Would you want a sequel under any circumstances?

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MemberOvomorphJune 10, 20121368 Views27 RepliesWith negative word of mouth dropping Prometheus' box office gross, and with Brave (Pixar films always do extremely well) and Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter just weeks away, I was wondering if you would still want a Prometheus sequel if the budget for the next film was much lower and the director was someone not well known. It seems like Prometheus is on track to earn only somewhat more than 2004's AVP which grossed 172 million worldwide but only cost 60 million to make (still made almost 3X its budget back). Prometheus also has a problem in that it may have had one of the biggest and most costly marketing campaigns in recent memory as the website, viral videos, trailers, constant tv spots, and even train station (yes they built a Prometheus train station advertisement at one point) must have cost a fortune. I know for AVP they recouped a lot of costs with toys, the DVD release, and the comics, so while they didn't make a huge profit, they went ahead with a sequel anyway. Unfortunately even if Prometheus does well with licensing deals and blu-ray/dvd sales, it may still fail to be truly profitable without breaking 400 million dollars worldwide at the box office (I'm talking the kind of profitable that gets a big-budget, big name director sequel). The sequel to AVP, as we all know, had a lower budget and much less competent directors. One could say it was done solely for the hardcore fans of AVP and was not really meant to be appreciated by general audiences. So as fans of the film, do you want a small budget sequel or would you rather they just leave the franchise alone if it fails to generate the cash a big-budget sequel requires?