Ilse koch Actually, FOX was happy with VDT s box office

Ilse koch

Actually, FOX was happy with VDT s box office. They ran a full page ad in a magazine about the movie grossing 415 million or something like that. Why would they take out a giant ad about the movie s grosses if they weren t happy?! As people have said this was released on a Friday and there is no comparison yet to other Narnia movies and in fact the DVD sales increased the week after because of the release date so wait a few more weeks and then see how VDT s DVD sales are faring. Yes, there is a comparison for DVDs, as I mentioned lower down. VDT, in its first nine days, made less than half of what PC made in its first five days. Now, VDT had a blu-ray share of 40%, while PC had a blu-ray share of 10%, so that might make up some of the difference. Still, VDT hasn t made as much money on home disc as PC did at the same point in its release. But if PC grossed more in theatres in the US than VDT, why are you people expecting VDT to sell more DVDs? I think between DVD and blu-ray sales, the movie is doing great. PC was out in time for Christmas sales, if I recall correctly, and it grossed more in the US theatres so naturally, it should outsell VDT. I m just glad the film grossed well worldwide and is selling well on DVD/Blu-Ray. I want another movie!! ARGH! I wish Disney never ever left Narnia!!! How stupid of you to compare it to Tron and Tangled. Disney keeps all profit from those movies, whereas they only kept a margin of what Narnia brought in. You have to look at the bigger picture, both Tron and Tangled will bring in hundreds of millions for Disney over the coming decades through merchandise, themeparks, etc. Ways Fox/Walden could only dream of. So no, I m sure Disney is very happy to have dodged the failure that was VDT. It s called GREED peoples. Tangled missed its budget in the US by 61 million the budget was 260 million, and probably far more for marketing and Tron s was 170 million making just over in the US and making 229 million more elsewhere. If Disney did it, the marketing wouldn t have been misfired like it was and more people would have seen it. I m actually surprised people seem to think Tron was successful because Disney considered PC s 55 million opening disappointing and yet Tron opened at 43 million. Although VDT only opened at 24 million, it eventually picked up. I don t about you, but I prefer quality films and how it looked on VDT s home release was DEFINITELY NOT QUALITY! For Tron s international gross, I meant 227 million. Reep: Your forgetting that PC was significantly more expensive than Tron:Legacy. Tribunal: Your forgetting that Disney only paid part of the cost for Narnia as well. Might have only payed a portion of the cost but PC had a production budget of 225 million and another 175 million for marketing. Even if Disney only payed about 1/3 of the cost, it s still a huge number. Reep fails to look beyond box-office numbers. You can t compare Narnia to Tron and Tangled because Disney is in a completely different situation with those films. They had to share all the money generated by the Narnia franchise with Walden, the Lewis Estate, etc And with Tron and Tangled, they get to keep the profit and expand it through merchandise, themeparks, etc. As far as I recall, Tron s theme park rides only came as a part of their huge marketing venture, and at least somebody agrees with me that Disney was wrong to dump Narnia, and when did theme park rides ever come into it, because that is just completely irrelevant. I never said themepark RIDES.