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08-17-2009, 06:03 PM | #181 |
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see they need to have one main source for the box offices as the WW made was not at 120mil. not sure where you got that from.
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08-17-2009, 06:06 PM | #182 |
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On that premise, it's stick a fork in it then...Don't know about u guys, but the stores can't even seem to give away ROC merchandise over here. I have yet to see anyone even look really look at it, as the pegs are overflowing with product day after day.
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08-17-2009, 06:17 PM | #183 |
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08-17-2009, 06:34 PM | #184 |
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08-17-2009, 06:41 PM | #185 |
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This movie performance thus far is mediocre at best. It has a long way to go before the studio breaks even. While not an outright flop the money spent vs the money that cam in at this point is not the most encouraging from the business standpoint. Yes in the long run the film will pay for itself but I would not be surprised if the sequel will happen anytime soon. They pumped the hell out of the advertising and it seemed to be a mixed bag. The DVD will truly decide the sequels fate.
What's the overseas tally? If that was close to domestic than that may off set thing. All the non Joe fans who saw the film gave a thumbs down so word of mouth seems to be hurting this flick. We shall see this Xmas when the DVD hits. One thing for sure is the toy sales seems to be drastically slowing up. The sale at my local Targets did not make the dent I thought it would. There was also a thread about ROC figure sales and how its remained steady at Targets but thats an average and not all areas are the same.
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08-17-2009, 06:50 PM | #186 |
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We had a guy from Target here give the sales numbers, and not only is it selling well, but more importantly it's continuing to do well. Since only collectors were buying 25th Ann line, everyone (including the scalpers) would clear everything out right away. As a result, people here think that if it's not gone in a week it's a fail. That's not the way lines aimed at the gen pop work, guys.
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08-17-2009, 07:00 PM | #187 |
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We had a guy from Target here give the sales numbers, and not only is it selling well, but more importantly it's continuing to do well. Since only collectors were buying 25th Ann line, everyone (including the scalpers) would clear everything out right away. As a result, people here think that if it's not gone in a week it's a fail. That's not the way lines aimed at the gen pop work, guys.
I have no idea how much of this line is moving in and out as all that I can tell you is that it is EVERYWHERE with little change anytime I pop into the stores ...but when this stuff is rotting on the shelves along with countless other lines in one month..two months....three months and so on, get back to me... When you walk into a store and see the SAME stuff in the SAME location filled to the brim month after month thats hardly success. Sorry, but I don't see any long term success with this. Just my personal opinion as I see too many similarities here with similar situations of the past. One thing that is CERTAIN though...if it is selling *no matter to what amount* as usual Hasbro grossly overestimated and made WAY too much...There's no way that demand is keeping up with the supply or ever will for that matter. |
08-17-2009, 07:08 PM | #188 |
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My stores up here in the lonely NE of NH are constantly selling at a brisk pace. I go in one day and find the pegs 1/2 empty or near empty and go back the next day and they're full again.
But that's up here. We never had that much 25th/ME stuff. Got plenty of the RoC stuff. I got everything I want, almost, now just waiting for the Wal-Mart 2 packs.
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08-17-2009, 07:10 PM | #189 |
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(Forgive me if this point was made earlier.)
Something to consider is that a studios' profit doesn't hinge all on one movie. I've read somewhere (so feel free to take that for what it's worth) that some movies don't need to make back all the money that went into them, as long as they make up a certain percent. Movies that do well, like Star Trek and Transformers, can help other movies from the studio that might not make up all of the production budget.
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08-17-2009, 07:13 PM | #190 |
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$175m + $150m = $325m then the BO sales would have to be $325m x 1.8 = $585m So far this year only 3 films have taken above that: Harry Potter, Transformers and Ice Age 3 So if the marketing budget was $150m, and the production budget $175, then someone was being unrealistic. It makes me think the whole '$150m' for marketing is way off. |
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