Blockbusters outside of Summer

[videobastard]

Re: Blockbusters outside of Summer

During the fall and winter the studios try to put out their christmas, holiday, comedy type movies etc... a long with the horror movies for october. It seems like it is set in stone for summer to have the blockbuster movies.

[Blzer]

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Just looking at May to July releases, so many are grouped together (many still making a ton of money), you wonder if some of these movies could have been more successful releasing in October with less competition. Probably not I guess as everything I dig up or Slayer digs up seems to go against what I'm saying lol.

May 4 - Spiderman 3
May 11 - (nothing)
May 18 - Shrek 3
May 25 - Pirates 3
June 1 - no real blockbuster (Knocked Up)
June 8 - Ocean's 13
June 15 - Fantastic Four 2
June 22 - Evan Almighty
June 27 - Live Free or Die Hard
July 3 - Transformers
July 11 - Harry Potter
July 20 - Hairspray/Chuck & Larry
July 27 - Simpsons
August 3 - Bourne 3

And Rush Hour... quite the list.

[mgoblue]

Re: Blockbusters outside of Summer

During the fall and winter the studios try to put out their christmas, holiday, comedy type movies etc... a long with the horror movies for october. It seems like it is set in stone for summer to have the blockbuster movies.

It's like how fall/holiday season is massive video game release time...it's just how it works sales wise.

[Blzer]

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lol Well, at least Titantic grossed a $1 billion dollars worldwide, and that was released in December. Still #1 All-time, too.

The movie also stayed in theaters for about a year.

[SLAYER]

Re: Blockbusters outside of Summer

The movie also stayed in theaters for about a year.

Yep. Rudy was grasping for stuff to help his case, so I gave him that.

As far as 300 goes, that's an exception to the rule. Also, a $70 million OW with a $210m domestic gross is actually an under performing film.

[CMH]

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Yep. Rudy was grasping for stuff to help his case, so I gave him that.

As far as 300 goes, that's an exception to the rule. Also, a $70 million OW with a $210m domestic gross is actually an under performing film.

Why would 300 be an exception?

It was a blockbuster movie released in a non-blockbuster month. Isn't that the point of this thread?

And while it didn't exactly make a bunch of money in it's opening weekend, it still grossed the 24th highest in box office history. The highest grossing weekend in Box Office history is $152 million by Spiderman 3.

300's opening weekend accounted for 33% of it's domestic gross.

Only 10 movies in the top 24 did better than 300 in that regard.

Warner Bros. won big with that film. And that's not even including DVD sales.

[SLAYER]

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Why would 300 be an exception?

It was a blockbuster movie released in a non-blockbuster month. Isn't that the point of this thread?

And while it didn't exactly make a bunch of money in it's opening weekend, it still grossed the 24th highest in box office history. The highest grossing weekend in Box Office history is $152 million by Spiderman 3.

300's opening weekend accounted for 33% of it's domestic gross.

Only 10 movies in the top 24 did better than 300 in that regard.

Warner Bros. won big with that film. And that's not even including DVD sales.

It's an exception to this:

"Warner Bros. figured that since few blockbusters were released in Spring they could make more blockbuster money."

Since you're crunching stats, you should see how 300 was the exception to the typical result of that. In that it turned out well. Hell, Ghost Rider's release was moved to make money, and didn't do well enough. A lot don't.

[CMH]

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It's an exception to this:

"Warner Bros. figured that since few blockbusters were released in Spring they could make more blockbuster money."

Since you're crunching stats, you should see how 300 was the exception to the typical result of that. In that it turned out well. Hell, Ghost Rider's release was moved to make money, and didn't do well enough. A lot don't.

Yea, but the OP simply asked why blockbuster movies aren't released in non-blockbuster months.

The responses I've read is that they don't do well.

300 did. It is an exception if you're saying it did well. I agree with that. But, all I'm trying to say is that it proves that blockbuster movies can succeed in non-blockbuster months. I thought that's what the OP was asking.

[SLAYER]

Re: Blockbusters outside of Summer

I don't see how one film negates a trend that continues to the day, but so be it.

Let's agree to disagree.

[CMH]

Re: Blockbusters outside of Summer

I don't see how one film negates a trend that continues to the day, but so be it.

Let's agree to disagree.

I really don't see how I'm disagreeing with you when we aren't even talking about the same thing.

I get your point and I understand the market. It makes sense.

I just made the point of showing that at least one movie in recent history succeeded when history says it shouldn't.

I'm not going to act like every blockbuster should be released in March. That would be suicide for production companies.