Comments on: Guillermo Del Toro Says No ‘Pacific Rim’ Director’s Cut On DVD, But Reveals He Shot 3 Different Endings

By: Kari Atkinson

Kari Atkinson — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:31:49 +0000

Pacific Rim is a great movie!! I can not wait to watch it again. I am not a big aliens vs robots fan but for some reason when I saw the preview I had to watch this movie and feel in LOVE! I am hoping for a sequel if not a prequel to this story. Loved that it was a "clean" movie. No sex, no drugs, no major blood/guts and gore. Graphics were phenomenal.

By: Lady Kaede

Lady Kaede — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:31:49 +0000

His lower budget Gothic romance ghost story 'Crimson Peak' comes out in 2015. If global box hits $360M a sequel is indeed a possibility, and that number's still doable (it doesn't open in China or Japan until August).

By: Alan B

Alan B — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:31:49 +0000

Franchise? Are you kidding? How many would-be blockbusters attempt to kickstart franchises and how many actually end up with a sequel? 2012: 'The Amazing Spider-Man', 'The Avengers', 'The Hunger Games', 'Prometheus' (a big maybe), 'Snow White and the Huntsman' (another maybe), '21 Jump Street', 'The Woman in Black'. 2011: 'Thor', 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes', 'X-Men: First Class', 'Captain America', 'Rio', 'The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo' (maybe), 'Muppets', 'Tintin' (maybe). So there's around six new franchises created each year (and some of those films had strong connections to previous films like the Marvel films and reboots). If that's the case, I doubt that 'Pacific Rim' will do enough business to justify a sequel, especially when the "brisk business overseas" amounts to a WHOPPING $50 million. I think the film might have better legs than other films like this considering that it appears to be one of the lighter blockbusters released this season, but – boy – that's far from the profit margin needed for Legendary to justify a sequel. And why would anyone want a sequel, anyway? Del Toro has done the fighting robot film already, doesn't anyone else want to see him make a lower budget, 'Pan's Labyrinth'-style personal story?