Antony
07-10-2004, 01:13 PM
I read today that the third Harry Potter movie has made 229 million to date in the US. As of friday, Spiderman 2 has made the same money in 10 days. Now naturally I'm not shocked by this. Spiderman 2 is a bigger movie. But Harry Potter is falling off of the box office chart. It's down to 11th and it's only showing in 2000 theaters. In the next few weeks it'll probably drop completely off of the charts and be out of most theaters.
The point is this. How many movies does the Harry Potter franchise have left in it? POA has been out for over a month, and while it still has managed to stay in the top ten, it hasn't made the same amount in the US as the rest of them. The second Potter movie made 60 million less domestically than the first movie. And the third has made 30 million less than the second.
With a budget of 130 million, and marketing costs of 50 million, the movie has still made a sizable profit. Enough to warrant another movie. But with the costs of movies, and the need to make each movie more spectacular than the last, are we looking at the end of this franchise?
Granted, as I said before, the Potter films have always been known to do much better overseas, but I'm beginning to think that even the overseas population is growing tired of the young wizard.
The first movie made over 600 million overseas. The second movie made just about the same amount. But the third film has made around 360 million overseas. A sizable dropoff from the first two. And like I said, that total is losing momentum each weekend too.
But, as I said before, the question is, are people just getting tired of it? How many movies does the franchise have left? They're not gonna keep making them if the producer starts losing his ass on them. With budgets on the rise, and profits on the fall, how many do they have left? 2? At max? With this kind of dropoff in sales when compared to the second movie, I don't know if they even have 2 left. I think one more might be the end. It's not neccesarily depending on whether the movie profits at all, but on how much profit it brings in. If they start seeing more of these 50 percent dropoffs, will they stop a sequel from happening based on fear of how much money they could lose?
The point is this. How many movies does the Harry Potter franchise have left in it? POA has been out for over a month, and while it still has managed to stay in the top ten, it hasn't made the same amount in the US as the rest of them. The second Potter movie made 60 million less domestically than the first movie. And the third has made 30 million less than the second.
With a budget of 130 million, and marketing costs of 50 million, the movie has still made a sizable profit. Enough to warrant another movie. But with the costs of movies, and the need to make each movie more spectacular than the last, are we looking at the end of this franchise?
Granted, as I said before, the Potter films have always been known to do much better overseas, but I'm beginning to think that even the overseas population is growing tired of the young wizard.
The first movie made over 600 million overseas. The second movie made just about the same amount. But the third film has made around 360 million overseas. A sizable dropoff from the first two. And like I said, that total is losing momentum each weekend too.
But, as I said before, the question is, are people just getting tired of it? How many movies does the franchise have left? They're not gonna keep making them if the producer starts losing his ass on them. With budgets on the rise, and profits on the fall, how many do they have left? 2? At max? With this kind of dropoff in sales when compared to the second movie, I don't know if they even have 2 left. I think one more might be the end. It's not neccesarily depending on whether the movie profits at all, but on how much profit it brings in. If they start seeing more of these 50 percent dropoffs, will they stop a sequel from happening based on fear of how much money they could lose?