The long-awaited live action Ghost to the
Shell movie finally came out in the US
and it was a major bomb! It opened here
just this past weekend and can you guess
it! This Ghost in the Shell movie came in
third place. It made a grand total of
18.6 million dollars. Not
even 19 million. It's only made worse by
the fact that it got beat out by Boss
Baby and Beauty and the Beast. Those two
made 50 and 45 million each. So really
the Boss freaking Baby made more money.
It not only made more money it made more
than double! That's pretty embarrassing.
Also you got to keep in mind that this
was projected to make anywhere from 30
to 40 million right before it opened. So
it ended up making only half that. I should also
mention that it did make around 40
million in the foreign box office. This
Ghost in the Shell movie notably has not
yet open in its home country Japan or
even though other huge place China. But
i'll get back to why these places are
important. Before then let's get to the
juicy stuff. Why did this Ghost in the
Shell live action movie bomb? The most
obvious reason you might be thinking of
was the whitewashing controversy. Yeah
that whitewashing issue definitely hurt
this movie. At least in the US that
possibly kept a good chunk of people
away but I don't see this being the
entire reason. A second key reason was
just that this movie wasn't that good
and I'm being very generous with that. As
a comparison I'm sure you recall another
huge recent movie with the whitewashing
controversy Doctor Strange. Leading up to
that movie's release there was also
similar controversy related to the
ancient one being whitewashed. And then
Dr. Strange unfortunately also bombed
super hard. Oh wait it didn't. Doctor Strange
ended up making almost 700 million
worldwide. So what's the difference one
of these movies was awesome and the
other one sucked major balls. The funny
thing is you don't hear anyone
complaining about the past whitewashing
issue for Doctor Strange do you? Why is
that? Well as the saying goes if you win
all will be forgiven and Doctor Strange
did just that. Doctor Strange was a
pretty awesome movie.
Even if you didn't love it I'm sure you
at least liked it. Unfortunately I can't
say the same about this Ghost in the
Shell movie. As a comparison Doctor
Strange right now is sitting at ninety
percent on rotten tomatoes. Ghost in the
Shell has forty four percent and
honestly after seeing it I'm a bit
surprised it's even that high. I could
guarantee you that if Ghosts in the Shell
was well made and mostly liked this home
whitewashing issue would have been
minimized and possibly just gone away.
But anyway there's one more key thing
that when against this Ghost in the Shell
movie and that's just all the other
heavy hitters that open right before it.
At the beginning of March we had the
huge hit Logan. That was then followed up
by King Kong the next week. Beauty and the
Beast opened after that. And even Power Rangers
just opened up the week before Ghost in
the Shell. Keep in mind this doesn't
include all of their small movies
opening up too. That's just so many huge
movies opening up around the same time.
And just from a personal experience I
went ahead and did ask around before
Ghost in the Shell came out. I was
wondering how many people actually had
it on their list to see in theaters. One
of the common things I saw for most
people was them saying instantly no. So
it was an immediate no but why? The reason
was simple. They had already gone to see
one or two of these other movies before
it. I think this is pretty safe for most
people too. I mean personally I love
seeing movies in theaters but most
people in general don't seem to go to
the movies of this often. Especially not
so close together. So back to the
original question. Why did this Ghost in
the Shell movie bomb? It all began with
this Ghost in the Shell movie just not
being a good movie. Most people that
did want to see it already saw the
opening weekend. Anyone else that was
left on the fence was either kept away
by this whitewashing controversy, the low
ratings for the movie, or the fact that
they had already gone to see so many
movies before it. It could have also been
a nasty combination of all three. Right
now this Ghost in the Shell movie stands
at around 60 mil worldwide. The question
I'll ask you is, can this Ghost in the Shell
movie be saved? Well let's see. The
budget for this movie was 110 million so
it's got to make at least double that
amount to break even. The marketing budget
for a movie like this would probably be
around 50
million. Let's just be conservative and
go with 30 million so this means in
total Ghost in the Shell movie needs
to make around 250 million just to break
even. Right now is that about 60 million
so this just means it's a lost cause
right? Well only time will tell but there
may actually be a chance. It's really all
going to be up to the overseas box
office. Let me tell you about a similar
movie to this one from a few years ago.
Yes I'm talking about Lucy. Lucy was
another movie starring Scarlett
Johansson and it was kind of a dumb
movie although people did rated
higher. In total this movie made almost
half a billion worldwide. Considering
that Ghost in the Shell has not opened in
its home country Japan or even China
yet there's still some hope left. It
actually opens up in China and Japan
this weekend. We'll see what happens. But
anyway you might be thinking, why should
this Ghost in the Shell movie even be
saved? Good question. Honestly I kind of
doubt that a sequel for this movie
would even be made even if it did end up
making a little money for the studio. But
as for a reason why this Ghost in the
Shell movie should be saved I could only
really give you my personal feelings
regarding this. The issue with this Ghost
in the Shell movie being a failure is
that it may keep American companies from
adapting future anime projects into
live action. I could already hear some of you
yelling, but that's a good thing!
They've already failed with Dragonball
Evolution and now this. There's no reason
for anime to be made into live action.
And maybe they shouldn't but that's a
topic I'll save for a future video. Right
now I do still have some hope. I haven't
given up just yet. There are still a
couple of upcoming future anime
live-action movies that are coming soon.
Those will help test the waters again.
The one coming out very soon is that
Death Note netflix movie. That's coming
out this summer. Everyone already seems
to have mixed feelings about that one
myself included. The one I really have a
lot of hope for is Battle Angel Alita.
That's coming out in July of next year.
This one is a 200 million dollar budget
movie and the one producing it is James
Cameron. So once again I definitely have
hope for this one. If that one is a
failure too I think I might give up.
But besides this big potential I should
also mention the live-action Naruto
movie that's being produced by Lions
Gate. No release date on this one just
yet. But anyway this one a little longer
than I expected so let me end it by
asking for your own thoughts on this. How
did you feel about this Ghost in the
Shell movie? And if you didn't see it
which one of the three reasons mentioned
and kept you away from it? And finally am
I alone on this or does anyone else also have
some hope and seeing a live action anime
movie succeed" I would love to hear what
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