The Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Failure Thread (Edited title on 05-24 with failure prediction)
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Quote:In July 2005 they were writing about Hollywood's Death Spiral, where DVD sales were destroying ticket sales.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
That's funny.
I'll bet these same outfits and possibly even the writers themselves were praising this type of behavior from the studios during covid.
Hollywood’s Death Spiral
The secret numbers tell the story.
By Edward Jay Epstein
July 25, 2005 2:48 PM
https://slate.com/culture/2005/07/hollywood-s-death-spiral.html
Hollywood’s Death Spiral, Part 2
Are movie theaters facing extinction?
By Edward Jay Epstein
Aug 01, 2005 9:13 AM
https://slate.com/culture/2005/08/hollywood-s-death-spiral-part-2.html
Jumping 8 years forward to Jun 13, 2013
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas predict ‘massive implosion’ in film industry
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg think the film industry is heading towards a cliff. The pair behind some of the most successful franchises in movie history think that conservative programming choices and rapidly evolving distribution schemes have set the stage for a massive upheaval — and internet-based services may become the dominant medium when moviegoing as we know it crashes and burns.
https://www.theverge.com/2013/6/13/4425486/steven-spielberg-george-luc
as-usc-film-industry-massive-implosion
Jumping 11 years forward to June 11, 2024
The predictions of Hollywood's Death Spiral and ‘massive implosion’ in the film industry may come true.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Oh yeah?
SPOILER ALERT: DVDs and BluRay did not kill Hollywood. They did not even damage Hollywood's earnings at any point in time. Nor did piracy.
I don't need a history lesson from you on any of this, you dumb shit cultist.
The streaming release windows were no different from 2021 when theaters reopened until now. There's not a single difference.
Yet despite 3 years of growth and getting back to normal, and despite near-zero woke DEI content in theaters in 2024, nobody is going anymore.
That's because they can't afford to go in Joe Biden*'s economy.
It has nothing to do with early streaming release windows. It has nothing to do with piracy.
And I'm not even worried about the fact that the Democrat run media isn't going to clue their voters in on this. Everybody feels it. Everybody knows it. They don't need to be told. In fact, whenever the Legacy Media runs defense and tells everyone that its all in their head, they're just going to dig their heels in harder. The ones who aren't going to see movies this year because they can no longer afford to anymore will continue to vote with their wallet until election day is here when the real problem can be voted out.
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Quote:If You Don’t See These Movies Now, You Never Will
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Oh yeah?
SPOILER ALERT: DVDs and BluRay did not kill Hollywood. They did not even damage Hollywood's earnings at any point in time. Nor did piracy.
A growing wave of movies pushes back against the logic of infinite availability.
By Sam Adams | June 13, 2024 5:52 PM
When a film slides from theaters to on-demand to streaming without a gap, there’s no particular moment at which you have to see it, which for many people means they don’t. You need only glance at your to-do list for a lesson on how easily something you can do anytime becomes something you never do. But Green’s “ephemeral cinema” is part of a growing wave of films that push back against the logic of infinite availability. These movies are possible to miss.
https://slate.com/culture/2024/06/sam-green-kronos-quartet-live-docume
ntary-eno.html
6ix, if you can see a movie anytime and anywhere you are, why see it at the time and place your local cinema decided for you? And why pay for the cinema when you can see the movie for free? What kind of idiot wants a local businessman to tell them to show up for an appointment to view his products for sale? That idiot would be a crowd of movie-going teenagers with nothing to do but hang out together.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Originally posted by second:Quote:If You Don’t See These Movies Now, You Never Will
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Oh yeah?
SPOILER ALERT: DVDs and BluRay did not kill Hollywood. They did not even damage Hollywood's earnings at any point in time. Nor did piracy.
A growing wave of movies pushes back against the logic of infinite availability.
By Sam Adams | June 13, 2024 5:52 PM
When a film slides from theaters to on-demand to streaming without a gap, there’s no particular moment at which you have to see it, which for many people means they don’t. You need only glance at your to-do list for a lesson on how easily something you can do anytime becomes something you never do. But Green’s “ephemeral cinema” is part of a growing wave of films that push back against the logic of infinite availability. These movies are possible to miss.
https://slate.com/culture/2024/06/sam-green-kronos-quartet-live-docume
ntary-eno.html
6ix, if you can see a movie anytime and anywhere you are, why see it at the time and place your local cinema decided for you? And why pay for the cinema when you can see the movie for free? What kind of idiot wants a local businessman to tell them to show up for an appointment to view his products for sale? That idiot would be a crowd of movie-going teenagers with nothing to do but hang out together.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
I think you're looking at that wrong and asking the wrong question.
