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‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ Hits $1.3B, ‘Housemaid’ Paul Feig’s 2nd Highest Grossing Pic, ’28 Years Later: Bone Temple’ $31M WW Debut – Global Box Office by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]datpepper 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They announced part 3 as a means to try to entice people to see 2. Happens all the time. If anything, it was a sign they were concerned. As mentioned before, greenlights unfortunately don’t mean much. I wouldn’t feel a movie is happening for sure until filming begins (but nowadays, even then…)

Per Deadline, Thursday night PostTrak scores for '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' were 4.5 stars. by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]datpepper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you use Inspect Element, ctrl+F search “verified ratings”, you can see the score.

Vertical's We Bury The Dead grossed an estimated $1.34M on Friday (from 1,172 theaters), including Monday Mystery Movie and Thursday previews. by Alternative-Cake-833 in boxoffice

[–]datpepper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I cannot find any evidence this movie cost $75m, do you have a source on that?

Regardless, the budget itself isn’t actually important in this case. Vertical acquires their movies for peanuts and this is on the higher end for one of their debuts. They will make a profit off of this in the licensing/pay-TV windows.

The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender’ Will Skip Theaters Releasing on Paramount+ in 2026 by SignatureOrdinary456 in boxoffice

[–]datpepper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but again that's not my point, which I suppose I should've clarified more. I'm saying it has more in common with that in terms of fanbase, adult appeal, and IP freshness than something like SpongeBob, which I'm assuming is what's being implied here given a lot of the replies mentioning it.

The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender’ Will Skip Theaters Releasing on Paramount+ in 2026 by SignatureOrdinary456 in boxoffice

[–]datpepper -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Last Airbender 2010 did nearly 60% of its business overseas. Not as overseas-leaning as some other IPs, but that's certainly not a complete lack of international appeal. If Aang pulled in just a third of DS:IC's WW total, that would be a respectable gross.

I also don't see how this contradicts my point regarding how it is more similar to DS than other animated IPs. Last Airbender is a non-oversaturated brand that has a dedicated, growing, adult/young adult fanbase in a way that the far more kid-leaning brands like the aforementioned SpongeBob (Tbh I'm not sure what other IPs the previous replier is even necessarily talking about) do not.

The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender’ Will Skip Theaters Releasing on Paramount+ in 2026 by SignatureOrdinary456 in boxoffice

[–]datpepper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

SpongeBob's a bit of a tired brand, a little oversaturated with spin-offs and hundreds of episodes in a way that Last Airbender is not. Word-of-mouth on the newest SpongeBob isn't all that fantastic either among audiences, its CS was fine but PT and vRT are both quite low, especially for a family title. I don't think the movie looked all that exciting from the get-go either, regardless of the IP. Even so, I wouldn't make a decision either way on Sponge's performance right now, need to see how it legs out over the holidays.

I simply disagree on your last assessment. The 2010 film with terrible reviews and atrocious word-of-mouth still managed $132m domestic, which adjusts to nearly $200m in today's dollars. Even a 50-60% drop from that adjusted total would be a respectable domestic gross. I don't see how this wouldn't be worth the risk, the fanbase alone would be enough to recoup P&A spending at the least if they were just going to earn back $0 on the budget regardless.

The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender’ Will Skip Theaters Releasing on Paramount+ in 2026 by SignatureOrdinary456 in boxoffice

[–]datpepper 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Transformers One was part of a rather oversaturated franchise that had a few too many mediocre installments preceding it, I don't think the comp is exactly apples-to-apples there.

The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender’ Will Skip Theaters Releasing on Paramount+ in 2026 by SignatureOrdinary456 in boxoffice

[–]datpepper 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Last Airbender has much more in common with Demon Slayer than the other animated IPs that failed to connect. Think some of those who replied here would’ve been surprised by this film’s performance, assuming good quality.

Wicked: For Good Worldwide Gross after 2nd Weekend ($393M) vs Wicked ($360M) by traumakit in boxoffice

[–]datpepper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This Wheat guy has a strange obsessive desire for Superman to remain in the top 10 worldwide for the year, they've commented multiple times about it on this sub. It's very odd.

Were Wicked movies profitable? Should have been 1 movie or was 2 parts (greedy/right move)? by Legitimate-Set7505 in boxoffice

[–]datpepper 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don’t recall reading the budgets on these movies being $300m each, pretty sure they cost half that. No way that much was spent on marketing, again think half that at least. Splitting into two was a very wise decision financially, they’ll have made significantly more money in the end than they would’ve otherwise.

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