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you are making stuff up. It takes more than 1-2 hits to be successful. More than 50% of your slate is a better gauge.

Posted by: Moviesnob on Aug 14, 12:46 in response to TwoMisfits' post I don't make stuff up, Moviesnob...but you seem to be...

one flop doesnt ruin a studio. Look at Disney and BFG and Pete's Dragon. Those are going to be significant write offs, but you know whats dragging disney down? Broadcast! Their movie division is doing great!

And again, Hollywood is not "out of balance". Far more original films get made and released than franchise films.

Any frustration I have is with misinformation about what works and what doesnt work. Sure I get annoyed with a mentality that there are too many sequels. I agree and yes I take it personally because what i do for a living is release original films (ok, one sequel, but thats out of 40 films!).

But the blame is on the customer, not the studio who gives the public what they want. You dont want sequels, then get the masses to stop going to them. Stop blaming studios for what you see is an industry bent out of shape.

so Sunday afternoon is probably not the best time to chat about this, but wanted to point out... lobogotti Aug 14, 11:06

Some of those should be left alone... TwoMisfits Aug 14, 11:34

Methinks the lobo/moviesnob studio would be in business a lot longer than the misfits studio. Moviesnob Aug 14, 11:44

Nah - Suicide Squad cost $325M (if you believe it was only $175M to produce)... TwoMisfits Aug 14, 11:49

And Batman v Superman cost $400M (with advertising costs included) TwoMisfits Aug 14, 11:54

if you include all costs, its more, but it'll have total revenue (after splits) of over a billion {nm} Moviesnob Aug 14, 12:11

Bad Moms, as much as it's profitable, it wasn't as strong a comedy as many expected or hoped. Trying to make a sequel would be foolish. diamondman56 Aug 14, 11:55

That's my point above - some successful movies have nowhere to go as sequels... TwoMisfits Aug 14, 11:58

Yep... We need a good plan, Stan :-) {nm} jmt-nl Aug 14, 12:03

They don't have to be successful, they just have to be successful enough. eg Neighbors 2, Hangover 3, Night at the Museum 3, Anchorman 2,etc {nm} RogerMore Aug 14, 12:05

+1 {nm} chosenone2oo5 Aug 14, 12:14

will be interesting to see what STX does with that profit. {nm} lobogotti Aug 14, 15:23