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If this is the case that all they are doing is just increasing the box office standard to unreasonable levels.
Rumor: the 2 Avengers Infinity War movies will have a combined budget of a billion.
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If this is the case that all they are doing is just increasing the box office standard to unreasonable levels.
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Well that's just going to make me hope that the movie crashes and burns to spite their hubris, and I LIKE the marvel cinematic universe.
Dude, it's got Thanos in it.Dirty Hipsters said:
Thanos.
This is a guy who killed off half of the universe to impress his girlfriend.
Also, the billion for two movies, so the topic title is a bit disingenuous.
And again even if the movie is good and makes all its money back and than some, all they are doing is just increasing the Box Office standard to ridiculous/unreasonable levels.Dirty Hipsters said:
I mean take for example the olden days where many game developers were trying to copy the Call of Duty formula of gameplay and aesthetics just to match Call of Duty's sheer amount of sales and profit?
I don't pay it. For them to hit the 1 billion mark, either their production budget is like $800 million (highly unlikely) or for some reason they're spending half a billion dollars on marketing.
You just can't spend that much money on marketing. There are some practical, physical limits to how much you can advertise a film.
Even BvS only cost $400 million because of a grossly-inflated marketing budget that was nearly the size of the production budget. Its production costs were more-or-less in line with Civil War and Age of Ultron.
Edit: Okay, I watched the video and it's one billion for both movies, which is both much less clickbaity and much more plausible. That would indicate a $500 million actual cost per film, which is a significant increase from BvS's $400 million, but not totally outside the realm of imagination.
In other words: this isn't exceptional at all.
So maybe that'll happen.
You just can't spend that much money on marketing. There are some practical, physical limits to how much you can advertise a film.
Even BvS only cost $400 million because of a grossly-inflated marketing budget that was nearly the size of the production budget. Its production costs were more-or-less in line with Civil War and Age of Ultron.
Edit: Okay, I watched the video and it's one billion for both movies, which is both much less clickbaity and much more plausible. That would indicate a $500 million actual cost per film, which is a significant increase from BvS's $400 million, but not totally outside the realm of imagination.
In other words: this isn't exceptional at all.
My friend's a huge fan of Thanos and he told me that the comics Infinity War storyline (I've never read it) has Thanos literally kill most of the universe, then bring them back to life because...he was bored.Cap said:
So maybe that'll happen.
I guess the problem I have here with movie studios doing this is the hubris of it all. They have created something that HAS to succeed. Not just something they want to succeed, something that will actually damage them if it fails. Not fatally, but still.
If I am a successful maker of potato chips and suddenly introduce a wildly unpopular sour-cream-and-horseradish flavour, I won't likely have to fire hundreds of people when that chip fails. They still have 22 other flavours in that chip aisle.
If this film fails, or even performs below expectations, people will lose their jobs. Like, a lot of people, not just a few executives.
If I am a successful maker of potato chips and suddenly introduce a wildly unpopular sour-cream-and-horseradish flavour, I won't likely have to fire hundreds of people when that chip fails. They still have 22 other flavours in that chip aisle.
If this film fails, or even performs below expectations, people will lose their jobs. Like, a lot of people, not just a few executives.
Well, they shouldnt spend too much on marketing. Avengers 1, 2, and 3 (Civil War) plus Guardians of the Galaxy are basically all the marketing you need.
My guess is most of the money is/should be special effects, since Im guessing its going to be extra high, and I suppose casting budget, since this is certainly stepping up the cohesion of the MCU.
My guess is most of the money is/should be special effects, since Im guessing its going to be extra high, and I suppose casting budget, since this is certainly stepping up the cohesion of the MCU.
That's not how marketing people think.Saelune said:
See, a marketer is being paid to market stuff by people who don't know how marketing works. Because the marketer wants more work, the marketer tells them that they definitely need hundreds of millions of dollars in marketing or their film will literally kill people with boredom, and that he knows this for sure because he is a marketing expert.
The circular irony here is that the marketer is better at marketing his marketing skills than he probably is at marketing whatever it is he's trying to convince other guys that he can market.
And for once I hope the Cinematic Universe CHANGE that!Cap said:
When I heard that for the first time, I was REALLY dissapointed...
Sure, having for girlfriend DEATH herself is cool..........but don't make it the major plot point for the destruction of the whole universe.
However I will admit, if they follow the original plot, I am curious to see the cinematic Death's appearance.
Also it is one movie. They change it after a lot of thinking.
To be fair, not killing people off is a issue with the comics, not the movies. How many times as -any- character died and come back? Hell, they revived Aunt May just to restore the status quo of awkward single Spider-Man.inu-kun said:
A lot of budget will probably be for the actors and actresses, of which there are a ton of big names.
Then another large chunk will be for special effects.
I don't think 500 million is unreasonable for how big each movie actually is.
I hope they make Thanos memorable and not the next Malekith. The main people have had enough screentime, we know them pretty well now, give the villain some character please.
And make him an actual threat. Actually kill some people, the guy will get the full infinity gauntlet at some point, show it's real power.
Then another large chunk will be for special effects.
I don't think 500 million is unreasonable for how big each movie actually is.
I hope they make Thanos memorable and not the next Malekith. The main people have had enough screentime, we know them pretty well now, give the villain some character please.
And make him an actual threat. Actually kill some people, the guy will get the full infinity gauntlet at some point, show it's real power.
Yeah, the budgets pretty big, but not unheard of.Cap said:
This Thanos guy better do something big and irreversible, because so far all he's done is sit in his chair and sip his coffee like George Lucas. People swore up and down that Ultron was big business too, and he went down like a punk. Same with Civil War. I would be surprised if more then one major hero died without being brought back. They even brought fucking Coulsen back to life.
Why does it even matter how much the next Avengers will cost to make? It's either going to be good or bad just like every other movie ever made. Who cares about increasing the so-called box office standard? Movie studios greenlight what they think will turn a profit regardless if the movie has a $10 million budget or a $1 billion budget.