Forum - View topicNEWS: Dragonball Evolution Opens at #8 with US$4.8 Million
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Cliffjxn
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I hated it because it's a bad movie that's full of plot holes, sub-par SFX, and cliches. I also hated because it was an obvious placeholder - a movie made simply to occupy theater screens and fulfill Fox's contracts with theater chains. Mind you, I do think it sucks that they changed so much. Mainly because they didn't have to. Contrary to whatever reasons they gave they only made changes to save money and time. |
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Cliffjxn
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Sigh. You do know that blog was wrong about DBE having made $50 million, right? That post was 2 weeks ago and DBE only just hit $30M in the last 3 days. Topless Robot was quoting info from a DBE fan site. Not the most reliable source. |
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dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
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Well good. Maybe there won't be a sequel after all. One can only hope. |
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LagannImpact
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That hideous Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie from about this time of year two years ago debuted at #11, so I guess it could be worse. Imagine how bad a live-action movie of that cowpile would do...but then again, how the heck are you going to get actors to be a floating box of fries, a milkshake, and a meatball!?! Still, here's hoping the CB and FMP movies are actually GOOD! |
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Cliffjxn
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There won't be a sequel. Since this movie cost at least $60 million to produce and market it's going to have to make over $120 million just to break even. Let's face it, at this point it's a pretty sure bet it's not going to make that much. James Wong himself said that there won't be sequels if the movie bombs in the States. At the rate it's going it's not even going to make 30 million in the US. The powers that be at Fox would have to be crazy to green-light a sequel. |
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yojimboray
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I can't believe an Asian guy directed this POS. James Wong is like a Jewish guy spying for the Nazis. I know, I know- that's going way overboard- but, Dragonball-related or not- how dare he expect people to shell out $11 for this crap!
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fighterholic
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I'm sorry? Uwe Boll shells out pieces of shit all the time, please do not come in with an outwardly bland and racist comment like that |
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loka
Posts: 373 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
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i read somewhere that said $45M budget. anyways, when it comes to action/fantasy movies, it seems you need to put some effort into the screenplay.
if they were going to change something, they should have changed the dialogue. must superhero scripts always be so god-awful. at least in the latest batman live action installment they really made an effort to make it sound better. |
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hikaru004
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The professionals are bashing this even more. |
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Dust2
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DBE has made $41.7 mil through this weekend. Outside the US, it did over $10 mil bringing the total to $41.7 mil (source: Variety international box office update)
Budget: $45 mil Breakeven: $90 mil (50% of total boxoffice) It will end up around $65 million worldwide. DVD sales might cover the other $25 mil or this will be a loss for FOX. |
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walw6pK4Alo
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Barely covering the money sunk into this just seems like a terrible idea to do a second one. It's as if they want to lose money. |
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PetrifiedJello
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I disagree. For otaku to spend money on this for the simple right to complain is an ignorant remark, and that's really, really stupid. I've seen several of the DBZ airings on Cartoon Network. Not a bad series, and quite enjoyable. If it wasn't for the fact the series took 5 episodes to do 1 thing, it would probably be in my collection. As with many people, I try to keep an open mind about new things. The Cowboy Bebop live action movie is something I don't want, but I can't easily dismiss it without seeing anything about it. But for the DBZ movie, all it took was the previews. Any otaku who saw the preview has every right to make statements against the movie. Especially given, it seems, the previews were the best part about it. Now, pay attention. This is Hollywood's attempt at cashing in on the anime billions. We can expect the same thing as it did with the video game to movie run it had a few years ago (and has luckily slowed). The downside to this attempt is giving anime a bad reputation. The DBZ series will forever be tarnished with this movie, never to be undone. If the Cowboy Bebop or Akira movie fails, that's another unnecessary hit against anime. For Hollywood to run this adaptation trend can be good a good thing for anime, often times, it is not. As someone who watched over 80% of video game adaptations go horribly wrong, as an otaku, I have every right to "cheer" to this movie's failure without having seen it. If you believe an 80% failure rate is successful for anime adaptations, then feel free to pay to watch them all. Review them, if you must. But don't think us stupid because we cheer when those few who did see confirmed our worst fears. |
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Dante80
Posts: 218 Location: Athens Greece |
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Well, thats the reason I wrote this too...
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Nope, thats wrong. Any live adaption to an anime/manga source cannot considered as canon regarding the original story. It is impossible to "tarnish" a series like that. Anime adaptions can provide top notch movies. The material is there, the fanbase is there, there are many anime based concepts that can be adapted to a LA easily and, provided a studio does a good job, it will also reap the rewards. But making a half-assed job for a quick buck will not work this time...you either try your best, or not try at all. |
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Primus
Posts: 2758 Location: Toronto |
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You say that as if the franchise's name wasn't already tarnished, the DragonBall Z anime has already done more harm to the franchise's reputation then any live action film could do. You mentioned it yourself, 5 episodes to get things done. Think Toriyama did that in his manga? No he didn't. And sorry, but DB Kai isn't going to cut it. Showcasing 20 year old footage re-edited isn't exactly going to light the world on fire. Also, DragonBall Evolution isn't based on DBZ. It's based on the Pilaf and Piccolo Damaio archs in DragonBall. As well, there will never be a "DBZ" live action movie for the fact that they'd have to get the rights from the source, ie Sheushia and Toriyama, Shueshia never published a "DragonBall Z", and Toriyama never wrote a "DragonBall Z" (Toriyama only wrote the series as "DragonBall", the anime added the "Z", and the "Z" was added to the manga release by Viz to cash-in on the name). |
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kakoishii
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Fox already has the rights for Z, before the project took off a DBZ movie was what was on the table, it was only until much later that they decided to do a DB movie instead of a DBZ movie. |
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