Robocop malfunctions at the box office

You're the 1st Person REED's EVER Heard Refer to "Lone Ranger" as Successful...

 

Anthony, please lets not go there again: a movie NEEDS to make DOUBLE its budget just to break even and on top on that is the millions spend on marketing. Lone Ranger was a BOMB worldwide no matter how you look at it.

And these remakes were considered box office fiascos:

Jack the Giant Slayer
Old Boy
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Delivery Man
We Are What We Are
The Lone Ranger
Much Ado About Nothing
The Bling Ring

 

I wouldn't say it needs to double at least not when it has a budget like that. But to call this a success is something not even the media spokesperson of the studio would do. ::

 

Jack The Giant Slayer is a remake of 1963 'Jack The Giant Killer'


Walter Mitty cost over $90 million with another $30-$40 million in marketing. Not exactly a success.
The Delivery Man had a budget of $26 million plus like $10-$15 million in marketing. It only made $30 million
The Bling Ring was a remake of the 2011 Lifetime tv movie
The fact that the Oldboy remake sucked doesn't erase the fact that it was a remake that bombed badly.

Are you ready for the Scarface remake?
http://screencrush.com/scarface-remake-david-yates/

 

Two movies about the same subject matter does not make the 2nd one a remake of the first.

That being said, I absolutely hate that these idiotic twats had two movies dedicated to their incompetent, overblown "exploits".

 

Lone Ranger... including the marketing Disney lost around 150 mio Dollar on this one.

 

What bullshit numbers you think the marketing costs are exagerrated?

if you go by this link, every other movie would be a failure, too if Harry Potter was one. What I meant is Lone Ranger is a failure based on the gigantic budget und the percentage wise less than spectacular plus it did worldwide and taking into consideration the huge amount they spend on marketing.

 

If they were not remaking it, they should have chosen a different title.

 

I agree the number is hard to believe. And I believe that they want us to think they are doing worse than what they are. But even if you think that the marketing costs were much less, I wouldn't call Lone Ranger a success.

 

Yeah I'd like to know how much the rentals achieve compared to the theatre numbers on average. Plus if a movie makes a certain number in the cinemas how much do the studios get from that - I mean the theatres need to pay for staff and equipment and so on. and the numbers we see on imdb are only the ticket price * sold tickets so you probably can't just calculate those numbers minus production costs, can you?