SPECTRE: It grossed $880 Million Worldwide (..and 2015 was the biggest box office year so far)

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  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @Gustav_Graves, it's been out for nearly a month, so it'll be a struggle to make another $141 million. Stranger things have happened, though, so it's entirely possible.
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    @Gustav_Graves, it's been out for nearly a month, so it'll be a struggle to make another $141 million. Stranger things have happened, though, so it's entirely possible.

    3 weeks. And in Russia the film is an insane success.

  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    26 days equates to nearly a month, does it not? ;)
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    26 days equates to nearly a month, does it not? ;)

    You're right :-P. Ah well, let's see. I think looking at today's box office results "Minions" still quite easily passes the $ 1 Million daily gross. On Monday even $ 2 Million. So I really see "Minions" ending around $950 Million sans China. Then it's an easy calculation. Add up a +50 Million box office gross from China and you're there.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Minions was always a sure bet for a billion or close to it.
    You simply can't escape the Minions. They are everywhere, I'm talking Hello Kitty level.
    I have a 5 year old daughter. Our house is full of Minions.
    Minions helium balloons, stickers, drawing books, towels, shirts, plush toys (3 so far), cups, a whole tableware set for children...
    Minion soft drinks, Minion ice cream....
    If we go to the supermarket or mall Minions are popping up everywhere on anything and since several months!
    Our local cinema had a giant Minion in the garden for some weeks.

    And the movie is even very good, the lengthy sequence in England is bloody marvelous.
    Scarlet Overkill is utterly fantastic.
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    They even cause traffic jams nowadays :-P:
    minion-main-jpg.jpg?w=600
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @Gustav_Graves, if I was driving down the road and saw that, I would mess myself, have a heart attack, and crash, all at the same time.
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    @Gustav_Graves, if I was driving down the road and saw that, I would mess myself, have a heart attack, and crash, all at the same time.

    LOL, me too. I think this happened actually last week in the US :-P. Even my manager at work has Minions. I think I want to throw up on these....Minions :-P.
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    I think this happened actually last week in the US :-P.

    I thought that was in Ireland?
    They drive on the left hand side of the road.
    Haven't heard about a similar accident in the US.
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    It seems "Minions" still performs well, both domestically as well in the foreign market. This weekend "Minions" grossed $ 7.4 Million (in its 5th week) in the US:

    --> $302,754,000: Domestical Gross (33.2%)
    --> $609,800,000: Foreign Gross (66.8%) +
    --> $912,554,000: Worldwide Gross

    And again, it still needs to open in China and many other Asian markets. The $1 Billion Mark for "Minions" is in reach......
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    With almost 100% certainty, I think we have here our 4th "1 Billion Dollar Film" of the year. "Minions":
    --> $314,724,685: Domestical Gross (32.7%)
    --> $648,376,291: Foreign Gross (67.3%) +
    --> $963,100,976: Worldwide Gross

    And China is yet to open. It opens in China on September 13th, securing a place in the "1 Billion Dollar Club".



    Meanwhile, "Mission: Impossible 5 - Rogue Nation" is still performing admirably. These are the worldwide figures so far:
    --> $142,605,538: Domestical Gross (37.7%)
    --> $235,300,000: Foreign Gross (62.3%) +
    --> $377,905,538: Worldwide Gross

    Domestically, it falls short of "Mission: Impossible 2" and "Mission: Impossible 4 - Ghost Protocol". A small comparison after 21 days in release:
    01. $161,823,800 --> "Mission: Impossible 2"
    02. $144,614,663 --> "Mission: Impossible 4 - Ghost Protocol"
    03. $142,605,538 --> "Mission: Impossible 5 - Rogue Nation"
    Still, as the 5th "M:I"-film is co-produced by China, it will therefore premiere in China already during the 1st week of September. "Ghost Protocol" scored a whopping $101 Million in China back in 2012. Expect "Rogue Nation" to slightly outclass that figure, perhaps $135 Million. Globally "Ghost Protocol" had a box office take of $695 Million. I stand by my prediction that "Rogue Nation" will slightly improve on that figure.....minimum $750 Million.



    Well, "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." then. The movie is still underperforming, but on Tuesday it was up a healthy 38% compared to Monday. Globally, not many figures have come in yet. BoxOfficeMojo says $28,873,481 global box office at the moment.

    If the movie holds well, it's still possible it could gross around $80 Million. Similar to "Jack Reacher". If it does perform better in the foreign market, then the film could still pass the $200 Million globally.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    I'm a bit worried about UNCLE, at this point I think 200 million seems unrealistic.
    At our local cinema complex UNCLE has already been moved to the higher number cinema halls, 5 and 6, which movies get when they are already running since over a month or if it's an arthouse movie or if it's a huge flop and the manager doesn't want to occupy the bigger screens with it, as next to nobody is going to watch it.
    A shame, a shame, but my guess is the competition is too much for UNCLE.
    MI5 still fills the cinema, Fantastic 4 even attracts more young people than UNCLE and Southpaw seems to be drawing a lot of people at this moment.
    Minions is still going strong and is shown daily several times.

