A simple tweet expressing my love for Rise of the Guardians was a pretty good indicator the film was going to struggle. I loved the film, likening its action-packed team up idea to The Avengers, but the backlash against the movie was immediate. Critics, for the most part, liked the movie
— it sports a solid 74% on Rotten Tomatoes — but
with strong competition at the box office for all quadrants, and no real
word of mouth, the film flopped. The animated film, produced by
Guillermo Del Toro with a reported budget of $145 million, opened at
number four with just under $24 million. For most movies, that would be
great, but not so much for a 3D family-oriented animated film.Early reports now state DreamWorks Animation is braced to lose a massive $50 million on the film, putting their upcoming slate in hot water. Is this a sign of things to come? Read more after the jump.
The report comes from the team at The Wrap, who called the film “another blow to a company that has struggled to find its footing on Wall Street and may expose cracks in film schedules that are overly reliant on animated fare.”
First Plot Details Revealed for Delayed ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 5
Though 2010′s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides was a
billion dollar global blockbuster, critics hated it. It sits at a
rotten 33% on Rotten Tomatoes. Might the producers think “if the movie
was adored, maybe we could have made more”? That possibility was
certainly part of Tuesday’s news that Pirates of the Caribbean 5,
originally scheduled for a July 2015 release date, has been
delayed. Disney executives said the film “isn’t there yet” scriptwise,
and the delay will allow producer Jerry Bruckerheimer, screenwriter Jeff Nathanson, and directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg to fine tune the script into a film that is critically and financially successful.
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