• Syntha@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Superhero movies are not flopping, dead on arrival capeshit schlock that no one asked for in the first place is flopping. Aquaman made 400 million dollars on a 200 million budget just in December.

    The “biopic of a physicist” was made by one of the most recognizable filmmakers in Hollywood and was further propelled forward by a once in a generation hype campaign that will be impossible to repeat, although there’s no doubt in my mind that studios will try nonetheless.

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      8 months ago

      Making double your budget is basically breaking even, once you account for marketing costs and the cinema’s cut of the take.