PACIFIC RIM UPRISING 2018 AUSTRALIA MOVIE
Yet, by early 2016, Universal needed The Huntsman: Winter’s War as much as Disney needs Tron 3.ĭisney has threatened to make a third Tron movie in one form or another over the years. But the appeal of saying “Hey, we’ve got a new franchise!” was too much to resist after Battleship bombed and The Bourne Legacy slightly underperformed. Taking a female-led hit, and it did earn $156 million domestic and $394m worldwide on a $170m budget, and creating a male-driven spin-off was both a bad idea in terms of why the first film did well and oddly cruel. Universal was planning to toss Kristen Stewart out of her own franchise before Snow White and the Huntsman even opened in June of 2012. In retrospect, Pacific Rim could have been treated as a “dodged a bullet” one-and-done. Pacific Rim 2 was a lot less necessary in 2018 than it was in 2014. But as Universal’s 2014 slate of record profit margins (in a year sans tentpoles) led to a market share-winning 2015, Pacific Rim: Uprising became less an essential IP and more of… something from a bygone era. release) and when Universal was lower on stockholder-friendly franchises. Sure, this all started in 2014, when Universal had recently joined forces with Legendary (the first Pacific Rim went out as a Warner Bros./Time Warner Inc. But no matter how much Karl Urban talks about playing Judge Dredd again on the big screen, we are no closer to getting a sequel to Dredd than we are of getting MacGruber 2, Terminator Genisys 2 or John Carter 2.īut Pacific Rim 2 actually got made. Folks are asked about Fantastic Four and they act like it’s something that’s actively being considered. Chris Pine joshingly responds in a positive way to the notion of a third Princess Diaries movie and it gets reported as if it’s a greenlit picture. Thanks to the 24-hour news cycle and the clickbait-driven media, we get all kinds of buzz about continuations to every franchise under the sun. So, Pacific Rim: Uprising was a big-budget sequel to a big-budget flop. And with marketing costs being what they are, 2.5x-the budget is usually the magic spot for eventual profitability once VOD, DVD and other post-theatrical revenue streams are tabulated. Yes, $411m+ worldwide is pretty solid, especially for an original live-action feature, but that was still barely over double its budget. Guillermo del Toro’s monsters versus robots flick earned mixed reviews and didn’t really break out beyond the hardcore nerd crowd, earning $101 million domestic from a $38m debut and $411m worldwide on a $190m budget. That’s what made a second Pacific Rim so intriguing.
If the first film bombs, you shouldn’t get a sequel. Sequels are supposed to be a reward for a movie that is a big hit and (theoretically) has another story worth telling. As a general rule, sequels happen when a movie earns a lot of money or grosses a figure that is A) noticeably higher than the production budget and B) has a somewhat leggy, buzzy run which in-turn leads to a vibrant post-theatrical lifespan. This shouldn’t be a surprise since Legendary (and distributor Universal/Comcast Corp.) violated the most obvious rule of all: Don’t make a sequel if folks didn’t flock to or love the original.
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