Anyone seen Avatar?

[bakemeacookie]

avatar was released on a really shitty weekend. week before christmas...seriously?
and the promotion for it wasn't not done right.

but to say don't expect an avatar 2 is retarded. you don't know how the film will do internationally or if box office sales might be steady as opposed to heavily sloped.

and i doubt the producers of the movie are using "new moon" as their basis for comparison. Especially since that POS movie built its brand through books and a really crappy movie before that. So no, that's a shitty comparison. lol. in business,it's about YOUR bottom line, not someone elses

seriously, GTFOH

Do you know what profit is? It's all about benjamins yo. Even if it made as much money as twilight (i doubt) - twilight will still make 5x more profit cuz it cost way less.

End of the day: Do you want to be a avatar producer or a twilight producer? Which will allow you to buy your own island?

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[nangiggles]

I was gonna see it yesterday (husband and his friend wanted, his gf and I where tagging along) but we ended up playing all night with my brother's Wii... I'd like to say I dodged a bullet, but am not that sure....

 

[75th]

Do you know what profit is? It's all about benjamins yo. Even if it made as much money as twilight (i doubt) - twilight will still make 5x more profit cuz it cost way less.

End of the day: Do you want to be a avatar producer or a twilight producer? Which will allow you to buy your own island?

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What does that have to do with Avacor being an alleged "flop?"

And lol @ talking about "profit" in Hollywood when technically on paper Forrest Gump is still listed as a flop.

If only the writers in Hollywood were half as creative as the accountants.

 

[calveless wonder]

What does that have to do with Avacor being an alleged "flop?"

And lol @ talking about "profit" in Hollywood when technically on paper Forrest Gump is still listed as a flop.

If only the writers in Hollywood were half as creative as the accountants.

you forget who you're talking to

 

[bakemeacookie]

What does that have to do with Avacor being an alleged "flop?"

And lol @ talking about "profit" in Hollywood when technically on paper Forrest Gump is still listed as a flop.

If only the writers in Hollywood were half as creative as the accountants.

Silly Entertainnment Tonight brainwashed man!

Flop = (money invested - money returned) = profit / expectation.

go read the dailies if u want to be more educated. i'm not goign to explain basic movie finance to you if ur laughable view of movie profits is simply "Hey $70M! Everyone's driving ferraris and living in mansions now I bet!".

Whatever the reason - avatar will barely squeek out a profit if it even does. The days of studios making massive profits from big huge movies are over - it's the new moon's, hangovers, sex in the city and paranormal acitivies low-budget, high-return movies that are keeping the studios in business, paying peopels paychecks and allowing movies like avatar to be made in the first place.

and stop listening to what cnn says.

http://www.slate.com/id/2124078/

Once upon a time—before the TV and VCR—studios earned virtually all their profits from a single source: the theater's box office. Nowadays, in the new Hollywood, the world box office is a money loser: In 2004, the studios lost an estimated $2.22 billion on the $7.4 billion they took in from the box office.

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[nangiggles]

Is this movie supposed to be based on the series Avatar? If so they fail.... earth benders are not blue weird creatures....

 

[75th]

Flop = (money invested - money returned) = profit / expectation.

go read the dailies if u want to be more educated. it's not my job to explain basic finance to you on the internet.

Whatever the reason - avatar will barely squeek out a profit if it even does. The days of studios making massive profits from big huge movies are over - it's the new moon's, hangovers, sex in the city and paranormal acitivies that are keeping the studios in business, paying peopels paychecks and allowing movies like avatar to be made.

and stop listening to what cnn says.

Hollywood's profits, demystified. - By Edward Jay Epstein - Slate Magazine

Jesus.

Avatar is officially the #1 December opening of all time. It did $250 million internationally over the weekend. This does NOT include territories like Japan (where it will make a shitload), China, and a large portion of Europe.

Assuming the budget (with marketing) was between the unofficial numbers of $300-400 million, no matter how you look at it both Fox and Cameron are sitting pretty right now.

Any movie that makes back 80% of it's total cost PLUS marketing in 1 weekend is not a flop.



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[bakemeacookie]

Jesus.

Avatar is officially the #1 December opening of all time. It did $250 million internationally over the weekend. This does NOT include territories like Japan (where it will make a shitload), China, and a large portion of Europe.

Assuming the budget (with marketing) was between the unofficial numbers of $300-400 million, no matter how you look at it both Fox and Cameron are sitting pretty right now.

Any movie that makes back 80% of it's total cost PLUS marketing in 1 weekend is not a flop.



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STOP READING CNN!!!! THAT CRAP IS WRITTEN BY PUBLICISTS FOR YOU DODOHEADS!!!

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[75th]

Feel free to link where on CNN it says what I posted.

Also, feel free to explain in detail how Avatar is a flop, as you've suggested.

 

[RottenWillow]

STOP READING CNN!!!! THAT CRAP IS WRITTEN BY PUBLICISTS FOR YOU DODOHEADS!!!

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Language, Supernav. Thanks in advance.