CATS Film Set to Bring in $7 Million in Opening Weekend; It cost 100M

[Spock 20,292]

22 hours ago, ReginaGeorge said:

This is actually pretty awful. Imagine investing 100 millions into something and then getting only 7 millions in return. Such a bad business... This is why movie business is really dangerous.. 

the rule of thumb is that films clear production/marketing costs and start bringing in a profit once they gross double the budget. So Cats would have to gross $200M just to recoup the investment, and then whatever more for profits  

serves them right for delaying Wicked  

21 hours ago, Zilla said:

Well how was it supposed to stand up against the Star Wars juggernaut? 

I love Cats but won't pay to see it. Saw it on Broadway though

I think it was actually pretty smart to open this weekend. Star Wars is such a male driven brand that there was a huge opening and opportunity for counter-programming it with something would attract female audiences, but yeah this wasn’t it  Cats is so hated, I don’t even know why Universal greenlit it in the first place 

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

23 hours ago, ReginaGeorge said:

This is actually pretty awful. Imagine investing 100 millions into something and then getting only 7 millions in return. Such a bad business... This is why movie business is really dangerous.. 

ARTPOP tease. 

Spoiler

 

[StrawberryBlond 15,565]

Wow, even lower than I thought. For an all-star cast, this is an unmitigated disaster. Funny thing is, an all-star cast can be the death knell of a film's commercial reception. Time and time again, starry cast lists have failed to get butts in seats. It's almost like the public know they're being brainwashed into seeing the movie because of the casting. I'm glad that the public stood by its initial perception that they weren't interested and no amount of positive promo changed that. It tried to be a bigger deal and make people believe it was going to be good but the public aren't having it. I don't know why some people thought that Taylor's presence would've saved it. She's not been in one well-received film so far, everything she's been in has either flopped (The Giver), been panned (Valentine's Day), been forgotten (The Lorax) or all three (this one).

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

Audiences trying to make it go away but it won't