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DMG has another massive bomb...

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While we wrestle with who is to blame for how bad Valiant has become here's DMG's latest movie results.

Playmobil: The Movie (which DMG is a financier, one of the production companies and distributing in China according to wikipedia) is the fourth- worst opening ever for a pic booked in 2K-plus theaters (according to Boxoffice Mojo) at a weekend box office of $670,000.

Rotten tomatoes score is 19% and as The A.V. Club summarized, "dropping it into U.S. theaters the weekend after Thanksgiving without press screenings, giving it the authentic discount-bin appearance of a toy store going out of business."

Thank goodness they seem to have nothing to do with the bloodshot movie

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syzhang28 wrote: Thank goodness they seem to have nothing to do with the bloodshot movie
There's that
I've been looking everywhere for the ultra-rare Turok vs Blister issue. Anybody able to help me out?

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Oxmyx wrote:
syzhang28 wrote: Thank goodness they seem to have nothing to do with the bloodshot movie
There's that

Yep...except splitting the Universe with Paramount and taking out Harada from Bloodshot movie.

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syzhang28 wrote:While we wrestle with who is to blame for how bad Valiant has become here's DMG's latest movie results.

Playmobil: The Movie (which DMG is a financier, one of the production companies and distributing in China according to wikipedia) is the fourth- worst opening ever for a pic booked in 2K-plus theaters (according to Boxoffice Mojo) at a weekend box office of $670,000.

Rotten tomatoes score is 19% and as The A.V. Club summarized, "dropping it into U.S. theaters the weekend after Thanksgiving without press screenings, giving it the authentic discount-bin appearance of a toy store going out of business."

Thank goodness they seem to have nothing to do with the bloodshot movie
Wow! I did hear about the movie, but only through word of mouth. I'm not sure it was marketed very well.

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I'm not sure I feel this is directly related to Valiant if I'm honest. I know Valiant is owned by DMG, sure, but I don't know if a total bomb of a film is entirely reflective of DMG as a company. The next film they invested in might smash the box office apart, who can say? And were they responsible for marketing this film, or was that another company? Marketing is a massive part in the success of a product and if all DMG did was bankroll the film then it's not necessarily their fault that it bombed.
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Shadowman99 wrote:I'm not sure I feel this is directly related to Valiant if I'm honest. I know Valiant is owned by DMG, sure, but I don't know if a total bomb of a film is entirely reflective of DMG as a company. The next film they invested in might smash the box office apart, who can say? And were they responsible for marketing this film, or was that another company? Marketing is a massive part in the success of a product and if all DMG did was bankroll the film then it's not necessarily their fault that it bombed.
I hear you but you have to admit this has become a trend for them with Transcendence, 47 Ronin, Collide and that baffling Point Break reboot. The only exception is Iron Man 3 but Marvel never worked with them again so

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Juki wrote:
Oxmyx wrote:
syzhang28 wrote: Thank goodness they seem to have nothing to do with the bloodshot movie
There's that

Yep...except splitting the Universe with Paramount and taking out Harada from Bloodshot movie.
Excellent point.
I've been looking everywhere for the ultra-rare Turok vs Blister issue. Anybody able to help me out?

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syzhang28 wrote:While we wrestle with who is to blame for how bad Valiant has become here's DMG's latest movie results.

Playmobil: The Movie (which DMG is a financier, one of the production companies and distributing in China according to wikipedia) is the fourth- worst opening ever for a pic booked in 2K-plus theaters (according to Boxoffice Mojo) at a weekend box office of $670,000.

Rotten tomatoes score is 19% and as The A.V. Club summarized, "dropping it into U.S. theaters the weekend after Thanksgiving without press screenings, giving it the authentic discount-bin appearance of a toy store going out of business."

Thank goodness they seem to have nothing to do with the bloodshot movie
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