So yes, the movie was a disappointment for Disney, because many were predicting at least a billion dollar worldwide box office for this movie last year.
I need to get me some of the drugs they were on, talk about uppers.
No reasonable person would have predicted such large numbers for a video game movie. No previous movie based on a video game had anywhere close to that type of blockbuster intake.
The closest comparable would probably be the Lara Croft films which took in $131.2M($274.7M) and $65.7M($156.5M) respectively.
I need to get me some of the drugs they were on, talk about uppers.
No reasonable person would have predicted such large numbers for a video game movie. No previous movie based on a video game had anywhere close to that type of blockbuster intake.
The closest comparable would probably be the Lara Croft films which took in $131.2M($274.7M) and $65.7M($156.5M) respectively.
There is no way they were predicting that for this movie!!!
The pirate movies had trouble getting that high!!! And those had Johnny D!!!
There is no way they were predicting that for this movie!!!
The pirate movies had trouble getting that high!!! And those had Johnny D!!!
Yeah, I don't think anyone credible was legitimately predicting it would hit a billion dollars worldwide.
This is the highest grossing video game movie of all time, which in itself means it did fine. The budget will always be the main thing that prevents this from being the success it should have been. Some will say the movie just wasn't good enough, but it did fine when not factoring in the ridiculous budget.
Yeah, I don't think anyone credible was legitimately predicting it would hit a billion dollars worldwide.
This is the highest grossing video game movie of all time, which in itself means it did fine. The budget will always be the main thing that prevents this from being the success it should have been. Some will say the movie just wasn't good enough, but it did fine when not factoring in the ridiculous budget.
I would think between this and the other flop he produced this year, Jerry Bruckheimer will have to push Disney extra hard to give him a big production budget for the next movie he lines up for them.
I need to get me some of the drugs they were on, talk about uppers.
No reasonable person would have predicted such large numbers for a video game movie. No previous movie based on a video game had anywhere close to that type of blockbuster intake.
The closest comparable would probably be the Lara Croft films which took in $131.2M($274.7M) and $65.7M($156.5M) respectively.
I agree... but looking who was attached to the film. There were high expectations. Maybe not a billion, but more than 300 million for sure. With a $200 million budget, the movie needed to make more than that. Because I'm not sure what Disney gets from the foreign box office.
But enough with numbers and flops. I enjoyed the movie, and if there is ever a sequel I'm on board
I think it's unfair to characterize this as purely a video game movie. That'd be similar to saying that POTC is just a "ride movie" and it shouldn't have done much better than "Haunted Mansion". Disney was definitely making this with an eye towards the POTC success and franchise opportunity.
While I think this could prove itself worthy of a sequel on video, I'd say that since Disney dropped Narnia like a hot rock after Caspian, this will likely never see a part 2.
again, it flopped b/c of it's outrageous budget. a lot of people have said that they've enjoyed this movie.
Exactly. Some people are acting like this didn't make a solid amount of money worldwide for most movies. It did. It just wasn't the blockbuster that Disney hoped. Once again, it's mainly just the fact that the budget was so ridiculously high that is keeping it from being considered a hit.
Says he expects 'tough' criticism from fans of video game
LONDON -- A bulked-up Jake Gyllenhaal has moved from dark, edgy roles to big-budget action adventure in "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," a movie that could succeed the hit "Pirates" franchise as Disney's next big thing.
While the 29-year-old, Oscar-nominated actor is being typically coy about future plans, Gyllenhaal said in an interview that he was ready to return to the role of a swashbuckling sixth century Persian prince.
"Prince of Persia," based on the popular video game which first appeared in 1989, premiered in London on Sunday and hits theaters later this month.
"Of course, if there's an opportunity to do another one and people respond to it," Gyllenhaal told Reuters in an interview to promote the movie, when asked if he envisaged the film as part of a series.
"I don't think that's really on our mind. I think our mind is to get this one out. But of course, it would be an honor. If an audience asks for a sequel, then that's an honor," added the actor, who trained hard for demanding stunt and fight sequences.
The three "Pirates of the Caribbean" films to date, starring Johnny Depp, are a hard act to follow, having grossed $2.7 billion at the global boxoffice.
Industry followers see an additional challenge in that big-screen adaptations of video games have struggled to meet expectations. Estimates of "Prince of Persia's" production budget range from $150 million-$200 million.
Gyllenhaal is braced for a rough ride from followers of the "Prince of Persia" game series, which he played as a young boy.
"I know ... this will not appease all gamers, and I know there is a lot of skepticism about the translation of a video game to a movie, but I also feel excited that I think we've done something that's better than any of the translations that have come out thus far.
"These games haven't been given the respect they deserve in the movie world, and I think (producer) Jerry (Bruckheimer) has done that and I think that we tried so hard to make it our own and at the same time stay true to the games.
"They (gamers) are tough, and I appreciate that. I come from a tough family. I don't mind tough critics."
Gyllenhaal cut his acting teeth as a troubled outsider in smaller-budget movies which won him critical acclaim.
"Donnie Darko" (2001) is considered by some to be his breakthrough, while "Brokeback Mountain" earned him his sole Academy Award nomination and a BAFTA award in Britain.
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He was linked with several action hero parts in the past, notably Spider-Man and Batman films, but it was Prince of Persia which finally brought him into the Hollywood mainstream.
"I think it was about time I stopped taking myself so seriously," the actor said, when asked why he had followed the likes of Tobey Maguire and Robert Downey Jr. into action movies.
"When I was a little younger, and I did start (acting) so young, I think you tend to try and be a little bit more of what you think other people might want or what people might consider to be interesting.
"And then I think I found that I've just decided to do what I find interesting. That doesn't mean I'm not going to do films that are darker later on," he added.
In "Prince of Persia," Gyllenhaal plays Dastan, a boy adopted by King Sharaman who becomes embroiled in a quest to protect a magic dagger that can access the legendary Sands of Time, capable of turning back time.
Directed by Mike Newell and starring Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina and Gemma Arterton, the movie features battles, chases, plenty of special effects and lighthearted dialogue.
Gyllenhaal said he looked back far into Hollywood history for inspiration.
"I like to think of this as a little bit more Errol Flynn in a way, I've always thought of it that way and I was always inspired by him in this movie."
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