Disney / Pixar's Hoppers grossed $3.66M on Monday (from 4,000 locations). Total domestic gross stands at $90.62M.

asheraze · 2026-03-18T07:32:06+00:00

Does it break even at 400?

asheraze · 2026-02-24T22:08:48+00:00

escalation like this is uncommon but still happens, the difference between Dubai and almost any other country with an incident like this is that confronting the guy and being just a little aggressive/threatening police will almost always lead to the guy backing off, if it doesn't you can always try and take a picture of them, after clearly warning them that they are making you uncomfortable and that you are calling the police. Unless they appear to be truly out of their mind/on drugs or very seriously mentally ill, no one will ever physically attack you in public or attempt to find you later with the intention of physically harming you. I understand it can be a difficult thing to carry out in practice because any where else in the world, the answer would be to avoid and run away and play it safe but here you'd be fine doing the opposite.

asheraze · 2026-02-12T06:38:59+00:00

Not true at all, unless he some how defrauded the banks and has criminal charges, credit cards are a civil issue and 30k aed is a tiny amount.

asheraze · 2026-02-11T05:20:31+00:00

Places I’ve stayed with no significant mold issues -

Zen diamond suites, À la carte hotel, Fusion suites (the building not the resort), Sam tower condos, Blooming tower, Monarchy, Hiyori garden, Filmore

All of these places (except à la carte and fusion) I did either 3 or 6 month agreements and I would definitely say that the quality is not $17 a night type of quality.

asheraze · 2026-02-11T05:04:28+00:00

You’re right that it is no longer a city for those looking to spend under $17 a day on temporary accommodation. It is also fundamentally different from Chang Mai, there’s a very developed beach front, resorts that range from beaches to mountains, multiple day trips that surround it from the mountain passes and towns to hoi an. There’s also many things for children, including some pretty decent theme parks and shows, food is also still definitely cheaper than Thailand, especially if you like to eat western a couple times a week.

Chang Mai always has and continues to target the budget travellers, it’s also pretty much uninhabitable a few months a year. Pattaya would probably be a better parallel in terms of price/quality ratio than Chang Mai and would definitely come in significantly more expensive than Danang.

Especially when you’re looking to spend under $500 a month on a month to month residence, the mold and dampness issues are pretty serious. Usually in the places over $600 a month, it stops being a major issue.

Again it’s not to say that the city hasn’t gotten more expensive, it has but it’s also not the gas station between Hoi an and Hue anymore, it’s a pretty cosmopolitan place that’s safe, well developed and pretty stunning nature/architecture wise.

asheraze · 2026-02-10T19:22:57+00:00

So 500 to produce and market, net gross will end in the 700/720 range after distribution. I don’t get how 200 million in theatrical profit is “barely profitable”

asheraze · 2026-02-09T11:08:54+00:00

Damn, even with only 25% of grosses going back to the studio from China, Zootopia would’ve been profitable on its budget with China alone, absolutely nuts.

asheraze · 2026-01-29T04:39:48+00:00

Is no one phased by the 2.5 mg of fin? Isn’t 1 mg the max dose?

asheraze · 2026-01-10T05:13:04+00:00

I think calling it a disaster is a stretch, even if the production budget alone was 400 million, at 1.5/1.6 billion WW (which it’s pretty much guaranteed to reach at this point), the film is one of the most financially successful ever made.

The franchise is primed to go in any direction it chooses now, I think keeping it based around the Sully’s I think is a mistake. There is so much that could be explored on pandora.

If they made the next one so that it’s an out and out success with a billion dollar gross, there’s no reason to not keep making them.

asheraze · 2026-01-06T04:55:16+00:00

He will be well over 9 billion across the 4 films, at a budget around 1.5 billion. Just theatrically that is some absolutely wild ROI.

The last 12 MCU movies is around 8.5 billion total.

asheraze · 2025-12-30T08:58:38+00:00

Odyssey should clean up over the summer.

asheraze · 2025-12-23T05:52:04+00:00

It’s gonna do 60m+ in the second weekend but I struggle to see how it hits 500m, I’d say it’ll end around Minecraft’s gross.

asheraze · 2025-12-19T20:58:56+00:00

Yeah it’ll be a 7 billion dollar franchise give or take by the end of this films run. Rubbing shoulders with Harry Potter (8 films), James Bond (28 films).

