Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!ereborbbs.duckdns.org!.POSTED.localhost!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: The new Dungeons & Dragons series is canceled by Paramount+ Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:33:51 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A small InternetNews site Message-ID: References: <08hj6jpm8559pngb3ijo9fkuhfrf9lgll4@4ax.com> Injection-Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:33:51 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: ereborbbs.duckdns.org; posting-host="localhost:::1"; logging-data="9120"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ereborbbs.duckdns.org" User-Agent: tin/2.4.5-20201224 ("Glen Albyn") (Linux/6.1.21-v7+ (armv7l)) Bytes: 2186 Lines: 28 Justisaur wrote: > On 6/12/2024 9:31 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: >> On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:20:32 -0400, Ubiquitous >> wrote: >> >>> spallshurgenson@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> Well, no surprise here after the lackluster response to the D&D movie. >>> >>> Really? I thought it did respectfully well, at least better than previous >>> attempts and enough to discuss another movie. >> >> Lackluster in terms of box office returns. It made back its budget but >> didn't do gangbusters, and as of last year, Paramount was saying that >> -while there remains the /possibility/ of a sequel- it would only >> happen if it has a smaller budget because the box office reception was >> poor. >> > > Lost money because typically about the same amount of money is spent on > marketing as a movie's budget. > yeah, but also thanks to Hollywood accounting a lot of it is more based on feeling than actual hard numbers. for what it's worth it seems DnD was rather successful on streaming, but well, considering what sort of a mess streaming services are creating the last few months that's not helpful either.