    I believe UNCLE was marketed badly. It is not a typical summer movie, it should have opened in Autumn when people are a bit sick of all the summer block buster movies and want to see something decent, a bit more calm but still entertaining, which UNCLE is.
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    If the movie holds well, it's still possible it could gross around $80 Million. Similar to "Jack Reacher". If it does perform better in the foreign market, then the film could still pass the $200 Million globally.

    I think its highly unlikely that UNCLE will get to $80m in the US. Jack Reacher got to that figure after a slow opening during the Christmas holiday season and only a -10% drop the following weekend. UNCLE is likely to have a bigger drop off this weekend and the weekend after. I doubt that it will get to $50m at the US box office.

    I will still give it a viewing when it opens here.

    Give it a few years and Warners might do an updated reboot...

  • edited August 2015 Posts: 11,119
    Let's have a look at the top grossing blockbusters of this year so far :-) (Monday August 24th 2015):

    01. --> $ 1,622,867,980: "Jurassic World" (Production budget: $ 215 Million. Now the highest grossing film of 2015, 3rd highest grossing film ever)??)
    $ 639,568,000: Box office USA
    $ 228,740,000: Box office China
    $ 754,559,980: Rest of the world


    02. --> $ 1,512,966,527: "Furious 7" (Production budget: $ 275 Million. They just passed "The Avengers" in The 5th highest grossing film on the 'All Time Global Box Office Ranking'.)
    $ 351,032,910: Box office USA
    $ 390,910,000: Box office China
    $ 771,023,617: Rest of the world


    03. --> $ 1,401,213,387: "Avengers 2: Age Of Ultron" (Production budget: $ 340 Million. Now the 6th film in the global 'All Time' ranking!)
    $ 457,413,387: Box office USA
    $ 240,110,000: Box office China
    $ 703,690,000: Rest of the world


    04. --> $ 0,989,365,325: "Minions" (Production budget: $ 150 Million. Passed "Despicable Me 2"s global box office of $ 970 Million. Now certified 4th '1 Billion Dollar' film of 2015 )
    $ 319,965,325: Box office USA
    *not opened yet in China*
    $ 669,400,000: Rest of the world


    And let's not forget the "Spy Films" of 2015! Now with updated figures on "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and "M:I 5 - Rogue Nation":

    09. --> $ 438,563,039: "Mission: Impossible 5 - Rogue Nation" (Production budget: $ 200 Million. So far slightly less succesful than "M:I 4 - Ghost Protocol", at least in the USA. But that will change with China)
    $ 157,763,039: Box office USA
    *not opened yet in China*
    $ 280,800,000: Rest of the world


    10. --> $ 406,794,884: "Kingsman: The Secret Service" (Production budget: $ 115 Million. The surprise box office hit of 2015. Part 2 is in pre-production)
    $ 128,261,724: Box office USA
    $ 074,667,000: Box office China
    $ 203,866,160: Rest of the world


    15. --> $ 328,130,237: "Taken 3" (Production budget: $ 83 Million. Not as succesful as "Taken 2", but still grossing well past the $ 300 Million)
    $ 089,256,424: Box office USA
    $ 032,200,000: Box office China
    $ 206,673,813: Rest of the world


    20. --> $ 234,873,121: "Spy" (Production budget: $ 100 Million. As of now the most succesful film ever featuring Melissa McCarthy)
    $ 110,141,000: Box office USA
    *not opened yet in China*
    $ 124,732,121: Rest of the world


    47. --> $ 052,636,840: "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." (Production budget: $ 120 Million. Too early to call it a flop, as the foreign roll-out is just taking place)
    $ 026,636,840 : Box office USA
    *not opened yet in China*
    $ 026,000,000: Rest of the world


    62. --> $ 030,418,560: "Mortdecai" (Production budget: $ 85 Million. Call it a funnier spoof of "Ocean's Eleven" and "The Saint". But, a big flop)
    $ 007,696,134 : Box office USA
    $ 003,530,000: Box office China
    $ 019,192,426: Rest of the world


    69. --> $ 019,228,339: "Blackhat" (Production budget: $ 100 Million. And therefore one of the biggest flops of 2015. Entire budget is lost)
    $ 007,889,395: Box office USA
    *not opened yet in China*
    $ 011,338,944: Rest of the world


    81. --> $ 015,569,265: "The Gunman" (Production budget: $ 60 Million. Even a star cast containing Sean Penn, Javier Bardem and Idris Elba couldn't help this film)
    $ 010,664,749: Box office USA
    *not opened yet in China*
    $ 004,904,516: Rest of the world



    An impressive box office year indeed. "JW" crossed the $1.6 Billion, "F7" (non-3D, non-Sci-fi) crossed the $1.5 Billion and "Avengers 2" crossed the $1.4 Billion. With "Minions" already certified to cross the $1.0 Billion, it becomes very likely that "SPECTRE" will enter the TOP 5 of highest grossing films of 2015. And "Star Wars" still needs to shatter all the above box office figures.

