $900M worldwide. Not going to hit the $1B mark though.
Sigh, this is not going to help our cause.
Well, looks like my $69 million was accurate ... for international BO. Seems it did hit the $80 million domestically.
Those numbers are HUGE for time of year and film.
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/03/10/oz-has-powerful-opening/?mod=google_news_blog
You didn't call him out, you called him an idiot, repeatedly.@flynnibus said it would and I called him out on this prediction but I don't want to turn this into a whole I told you so thing
What part was he going to play? The Iron Man without a heart?The film was hurt when Robert Downey Jr. dropped out.
Well, looks like my $69 million was accurate ... for international BO. Seems it did hit the $80 million domestically.
Those numbers are HUGE for time of year and film.
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/03/10/oz-has-powerful-opening/?mod=google_news_blog
It's not necessarily the movie itself, but the underlying philosophy at the studio that created it. Disney studios almost exclusively do tent pole films, big budget films that have to triple their budget and marketing to be considered successful. This puts undue pressure on the studio to absolutely have every film to be a hit to get by. The problem is that not every film is a Avengers or Toy Story 3 and under this tentpole only model, that's failure. Disney does not need to do this, they aren't some tiny company where you live and die by the BO. One of Disney's greatest periods of box office success was during the mid-late 80's and 90's where the studio relied mostly on singles and doubles, lots of smaller budget films targeted at a variety of groups, and a handful of big budget productions like Roger Rabbit or Aladdin or Beauty and the Beast. If Oz, The Great and Powerful existed in that context, then the criticism would potentially be smaller. Unfortunately for the time being, we don't live in that world.I don't see why it's a problem, it's a fine movie. :shrug:
I believe so, but they remain unrushed while the Broadway and touring shows continue to do great business.Is Universal still working on a film adaptation of the musical "Wicked"?
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