Comments on: Joss Whedon’s “Cabin in the Woods” Bumped a Year (To Add 3D?) https://staging2.theplaylist.net/joss-whedons-cabin-in-woods-bumped-year-20091010/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 17:02:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Anonymous https://staging2.theplaylist.net/joss-whedons-cabin-in-woods-bumped-year-20091010/#comment-11466 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:15:19 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5935#comment-11466 Having read the script, I would have to say "Cabin in the Woods" is a very odd beast. Without giving anything away, I would say it struck me as a better concept for a video game than a movie. In fact, if you told me that the movie was nothing more than a 90 minute trojan horse brand introduction for a new gaming franchise, I would not be surprised. I think that may be where the real money is in all of this. The draft I read really doesn't have a lot of sequel potential.

So if you view the movie as nothing more than a revenue neutral commercial for a much larger enterprise, 3D could make sense if it is relatively cheap and helps create "event" buzz around the brand.

]]> By: rodrigoperez https://staging2.theplaylist.net/joss-whedons-cabin-in-woods-bumped-year-20091010/#comment-11449 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:53:20 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5935#comment-11449 Joss Whedon is so fucking painfully overrated. Loved by pop culturalists or the movie/TV equivalents of Stereogum = MOR

]]> By: SK https://staging2.theplaylist.net/joss-whedons-cabin-in-woods-bumped-year-20091010/#comment-11447 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:42:41 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5935#comment-11447 I really don't think the 30% extra cost for a single 3D ticket will end up being that much of a box office boost either given the extra cost adding 3D presumably requires (how much more exactly does adding some 3D cost?). If 3D is pretty cheap to add then it's interesting.
"The Final Destination 3D" cost $40million and brought in $65.6mil domestically plus another $85.7mil abroad ($151 mil total). That's pretty good I guess.

And the 3D additions seemed like a decent novelty for FD-3D on the way to becoming a craze, but when I see the $14 dollar ticket compared to $10, I'm out and will see something else.

I wonder if the number of cheaper regular price tickets sold would have been greater for Final Destination than the $14 3D tickets.

Domestic B.O.:
Final Destination 1 (2000)
– $53mil on $23 budget
Final Destination 2 (2003)
– $47mil on NA budget
Final Destination 3 (2006)
– $54mil on $23 budget
Final Destination 3 (2009)
– $65mil on $40 budget

Worldwide Total:
FD1 = $113
FD2 = $90
FD3 = $113
FD4 = $151
I'm sure the marketing costs haven't gotten cheaper over the last 9 years either.

I can't wait until this fad drops. Maybe the higher priced tickets even take away from concession sales at the theaters?

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