I don't see how Blizzard doesn't still have rights to the cinematic universe when they're also producers, you even see their logo in the movie. If they DID sign away all movie rights and Legendary doesn't want to make another, Blizzard could just buy back the rights and make their own films seeing how they have their own film studio now.
BOM just updated with estimates for the weekend:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/...d=warcraft.htm
Domestic: $43,886,470 10.6%
+ Foreign: $368,300,000 89.4%
= Worldwide: $412,186,470
Last edited by Faier; 2016-06-26 at 03:55 PM.
Oops... even $450M is quite far-fetched with those exponential drops.
Last edited by tangocash; 2016-06-26 at 04:34 PM.
Warcraft is different in that it doesn't need to rely on US numbers as much because Legendary is owned by China where most of the money is being made. It's still a Chinese produced movie in the end.
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Yeah, it's to be expected as a nostalgic sequel. It's funny though if you look at the audience scores on RT. Warcraft-80% liked it. ID2-40% liked it. I saw ID2 last night and it was the worst movie I've seen in theaters in a long time.
Lothar is the leader of Stormwind's military. This was clearly shown and explained several times, from the very first scene he was in.
Gul'dan is the leader of the Orcs. This is clearly shown and explained several times, from the very first scene he was in.
Blackhand is the leader of the Orc military, sort of Gul'dan's second in command. Again, clearly shown and stated several times.
The structure of Azerothian society is clearly shown to be a number of kingdoms led by kings, Stormwind's being Llane Wrynn. Not exactly a complicated concept.
The structure of Orcish society is a conglomeration of tribes/warbands. The tribes are led by chieftains (like Durotan), the entire Horde army is led by Blackhand, and they all basically serve Gul'dan.
None of this is complicated or confusing. Anyone claiming otherwise is either stupid or pretending to be stupid to confirm a pre-determined position. The movie is not a failure, because it's making bucketloads of money worldwide, user ratings on IMDb and similar sites are high, fans of the franchise are overwhelmingly happy with it (a first for game adaptations), and Rotten Tomatoes aggregate scores are not the be-all end-all of film quality. There are "top critics" who gave it good reviews, including the New York Times. Why is that opinion worth less than the opinion of three clickbaity web-only trolls?
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Is that commercial in 4k? Cuz I needs that
I am really hoping the 40 or so minutes that were cut from the film are added for the DvD and that pulls things together a little better. If there is a sequel I hope they learned from the mistakes with pacing. It will make for a much better film next time.
I also feel like if they can get the point where they are telling the story of Arthas they can really pull in people.
Those 6 markets will each contribute maybe a million. But yes, we will hit 450 with those and counting in the fact that it's been out for two weeks in most markets and will go away from the theaters in maybe 2 months. Heck, even I plan to watch it at least one more time, maybe two (if my certain 2 friends decide they have the time to watch it), when I get rid of my exams 2 to 3 weeks.
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Every movie has an exponential drop.
How much has Warcraft sold in Europe? From portugal to iceland to russia, surely if we count it all, it won't look so grim?
Anyways, does anyone know where I can buy a decent-sized Chinese poster? I tried Amazon but they had no bigger than 40cm which I feel is too small..