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1 Jurassic World Uni.
2 Furious 7 Uni.
3 Avengers: Age of Ultron BV
4 Minions Uni.
5 Inside Out BV
6 Spectre
EDIT: No, I'm wrong. I think it's also only 2D.
Haha, well said.
So Spectre sits very comfortably within the first 7 as one of the two 2D films reaching north of 800 mill.
Maybe 4th highest grossing, in absolute figures terms, but certainly way down the list in profitability terms, unfortunately!
Time for Bond to pack his suitcase and jet off somewhere.
Yes, i've already had a look at the seating plan, for advanced bookings, to see SW7 at my nearest multiplex in the UK, and just about all the best seats are taken, for all the evening showings. Best time to go would be during an afternoon on a week day, if you want to get a seat to see the film before xmas. You now have to forget even thinking about going to an IMAX.
But you have to remember, that they don't actually need 650 to get even, because of all the fine money they got in advertising products. How I understand it, with Mexico etc, they got more then their fair share.
Comparing the "profitability" of Spectre to Dr.No and FRWL etc is apples and oranges. DN was made for literally, one million dollars. The industry has changed so much that budget comparisons from 50 years ago are meaningless. If they made Dr.No today with modern FX and action sequences, it would cost $200 million.
It'll end up making 3 and a half times its production budget. That is a massive success for any modern movie.
Yes, but that money was used to bring down the budget to somewhere around $245 m, the film actually cost $300 m +. It was all explained in articles by the film media, at SP's release. :)
http://pro.boxoffice.com/statistics/bo_numbers/daily/2015-12-15
Given the circumstances it shows just how impressive SF's performance in the UK actually was. Even SP's has been phenomenal by all accounts.
It's opening weekend isn't going to be anywhere near as important as it's staying power.
SF had legs and it kept on running.
True, but SW7 has the advantage that a lot of its tickets sales will be for expensive 3D viewings, and that is gonna make it easy for that film to accumulate a massive gross, very quickly.
If SW7 does leap frog SF, then Bond should still occupy the No.2 & 3 spots on the all-time list in the UK, sometime in the New Year.
Or they produce movies :)
[I mean some will judge only with respect to what the other did just before. The growth dictatorship...]
Anyhow it's funny IMO to see SP seems to have the same kind of box office as a 80s Roger Moore Bond (very high OS BO, but "only" top 10 material in the US). And yet 80s are often dissed here as a "low point" for box office... Even though we had one year with two Bond movies at the same time, both doing very fine ! Really, box office historical comparison is more than magic inflation adjustment...
But then, well after these figures from the leaks at a time where the shooting had not begun, we know that they had to stop the shooting for two weeks, after that some actors had to stay on the set to be ready to shoot in case they were opportunities in the rescheduled planning, and cancel their promos for other movies, the release date was seemingly postponed - IIRC there were earlier release dates in the leaks - which means that production and post-production facilities that were booked for some period had to be booked for more than expected and so on. I think the budget went higher than what was estimated.
No one is saying SP was not successful, a final gross of circa $850 mil, is fantastic, but the film had to make this huge sum of money, just to get its money back, plus some profit.
Remember, Sony only made $57 mil from SF. I do believe Babs & MGW made a nice load of dosh for themselves though.
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=263846
For SP, Sony and MGM had projected 200 million in North America and 500 million in the rest of the World, so 700 million worldwide was the target for them.
http://www.007magazine.co.uk/bond24/secrets_of_spectre1.htm
SP is losing 1,415 theaters this weekend, down 53.6%, and will now be playing at only 1,225 sites.
Current BO gross of film is $192,476,132
Film should still be able to crawl its way to $200 mil after the Xmas and NY holidays.
Fingers crossed.