    THE 'SPY FILMS' OF 2015
    "Mission: Impossible 5 - Rogue Nation" is still holding very well in the USA, but it's not holding as strong as "Mission: Impossible 2" and "Mission: Impossible 4 - Ghost Protocol". Same goes for the foreign territories. So it will depend on the China box office take if it can cross the $ 700 Million global figure of "GP". Also with ticket price inflation, "RN" isn't as succesful in the USA as compared to "Mission: Impossible 1" and "Mission: Impossible 2".......so far.

    The definition of 'flop' is rather big, but I personally think if a movie loses money -entire production is higher than global box office take- it's a certified financial flop. By that definition "Mortdecai", "Blackhat" and "The Gunman" are big flops, but "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." is not......yet. It could do a break-even figure, taking into account the production budget and the foreign roll-out. It's holdover after one week has been OK in the USA.

    PRODUCTION BUDGETS 2015
    The production budget figures are more accurate estimates from boxoffice.com, but they do include marketing and publicity as well. Disney's "Avengers 2" has so far the highest production budget ever, with $340 Million, followed by "Furious 7"s $ 275 Million.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Spectre doesn't have the slightest chance of ending up in the Top 5.
    It will never do 1.5 billion.
    Star Wars will undoubtably do 1.5 billion.
    Hunger Games could outdo Bond as well.
    And let's not forget the Good Dinosaur movie from Disney which will undoubtably be the biggest animation hit of this year if not ever!!

    I think Spectre will end up No 7 of the most successful movies of 2015 with close to a billion, my guess 900 million.
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    Spectre doesn't have the slightest chance of ending up in the Top 5.
    It will never do 1.5 billion.
    Star Wars will undoubtably do 1.5 billion.
    Hunger Games could outdo Bond as well.
    And let's not forget the Good Dinosaur movie from Disney which will undoubtably be the biggest animation hit of this year if not ever!!

    I think Spectre will end up No 7 of the most successful movies of 2015 with close to a billion, my guess 900 million.

    If "SPECTRE" passes "Minions" (most likely), it will be already in the TOP 5 of highest grossing movies of 2015. I see "Hunger Games 4" having a slight possibility at crossing the $1.0 Billion, but the chances for "SPECTRE" are bigger.

    Pixar films will always do very very well. Though they tend to lag behind slightly because of their serious content. Pixar films have become very much adult animated movies. And having said that, "Minions" will still be the biggest financial success of all animated films opening in 2015.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    SP doesn't need to be in the top 5 movies of tge year. It just needs to be one of tge top earning movies of the year and as long as it can cross 1billion there's nothing to complain about.

    Secondly, why are people still whinging about SP's budget? Just look at the budgets for the top 3 grossing movies of the year, JW with 215million, furious 7 at 275million and Avengers 2 at 340 million! Looking at those movies and knowing who's involved in SP and what we've seen so far, it really puts things into perspective and quite frankly, the budget is more than justified, considering what we've seen so far.
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    doubleoego wrote: »
    Secondly, why are people still whinging about SP's budget? Just look at the budgets for the top 3 grossing movies of the year, JW with 215million, furious 7 at 275million and Avengers 2 at 340 million! Looking at those movies and knowing who's involved in SP and what we've seen so far, it really puts things into perspective and quite frankly, the budget is more than justified, considering what we've seen so far.

    That's my idea as well. Then again, Bond fans not only help the franchise, they also 'destroy' them sometimes with their over-analytical, over-critical sense of "I should be the Bond producer" :-). So don't under-estimate this article:

    https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2015/08/22/the-nature-of-fandom/


  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    QOS SF and SP have cost way too much, anyone who doesn't see that is in denial and can't bear the truth.
  • RC7RC7
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    doubleoego wrote: »
    Secondly, why are people still whinging about SP's budget? Just look at the budgets for the top 3 grossing movies of the year, JW with 215million, furious 7 at 275million and Avengers 2 at 340 million! Looking at those movies and knowing who's involved in SP and what we've seen so far, it really puts things into perspective and quite frankly, the budget is more than justified, considering what we've seen so far.

