It wasn’t THAT bad it was just a mess. Still glad I went to a theatre to see it.
MuptonBossman on
Whoever approved an $80 million budget for this movie should be blamed.
merRedditor on
Give it time to go to streaming. People aren’t going to movie theaters much anymore.
MarvelsGrantMan136 on
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>It was a complete rejection by moviegoers around the world this weekend as Maggie Gyllenhaal’s $80M bride of Frankenstein monster movie, The Bride! opened to $13.6M. Of that, domestic was $7.3M, not only breaking Warner Bros. No. 1 nine-picture opening streak at the B.O., but repping a bow that was lower than some recent lows for the Burbank, CA lot, read last year’s disaster Mickey 17 ($19M) and Companion ($9.3M).
>Industry sources, not Warners, believe the loss on The Bride! could approach $90M in its first cycle after home entertainment downstream. Note, it will be a while before the ultimate red is realized. Warner Bros had no comment about the movie’s P&L which includes $65M in worldwide P&A. Bad timing for a loss as WBD CEO David Zaslav just cashed in $114M+ in stocks due to a trading window opening for executives involved in any deal negotiations.
>A few things to consider in regards to The Bride!‘s exorbitant production cost. Gyllenhaal received top shelf with her cast as well as below the line talent in Oscar nominated Elvis production designer Karen Murphy, Joker Oscar-nominated DP Lawrence Sher, and 3x Oscar winning costume designer Sandy Powell. The movie was shot in New York, and even though it received tax credits, I’m told that creative decision alone is what made the project too expensive for Netflix. In the same breath, the movie was shot in the United States. Isn’t that what the motion picture industry wants? If that’s the case, then there’s a very good case for money spent. There were $60M in production wages on The Bride! with over 2,500 local hires. The production worked with 500 business. Amen.
>At the same time, the domestic box office is fragile, and the industry needs movies like Bride! to win. Lower production cost should be married to originality and may the two never be separated. I understand that there was never a $20M reshoot on The Bride! That’s misinformation and Buckley only shot one day of reshoots. De Luca and Abdy’s plan is to have a diversified slate so that the potential hits pay for any shortfalls for the big swings.
Klondike307 on
It feels like the marketing for this film was everywhere three months ago but I’ve barely seen any in the past couple weeks. Seems like the marketing ramped down instead of up to the release.
Puppykerry on
Not surprised. Nobody asked for a Bonnie and Clyde Frankenstein movie and the trailer was unbearably cringey. Could barely stomach even seeing a clip of it. Looked like an absolute disaster from the start. Maggie pulled a lot of favors and sadly she pulled them for the wrong project. Didn’t help we just had a Frankenstein movie come out like four months ago either
aspenextreme03 on
It’s awful… Bale is one of my favorite and even he was cringe
Merickson- on
People might be getting Frankensteined out.
brickyardjimmy on
I only have a couple of rules. One of them is that when you’re making a high art monster pic, keep the budget under 10 million.
dedolent on
i don’t know if it’s better than what the trailers showed but it looked godawful
JohnnyElRed on
Normally this would be the kind of movie I’m interested in. But I saw the trailer, and everything was so… weird. But not on a dumb and fun way. It just felt off putting.
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It wasn’t THAT bad it was just a mess. Still glad I went to a theatre to see it.
Whoever approved an $80 million budget for this movie should be blamed.
Give it time to go to streaming. People aren’t going to movie theaters much anymore.
Details:
>It was a complete rejection by moviegoers around the world this weekend as Maggie Gyllenhaal’s $80M bride of Frankenstein monster movie, The Bride! opened to $13.6M. Of that, domestic was $7.3M, not only breaking Warner Bros. No. 1 nine-picture opening streak at the B.O., but repping a bow that was lower than some recent lows for the Burbank, CA lot, read last year’s disaster Mickey 17 ($19M) and Companion ($9.3M).
>Industry sources, not Warners, believe the loss on The Bride! could approach $90M in its first cycle after home entertainment downstream. Note, it will be a while before the ultimate red is realized. Warner Bros had no comment about the movie’s P&L which includes $65M in worldwide P&A. Bad timing for a loss as WBD CEO David Zaslav just cashed in $114M+ in stocks due to a trading window opening for executives involved in any deal negotiations.
>A few things to consider in regards to The Bride!‘s exorbitant production cost. Gyllenhaal received top shelf with her cast as well as below the line talent in Oscar nominated Elvis production designer Karen Murphy, Joker Oscar-nominated DP Lawrence Sher, and 3x Oscar winning costume designer Sandy Powell. The movie was shot in New York, and even though it received tax credits, I’m told that creative decision alone is what made the project too expensive for Netflix. In the same breath, the movie was shot in the United States. Isn’t that what the motion picture industry wants? If that’s the case, then there’s a very good case for money spent. There were $60M in production wages on The Bride! with over 2,500 local hires. The production worked with 500 business. Amen.
>At the same time, the domestic box office is fragile, and the industry needs movies like Bride! to win. Lower production cost should be married to originality and may the two never be separated. I understand that there was never a $20M reshoot on The Bride! That’s misinformation and Buckley only shot one day of reshoots. De Luca and Abdy’s plan is to have a diversified slate so that the potential hits pay for any shortfalls for the big swings.
It feels like the marketing for this film was everywhere three months ago but I’ve barely seen any in the past couple weeks. Seems like the marketing ramped down instead of up to the release.
Not surprised. Nobody asked for a Bonnie and Clyde Frankenstein movie and the trailer was unbearably cringey. Could barely stomach even seeing a clip of it. Looked like an absolute disaster from the start. Maggie pulled a lot of favors and sadly she pulled them for the wrong project. Didn’t help we just had a Frankenstein movie come out like four months ago either
It’s awful… Bale is one of my favorite and even he was cringe
People might be getting Frankensteined out.
I only have a couple of rules. One of them is that when you’re making a high art monster pic, keep the budget under 10 million.
i don’t know if it’s better than what the trailers showed but it looked godawful
Normally this would be the kind of movie I’m interested in. But I saw the trailer, and everything was so… weird. But not on a dumb and fun way. It just felt off putting.