2013-08-15, 00:30 | Link #1381 |
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Some info from Travis Beacham.
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The article in the link below will answer your question. It's a long read, but it's worthwhile. http://kotaku.com/will-japan-finally...m-star-5968393 |
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2013-08-15, 04:40 | Link #1383 |
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I know PR isnt making much money, but what about critically? Is it getting good or bad reviews in Japan?
No, it's not. At least not yet. True that Del Toro and Beachem have been commissioned to work on a script for a sequel, it hasn't been greenlit. It's still unknown if a sequel will happen. Last edited by GN0010 Nosferatu; 2013-08-15 at 05:36. |
2013-08-15, 07:54 | Link #1384 |
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I reckon it'll be up to Universal, Legendary's new distribution partner, whether they can be convinced to co-finance the sequel.
As LoweGear said del Toro managed to get a sequel made even though the first one wasn't "profitable". Typically it's true that a rough indication of a film's profitability is whether it makes double its budget in B.O. receipts, but that's not always the case because sometimes for certain films the studios would be willing go for the long haul like home media sales, licensing etc. and that depends on whether the film has "sustainable value" i.e. would people buy the DVD/BD. So in Pacific Rim's case, since it's not doing so well box office-wise, they'd want to be sure it will have a strong home media market before deciding on greenlighting a sequel. |
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4,2 http://info.movies.yahoo.co.jp/detail/tymv/id344562/ 4,1 http://eiga.com/movie/57692/ About Rinko Kikuchi, she doesn't like to go to variety shows too much because she is weird and can't hide it. She's lovely in my opinion. Rinko Kikuchi is a bit weird http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12...eation?start=1 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12...rinko_creation The most surprising thing for me is that Pacific Rim failed in the Latin American market. We all grew up with Mazinger Z, Grendizer, Dai Apolon and I was expecting much more support. |
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2013-08-15, 08:35 | Link #1387 | |
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Whether you wish to condemn Warner Bros. for not advertising it properly (besides more ads and more guest appearances, I do not know how they could have advertised it better since it was always going to be sold as an action movie and all the spots have played that angle quite well), or its simply a failure to communicate why giant robots are supposed to be awesome, Pacific Rim has not garnered any of the attention all involved wished. Personally, I think Pacific Rim has failed solely because it was preaching to the converted (a minority of a minority group to begin with) and it was not a full-on Hollywood blockbuster. The general idea for a feature of this size is 'star + concept'. This doesn't always work (Elysium most recently), but when it does it can be huge (Hunger Games), especially when you are able to calculate the budget accordingly. For better or worse (I think better), Hollywood is still ruled by its successful actors who can automatically draw in audiences, even for crap features (that doesn't mean the films are always profitable). Pacific Rim, despite being a good and fun film, had no mass market appeal partially because there is no-one in it that can draw a crowd. The random semi-attractive white guy from Queer as Folk and Sons of Anarchy does not command any real audience, nor does the cute Japanese girl from Babel (even if she was nude and got an academy award nomination) or Stringer Bell. That's not to say Channing Tatum, Kristen Stewart, and the Rock should have taken over the main roles, but something could have been done to entice a household name actor into the production. Additionally, the film was too much about the monsters and robots, something that has never really sold by itself (for better or worse, a large portion of the audience never went to the Transformers movies solely for the action, but rather to see Megan Fox or Shia Lebouf or the humans fighting alongside the aliens). By focusing entirely on the struggle for survival, offering nothing in the way of romance or comedy or patriotism or really any bombastic and overly fun characters, Pacific Rim could only really rest on it's fight sequences (for a general audience), and while they are some of the best of the 2013 Summer, they were never going to be enough to draw in the crowds. So, we're left with a solid concept but no one, besides the director's name, to sell it. But, the concept itself is also so strange and different (and the fights sporadic at best), that it cannot be sold properly either. I do believe that Pacific Rim will get a sequel, but the budget will be greatly reduced (probably by 40 million), they'll be much more fight sequences, an actual movie star will be added (as a antagonist?)). |
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I didn't know the advertisement was this important on a movie success. Anyone knows anymore detail about how their advertisement board failed this?