    That's my idea as well. Then again, Bond fans not only help the franchise, they also 'destroy' them sometimes with their over-analytical, over-critical sense of "I should be the Bond producer" :-). So don't under-estimate this article:

    https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2015/08/22/the-nature-of-fandom/

    The article works both ways. Fans should allow the team room to manoeuvre, while the team should do their utmost to be inventive and not lazily pacify casual fans. Looking at you DB5.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    QOS SF and SP have cost way too much, anyone who doesn't see that is in denial and can't bear the truth.

    I'd give you QoS but I vehemently disagree with the latter 2. You're just seeing numbers but not applying those numbers to use and value and then on top of that there are other factors you're not considering such as new market entry, market entry adjustment and comparing similar budgeted movies that offer less than what the latest Bond movies offer.

    Regarding SP, it's too early to really say though because the real testament will be sorted in the editing room.
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    QOS SF and SP have cost way too much, anyone who doesn't see that is in denial and can't bear the truth.

    But what is "cost too much". Really, it can be both a disadvantage as well as an asset. In the case of "Avengers 2" the $340 Million production budget eventually didn't hurt the film.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    QOS SF and SP have cost way too much, anyone who doesn't see that is in denial and can't bear the truth.

    But what is "cost too much". Really, it can be both a disadvantage as well as an asset. In the case of "Avengers 2" the $340 Million production budget eventually didn't hurt the film.

    Yes, but Avengers AOU was a sure bet, it was like 110% certain it would make 1.5 billion
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    QOS SF and SP have cost way too much, anyone who doesn't see that is in denial and can't bear the truth.

    But what is "cost too much". Really, it can be both a disadvantage as well as an asset. In the case of "Avengers 2" the $340 Million production budget eventually didn't hurt the film.

    Yes, but Avengers AOU was a sure bet, it was like 110% certain it would make 1.5 billion

    But it didn't. "Avengers 2" grossed $ 1.4 Billion. $ 120 Million less than the first "Avengers".

    Basically everyone predicted that film on 1st or 2nd spot behind or before "Star Wars". But most pundits underestimated "Furious 7" and "Jurassic World". It's very interesting to see that the Marvel brand did very good this year, but not as phenomenal as everyone predicted beforehand.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    In hindsight, Jurassic World was a shoe-in, as it brought back all the nostalgia from a time when films really pulled in audiences (inflation- adjusted). Star Wars similarly is going to really destroy everything for the same reason.

    Furious 7 is the joke of the year for me. I find it embarrassing that this film is even in the top 5 (especially given it's not 3D). There's no accounting for tastes, it seems.

    I'm not surprised by Avengers....it really was no where near as good as the first one. Marvel will inevitably come up with something great, but I wonder if some of the 'shine' is wearing off.

    Similarly, I was not that impressed with the Batman/Superman trailer which I saw in the theatre. I'm sure that film will do well next year, but maybe not as well as everyone predicts.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    I think Joss Whedon is overrated and although to be fair to him he did an incredible job with the first Avengers, he was way in over his head with Avengers 2.

    The next huge ensemble comic book cast tgat I have the most faith in is the upcoming Captain America film which interestingly enough is going to be bigger than both Avengers movies in cast and in BO returns and it'll also debut Marvel's signature hero, spider-man. The Russo brothers know what they're doing.
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    I expected MI5 to grows much bigger
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @bondjames, 'Furious 7' was fun, I won't lie. The movie gives you what you expect, which is all-out entertainment. I'm sure it was so big because of Walker's untimely passing, and it being his last 'Fast & Furious' movie. I don't even begin to think about how much money that movie made when it comes to trying to comprehend why 'Jurassic World' is now the third highest grossing movie of all time. Ever. In history. Blows my mind.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    @Creasy47, I think Jurassic World was all about nostalgia, and a good hearty scare. I think people wanted to jump out of their seats again (it's been a long while since a film did that) and it delivered. Last yr's Godzilla (and many of the monster/alien invasion films of recent years) have failed to do that. I enjoyed it as mindless fun and the nostalgia effect was huge for me. It brilliantly recalled the first one....I felt like I'd seen it before and better, but was constantly reminded of that mind blowing first time feeling while in the theatre.....enough time had passed that I did not directly compare it to Spielberg's great first one.

    I guess I am being too hard on Furious 7, it's just that I don't think it's anywhere as good as F5 or the first one.....but I get the feelings for Walker. When they started dressing up in tux's, trying to be all Bondian refined and all (with CGI that would make DAD proud), it just fell flat for me. They are street racers, and I always felt they should stick to that. I am being hard on it though....I know.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @bondjames, the film most certainly took a much different turn when it came to the fifth film - I loved it, and I loved the sixth one even more. It's pure entertainment. The seventh one wasn't as good as its two predecessors, but I still enjoyed it, even though it does get a bit too crazy at times, even for the world of F&F.
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