shikamaru317 said:
It does seem like it will at least break even though, already at $193m worldwide after 2 weekends international (only 1 weekend in most international markets, as the first week was only 22 markets) and 1 weekend domestic. Needs $400-450m to break even. User reviews have been good (83% positive on Rotten Tomatoes with 4.3/5 average, B+ CinemaScore, 81% PostTrak) so the good word of mouth should contribute to pretty good legs for it, so I think box office should at least come close to the break even point with Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital sales turning them a small profit in the end, as well as the movie getting good streaming views on HBO Max once it hits HBO Max. I think that WB will be happy with a performance like that during Covid (we've seen them greenlight sequels to movies that did worse during Covid), and will go ahead and greenlight 4 and 5 to finish the series out, probably with a somewhat lower budget than 2's and 3's $200m each budgets (filming 4 and 5 back to back would also cut down on their combined budget vs filming them separately). This was probably the best case scenario for me, I wanted the movie to do well enough to get 4 and 5 greenlit, but also to perform under WB expectations to punish them for what they did to Johnny while also keeping Amber and Ezra employed. |
IMDB user score is far far lower (6.6). On par with the 2nd movie.
My wife dragged me in to see it and we both had the opinion that it wasn't good. Slightly better than the abysmal second movie but a far cry from the first.
Wouldn't recommend at all, not even to the most hard core Harry Potter fan.
