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Frantz
MemberOvomorphJun-13-2012 12:22 AMMAybe is not the masterpiece we did hope but the success is surely big , i think a sequel is pretty sure right now
74% of positive reviews of about 230 critics
74% of positive reviews of about 100000 people
and the box office ..
150.000.000 dollars already (2 weeks in some countries in europe , 1 week in Usa , many countries still out ) ...i think it should reach quite easily the 250 millions and try to go as much as closer for the 300
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alteredstate.
MemberOvomorphJun-13-2012 12:31 AMwell the bfi has the film virtually fully booked for the next two weeks as well .

Alien DNA
MemberOvomorphJun-13-2012 12:32 AMDamn, the user reviews went down. It was at 87% the other day. I know Alien is a classic with 97% but it's 33 years old and is known as a classic, I wonder what the actual critics reviews were back in 79 as it wasn't known to be a classic yet.

Drakeequation
MemberOvomorphJun-13-2012 12:59 AMIt needs to pass 400 million worldwide to be considered a success.

spacyfreak
MemberOvomorphJun-13-2012 1:24 AMAlien 1979 had a budget of 11Mil$, and did at the boxoffice 104Mill$.
Prometheus costs around 150Mill€ and it may end at around 200Mill$.
[url=http://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=alien.htm]BOX OFFICE ALIEN MOVIES.[/url]

TheNextLV426
MemberOvomorphJun-13-2012 1:27 AMDepends on what you measure. Money wise it's bound to be successful.
If you mean will it become an all time classics then probably not

Frantz
MemberOvomorphJun-13-2012 5:18 AM@spacyfreak ....its obvious that will not end around 200 ...is already after 150 in less than a week and some markets still to explore !!!
@Draleequation ...we are talking of an R movie ... to surpass the 400-500 you need to have psycho teens that go to watch it 10 times , Prometheus did open at 10th place ALL TIME for R rating movies !
My prediction ? 110 Domestic USA + 160 Worldwide = 270+ Worldwide

spacyfreak
MemberOvomorphJun-13-2012 6:12 AMYo maybe you are right and we were so wrong. hehe.
Yes between 200 and 300Mill $ i agree all in all - what is a very good outcome for an ALIEN movie, compared to the other parts of the franchise.
But Prometheus had a much higher budget then ALL the other parts...
Allways the "invest" has to be compared to the "return of invest".

Drakeequation
MemberOvomorphJun-13-2012 11:30 AM@Frantz A film's success is not measured by its gross relative to its rating, it is measured by the amount earned relative to production and marketing costs. The beautiful thing about money is that it does not care about anything, to offset the production and massive marketing costs the film needs to earn at least 400 million worldwide to be considered a success by industry standards. If it fails to do this, it may not turn a profit even with licensing deals and the bluray/dvd release. What you fail to take into account is that, although it opened 10th for all time rated R movies, some of those big opening films had production budgets below 20 million dollars. All those trailers, tv spots, commercial air time, billboards, viral websites, bus banners, the Ted Talk, The David Short, and even train station in France that they made up to look like the poster, are not going to pay for themselves. Prometheus' marketing campaign was amazing, but that also probably means it was extremely expensive.

David 1
MemberOvomorphJun-13-2012 3:47 PM"MONEY, so they say
Is the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise
They are givin' none away"
[img]http://www.jawsei.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Greedy-fistful-of-Dollars-and-Eyes.jpg[/img]
[b]Ask nothing from no one. Demand nothing from no one. Expect nothing from no one.[/b]

CBT1979
MemberOvomorphJun-13-2012 4:24 PMWell, alien was not that big at the
Box office either. It took time for
many of the audience to like it.
i watched it when i was 9 on
video tape and was stunned by
the egg face hugger scene and
the chestburster scene. I liked
Aliens more because it action more
action (especially military). But
as an adult, i must say i like
ALIEN more, and also alien 3
wasnt that bad. It took time
to grow.
I personally was not 100%
satisfied with prometheus,
but i like it much and want to
watch it again in the cinema.
And definetly buy the dvd later.
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