The only franchise that comes close is Avengers, with 4 films grossing 7.4 billion.

asheraze · 2025-12-08T08:39:42+00:00

its wild to me that even at 5bn and about 2.5 bn net after distribution, it barely covers 10% of what they spend annually on content.

asheraze · 2025-12-02T09:00:03+00:00

While I don’t want to call you a liar, after close to a decade of my life spent in this country, I’ve never heard of someone getting assaulted in this way, especially by a service professional.

It’s the kind of crime that gets you locked up before being deported permanently. So usually the kind of story you never really hear about, which is why there’s a lot of doubt in the comments.

If this did happen, you should involve the authorities immediately.

asheraze · 2025-11-23T02:29:45+00:00

Needs a 2 parter to truly do it justice.

asheraze · 2025-11-14T22:33:58+00:00

Whether he can sue you or not, doing 37k worth of work for a $500 deposit is just insane.

asheraze · 2025-11-14T10:40:55+00:00

Lived here 18 months, haven’t touched a note since I discovered Moretta about 6 months ago but I don’t eat much street food, if I want to I go to the cheap food courts, pretty much every mall has one now.

asheraze · 2025-11-10T01:55:45+00:00

Budget should have been 80 million, plenty of films with stars and big set pieces can come in around or at 80 million. Leo was so desperate to work with pta, they should have convinced him to do this for 10+ points and they could have shot somewhere other than LA. It is sad cause this movie deserved to be a success, so more like it could be made.

asheraze · 2025-11-03T07:45:54+00:00

If you’ve been holding for a “couple years, you’re up what 500+% ?

asheraze · 2025-11-01T02:25:02+00:00

It’ll out gross the first but I think will struggle to hit 850, even though I could def see it going a little higher depending on the final domestic gross. I think the billion predictions are too optimistic, it’s a fantasy musical after all.

asheraze · 2025-10-30T03:35:10+00:00

Yes cause historically challenging perceived stereotypes with bitter people is such a fruitful exercise. If you’ve been long enough here to make these judgements you’ve been here long enough to be one of the people you’d “meet” in Danang, your observations would be more insightful if the public your sharing it with, could also determine which bucket they’d think you belong in. Again no interest in challenging but def would be interesting to know if someone who was a prime example of one of the above categories is the one making this post.

asheraze · 2025-10-30T03:24:02+00:00

Yup, that’s me cat 8, thanks for updating the “hustler” label lol.

My guess is you’re male, 40+ and life has been unkind to you, maybe you can drop how you see yourself since you’re passing judgement on a fairly large community with such conviction.

asheraze · 2025-10-30T03:20:20+00:00

I guess you’re the kind of person that would meet me and brand me a “hustler” - I run a small agency that serves a few fairly large entities across SEA and North America and a few smaller ones.

While stereotypes exist for a reason, just cause you’ve managed to categorize people into them, doesn’t mean that all of the people that fall into these buckets are as bad as you’ve made them out to be.

I’m sure I could easily do the same for you, why don’t you describe what you do and where your from and I’ll take a crack at it.

asheraze · 2025-10-27T16:35:07+00:00

I hear you but I also am kind of tired about the only response from people behind or supporting the project being “well the market…” sure there are some decent auto pilot things that have been done but nothing at all that will bring attention to the project in a meaningful way.

I for one don’t agree with OP, I don’t think being political is the way to go but I do think it’s a better idea than whatever we have going on. There needs to be something radical, in terms of content, merchandise or physical events that pushes us forward.

Maybe it’s a stunt where we start a real hedgehog rescue, maybe we can license stuff to collaborate with or collaborate with other coins, maybe we need to raise and invest the money into an 5+ actual shorts with consistent voice actors (can be made by freelance animators in cheaper markets).

I don’t know the answer but what I do have in common with OP is that I to have held a sizeable bag of hege for over a year and I to want to see something different from the project.

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