| Chris Hu said: Well to me if a movie makes less then 50% of its total gross from the overseas market then it under-performed overseas. Even The Greatest Showman managed to get 59.2% of its total gross from overseas markets and musicals are way less popular overseas then domestically except for India but the movie didn't have a theatrical run in India. |
Have to agree with elazz, here. That is some poor logic. The movie became an event film in the US. At the FBO, it didn't. It is still one of the largest standalone performers in the MCU. And I'm pretty damn sure that it is the top performer when it comes to first installments in a standalone series within the MCU. It, in no way, shape, or form, underperformed.
In the future, don't use the more than 50%, as it really means nothing. BP is probably going to do ~48.5% of its BO at the FBO, but it is a HUGE success in both markets. The last Transformers movie made over 78% of its BO at the FBO, but it is seen as a flop, as it didn't quite make back its production+marketing budget. In fact, BP made more at the FBO than Transformers: TLK did WW.
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