Obviously tastes differ. Having said that, both my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it (yes, we have somewhat different tastes in film).I haven't even watched it and knew it would be rubbish. I did see the new Superman film and that was excellent!
Obviously tastes differ. Having said that, both my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it (yes, we have somewhat different tastes in film).I haven't even watched it and knew it would be rubbish. I did see the new Superman film and that was excellent!
I liked it, but it felt a solid 30 minutes too long to me. And story wise... it was rather dull. Especially compared to 'Gran Turismo' just 2 years ago. Regardless, it was a visual FEAST.
With that said, if the reported $200m production budget is accurate then the film is officially churning a profit now; so congrats to Apple for finally having a box office hit on their hands!
Ahh .. I stand corrected.
Thank you.
Looks like it’s heading for profitability at some point at least.
Yeah, 2.5x budget is a good baseline to determine profit.
They literally didn’t pay anything for marketing but instead spammed iOS with banners.double that to calculate the marketing
They literally didn’t pay anything for marketing but instead spammed iOS with banners.
The production cost for F1 is estimated to have exceeded $250 million, with marketing expenses reportedly adding another $100 million. While the film's box office performance has exceeded that of Apple's previous theatrical titles, the total gross remains below the estimated break-even threshold for a film with such a high combined budget. Box office returns are also typically split between studios and exhibitors, with studios often receiving around 50% of domestic ticket revenue and a smaller share internationally.
omg you aren't kidding... it was so annoyingApple Marketing Team Probably: "See! We just need to keep abusing our platforms for marketing and we can squeeze out more profits."
I know, at least it’s not Dexter. That gets plastered on every platform, even in Kid accounts in some cases.Awesome! I hope this means Apple will continue to spam its services for Ads for its movies!
And then there are gross percentages, so the above the line fees keep increasing as the box office increases.It depends on how you define profit; Hollywood movies (almost) never make a profit, no matter the box office and other revenue. That's way getting a big cut of the net profits is a losing proposition. That doesn't mean, however, that Hollywood doesn't make money.
Hollywood pioneered a genius accounting trick - the rolling break, meaning the more revenue the higher the costs attributed to the movie so the actual movie never shows a profit.
For example:
Studio creates MovieCO, a wholly owned subsidiary that it lends, with interest, x millions to make a movie. The loan is payed back from the gross, meanwhile distribution, marketting, studio overhead, etc. are all charged to the movie and the more money it makes the more gets charged. Hollywood Accounting is a brilliant, if shady, system, and fascinating to learn.
Obviously tastes differ. Having said that, both my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it (yes, we have somewhat different tastes in film).
movie was so mid, walked out halfway through.
best racing movie that i've watched in theaters is gran turismo and it's not close
Inglorious Bastards is a modern masterpiece, but you really didn't like any of Moneyball, The Big Short, or Once Upon a Time in Hollywood? I thought all 3 of those were very good to great.Brad Pitt hasn't had a decent movie since Inglorious Bastards.
...plus F1, for me, is about as exciting as reading a phone book.
Edit: Ad Astra was okay.
Inglorious Bastards is a modern masterpiece, but you really didn't like any of Moneyball, The Big Short, or Once Upon a Time in Hollywood? I thought all 3 of those were very good to great.
I was referring to F1 (haven’t seen Superman). Loved Le Mans ‘66 (aka Ford v Ferrari), Road and Gran Turismo. Neither of us is a Formula 1 fan (or motor racing fan of any kind). We simply enjoyed the energy and the journey of F1. A simple story told well with some excellent driving moments. Well worth the price of admission.Superman or this F1 film? Most of the older F1 fans seem to not think much of this Apple F1 film, from what I have seen.
Wanna see a good racing film? Watch Ferrari or Rush or Ford V Ferrari (which I really liked).
Budget around 250M, marketing 100M+, they need around 600M to break even (they don't get all the gross as the theaters have to get their cut). I'm sure Apple is very happy with the performance, though, given how grim the box office has been post COVIDThe budget is between $200-$300 and the general rule of thumb is to double that to calculate the marketing, so it’s probably not made a profit yet.
I'm still so surprised that Fly me to the Moon did so bad.
The sponsors on the cars actually paid to be in the movie — reported to be up to $60 million.The budget is between $200-$300 and the general rule of thumb is to double that to calculate the marketing, so it’s probably not made a profit yet.