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Director Kenji Kamiyama Calls The War of the Rohirrim an 'Unprecedented Opportunity' for Anime




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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 13, 2024 9:23 am Reply with quote
so it's just about the IP lol
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 13, 2024 9:29 am Reply with quote
It’s tracking to be a massive box office bomb.

Why they keep letting Jason DeMarco make these half baked projects is beyond me. Uzumaki should have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.
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Marimer Est



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 13, 2024 10:16 am Reply with quote
Beatdigga wrote:
It’s tracking to be a massive box office bomb.


It was never meant to make any money in the first place. The only reason the film was greenlit and put into production was to keep film rights from reverting back to the Tolkien estate.

Still looks to be doing better than the last Hobbit movie, though...
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 13, 2024 2:33 pm Reply with quote
Marimer Est wrote:
Beatdigga wrote:
It’s tracking to be a massive box office bomb.
It was never meant to make any money in the first place. The only reason the film was greenlit and put into production was to keep film rights from reverting back to the Tolkien estate.

Still looks to be doing better than the last Hobbit movie, though...
The third Hobbit movie made $962 million worldwide so it was definitely profitable, though the budget is a bit harder to peg as all three movies were shot at the same time to save on costs.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2310332/

This thing apparently cost around $30 million, and it's set to open to under $10 million. Break-even for this is almost $100 million worldwide.
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residentgrigo



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 13, 2024 3:44 pm Reply with quote
The film exists only to retain the rights but The Hunt for Gollum 2026 is where the real bread will be buttered. Everyone's favorite video game hero is finally in his own movie and by the mastermind behind Venom 2, no less. The cinematic universe it is supposed to spawn will make a Morbillion and more. Just like those SPUMC films. I love Hollywood!
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/lord-of-the-rings-movie-2026-release-warner-bros-1235997102/
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 13, 2024 6:15 pm Reply with quote
Big: With the Hobbit movies, you gotta split the take between Warner, MGM, and the Tolkien Estate befor paying the crew.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 13, 2024 11:36 pm Reply with quote
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Big: With the Hobbit movies, you gotta split the take between Warner, MGM, and the Tolkien Estate befor paying the crew.
Yes, but the point is, the gross was almost $1 billion (granted, $700+ million of that was from overseas which the studio keeps less of the money than the domestic market, and in the case of China, the studio gets to keep only 25% (the third Hobbit movie grossed almost $122 million in China, so WB's share was almost $31 million)), which is the furthest thing from a box office bomb, so I don't get why someone tried to imply War of the Rohirrim would "lose less money than the third Hobbit movie".
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Marimer Est



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2024 2:39 am Reply with quote
BigOnAnime wrote:
Marimer Est wrote:
Beatdigga wrote:
It’s tracking to be a massive box office bomb.
It was never meant to make any money in the first place. The only reason the film was greenlit and put into production was to keep film rights from reverting back to the Tolkien estate.

Still looks to be doing better than the last Hobbit movie, though...
The third Hobbit movie made $962 million worldwide so it was definitely profitable, though the budget is a bit harder to peg as all three movies were shot at the same time to save on costs.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2310332/

This thing apparently cost around $30 million, and it's set to open to under $10 million. Break-even for this is almost $100 million worldwide.


Well...critically doing better. Slightly.
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Primus



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2024 2:41 pm Reply with quote
Marimer Est wrote:
Well...critically doing better. Slightly.


No, it's the worst reviewed of the WB LOTR films.

I mentioned it a while back, but this was a shockingly upfront mess. There were comments from Kamiyama about the extensive animation outsourcing. The nepobaby script writers were apparent. The fact that it was greenlit as a contractual obligation got trade coverage before we had any footage. You rarely get that level of honesty.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 15, 2024 6:50 pm Reply with quote
It's not an adaptation, it's a fanfic.
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