| Torpoleon said: @Norion That's true, and it's a shame Sonic 3 missed it, but each new Sonic movie has increased the gross over the previous one, so it's still on a positive track. Sonic 4 could do over 500m (especially if they change the release so it is not near Zelda lol). Mario 2 might not surpass Mario 1, but should still do 1b. I could see Zelda doing at least close to 1b. |
I think the Zelda film grossing even half as much as Mario would be quite surprising unless it's a truly incredible film that people who have never touched a Zelda game before can adore. While the IP has grown in popularity a lot the past decade there's still a gigantic gap between it and Mario and it being live action and presumably not as family friendly/kid focused as the Mario film means there's gonna be way less parents seeing it with their kids and thus way less people not into the IP buying tickets for it.
There's also that the Mario film could get away with not impressing film critics due to the nature of the IP and the type of film it is but if the Zelda film fails to impress with its story and characters then some people into Zelda won't even bother seeing it. The potential range is probably fairly large for that one as a result, depending on the writing quality I could see anywhere between 300m-600m for it.
