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LYC: Based on the box office now, I think the media got too excited to claim "John Carter" the biggest bomb in years

Posted by MDH (aka MDH) Apr 16 '12, 10:24

I mean the budget is supposed to be $250 plus another $100 or so in marketing/prints. The movie has made $269M worldwide so far, and say it ends with $275. With TV revenue, DVDs, etc, I think they come out pretty even. It's definitely not a hit, and nowhere near the breakout that they hoped it would be, but I don't think this classifies it as the bomb of the decade. Hello Mars needs Moms.

I know someone linked an article where the author talked about the best and worst cases, and that at worst they lose something like $53M and at best they make $50M. I think it may be a wash.

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I think Disney's $200m charge in Q1 for John Carter says all we need to know. -- nm - spamlet Apr 16, 10:32
I'd say it's the biggest huge budgeted bomb in a very long time. - Inigo Apr 16, 10:32
Overseas revenue collection is only about 20% of ticket sales. Studios champion these numbers to keep the stock from suffering. - David Apr 16, 10:27 1
- Huh interesting, thanks. -- nm - MDH Apr 16, 10:28

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