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El Maskado
Arrrrrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhh!
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I highly agree. The year doesnt look great at all for WB. I dont see the appeal for the foreign market for the film because unlike MI3 or KOH, its not a historical epic or action film that normally do very well overseas
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Nazgul9
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jb007 wrote: I thought the budget without marketing was $200M. If it is $200M with marketing, $400M is good. Well, BOM says $160m, so it'd probably be even less than $200m with marketing (or lack thereof).
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
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Location: Bonn, Germany
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Next up: Superman not making $200 million in the States!
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getluv
i break the rules, so i don't care
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Nazgul9 wrote: getluv wrote: X-MEN films are really dominant overseas No, they are not (as is the case with most comic book movies). Still, it's competition, so moving Poseidon away from the crowded May was the right decision. Typpo sorry, I meant aren't.
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Rev
Romosexual!
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last year it was The Island. This year it's the big boat. 
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Bradley Witherberry
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Epic wrote: Magnus101 wrote: Yeah, its like a Stealth situation. The movie looked so crap that when it flops, you just don't care. Yeah. And when a movie like The Island flops it's just makes you go mad...and break stuff. were all great under-rated movies. Oh well, it's the general public's loss if they miss out on seeing this kind of movie on the big screen...
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zingy
College Boy Z
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I liked Poseidon and all, but this was inevitable. All signs in the past two weeks have pointed to a sub-$40 million weekend, and even though we may think that a sub-$25 million was impossible, Poseidon showed that it is possible.
WB's fault, really.
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El Maskado
Arrrrrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhh!
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That will show them to make generic ass disaster movies. They were already pushing the boundaries on the craptacular disaster movie with DAT. Put a nail in the coffin for these type of movies already
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MadGez
Dont Mess with the Gez
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DAT had money shots galore. People wanted to go and see it - the opening weekend said it all. Poseidon had the been there done that feel - with the money shot being the tidal wave engulfing the ship - but it looked blandly similar to a cross between Deep Impact and Perfect Storm.
Plus - this wasnt a remake that was warranted.
Overseas i can see it doing $100m so possibly $150-$180m worldwide.
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Kris K
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I wouldn't say the budget was "$160M-$200M". Infact, it's often been said it's more like $150M.
$160M is the highest i'v seen, and that's only on BOM.
Anyway, it flopped in the USA.....i think it could get close to $200M worldwide.
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zingy
College Boy Z
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IMDB has the budget listed at $140 million, but I'm pretty sure it's closer to $160 million. I really doubt it's $200 million, unless they're counting marketing in that figure.
If it makes $55 million domestically, that's a $130 million loss for WB before international figures and DVD. I don't know how much the studio earns from international grosses, but that's a big number to recover from.
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Kris K
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Bigger bomb that Catwoman  Finally.
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insomniacdude
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Holy shit that's a bomb. Harsh. That's got to be the one of the lowest openings ever for a film that cost more than $100 million to produce.
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Libs
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Zingaling wrote: I liked Poseidon and all, but this was inevitable. All signs in the past two weeks have pointed to a sub-$40 million weekend, and even though we may think that a sub-$25 million was impossible, Poseidon showed that it is possible.
WB's fault, really. I really don't think the studio should be blamed. There was plenty of marketing.
It's just that no one actually wanted to see it (after seeing the final product, it's not hard to understand why).
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Excel
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i think that it just wasnt on the scale people wanted. i could see this doing 100 million in the holiday season though.
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Excel
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xmen films dominant over seas? LOL
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