Milanion wrote:
Because, as even you said, "worldwide" it earned about 25 times more than any other movie in the franchise.
Taco Bell, Trendmasters, whatever - that's not the movie. The movie is the movie. It was successful as a movie. It was the most successful of the Godzilla movies.
Milanion wrote:
Because, as even you said, "worldwide" it earned about 25 times more than any other movie in the franchise.
Taco Bell, Trendmasters, whatever - that's not the movie. The movie is the movie. It was successful as a movie. It was the most successful of the Godzilla movies.
AbsumZer0 wrote:Toho's most successful films typically cost around 10 million and earn 18-20 million, nearly twice what they spent on it and their low production costs mean lower investment risks.
AbsumZer0 wrote:The risk the investors took eventually paid off
AbsumZer0 wrote:It was a critical and financial flop and everyone but Tristar got hosed by it.
Milanion wrote:
You are trying to make a point by attempting to make irrelavant factors overshadow relevant factors.
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Milanion wrote:So 10 million profit is better than 150 million?
Milanion wrote:So again, you point out that the movie was successful. What happened as far a future investment in a sequel is irrelavant.
Milanion wrote:So the movie was a success for the company that made it, but that should be overshadowed by the bad profit margins experienced by third party merchandise licensors that had nothing to do with the actual movie itself?
You are trying to make a point by attempting to make irrelavant factors overshadow relevant factors
Ironhidensh wrote:Milanion wrote:
You are trying to make a point by attempting to make irrelavant factors overshadow relevant factors.
Of course. He's one of the ones running around trying to tell people that they arn't real Transformer fans if they like the new movie.
AbsumZer0 wrote:To an individual, no, but to a company, yes, because you're doubling your investment without the huge risk.
AbsumZer0 wrote:When you're producing major big-budget summer blockbuster and everyone whose put trust in your property gets screwed while you make a profit primarily because you demand an exceedingly large percentage of the box-office take in the first two weeks (after which nobody is going to see it anyway because of poor word-of-mouth) you've screwed-up.
AbsumZer0 wrote:They made their money but they screwed themselves and they're back to small-budget independent films because of Godzilla.
AbsumZer0 wrote:The movie was a financial success for the company that made it.
AbsumZer0 wrote:If you can't grasp the relevance of critical failure and the financial losses of the 2nd-party companies then you're probably the sort who still doesn't understand why a sequel was never made and thinks a Planet of the Apes sequel is going to be announced any day now.
Wigglez wrote:Just remember. The sword is an extension of your arm. Use it as if you're going to karate chop someone with your really long sharp ass hand.
Milanion wrote:
I'm the sort that knows when someone blindly wants something to be considered a "failure" for personal reasons, even when confronted with the basic facts. Since you refuse to accept facts which are relavant, I think I'm done with this one.
Shadowman wrote:American Godzilla made $379,014,294 worldwide, with a budget of $125 million.
Milanion wrote:None of those articles list or address any financial information other than the budget. Flop is used to describe the reviews, not the financials.
Try again.
Milanion wrote:Shadowman wrote:American Godzilla made $379,014,294 worldwide, with a budget of $125 million.
It's all right there. That's a $254,000,000 profit. Prove "that" as a financial failure.
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ffs people, if you have no clue what you are talking about then don't talk!
Wigglez wrote:Just remember. The sword is an extension of your arm. Use it as if you're going to karate chop someone with your really long sharp ass hand.
AbsumZer0 wrote:COMMERCIAL FAILURE. AS A WHOLE. AS IN IN REGARDS TO THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY.
Milanion wrote:AbsumZer0 wrote:COMMERCIAL FAILURE. AS A WHOLE. AS IN IN REGARDS TO THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY.
I hate to break it to you, but you still have no "proof" - just circumstantial evidence as before.
Get a calculator. Subtract $125 million from $379 million. The number you get is called net profit.
Guess what, a movie doesn't fail financially when it makes a $254 million dollar profit on it's investment of $125m.
Also, I guess I'll be the one to break it to you, a $254m profit is better than a $10m profit.
The fact that you can't seem to grasp either basic concept is amazing.
If a movie doesn't make more than it's budget, it's a financial flop.
Look up, that is not the case here - it's the complete opposite.
Time to move on.
Wigglez wrote:Just remember. The sword is an extension of your arm. Use it as if you're going to karate chop someone with your really long sharp ass hand.
AbsumZer0 wrote:If you regard every fact other than what the studio made as 'irrelevant', as you have. Meanwhile every industry analyst (people who, unlike you, actually make a living in the industry) have in hindsight taken all the factors you've deemed 'irrelevant' into account, like the fact that Tristar demanded a then-unheard of 80% of ticket sales for the first few weeks in the U.S. and other nations while ticket sales dropped 60% by the 2nd weekend, and almost universally declared the film a 'flop' or 'failure'. You can believe what you like but I personally feel they're more likely to know what it is they're talking about than some guy on a fan forum.
Trans4mers4ever wrote:you know, you can stop trying to prove that godzilla made a large profit at the box office, because nobody's denying it. the point absumzer0 is making is that, although it made a profit, it also significantly damaged tristar's credibility and power in the industry because it was so bad that nobody wanted the merchandise. as a result, the profit they made from the box office take on the film wasn't as much as they lost over the next few years because most big-time investors wouldn't come near them after that movie. hence, for tristar as well as everyone else concerned, the movie was a huge mistake.
to summarize, it was a financial success, but also proved to be a huge commercial flop. you guys are fighting two different arguments, and you're both right.
Milanion wrote:Trans4mers4ever wrote:you know, you can stop trying to prove that godzilla made a large profit at the box office, because nobody's denying it. the point absumzer0 is making is that, although it made a profit, it also significantly damaged tristar's credibility and power in the industry because it was so bad that nobody wanted the merchandise. as a result, the profit they made from the box office take on the film wasn't as much as they lost over the next few years because most big-time investors wouldn't come near them after that movie. hence, for tristar as well as everyone else concerned, the movie was a huge mistake.
to summarize, it was a financial success, but also proved to be a huge commercial flop. you guys are fighting two different arguments, and you're both right.
Sigh.
My point is that "Godzilla98" was financially successful. What "Tristar" did afterwards is irrelavant.
Done.
Milanion wrote:AbsumZer0 wrote:If you regard every fact other than what the studio made as 'irrelevant', as you have. Meanwhile every industry analyst (people who, unlike you, actually make a living in the industry) have in hindsight taken all the factors you've deemed 'irrelevant' into account, like the fact that Tristar demanded a then-unheard of 80% of ticket sales for the first few weeks in the U.S. and other nations while ticket sales dropped 60% by the 2nd weekend, and almost universally declared the film a 'flop' or 'failure'. You can believe what you like but I personally feel they're more likely to know what it is they're talking about than some guy on a fan forum.
I can only present the blatant facts so many times. If you can't accept them, that's fine, but I'm officially done wasting my time here.
Wigglez wrote:Just remember. The sword is an extension of your arm. Use it as if you're going to karate chop someone with your really long sharp ass hand.
Shadowman wrote:Okay, so all this means that it is wrong to like a movie?
That's where the discussion started.
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