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Subject: Re: The new Dungeons & Dragons series is canceled by Paramount+
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:33:51 -0000 (UTC)
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Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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.
> 

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.