Hopefully that it at least can break even, and show the potential for the sequel. I means this is the only hope for mecha genre to get big, and we are so close now.
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2013-08-15, 11:12 | Link #1391 | |
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If you really want it do well, then go see the damn thing again . Posters in America, make a concerted effort to push Pacific Rim past the 100 million mark. It's not much, but at least its triple digits... |
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2013-08-15, 12:22 | Link #1394 | |
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The good showing in countries like China, Taiwan, and Russia is a excellent start for building a legacy in these more open markets. If we look at something like the Resident Evil movie franchise. It is able to stay afloat by relying on similar overseas markets who basically know the series chiefly by the movie franchise. Milla Jovovich isn't the draw because she is a movie star but because she built a legacy as the series progressed and became better known overseas. Now a Resident Evil movie only needs to two essential elements to pull an audience in those markets, Zombies and her character, Alice. Pacific Rim could do something similar but it will need time, which I don't know if it will get. They don't need a movie star, in fact, that would probably be detrimental and take away from them establishing the elements they've already laid out.
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Though I can see how she can be different from your regular Japanese celebrities who are usually more composed (but the eccentricity is the same, really. So you'd think she'd fit in perfectly in talk shows like these, no?), and that just adds to her charm that much more! The fact that she's virtually unknown in Japan shows you there's either something wrong with the Japanese showbiz mentality or that she just hasn't been getting enough much-deserved exposure, which is an outright crime. |
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That being said, I do believe Pacific Rim is not finding a market because it was not created with a general market in mind. Resident Evil was able to survive and eventually thrive because is cornered a specific market and was then, for various reasons, able to expand beyond that specific market. Pacific Rim has the geek support all the way, but it lacks any other support, and that is due to the fact that is an ill conceived feature aimed too specifically at one group and there is little to help expand it beyond it's core support (it certainly didn't help that the gender breakdown was 60% male-40% female, especially since female audiences tend to view films more than once and they are generally better for word of mouth). I don't want to say that Pacific Rim was doomed from its inception (it wasn't), nor do I necessarily believe there is some secret studio cabal out to destroy new sci-fi ip, but Pacific Rim is under-performing for quite obvious reasons that could have been fixed in pre-production. I don't see how adding a "star" is intrinsically detrimental (obviously it depends on the star being added), and frankly the only way I see the franchise moving forward is if a box office draw is added to the series or its production budget is cut drastically. Last edited by james0246; 2013-08-15 at 14:00. |
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It's hard to quantify such things, which is why I feel people often overplay star power. A lot of people think World War Z did well because of Brad Pitt but this seems comical to me. He certainly didn't hurt and probably brought in a fair share of viewers but the fact that Zombie shows like the Walking Dead are all the rage and the movie turning out to be fairly good had 100x more relevance to its box office success than him, IMHO. Quote:
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That brings it to the point james has made about the need for a "star" presence which I agree is necessary to a certain extent. The reality is, there're very few successful sci-fi films which rely on high-concept alone. The trick for the filmmaker is to integrate the actors in a way that doesn't jeopardise the integrity of the storytelling, or dumb down your film so much that it can be relatable to a 6-year-old as well as a 60-year-old, as James Cameron had done with Avatar. Spectacle without an engaging human drama simply doesn't sell. You can argue about how great some of the performances were in Pacific Rim (and I'd be inclined to agree with), but these were so far and in between the prime focus was still robot and monster action which, as it has shown, wasn't quite enough to net the studios $400 million for a profit. All hope is now on whether it can manage to stay in the game throughout its run. No matter how hopeful we geeks are, the situation is indeed grim when China seems to be the only market it's kicking ass internationally, but that wouldn't mean very much either since only a small percetage of foreign receipts goes directly back to the studios. Home market is where the studios get most of the money hence why it may seem ironic to some people that foreign sales aren't as important as domestic even though a film "earns more" internationally. |
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