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From: Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: The new Dungeons & Dragons series is canceled by Paramount+
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 08:50:19 -0700
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On 6/12/2024 9:31 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:20:32 -0400, Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
> 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.

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