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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB
Different sort of beast. More profitable, but not as much money, if that makes sense.
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Yep. OotS cost about 4 times more to make than TMNT 2007, and obviously
far more to market. TMNT 2007 took in $95 million worldwide, but they likely saw a bit of a profit there -- $35 million budget and smaller marketing campaign. Compared to its own production/marketing expenses, OotS' $245 million box office means they took a loss. Possibly a substantial one.
That might be the way of a lot of franchises going forward -- keep costs as low as possible and aim for a modest profit instead of risking a $150-million level budget and losing big. Deadpool was a huge hit, but the studio (and star and writers) seem to have rejected an inflated budget for the sequel. Having every "major" release be a bloated, expensive blockbuster is starting to backfire with some very expensive "flops", many of which would have actually been considered successful if the studios had kept the budgets lower.
Gee, if only there was a very successful, low-budget TMNT movie the studio could pattern their next attempt on...