isamu Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 http://filmforce.ign.com/matrix/articles/4....html?fromint=1 ============================= Revolutions Coming Home Sooner Than We Thought? Lackluster box office & online piracy may mean more Neo for Christmas. November 11, 2003 - When is a film that grosses $85 million in its opening weekend considered a disappointment? When you're Warner Brothers and the film is Matrix Revolutions, the third and final(?) installment in the popular Matrix trilogy. While the film posted the third highest opening box office total for a Wednesday open, the studio expected the film to come in at number 1. The $85 million in box office receipts from Wednesday to Sunday fell well below expectations as did the $200 million internationally. Like most films in release today, copies of the movie appeared in various Internet groups just hours after the film opened, causing more concern for the studio. Worried that the time to make money from the franchise may be running out faster than expected, representatives for Warner Home Video contacted some of the major video retailers and rental outlets on Monday to let them know that Revolutions may be coming home a lot sooner than expected. Early January was mentioned but if the box office continues to drop at its current pace, Matrix Revolutions could hit DVD before Christmas. Adding insult to injury, a possibility was mentioned to one video dealer that the studio may try putting together a 3-movie boxed set for Christmas if Revolutions is released in time to show up in your holiday stocking. According to one video dealer that spoke to IGN FilmForce on condition of anonymity, "Warners is afraid that Revolutions won't sell very well because of the word of mouth on the movie. The only way to make the money on sell-through is to package it with the other two." The retailer went on to say that the number of requests for the film have dropped significantly since the film's opening day. The big test for the film will be how it fares in its second weekend, when it will be up against the Russell Crowe starrer, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, a film that has been getting extremely positive reviews and advance word of mouth. Representatives for Warner Home Video would neither confirm nor deny the information but a source at Warners did confirm that a meeting about the DVD release for Matrix Revolutions did occur on Monday. If the film is released early to DVD, we should be hearing an announcement within weeks. Stay tuned. -- KJB ========================= Wow...I'll take a box set with those fries please maam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UN Spacy Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Whoa. [/Neo] Well. I haven't seen the Matrix Revolutions yet (no spoilers please) but I doubt they'll be able to pump out the DVD (even though most of the extras, commentary, etc. were done a LONG time ago) by the end of 2003. I wonder what was the FASTEST (and successful) movie to make it to DVD (so quickly). If this DOES happen I'll be one happy pappy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowlightman Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Hopefully situations like this will force the Studios to not rely so much on over-hyped movies. Revolutions would have done a lot better business if Reloaded and Revolutions itself were better movies, rather than over-hyped mediocrity riding the coattails of the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobotFool Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Hopefully situations like this will force the Studios to not rely so much on over-hyped movies. Revolutions would have done a lot better business if Reloaded and Revolutions itself were better movies, rather than over-hyped mediocrity riding the coattails of the original. same goes for the SW movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowlightman Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Hopefully situations like this will force the Studios to not rely so much on over-hyped movies. Revolutions would have done a lot better business if Reloaded and Revolutions itself were better movies, rather than over-hyped mediocrity riding the coattails of the original. same goes for the SW movies. Yeah, but the SW movies have a much larger fanbase of people who like them. Not to mention all the people that'll see it no matter what... because it's Star Wars. Star Wars has had 30 years to build up a fan group that will eat any crap Lucas gives to them, the Matrix didn't have that lead-in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myk Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Sure, I hope they bring it out early. There are few things in the world that are worse than waiting....Ya hear me, Lucas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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