Serenity vs. Chronicles of Riddick

POSTED BY: harshcritic
UPDATED: Friday, December 23, 2005 22:49
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HARSHCRITIC

Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:36 AM

I just found out that Chronicles of Riddick will become a trilogy. Yes, there will be 2 more movies in this franchise!

Remebering it being a disappointement, I decided to look up its stats on box office mojo. With production and marketing, the movie cost $140 mil. It earned $115 mil totaled worldewide; thus, it was -$25 mil in the hole before it was released on dvd.

I then did a search to find out how many dvds it sold. I still don't know. However, I found an article that said much like Serenity the dvd sales would determine its fate. I assume the dvd sales must have been satifactory for the studio to release 2 more films. But, it was not in the top 20 for dvd sales in 2004.

The studio responsible is ..wait for it...
UNIVERSAL!!

CAUSAL

Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:38 AM

Huh.

Well, I guess that's not the worst news ever.

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HARSHCRITIC

Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:43 AM

The only thing is I wish I knew exactly how many dvds did it sell in order to do this.

ETHAN

Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:46 AM

The Chronicles of Riddick. I'll say it again, the Chronicles..of...Riddick.

CAUSAL

Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:46 AM

Well, for heaven's sake...we must have a bigger base than Riddick! Man...when Joss said to hold the valley, I had no idea it was gonna be like this...I mean, we're not down to eating grenade-apples, but still. God.

All we can do, I guess, is hold. Come on, Browncoats! Hold!!

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NDRAGE85

Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:59 AM

Despite what the critics said, i enjoyed Riddick. sure it wasn't great, but i admired the fact that it was the first Sci-Fi movie in a long time that actually attempted to create a whole seperate and distinct universe. It was no Firefly 'verse, but i admired its ambition. i think that was also one of its faults, unfortunately for the minds responsible.
as far as how many DVDs it sold, I don't know exact numbers, but i do remember the talks about how its fate would be determined by how well they sold. if they are indeed going forward with the trilogy, I am happy. 1.) I enjoyed the first movie, it's about the only Vin Diesel movie that I enjoyed. 2.) It gives me more hope for our Serenity sequal. especially since Serenity had a much smaller budget and was about 100 times better. I'm hoping to pick up some more fans this week. i'll be screening the BDM at my place on the 52-inch for a couple of virgins to the 'verse.

also, where is this news about Universal going forth with the next Riddick?

KC

Thursday, December 22, 2005 3:40 AM

Crap, I wish that it wouldnt have to go like this. People, you better stand up for this movie and buy, buy, buy! Yeah, this is some pretty bad news!

KC

ORPHEUS

Thursday, December 22, 2005 3:45 AM

Well, Vin Diesel always intended Chronicles of Riddick to be a trilogy. So I guess the movie made just enough money to warrant sequels. Keep in mind that they've had a couple years to get enough cash from dvds.

I too enjoyed it, but it's no Pitch Black.

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GUNRUNNER

Thursday, December 22, 2005 3:47 AM

Does that mean that there will be two more movies or just one? Isn't 'Pitch Black' the 1st movie of the series?

Anyways isn't Riddick already in charge of an evil army of darkness (although its a fairly lame and under equipped army in history of armies). Where do you go from that plot twist? Hopefully he tries to conquer the universe only to be stomped out of existence by the 1st Alliance like system wide government with a decent aerospace force they encounter.

You know I might even pay to see that guy fail and die...

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LAX01

Thursday, December 22, 2005 3:58 AM

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Originally posted by ndrage85:
Despite what the critics said, i enjoyed Riddick. sure it wasn't great, but i admired the fact that it was the first Sci-Fi movie in a long time that actually attempted to create a whole seperate and distinct universe. It was no Firefly 'verse, but i admired its ambition. i think that was also one of its faults, unfortunately for the minds responsible.
as far as how many DVDs it sold, I don't know exact numbers, but i do remember the talks about how its fate would be determined by how well they sold. if they are indeed going forward with the trilogy, I am happy. 1.) I enjoyed the first movie, it's about the only Vin Diesel movie that I enjoyed. 2.) It gives me more hope for our Serenity sequal. especially since Serenity had a much smaller budget and was about 100 times better. I'm hoping to pick up some more fans this week. i'll be screening the BDM at my place on the 52-inch for a couple of virgins to the 'verse.

also, where is this news about Universal going forth with the next Riddick?

yeah I gotta 2nd that...well its not QUITE as good as the Firefly verse, the universe David Twohy created was pretty interesting...I really can't wait to see what Twohy comes up with in the Underverse...

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