A_C_E said:
@ bold/italics/underline - Why do people insist that people "forget" things if they aren't mentioned? By that logic I forgot sheep exist as well since I didn't mention any sheep. No, I'm quite aware of the marketing budget, which is why I said TLJ made 6X as much money as the production budget in which case I wasn't referencing Disney's ROI. @ second bold - Doubt arises from those who are diffident and lack empirical data to support a claim. That makes the both of us so I can't really comment on Disney's expectations and I'm not going to pretend that I can. But maybe Disney did expect more, that does not take away from how much they are making from TLJ or from the whole franchise as a whole (TONS!!!!! of money being made in all sectors of Star Wars). Disney is laughing their way to the bank and this horrible movie (it isn't) can't even sink below $1.2B at the box office. Another way to put it is TLJ can sink below 40% of TFA and still make over $1.2B at the box office. |
I wouldn't trust that $200M. The source for it on Wikipedia seems dubious, at best. I mean do you honestly think that Disney spent less on this in 2017, than they did on Avengers ($220M) in 2012 or Avengers:AOU ($250M) in 2015? TFA cost $275M. Since that was such a success, more than likely the budget would have either stayed about the same or gone up to a possible $300M.
They chose not to give BOM the official price tag, so I don't think they want people to know how much it truly cost them. Especially when they are getting less return than both Avengers movies. Avengers:IW is probably just going to make it look worse.
Last edited by thismeintiel - on 11 January 2018