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submitted 3 months ago by TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to c/movies@lemm.ee
  • Kraven the Hunter (net loss: $70 million)
  • Megalopolis (net loss: $75.5 million)
  • Borderlands (net loss: $80 million)
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (net loss: $119.6 million)
  • Joker: Folie à Deux (net loss: $144.25 million)
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[-] bamboo 27 points 3 months ago

I haven't seen the other movies, but Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga was actually pretty good, I'm glad it got made.

[-] Maven@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 months ago

This movie had one of the worst marketing campaigns I've seen in a long time... Every trailer made it look like hot garbage and cash grab trash pumped out by Hollywood to fill a quota

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

they probably dint have enough people buying tickets for it to overcome how much they spent.

[-] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

That's usually what indicates a box office bomb.

[-] Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Meh. I like Anya Taylor-Joy in most things but she doesn't make a convincing action hero. Too skinny and small. She's supposed to be going hand-to-hand with bulky dudes 2/3 times her size? No.

[-] bamboo 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, it was clear they just wanted a big name to have on the poster. The actress who played the child version of Furiosa was fantastic though.

[-] rei@piefed.social 17 points 3 months ago

Yeah, Furiosa really didn't deserve to flop.

[-] HeyJoe@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago

I'm glad to see i wasn't the only one saddened to see Mad Max on the list with all those other terrible movies... It wasn't the best one of the series, but it wasn't bad either. I enjoyed it a lot, and the funny thing is I wanna say it's 1 of only 2 movies I saw in the theater last year. I did my part, lol.

[-] musubibreakfast@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

It was ok but it didn't feel like a film, it felt more like a couple of episodes of a big budget tv show stitched together.

[-] JillyB@beehaw.org 9 points 3 months ago

I know a lot of people didn't like it, but I loved Megalopolis. It's so ambitious, has great cinematography, and it's weird. I thought it was well acted and will be a cult classic in a decade. It is a little weird that the main character is the only person with a superpower (stopping time) and it has almost no impact on the story, but that just adds to the weird appeal for me.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

Megaopolis and Babylon are weirdly similar to me and I can't really explain it. I enjoyed Megaopolis and would watch it again. Especially Wow Platinum lol. Such a weird movie. So many scenes were like "damn, I feel like this is supposed to be symbolic but I don't know for what." Sort of the opposite of "sometimes the curtains are just blue" lol.

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 3 points 2 months ago

I really appreciate that he got a literal America's Got Talent star from the age of 12 to play the purity virgin.

I'm sure she felt that one in her bones and it's such a sharp blade I don't think a lot of people got it stabbing them

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

Oh, don't get me wrong, some of them were obvious. Like when they threw the literal Make America Great Again hat.

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 2 months ago

LOL I loved the "on the point" robin hood stealing the life from the rich and giving to the poor.

Its so full of symbols and agreed that it's gonna be a where's Waldo hunt for the cult classic fans for years.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

When someone says Megaopolis doesn't have obvious symbolism You believe that entitles you to the riches of my Emersonian mind?

[-] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

and will be a cult classic in a decade.

@remindme@mstdn.social dm 10 years

[-] tio_bira@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Furiosa didn't deserve, such a good movie, it fit so well as Mad Max prequel

[-] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

I agree, I was surprised to see Furiosa there.

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Borderlands only lost $80 million???

[-] tio_bira@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, that's the power of a brand

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 3 points 2 months ago

Its also the power of a cheap production that was more an excuse for a bunch of rich people to skip out in covid restrictions so they could take a vacation in Hungary. If it's a "fix it in post" production and you never bother with the post production it actually ends up pretty cheap.

It feels their entire budget was spent up front and then when it was obvious it was garbage they stopped spending.

[-] Schal330@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Strange that they include Kraven Hunter in the list but not Madame Web which had a greater loss of like $100m?

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

Wikipedia seems to imply Madame Web (which is indeed an early 2024 movie) made $500k.

[-] Wilco@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

No way. It made 100 million worldwide on an 80 million budget. Advertising would have been 40 to 80 million.

It lost at least 20 million.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

If you believe Wikipedia has incorrect information and the budget of the film was actually $120 Million then I encourage you to find a source and edit the article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Web_(film)

[-] tankplanker@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

So these costs do not appear to include the often massive marketing costs that can run into tens if not hundreds of millions for big blockbusters? Unless I am missing something.

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