World War Z The Surprise Hit of the Year??

[wangel00]

After 3 weeks at the box office it has made 370 Million Worldwide… with 150 Domestic (seems like 200 is very reachable)

Over 500 Million Worldwide is a lock at this point but how far can it go? IMO it will close its run with 580 million… I

Considering this was looking like one of the biggest flops of the year, with some websites prediction a gross of less then 250 million worldwide, and less then 100 domestic…it is doing very well… with rentals, sales and streaming rights it will add a huge profit… and a sequel is already in the works..

It seems like Johnny Depp has taken the Bullet that Brad Pitt dodged…Lone Ranger is tanking hard in the us.

Is anyone suprised at this?? Personally I thought it would be this years John Carter/Battleship


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[Wreckem]

It needs $500million worldwide to break even. That is why everyone said it was a flop.

 

[Eug]

I was convinced Lone Ranger would flop, but I thought WWZ would too. It wasn't necessarily an either/or scenario.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Given that The Walking Dead set a bunch of cable ratings records it's not too hard to see why WWZ is kicking ass at the box office. Zombies are hot right now.

 

[ProchargeMe]

I haven't seen it, but I will once it hits shelves. I thought superman was the hit movie this summer? I heard it was doing well, around 600+ million I believe?

 

[AKACyrano]

Other than zombies, which were to quick, it shared little with the book. Was still an enteraining flik none the less.

 

[Fritzo]

After 3 weeks at the box office it has made 370 Million Worldwide… with 150 Domestic (seems like 200 is very reachable)

Over 500 Million Worldwide is a lock at this point but how far can it go? IMO it will close its run with 580 million… I

Considering this was looking like one of the biggest flops of the year, with some websites prediction a gross of less then 250 million worldwide, and less then 100 domestic…it is doing very well… with rentals, sales and streaming rights it will add a huge profit… and a sequel is already in the works..

It seems like Johnny Depp has taken the Bullet that Brad Pitt dodged…Lone Ranger is tanking hard in the us.

Is anyone suprised at this?? Personally I thought it would be this years John Carter/Battleship


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Everyone on ATOT thinks every movie will flop.

 

[Fingolfin269]

It needs $500million worldwide to break even. That is why everyone said it was a flop.

Wow. I know we're talking 10-15 years ago but I believe the Lord of the Rings trilogy didn't even require that much across all three to break even.

 

[Dari]

It needs $500million worldwide to break even. That is why everyone said it was a flop.

Why would it need $500m to break even? Was the cost and distribution that expensive? Wouldn't that make it the most expensive movie in history?

 

[BUTCH1]

How long before the zombie gravy train runs out??.

 

[Fritzo]

How long before the zombie gravy train runs out??.

Zombies are the new vampires.

 

[Wreckem]

Why would it need $500m to break even? Was the cost and distribution that expensive? Wouldn't that make it the most expensive movie in history?

Production was allegedly over $200million. Advertising was over $100million. It had over $300million in costs. Gross = costs doesn't does not equal break even.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Production was over $200million. Advertising was over $100million. It had over $300million in costs. Gross = costs doesn't does not equal break even.

so just throw an extra couple of hundred mil in there in a break even analysis and call it a day?

 

[velillen]

Why would it need $500m to break even? Was the cost and distribution that expensive? Wouldn't that make it the most expensive movie in history?

I dont know the actual break downs but you have a lot going into that 500 million. Theres paying actor, film production, cgi, and well all the stuff you normally think of. Then there is advertising (huge), on tv, films, ect which can be quite expensive as well. Then like you said you have distribution which shouldnt be all that much for the theaters.

Im sure it had a high overhead just on the film portion. If spider man 2 cost 200million just for the film im sure this was up there too

 

[Meghan54]

After 3 weeks at the box office it has made 370 Million Worldwide… with 150 Domestic (seems like 200 is very reachable)

I'm confused. Everywhere I see WWZ was released June 21, which gives it 5 weekends in theatres, or 5 weeks, not 3, and entering its 6th week.

And I think WWZ is almost out of steam as it only took in $5.2M this past weekend.

I also think everyone is missing the real hit that's out there right now, although most here won't bother even acknowledging its existence---Despicable Me 2. Since its July 3 release date, it's had over $275M in domestic box office and almost $475M globally, beating everything so far except Man of Steel, which has had $285M domestically....but really almost out of legs as MoS only garnered $1.8M this past weekend while DM2 garnered $25.1M.

 

[Wreckem]

so just throw an extra couple of hundred mil in there in a break even analysis and call it a day?

No. The production company/studio who spent all the money doesn't get anywhere near all the gross. The distributors get their cut off the top. Then you have the theaters which their cut is typically a sliding scale that goes up each week. The $500million is the number that was thrown around by industry analysts. In any even the movie will be profitable. Not nearly as profitable as some other movies this year. And way better than the flops. Some of the flops had epic write downs in the $150-200million range.

WWZ just isnt a good movie though. No one I've talked to actually liked it.

 

[slightlyhuman]

liked WWZ.

walked out on lone ranger and i love depp.

 

[purbeast0]

lol wow so many of you got baited by this spammer with his fake sig caked into his first post.

 

[nageov3t]

How long before the zombie gravy train runs out??.

idk, I still feel like they're doing interesting things with zombie movies (unlike vampire movies, which at this point are all just the same thing)

 

[Dari]

lol wow so many of you got baited by this spammer with his fake sig caked into his first post.

Whether he was a spammer the topic was worthy of posting...

 

[Fritzo]

Whether he was a spammer the topic was worthy of posting...

Interesting spammers! WE'RE DOOMED!

 

[dud]

How much does a "regular", i.e. non-matinee ticket cost these days?

How much would you be willing to pay to see one of these movies? I ask because I agree and hope that the zombie gravy train is near an end. All are variations on a theme ...

 

[Jadow]

Production was allegedly over $200million. Advertising was over $100million. It had over $300million in costs. Gross = costs doesn't does not equal break even.

they split the gross with the theaters about 50/50 in the US, and overseas, the studios gets less than 50%.

They need to make about 5x costs to break even.

 

[nageov3t]

How much does a "regular", i.e. non-matinee ticket cost these days?

How much would you be willing to pay to see one of these movies? I ask because I agree and hope that the zombie gravy train is near an end. All are variations on a theme ...

they're monster movies, though, what do you really expect?

I'm sure eventually we'll recycle back through werewolves, mummies, frankenstein, and back to vampires again.

 

[MontyAC]

Everyone wants to see anything with zombies. Have they decided to make a sequel?