binary solo said:
Conventional wisdom says the box office gross needs to be almost double the production budget for the studio to make a profit from the theatrical release. If it doesn't make that then it's reliant on DVD/BR sales and rentals to be profitable. PoP needs to make $400 million worldwide to make money. From a box office only perspective PoP is the PS3 of VG movies: over priced (high budget), making a loss (at the box office) and reliant on peripherals to make money (DVD/BR sales & rentals, and merchandising (if there's any to be had)). Whereas other VG adaptations have been like the Wii: cheap to make and profitable because of it. Why did they make 3 Resident Evil movies when the first 2 had mediocre box office performances and pretty crappy reviews? Because despite only doing below average at the box office the budgets were even lower so they all made a modest profit from the theatrical release and hence the DVD/BR sales were cherries on the top. Though I think Extinction was the highest budget movie so while also highest grossing worldwide may have been the least profitable. |
I'm pretty sure it will reach above 350$ million.
