Originally posted by Patient_Leechhge chunk of the budget is actor salary. Charlize was the best part of this movie, and she's not cheap.
Not sure why they gave a niche R-rated movie such a huge budget if they wanted to create a franchise. It seems like $75 - $100 could have been plenty to tell this story, and even that would be pushing it.
Hardy has already signed on for thee more movies.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/03/tom-hardy-signed-for-three-more-mad-max-movies
Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Not sure why they gave a niche R-rated movie such a huge budget if they wanted to create a franchise. It seems like $75 - $100 could have been plenty to tell this story, and even that would be pushing it.
it didn't help that the film sat on the shelf for a few years
Originally posted by Golgo13
Hardy has already signed on for thee more movies.http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/03/tom-hardy-signed-for-three-more-mad-max-movies
That's great.. If they have any incentive to make a sequel.
What's cool about this character/world is that (according to the director) it's sort of mythical and doesn't necessarily need to be thought of as a sequel/prequel or whatever. It's a mythical character so there are many stories told about him. So, they could do smaller budget movies with the same character. They wouldn't all necessarily need to be on the same scale as this one is. I wouldn't mind at all if they cut the budget in half (or more) for a sequel.
That's also what I like about the Riddick series... a similar dark character.
Originally posted by Golgo13Only 44 million. Doesn't look good.
Hardy has already signed on for thee more movies.http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/03/tom-hardy-signed-for-three-more-mad-max-movies
Was interested in seeing it, but I've read so many split opinions of it that i'll just wait for it to hit HBO.
Here's what I've been reading-
"Saw it today. Pretty good. Enjoyed it. "
"Awesome Action in 3D"
"I saw it today. I thought it was great as action-packed visual junk food"
"saw it. loved it. sinuses were so clogged I couldnt hear hardly any dialogue which is just the way I like it. 2 hours of mayhem and explosions. "
etc,,,,
And then there was -
"Just returned home from seeing it. It sucked"
"It was ok at best"
"Took the family to see it last night and it wasn't "Edward Scissorhands get up and walk out" bad, but more like "sit through the whole thing to see if they can keep upping the level of absurdity" bad."
"Meh.................. "
Originally posted by tkitna
Was interested in seeing it, but I've read so many split opinions of it that i'll just wait for it to hit HBO.Here's what I've been reading-
"Saw it today. Pretty good. Enjoyed it. "
"Awesome Action in 3D"
"I saw it today. I thought it was great as action-packed visual junk food"
"saw it. loved it. sinuses were so clogged I couldnt hear hardly any dialogue which is just the way I like it. 2 hours of mayhem and explosions. "
etc,,,,
And then there was -
"Just returned home from seeing it. It sucked"
"It was ok at best"
"Took the family to see it last night and it wasn't "Edward Scissorhands get up and walk out" bad, but more like "sit through the whole thing to see if they can keep upping the level of absurdity" bad."
"Meh.................. "
It's #25 on IMDB already. Has one of the highest rated movies of all time. However you can't please everyone. Not everyone is going to like it. The majority however do.