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Post by thwak is T.hawk on Oct 25, 2009 21:17:50 GMT -5
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Post by rrm15 on Oct 25, 2009 21:21:00 GMT -5
14 Million is still a lot, especially considering the budget.
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Post by Jiren on Oct 25, 2009 21:22:33 GMT -5
Halloween weekend could really help Saw
We'll see next week
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Oct 25, 2009 21:25:27 GMT -5
OUCH!
That has to be the lowest opening in the series, isn't it?
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Post by Insomniac on Oct 25, 2009 21:29:29 GMT -5
14 Million is still a lot, especially considering the budget. With a budget of $11 million, it's already made back its money in 3 days. |
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Post by rrm15 on Oct 25, 2009 21:30:17 GMT -5
14 Million is still a lot, especially considering the budget. With a budget of $11 million, it's already made back its money in 3 days. Exactly. This is probably the first chink in the army but I bet they crank out at least 2 more. |
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Post by theryno665 on Oct 25, 2009 21:31:19 GMT -5
Considering it's already made back it's budget, I'm sure that won't stop them from making more. But I am hoping that the fact that it didn't open huge sends a message that the popularity of the Saw series has to be waning and maybe it'll send a message to the execs not to flood the market.
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Post by eJm on Oct 25, 2009 21:53:33 GMT -5
Didn't they already confirm 7 and 8 just this week?
And yeah, Saw being 2nd isn't a big deal if it still turns a profit.
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Post by erisi236 on Oct 25, 2009 21:56:09 GMT -5
They got 2 in the pipe at the moment, so they'll get at least that before they pull the plug. As the saying goes, 8 is enough.  |
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Oct 25, 2009 21:56:11 GMT -5
Okay this is a good new bad news situation for them:
Good: Saw doesn't cost crap to make so it's still going to be profit
Bad: This is a more than 50% drop in opening weekend from the last movie, and the first Saw movie to make less than $30m+ OW since the first!
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Post by BRV on Oct 25, 2009 21:58:56 GMT -5
Didn't they already confirm 7 and 8 just this week? And yeah, Saw being 2nd isn't a big deal if it still turns a profit. It's kind of a big deal that it finished second to a movie in it's own genre, a movie that was made for just over $10,000 and made over $11,000 per screen. It shows the execs at Lionsgate that people are growing tired of the "Saw" franchise and that the franchise is clearly running on fumes. Someone earlier mentioned over saturating the market, and I couldn't agree more. Maybe if they took their time and released them every two years, instead of every October, people wouldn't be getting so fed up with the series. Also, I would be willing to bet that the box office would've been significantly lower if it weren't promised that "VI" ties loose ends from I through V, and sets up for the alleged finale in "Saw VII". |
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Oct 25, 2009 22:11:52 GMT -5
Saw has a story? I thought the whole plot was "The Black Scorpion's voice wants you to cherish life, by learning how much pain sucks."
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Post by BrodietheSlayer on Oct 25, 2009 22:18:00 GMT -5
The last couple of SAWs have become LAW and ORDER/CSI with torture scenes.......it needs to die now.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2009 23:06:33 GMT -5
Ya but how much did the marketing budget cost? Probably 20-30 million dollars they spent on advertising. Just end it at 7! It's a lucky number goddammit!
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Post by Krimzon on Oct 25, 2009 23:09:59 GMT -5
I'm more surprised about Astro Boy bombing. Thought that would've done a lot better.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Oct 25, 2009 23:12:29 GMT -5
Yeah a drop in it's opening from last year won't kill it Saw won't die until Jigsaw goes to Manhattan/Hell/Outerspace (in that order)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2009 23:13:04 GMT -5
I'm more surprised about Astro Boy bombing. Thought that would've done a lot better. It'll probably have a huge opening weekend in Japan. |
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Oct 25, 2009 23:17:52 GMT -5
Ya but how much did the marketing budget cost? Probably 20-30 million dollars they spent on advertising. Just end it at 7! It's a lucky number goddammit! Marketing budget was probably less than 10 million. It'll make all that money back by the time it's run is over, and once DVD sales are calculated. |
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Post by Paul on Oct 25, 2009 23:20:05 GMT -5
There are going to be at least three more of these movies (VII, VIII, and VIIII).
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Post by tap on Oct 25, 2009 23:22:22 GMT -5
I haven't seen any TV advertising for this, nor have I seen much print advertising. All the talk about this movie has been on the internet. How many people out of the general populace knew that a) there even was a Saw 6 b) that it opened this weekend and c) would have gone to see it had a) and b) been satisfied.
I wouldn't tapdance on the franchise's grave just yet until next weekend's numbers come out.
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