I agree about the infinite availability problem. Everything was devalued quite a bit once things went online. It started with music, but then it ended up being all digital media. I could watch pretty much any movie I'd ever want to at this very moment, even some of the most obscure pieces ever made, but I hardly watch anything now.
What IS limited now is the not-infinite window that you can go to a theater and watch the movie.
I know that YOU don't like going to the movies. I don't like going to the movies much either.
But you can't deny that even with a big screen 8k TV at home with a SONOS sound system, it's nowhere near the same experience as seeing a movie in a regular theater, let alone an IMAX.
But when you have to choose between taking your kids to the movies or feeding your kids that week, you're probably going to choose feeding your kids and waiting 2 months for the movie to stream. And everybody who is in that situation doesn't have an 8k TV with a SONOS soundbar.
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack (May 26th):
This movie is already dead. Dead, dead, deadsky.
You better do something about those budgets now, Hollywood. Those poor actors are going to have to downgrade their mansions when they start getting paid what they're worth.
After 25 days, it's grossed $160,620,267 worldwide on a $168 Million budget.
This for out and with how little it's grossing currently, it's a slim possibility that Furiosa doesn't even make its budget back.
This is about a $240 to $250 Million loss for Warner Bros.
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$161.5 Million Worldwide now, and Bruce is predicting around $1.4 Million US this weekend.
That'll be Furiosa's last big hurrah, as WB is putting it out on streaming on Monday.
If you want to see this on the big screen and still haven't gotten around to it, I'd recommend doing so soon. It's still in 1,300+ theaters this weekend, but I think that's going to be dropping quickly.
I think it's a pretty safe bet it makes the $168 Million Production Budget back at this point, not that it means anything.
I'm bummed mostly for Anya Taylor Joy over this one. She's a great actress and a beautiful woman, but it's probably headed back to Indie flicks and TV shows for her after this flop. At least she'll still be voicing Peach in the Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel I'm sure Universal is going to make. Hopefully her agent gets her a good deal on that one.
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Quote:Less than one month after release, Pirates have perfect copies available for free. Why would you pay to see this movie? To give a child the magical movie theater experience, which is possibly the reason why Inside Out 2 is doing well at the theater. Please don't take your children to Furiosa. They will be emotionally harmed by the kidnapping scenes and you will have wasted money on Hollywood.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
May 24, 2024
According to Google and Wikipedia, it cost $168 Million to make. That right their sets the failure in stone if it's true. It's not going to make more than $420 Million to break even. Bruce doesn't have numbers on the budget yet.
It made only $3.5 Million in previews, and his model's prediction is showing only $30 Million this weekend in the US, although he says that based off of Fury Road he thinks it could possibly make $40 Million in the US this weekend.
https://yts.mx/movies/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-2024
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Idiot.
I don't see you posting anything in the Inside Out 2 thread this morning, huh?
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack (June 18th):
This far out and with how little it's grossing currently, it's a slim possibility that Furiosa doesn't even make its budget back.
This is about a $240 to $250 Million loss for Warner Bros.
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack (June 22nd):
I think it's a pretty safe bet it makes the $168 Million Production Budget back at this point, not that it means anything.
Made it... $168,062,000
Right now it's just $62k shy of a $252 Million loss for WB.
I'm pretty sure that between eeking out another week or two in theaters and any money Bruce finds in the international couch cushions, this one will make another $2 Million at least and put it safely in my predicted range.
Massive, massive loss here.
Fix those budgets or die.
Streaming doesn't pay the bills, so if you can't make money in the Box Office and everyone's waiting for the pirates to put them out instead of going to the theaters like Second keeps saying they are, the entire industry is going to crumble and the pirates won't have anything new to pirate anymore.
It's high time to reevaluate how you spend your money Hollywood, and the first thing on the chopping block should be the top actor's paychecks.
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Quote:What needs an explanation is the question: Why does anyone continue to go to movie theaters when every movie is available for free and at home? 6ixStringJack, your explanation is that movie revenue dropped because Biden is President and Hollywood is "woke" supporting Biden. That is also Trump's explanation.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Idiot.
I don't see you posting anything in the Inside Out 2 thread this morning, huh?
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