US Box Office: Uncharted movie vs Halo movie

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pokoko said:

true_fan said:

Is this really a question, Uncharted isn't even a mainstream game. The WORLD knows who Master Chief is and only gamers knows who Nathan Drake is. According to this site, Uncharted doesn't even have a game that reaches 7 million in sales, that would put it 3rd on XBOX behind Halo and Gears.

Not to mention Halo has Forward Unto Dawn and Red vs. Blue on Netflix and tens of millions of views on youtube. Also the addiitional Halo merchandise with comics, books, toys, puzzles... type Halo in amazon and then type uncharted it's night in day. By page 2 for uncharted it's a bunch of other stuff. Popularity sells movie tickets.

It really doesn't.  The average person has no clue who either of them is and that percentage will only go down outside the US.  Find someone on the street who doesn't look like a gamer, show them a picture of both and see what happens.  You'd probably get more, "that's the guy on those Mountain Dew bottle," than anything else.

On topic, this is really a meaningless question, as which movie performs best would depend on the quality and marketing budget of each.  That being said, a Halo movie would be very expensive and a big risk.  I think it would need some big names attached to stand a chance at a profit.  An Uncharted movie, on the other hand, has the potential to do well with non-gamers and women, if it has good writing, dialogue, and casting.  Movie-goers won't even need to know it's based on a game and the budget doesn't need to be insane.

exactly...I cant see many women (who are the bulk of movie goers) flocking to the theaters to check out a Halo movie...Uncharted on the other hand..with a well known star who is charming and handsome and a good or decent actor to play a charming witty Nathan Drake will definitely do well in the theaters and with chicks in general especially those who arent into gaming and dont know shit about either franchises.