StuntGranny®
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Post by StuntGranny® on Sept 19, 2014 12:07:52 GMT -5
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Sept 19, 2014 12:11:26 GMT -5
Wait... how could they possibly figure out who to name in this suit?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2014 12:19:08 GMT -5
Part of me kind of hopes they succeed just to set some weird precedent where people pay for stuff.
Another part of me hopes they go ahead and sue people who paid to watch it too because they deserve punishment. I'm sorry if this applies to you, but how else will you learn?
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Sept 19, 2014 12:20:50 GMT -5
I make no regrets. 10 dollars well saved  |
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Johnny B. Decent
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Sept 19, 2014 12:21:37 GMT -5
Yeah, that's why it flopped all right. |
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StuntGranny®
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Post by StuntGranny® on Sept 19, 2014 12:26:30 GMT -5
Yeah, that's why it flopped all right. Yeah, I hate when pirating gets blamed for movies like this bombing. Didn't a decent cam of The Avengers leak prior to its release? I recall that movie doing pretty okay at the box office. |
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Post by Michael Coello on Sept 19, 2014 12:34:51 GMT -5
It doesn't say sueing. It says pursue.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2014 12:34:57 GMT -5
As much as I hate piracy and general thievery, I don't think piracy hurt this movie's box office as much as the fact that its the f***ing Expendables 3. It's a Sylvester Stallone/Arnold Schwarzenegger/Dolph Lundgren/Mel Gibson movie in the year 2014. And again, it's the third damn one!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2014 12:52:40 GMT -5
X-Men Origins was leaked prior to its release and still made 85mil on opening weekend. At the time I remember news that it's primarily foreign markets that were pirating the film. While it's shitty when these things happen for the filmmakers, piracy wasn't the only or even main reason the movie failed. A third Expendables movie in four years leading to burnout, Stallone and Schwarzenegger having a series of bombs recently, and the franchise not having the most positive response from audiences to begin with... Add all these things together and you have your reason why the movie failed.
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Post by cahuette on Sept 19, 2014 13:09:09 GMT -5
"Budget $90 million
Box office $189.6 million"
So making 100 million dollar is not enough? Also I believe piracy is great, and I have hundreds of games on steam(I don't watch movies so much), even if some abuse it, I don't want to live in a world where people have less access to knowledge of any kind just because they're poor.
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riseofsetian1981
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Sept 19, 2014 13:50:42 GMT -5
I honestly think what hurt the film is the PG-13 rating. First two films were just as to be expected over the top, cheesy, hardcore, and action packed film that was/is a throwback to the action films we watched growing up. To go from that to a watered down version of what we got, which I am sure, alienated a lot of people in the process.
They probably should've either left it at two or brought back JCVD as the twin brother that was originally rumored.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Sept 19, 2014 13:53:54 GMT -5
Good, they can reimburse the $8 I paid to see it.
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Post by Reflecto on Sept 19, 2014 14:17:45 GMT -5
"Budget $90 million Box office $189.6 million" So making 100 million dollar is not enough? Also I believe piracy is great, and I have hundreds of games on steam(I don't watch movies so much), even if some abuse it, I don't want to live in a world where people have less access to knowledge of any kind just because they're poor. The box office format involves cutting the number in half to account for what theaters get of the money. Put it in those terms, and Expendables 3 just barely broke even- so not great at all. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Sept 19, 2014 14:21:22 GMT -5
Also the budget usually doesn't account for Marketing
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Post by xCompackx on Sept 19, 2014 14:41:07 GMT -5
I think they'd be better served going after whoever leaked the film so early rather than the people who took advantage of that. Wasn't it leaked 3 or so weeks before the release date? The problem's on the filmmakers' side.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Sept 19, 2014 14:44:39 GMT -5
Producer Guy: [Overlooking the city] I'll get you.
Fan: [distant] No, you won't!
Producer Guy: Yes, I will.
Fan: Won't!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2014 14:57:02 GMT -5
Also I believe piracy is great, and I have hundreds of games on steam(I don't watch movies so much), even if some abuse it, I don't want to live in a world where people have less access to knowledge of any kind just because they're poor.  ($2.73 into Magic's checking account) Yes. What a cruel world where not everyone can access the video games they so desperately need to live a meaningful life. It's madness! |
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Post by cahuette on Sept 19, 2014 15:06:19 GMT -5
Also I believe piracy is great, and I have hundreds of games on steam(I don't watch movies so much), even if some abuse it, I don't want to live in a world where people have less access to knowledge of any kind just because they're poor. ($2.73 into Magic's checking account) Yes. What a cruel world where not everyone can access the video games they so desperately need to live a meaningful life. It's madness! It's not just about video games, I just wanted to point out that I don't really do that, but I believe having access to a plethora of medias is a great way to learn, discover and become an overall better person, because knowledge is power! Though I have no idea why so many people pirated this, didn't they learn from the first two that they just wanted to do really shitty movies with explosions? |
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Post by Michael Coello on Sept 19, 2014 15:35:05 GMT -5
($2.73 into Magic's checking account) Yes. What a cruel world where not everyone can access the video games they so desperately need to live a meaningful life. It's madness! It's not just about video games, I just wanted to point out that I don't really do that, but I believe having access to a plethora of medias is a great way to learn, discover and become an overall better person, because knowledge is power! Though I have no idea why so many people pirated this, didn't they learn from the first two that they just wanted to do really shitty movies with explosions? |
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BigWill
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Post by BigWill on Sept 19, 2014 15:35:37 GMT -5
For a series that I always seem to hear talk about, it really hasn't made nearly as much money as I thought it would have.
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