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NEWS: Ghost in the Shell Film Estimated to Earn US$20 Million Over 3-Day Debut Weekend

Uh, the very definition of the phrase "break even" is to neither gain or lose any money. So making double the production cost is well past "breaking even", which only involves making back the money that was actually spent making the thing

Here's an interesting question though, I wonder if, had this exact same movie been made but had the original Ghost in the Shell works not existed, would it have done better or worse?
Like, if no one had any expectations about it and had never seen the original, would the reviews have not thought it "shallow"? It seems to me like a lot of the problems people have with the movie are all from comparing it to its source material and not really to other contemporary movies of the same genre.

Like, for some reason I feel like the success of "All You Need Is Kill" was almost more because no one knew the source material it was based on, so people were able to enjoy it as its own thing.

Uh, the very definition of the phrase "break even" is to neither gain or lose any money. So making double the production cost is well past "breaking even", which only involves making back the money that was actually spent making the thing.

Hopefully it does well, as it was actually a decent adaptation and I'd be glad to see more competent Hollywood adaptations of anime and/or manga.

I don't see very much marketing here in Japan for the upcoming release either.
There's some, but it's not really very much (I see an occasional add on the train, etc).

That's usually a sign that they don't expect it to do particularly well here in Japan either.

Here's an interesting question though, I wonder if, had this exact same movie been made but had the original Ghost in the Shell works not existed, would it have done better or worse?
Like, if no one had any expectations about it and had never seen the original, would the reviews have not thought it "shallow"? It seems to me like a lot of the problems people have with the movie are all from comparing it to its source material and not really to other contemporary movies of the same genre.

Like, for some reason I feel like the success of "All You Need Is Kill" was almost more because no one knew the source material it was based on, so people were able to enjoy it as its own thing.

Here's an interesting question though, I wonder if, had this exact same movie been made but had the original Ghost in the Shell works not existed, would it have done better or worse?

Uh, the very definition of the phrase "break even" is to neither gain or lose any money. So making double the production cost is well past "breaking even", which only involves making back the money that was actually spent making the thing.

Hopefully it does well, as it was actually a decent adaptation and I'd be glad to see more competent Hollywood adaptations of anime and/or manga.

Here's an interesting question though, I wonder if, had this exact same movie been made but had the original Ghost in the Shell works not existed, would it have done better or worse?
Like, if no one had any expectations about it and had never seen the original, would the reviews have not thought it "shallow"? It seems to me like a lot of the problems people have with the movie are all from comparing it to its source material and not really to other contemporary movies of the same genre.