IGN gave this a 7/10. Certainly not a glowing review, but if most sites like that are saying the movie isn't that bad the rottentomatoes score won't be as big of a deal. To the core at least, and it didn't seem like Warcraft was going to pull in many n00bs regardless. If it can just get to #1 the studio can sell it as a big win, and then bask in its better fortune overseas.

IGN? Eh...

IGN doesn't even get game reviews right. Why trust them with movies. 7/10 means they orgasmed over a few scenes that no one else will care about. The film is easy trash

Yeah IGN is not the site to be recommended by any. Even the game fans won't trust that source.

IGN alone certainly isn't enough, but it does show that game fans might appreciate the movie after all. They're certainly closer to that than anything that ranks on metacritic. If enough fans believe that it could save the opening weekend.

So if RT score was bad the fans won't like it? When has that happened? Fans were going to like this regardless doesn't help much on its OW. I think the only reason Warcraft will be saved this summer is that this is not a sequel.

I'd use The Last Airbender as an example of a movie with decent box office, but so hated by the fans that they couldn't proceed with the sequel.

7/10 is not good. You are saving face with that. This is a 20% rotten Film written all over it

Though fans might really love it. It has 8.0 on IMDB so far. Basically I doubt much of the general audience has seen it and/or rated it there. But the question is will that be enough for the movie to do well.

TLA had huge budget as well and the sequels were only going to increase budget-wise. It didn't make sense to continue because the returns were very meager. Though I wish someone would have already started to think of a reboot of that series as well as Eragon.

From my observations (it opened in Germany on May 26) and judging by the review on our site (written by a huge Warcraft fan) the film is quite well-received among fans, but is not very accessible to non-fans.

Shocker.

Though hey, how many video game movies are even liked by fans? It took resident evil multiple times to make a decent film.

Fans are usually the biggest critics. So if fans like it, it may spill over into general movie goers. I mean, the fans are a big lot of WOM.

I'd argue fans "have" to like it. I'd agree with you if the marketing was good, it can pull a Mad Max, but man every trailer is just bad. We don't live in a WOM world anymore. Maybe it'll get a Netflix following. It could be amazing open to 25 and barely hit 50. Hulk baby kills it

lol, fuck off.

In Germany the second weekend drop will be around 35 % (coming of a holiday weekend)...

Kinda cool

look at some other films with high overseas %

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/wo ... esc&p=.htm

Interestingly Resident Evil movies also grew more and more in OS markets with the sequels. I don't think Warcraft will have the same fate but you never know with these Chinese audience.

Mr. Bean too. That character has made that guy untouchable. Even Johnny English 2 did hit 150 million OS

If I was a studio I'd consider major tentpole money and effort in a Starcraft movie. International gross would be cash no matter what and if they actually made a good video game movie for the first time ever, there's more upside and marketability for non gamer audiences than Warcraft had, with a film that could look like a cross between Star Wars and Independence Day. There's a world where that's a 300 mil+ domestic trilogy

Wouldn't Starcraft sound like a sequel/reboot for Warcraft?

What? lol. That is a ridiculous statement.