Bosco685 Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 At least Kate Mara laughs it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gatsby77 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Wow -- so, nearing the end of its theatrical run, this year's FF managed an (unadjusted) domestic total about equal to that of the first (2005) FF's film's opening weekend. Dang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted November 4, 2015 Author Share Posted November 4, 2015 Hopefully this drives home a point about taking these movies more serious. Fox Blames Revenues Fall On Fantastic Four Failure Fox saw a drop in its quarterly earnings for Q1, and much of the blame is being placed on Fantastic Four. The 20th Century’s Fox parent company saw revenue decrease by 6% to $6.08 billion. Profits were $678 million, down more than $1 billion from this quarter last year. Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four was meant to be Fox’s summer tent pole and reboot the flagging film franchise. It failed on all fronts, grossing less than $170 million worldwide and losing $80 million for the studio. Hopefully, Deadpool sets a new path for Fox movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Hopefully this drives home a point about taking these movies more serious. Fox Blames Revenues Fall On Fantastic Four Failure Fox saw a drop in its quarterly earnings for Q1, and much of the blame is being placed on Fantastic Four. The 20th Century’s Fox parent company saw revenue decrease by 6% to $6.08 billion. Profits were $678 million, down more than $1 billion from this quarter last year. Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four was meant to be Fox’s summer tent pole and reboot the flagging film franchise. It failed on all fronts, grossing less than $170 million worldwide and losing $80 million for the studio. Hopefully, Deadpool sets a new path for Fox movies. pushing forward on the sequel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatsby77 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 It make sense for Fox to hold on to the rights even if they end up not pursuing a sequel, to prevent any potential profit from the franchise accruing to Disney. Keep in mind, that was essentially why the first (Corman) FF film was made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted November 4, 2015 Author Share Posted November 4, 2015 It make sense for Fox to hold on to the rights even if they end up not pursuing a sequel, to prevent any potential profit from the franchise accruing to Disney. Keep in mind, that was essentially why the first (Corman) FF film was made. So very true. In 1983, German producer Bernd Eichinger met with Marvel Comics' Stan Lee at Lee's Los Angeles home to explore obtaining an option for a movie based on the Fantastic Four. The option was not available until three years later, when Eichinger's Neue Constantin film company obtained it for a price the producer called "not enormous" and which has been estimated to be $250,000. Despite some interest from Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures, budget concerns precluded any production, and with the option scheduled to expire on December 31, 1992, Neue Constantin asked Marvel for an extension. With none forthcoming, Eichinger planned to retain his option by producing a low-budget Fantastic Four film, reasoning, he said in 2005, "They didn't say I had to make a big movie." In September 1992, he teamed with B-movie specialist Roger Corman, who agreed to produce the film on a $1 million budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatsby77 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Just saying, if I were Fox, I'd gladly consider losing $80 million (which will be offset some by DVD/streaming, etc.) every 6-7 years if would help keep Disney (or any other rival) from potentially making $600 million off that same IP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLiamSturgess Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Just saying, if I were Fox, I'd gladly consider losing $80 million (which will be offset some by DVD/streaming, etc.) every 6-7 years if would help keep Disney (or any other rival) from potentially making $600 million off that same IP. Out of principal, maybe, but is that really a smart business move? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I still haven't seen this movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted November 4, 2015 Author Share Posted November 4, 2015 Just saying, if I were Fox, I'd gladly consider losing $80 million (which will be offset some by DVD/streaming, etc.) every 6-7 years if would help keep Disney (or any other rival) from potentially making $600 million off that same IP. Rather than doing something to spite Marvel due to the past negotiation breakdowns, I would hope Fox goes after making a better movie. The portfolio of characters wrapped up in the Fantastic Four franchise would keep them going for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvelcollector Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Just saying, if I were Fox, I'd gladly consider losing $80 million (which will be offset some by DVD/streaming, etc.) every 6-7 years if would help keep Disney (or any other rival) from potentially making $600 million off that same IP. Out of principal, maybe, but is that really a smart business move? Seems a bit like chopping off your nose to spite your face to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Just saying, if I were Fox, I'd gladly consider losing $80 million (which will be offset some by DVD/streaming, etc.) every 6-7 years if would help keep Disney (or any other rival) from potentially making $600 million off that same IP. Rather than doing something to spite Marvel due to the past negotiation breakdowns, I would hope Fox goes after making a better movie. The portfolio of characters wrapped up in the Fantastic Four franchise would keep them going for years. I agree. I believe the best move is to make a stellar movie that makes a bazillion dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 What a shame. He seems sincere in wanting the movie to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budsbundy Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Still waiting for this on Blue ray so I can hate on it from the comfort of my own home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 It make sense for Fox to hold on to the rights even if they end up not pursuing a sequel, to prevent any potential profit from the franchise accruing to Disney. Keep in mind, that was essentially why the first (Corman) FF film was made. But the point of any business is not only to prevent others from making money but it's for you to make money yourself. Fox currently is not succeeding in making money with the FF franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meeklo Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Still waiting for this on Blue ray so I can hate on it from the comfort of my own home. Why not download the copy off the internets...that way you're not hating on yourself for wasting money on it. Typically, I wouldn't publicly advocate downloading like this but this movie kinda had it coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandGothic Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Still waiting for this on Blue ray so I can hate on it from the comfort of my own home. Why not download the copy off the internets...that way you're not hating on yourself for wasting money on it. Typically, I wouldn't publicly advocate downloading like this but this movie kinda had it coming! I buy a lot of movies, but I see no need in owning this one for behind-the-scenes stuff on this one. You're not gonna get an honest commentary from anybody involved in this movie either for a decade or two anyway. One of my favorite bad-funnybook commentaries of these was Joel Schumacher's one for Batman & Robin. "I did it for the money... Toymakers had control of the -script... Rushed into production after Batman Forever turned into a hit... Money... George was a great Batman... $$$ Almost a billion in merhandising... Mo' money... Not the best movie... Money!!!" You wouldn't get that kind of retrospective on new ones like Terminator or ASM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davenport Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Watched it just to see, and being mainly a DC fan I could keep an open mind. It was weird. Like whatever it is that makes Fantastic Four fun and worth doing was stripped out. Reed ran off for a year. Ben was a Thing of few words. Sue was a humorless ice queen. And Johnny was whatever, a fiery add-on. The best part of the story was when Reed and Ben were kids. And traveling dimensions was interesting. But man, any 'group dynamic' was non-existent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 I watched *cough illegally downloaded cough* it last night & I generally agree with Davenport here. Everything that could have been fun or interesting or really made these 4 people feel like they were anything beyond 4 strangers that got stuck in a room at the same time was gone. I kept waiting for the actual plot to start & it just kinda... didn't? And dear sweet jesus on a pogo stick did Doom look even worse in this movie than he did in either of the Tim Story movies. It almost feels like Fox is intentionally getting Doom to look as least Doom-like as possible every time. And why do they keep making him do something with electricity in all these movies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
