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residentgrigo
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They kept it in theaters to beat Uncharted in the franchise wars but Sonic won´t enter the top 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_based_on_video_games
That Warcraft of all things rules the charts. Urgh. It and the ok-isk Detective Pikachu are the top 2 but both cost a bit too much to warrant sequels. Sonic 1/2 and to a lesser degree Uncharted cost less so those get to go on. It's safe to say that game films aren´t there yet. In terms of financial viability and quality but baby steps are made.
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Beatdigga
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 10:54 am |
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It’s no Top Gun at the box office but it’s the best video game based production this year and a very solid rock for a franchise. So kudos.
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MoonPhase1
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:33 am |
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| residentgrigo wrote: | They kept it in theaters to beat Uncharted in the franchise wars but Sonic won´t enter the top 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_based_on_video_games
That Warcraft of all things rules the charts. Urgh. It and the ok-isk Detective Pikachu are the top 2 but both cost a bit too much to warrant sequels. Sonic 1/2 and to a lesser degree Uncharted cost less so those get to go on. It's safe to say that game films aren´t there yet. In terms of financial viability and quality but baby steps are made. |
Warcraft failed in the U.S. because it was pretty terrible. So Warcraft being #1 is only thanks to other countries.
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BadNewsBlues
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:29 pm |
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That Warcraft of all things rules the charts. Urgh. |
Is it any worse than Uncharted?
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Mr. sickVisionz
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 3:26 pm |
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| residentgrigo wrote: | | It's safe to say that game films aren´t there yet. In terms of financial viability and quality but baby steps are made. |
I think billion dollar movies have given people a wild take on what's required for a movie to be financially viable.
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PurpleWarrior13
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 10:39 pm |
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| residentgrigo wrote: | They kept it in theaters to beat Uncharted in the franchise wars but Sonic won´t enter the top 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_based_on_video_games
That Warcraft of all things rules the charts. Urgh. It and the ok-isk Detective Pikachu are the top 2 but both cost a bit too much to warrant sequels. Sonic 1/2 and to a lesser degree Uncharted cost less so those get to go on. It's safe to say that game films aren´t there yet. In terms of financial viability and quality but baby steps are made. |
That's internationally. In North America, Sonic 2 is #1. Warcraft actually bombed hard in the US (and actually lost the studio money internationally too).
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enurtsol
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:00 am |
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And now the Minions have taken over the July 4th weekend......... with some help 
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