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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#351: Jun 2nd 2016 at 11:26:30 PM

The only R-rated movie that actually made fair bit of money in China is Kingsman: The Secret Service, which made $74 million there out of $414 million.

Most R-rated movies simply don't get released in China. Passion of the Christ was (somehow) released there, but it only made $1.6 million.

So basically, if you are going to make an R-rated movie, go crazy and tell China to go fuck itself. evil grin

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#352: Jun 2nd 2016 at 11:30:59 PM

Isn't Squirrel Girl the only character to legitimately beat Dr. Doom instead of a Doombot?

edited 2nd Jun '16 11:31:28 PM by Karxrida

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#354: Jun 3rd 2016 at 4:19:20 AM

Why should China object to passion of Christ?

Anyway, I guess Deadpool might not be the highest grossing movie of the year, but it might actually end up being the most profitable one, considering that it was done and marketed on a shoestring budget.

TheSpaceJawa Since: Jun, 2013
#355: Jun 3rd 2016 at 4:22:37 AM

Isn't Squirrel Girl the only character to legitimately beat Dr. Doom instead of a Doombot?

I don't know about legitimately, but probably the only one that's managed to do so without canon-to-canon combat about the fact.

Quag15 Since: Mar, 2012
#356: Jun 3rd 2016 at 6:37:18 AM

Why should China object to passion of Christ?

Considering the amount of persecution that Christians there face (which includes things such as being buried alive), they (the government) naturally fear a movie that could end up inspiring them to resist more boldly against them (and especially inspire more people to willingly become martyrs and lead to further dissent). Especially when that movie is about, you know...

edited 3rd Jun '16 6:39:05 AM by Quag15

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#357: Jun 3rd 2016 at 9:43:25 AM

Torture porn featuring Jesus?

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Quag15 Since: Mar, 2012
#358: Jun 3rd 2016 at 2:32:06 PM

[up]Regardless of the way Gibson portrayed the whole event (which was, in any case, fairly brutal, even if not as graphic as that), Chinese Christians do not care about what is torture porn and what is not. They care about Jesus (and feel, therefore, inspired to bravely endure persecution and even outright actual torture), which is something that upsets the Chinese government.

Christianity outside the West has retained a very hardcore spirit. Possibly because the spirit is stronger when Christians are a minority, rather than a majority, within a country. So, the Chinese government does not like to see minorities (especially religious minorities) "getting uppity".

On another note, it's also a bit sad that the Mel Gibson movie has only managed to ellicit reactions of 'ugh, it's so violent and exploitative', rather than stimulating discussion about endurance of suffering, heroic sacrifice, acceptance of death and other very interesting themes and topics. But this is a subject for another thread.

edited 3rd Jun '16 2:37:31 PM by Quag15

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
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#359: Jun 5th 2016 at 4:38:49 PM

Zootopia is the second film of 2016 to reach $1 billion.

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#360: Jun 5th 2016 at 5:51:15 PM

[up][up]Doesn't help that Passion came out around the same time Gibson's less than savory personal life stuff came to surface.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#361: Jun 6th 2016 at 2:22:29 AM

[up][up] Which is very impressive considering that the movie managed to reach the number mostly through staying power. I wonder how high Jungle Book will climb in the end, but the movie has to fight of more contenders, so it might end up with 900 million...

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#362: Jun 6th 2016 at 3:41:42 AM

[up] I wonder how Finding Dory will impact both.

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#363: Jun 6th 2016 at 5:53:42 AM

I imagine Johnny Depp's DV scandal won't do wonders for Disney's Pirates franchise.

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#364: Jun 6th 2016 at 5:59:29 AM

At this point, any blow against Disney is a welcome news to me.

Again, I have nothing against Disney: It's just that it's going WAY too strong this year and it makes me feel worried. XP

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#365: Jun 6th 2016 at 6:48:57 AM

The Pirate franchise is as good as death anyway. I absolutely love the first one, but everything which came after nearly ruined the movie for me. I was surprised that the last one still did good, but with so many other franchises taking up the attention now, I think it would have come to an end anyway.

Also, the majority of the audience doesn't know or care about Johnny Depp's private life. I honestly only know that he apparently did something scandalous because there were a few mentions on the net, but I haven't bothered yet to find out what it was exactly. If someone is really into those Pot C movies, he will watch them, no matter what, and everyone else is mostly likely not interested in them anyway.

[up] It doesn't make me feel worried at all if the lesson the studios learn is that investing in quality pays off. If I never see another half-a... sequel again, I will be happy. And yes, I am happy that Alice finally puts a crack into live-action remake idea. Disney has to do better with those or leave them be.

edited 6th Jun '16 6:51:04 AM by Swanpride

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#366: Jun 6th 2016 at 7:11:23 AM

I just feel that if (or when) Disney gets a complete dominance over film market, it won't keep the quality control because it doesn't feel the need to due to lack of competition. It's the kind of concern I have over any big corporation in any industry, really.

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#367: Jun 6th 2016 at 7:14:39 AM

I think that Disney knows very well that they have to deliver, constantly. They just survived a rough patch, after all.

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#368: Jun 6th 2016 at 7:16:52 AM

Outside of maybe John Carter, I don't think it ever had a box office failure that can be considered a big hit. It certainly never had any that wasn't recuperated pretty quickly.

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#370: Jun 6th 2016 at 7:49:10 AM

Yeah, but that year also had Inside Out, Age of Ultron, and The Force Awakens.

Whatever loss the movie caused, it got recuperated pretty darn quick.

(As for John Carter, that year Disney only had one megahit to offset the loss)

edited 6th Jun '16 7:49:29 AM by dRoy

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#371: Jun 6th 2016 at 7:55:18 AM

Cut off one box office and three more shall take its place, hail DISNEY.

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NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#372: Jun 6th 2016 at 7:56:42 AM

How much money was lost with The Lone Ranger?

Also, their videogame division tanked.

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#373: Jun 6th 2016 at 8:00:52 AM

That year Disney had Frozen and Iron Man 3 (each of them grossed over $1.2 billion, because holy shit), as well as Monsters University and Thor: Dark World, both of which grossed over $650 million.

As for the game, well, I don't know that much.

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Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
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#374: Jun 6th 2016 at 8:01:06 AM

[up][up] $126 million domestically.

edited 6th Jun '16 8:01:22 AM by Spinosegnosaurus77

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#375: Jun 6th 2016 at 8:09:34 AM

I thought Disney Infinity did well, other than that Disney doesn't care much about its video game division.

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