This is a follow-up to the post I made mentioning a giveaway of two tickets to the premiere of The Batman in March; details were to be announced today, December 14, 2021. So, here you go. Good Luck to all that enter!
YOU AND A FRIEND WILL:
- Win two tickets to join Robert Pattinson on the red carpet at THE BATMAN premiere
- Be among the first to see the film, take pictures with Robert Pattinson and attend the VIP After Party
- Be flown out and put up in a 4-star hotel
In this post, I will look into Warner Bros Pictures, the studio that prematurely gave up on 2021 and pissed off Christopher Nolan to the point where he left Warner Bros for Universal. Besides that, Warner Bros is well known for The Matrix, Harry Potter, and DC films. More recently, Warner Bros is well known for Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Godzilla vs. Kong, and Dune.
Warner Bros/HBO Max
To deal with COVID, Warner Bros decided to give Wonder Woman 1984 and every 2021 Warner Bros film a theatrical/HBO Max release. When it was first announced, many people, including me, thought that this would lead to the death of movie theaters. Let’s look into what actually happened. While I usually only look at 2021 films, I will also look into Wonder Woman 1984 as that was the start of the hybrid release.
Wonder Woman 1984 - The hybrid release started with Wonder Woman 1984. It was meant to be the grand start of a new era. Unfortunately, the film was a huge step down from the first Wonder Woman. What could’ve been Warner Bros’ biggest active franchise was destroyed. Financially wasn’t any better. The film only made $167M on a budget of $200M, being a box office bomb. I know COVID happened, but Wikipedia considers the film as one of the biggest box office bombs ever, so I don’t think I should let this film slide either. Under normal circumstances, I think the film would’ve only made $400M worldwide, barely breaking even. It would’ve opened higher than the first one on opening weekend, but the reception would’ve destroyed it in the following weeks.
2021
The Little Things - The year for Warner Bros started off small with The Little Things. The film received mixed reviews and made $30M on a budget of $30M, failing to double its budget. Under normal circumstances, I think the film would’ve only made $60M worldwide, barely breaking even. I’m shocked that The Little Things did better than John Lee Hancock’s other film, The Founder.
Judas and the Black Messiah - Third time’s the charm in this case when Judas and the Black Messiah came out. And by that I mean critically. It received acclaim, but wasn’t able to use that to help the box office numbers. The film only made $7M on a budget of $26M. Under normal circumstances, I think the film would’ve only made $15M worldwide. Regardless, I doubt that this film would’ve made its money back.
Tom & Jerry - Warner Bros decided to release Tom & Jerry in late February, just two days before the deadlin
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You know, studios fuck movies up so regularly (raise your hand if you remember Alien^3, Island of Dr. Moreau, and...um...David Lynch's Dune) that I just want to take a moment here and appreciate that Warner Brothers and Legendary stayed out of the way and let a visionary auteur make the movie he was born to make.
Admittedly, I don't know for a fact that this happened, and maybe DV had to flex to get final cut, but it seems pretty apparent. Feel free to correct me if I have this dead wrong.
I imagine there may have been a "can we have more action in Act II?" note, since Act I felt kind of rushed, but at the same time Villeneuve seems like a fairly pragmatic director who knows what will garner mass appeal, and that coming in under 150 minutes is part of that equation. And I ain't complaining, because I'll watch Duncan Idaho dominating at shield combat all damn day.
So anyhow, I know I have a tendency to rag on studios/networks for interfering with creators and churning out focus-grouped pap, so I want to be fair and recognize good decision making when it happens. Big kudos to them. And if act I was rushed, that's what the HD blu-ray 3-hour director's cut is for. And if we don't get one of those, I'ma cut a bitch. May their knife chip and shatter.
As most of you know, the event is going to be for attendees only but more often than not - the attendees come out and tweet at length about what they say, so what are we expecting here? Sony is expected to debut their No Way Home trailer - can we expect them to show the official trailer for The Batman at CinemaCon?
This worked out great last time, so I thought I'd make a megathread that can be updated as more news starts to come in.
Official Press Release: Warner Bros. Pictures Group Announces Innovative, Hybrid Distribution Model For Its 2021 Theatrical Slate
Statement from WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar: This one is for the fans
Cinemark's Response: At this time, Warner Bros. has not provided any details for the hybrid distribution model of their 2021 films
Jason Kilar's Interview with Deadline: How Groundbreaking HBO Max Theatrical Window Strategy Will Optimize Revenues
Jason Kilar's Interview with Vox: WarnerMedia’s CEO explains why he’s blowing up the movie business
warner bros pictures, sony pictures and paramount pictures are the top 3 sucessful films studios of the 2000s and they are part of number one postion in each year with the exception of 2000 and 2003 in terms of market share. disney, universal and fox were struggling during some and most parts of the 2000s.
during the 21st century warner bros has been most sucessful films studios alongside with sony pictures and paramount pictures in the 2000s.
and alongside with walt disney studios motion pictures and universal pictures in the 2010s - present.
i know that walt disney studios motion pictures, universal pictures and warner bros pictures have released 5 or more $1 billion dollar in almost 20 years. 20th century fox has only 2 $1 billion dollar films. sony pictures has currently 2 $1 billion dollar films and paramount pictures has currently have 3 $1 billion dollar. which film studio will have at least 5 $1 billion dollar films ?
