comicjack Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Why is everyone surprised it was a decent movie more than you get nowadays from most movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Namor Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Because: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 That one had more stink than a week old turd They wrecked a great property in the name of greed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdoginohio Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 It's astounding what this movie has done... Astonishing. Didn't you already use that avatar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Why is everyone surprised it was a decent movie more than you get nowadays from most movies Everyone is saying they are surprised this was a decent movie? If everyone.... that means you too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comicopolis Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 It's astounding what this movie has done... Astonishing. Didn't you already use that avatar? More than likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBT Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Why is everyone surprised it was a decent movie more than you get nowadays from most movies i dont think very many people are surprised. Many saw it as doing exactly what was expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBT Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Because: Fox is like DC, clueless, and thats got nothing to do with MCU movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comic_memories Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Your right, they are clueless. Its our loss. Its good to see how well this has been received in China. This has become another HUGE hit for the Disney/Marvel team.Considering it had such a small budget its actually one of their biggest hits and will probably just miss making the top ten grossing list of 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjrjr Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Your right, they are clueless. Its our loss. Its good to see how well this has been received in China. This has become another HUGE hit for the Disney/Marvel team.Considering it had such a small budget its actually one of their biggest hits and will probably just miss making the top ten grossing list of 2015 It's production budget is only $10 to $20 million less than most of the 1st phase Marvel movies. And we don't know what the marketing budget was, but my guess is it was larger than most of those 1st phase movies. In the end, my guess is Ant Man cost about the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Your right, they are clueless. Its our loss. Its good to see how well this has been received in China. This has become another HUGE hit for the Disney/Marvel team.Considering it had such a small budget its actually one of their biggest hits and will probably just miss making the top ten grossing list of 2015 It's production budget is only $10 to $20 million less than most of the 1st phase Marvel movies. And we don't know what the marketing budget was, but my guess is it was larger than most of those 1st phase movies. In the end, my guess is Ant Man cost about the same. I don't know about that. Once you adjust for inflation those other movies would cost much more to make today. They did a great job of reining in the budget yet producing a high quality product with Antman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBT Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 yes, ant-man kept things small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 yes, ant-man kept things small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjrjr Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Your right, they are clueless. Its our loss. Its good to see how well this has been received in China. This has become another HUGE hit for the Disney/Marvel team.Considering it had such a small budget its actually one of their biggest hits and will probably just miss making the top ten grossing list of 2015 It's production budget is only $10 to $20 million less than most of the 1st phase Marvel movies. And we don't know what the marketing budget was, but my guess is it was larger than most of those 1st phase movies. In the end, my guess is Ant Man cost about the same. I don't know about that. Once you adjust for inflation those other movies would cost much more to make today. They did a great job of reining in the budget yet producing a high quality product with Antman. The other movies would cost more, but not that much. Considering the oldest Marvel phase I movie is The Incredible Hulk which came out in 2008. Only 7 years ago. It's not like inflation has been high these past few years. The reason Ant Man's marketing budget is most likely more is because of the Chinese market. That market has opened up in a big way in the past few years. But, marketing is needed over there just like it is needed here. And marketing costs are not cheap. How well would the initial phase I movies have done if they had the same Chinese market that Ant Man has? I'm not saying Ant Man wasn't a hit for Marvel. It was. But I don't think it was any bigger of a hit than most of Marvel's movies and Bosco's numbers bear this out. And any idea that this "unknown" hero had an uphill battle to climb is nonsense. The Marvel Brand alone put butts in the seats which would make it easier for an initial Ant Man movie to make money than say an initial Captain America movie. In fact, any Marvel movie going forward will have that goodwill until Marvel makes a bad movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Your right, they are clueless. Its our loss. Its good to see how well this has been received in China. This has become another HUGE hit for the Disney/Marvel team.Considering it had such a small budget its actually one of their biggest hits and will probably just miss making the top ten grossing list of 2015 It's production budget is only $10 to $20 million less than most of the 1st phase Marvel movies. And we don't know what the marketing budget was, but my guess is it was larger than most of those 1st phase movies. In the end, my guess is Ant Man cost about the same. I don't know about that. Once you adjust for inflation those other movies would cost much more to make today. They did a great job of reining in the budget yet producing a high quality product with Antman. The other movies would cost more, but not that much. Considering the oldest Marvel phase I movie is The Incredible Hulk which came out in 2008. Only 7 years ago. It's not like inflation has been high these past few years. The reason Ant Man's marketing budget is most likely more is because of the Chinese market. That market has opened up in a big way in the past few years. But, marketing is needed over there just like it is needed here. And marketing costs are not cheap. How well would the initial phase I movies have done if they had the same Chinese market that Ant Man has? I'm not saying Ant Man wasn't a hit for Marvel. It was. But I don't think it was any bigger of a hit than most of Marvel's movies and Bosco's numbers bear this out. And any idea that this "unknown" hero had an uphill battle to climb is nonsense. The Marvel Brand alone put butts in the seats which would make it easier for an initial Ant Man movie to make money than say an initial Captain America movie. In fact, any Marvel movie going forward will have that goodwill until Marvel makes a bad movie. 100% in agreement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Namor Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 I don't know... does the average non-comic fan know the difference between Marvel studios and anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdoginohio Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 I don't know... does the average non-comic fan know the difference between Marvel studios and anyone else? What's funny is explaining to the average non-comic fan the MCU that I grew up with(characters, storylines, etc) and what Marvel has done to it on the big screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Hot Toys Reveals Paul Rudd's Face On Ant-Man Figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 And with that great little action figure treat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBT Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 I predicted way back that ant-man would make 500-750 Million, and the soft Ultron film took some steam out of its sails. Glad it still made it into my prediction window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
