By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:04:11 +0000

Now all the fanboys are complaining because it's not rated R enough! The thing is it was never gonna be a hard R, that was the whole point of the issue. It was on the border of R and PG13. Personally I'm glad it's R but I don't need extreme gore or constant swearing to be pleased.

By: Ted

Ted — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:04:11 +0000

I don't think there is any question this movie will be "profitable." We have to remember the original 1979 Alien's domestic gross, adjusting for inflation, is nearly $240 million, so Ridley Scott already has proven an R-rated sci-fi horror can have a sizable domestic gross. The budget is probably somewhere in the $150-$250 million area, and I don't think this film will have any trouble getting to $150 million at the domestic box office. The R-Rated Matrix Reloaded and Terminator 3, which I take to be comparables, both pulled in over $200 million at the domestic box office and that was in 2003. I think people are more exciting about Prometheus than they were for either of those two films (and I suspect Prometheus will be a superior product). On top of that, 3-D tickets are more expensive so I think this easily makes a large profit despite the R-rating. The R-rating will, of course, hurt it. Without the 13-15 year old crowd (my working assumption is by 16 almost all parents let there children see R-rated movies), you probably won't be able to crack $300 million domestically. Based on comparables, I think a conservative estimate for the film is $175 million domestically (I personally think it will break the $200 million barrier though). Going with my generalized 40% domestic, 60% foreign gross rule-of-thumb for blockbusters I think it's fair to say Prometheus will probably, at minimum, gross $425-450 million worldwide. I don't think higher numbers are out-of-question though. Not exactly Avatar, but that should be enough to satisfy the studio execs. My guess is why they don't want to try to compromise Scott's vision too much is that they want to keep Scott happy for future sequels, not because they suddenly want to respect artistic vision. By the way, Rothman is obviously lying. If this can back NC-17, he would have definitely compromised Scotts' artistic vision.

By: tristan elritch

tristan elritch — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:04:11 +0000

R-Rated Reaction: Fucking Great News!

By: Christian

Christian — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:04:11 +0000

you only have to be 17 for a rated R movie.

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