MLP Movie projected to open with $7 million

>>30727983
I-It'll make as much Avatar! I s-swear it!

>>30727983
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's goin' down.
This fandom's been on life support for years now. Wake up and realize that this shit won't last forever.
Sure, we all like to believe that this ride will never end, but it will. And this goddamn movie will be the final nail in the coffin.

>>30727983
No idea what the fuck this is. Are these projections ever accurate?

Did we ever get confirmation of the $65 million budget? Also, who the fuck wants to see a Lego Ninjago movie?

>>30727983
And Hillary was projected to win. Who cares.

>>30727983
>implying this cost more than 7 million total to make

>>30727996
>>>30727983 (OP)
>I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's goin' down.
>This fandom's been on life support for years now. Wake up and realize that this shit won't last forever.
>Sure, we all like to believe that this ride will never end, but it will. And this goddamn movie will be the final nail in the coffin.
what did he meme by this?

>>30727983

Is opening with $7 million good or bad?

>>30728129
Depends on how much they spent to produce the movie.

>>30728042
I do. Both of the previous Lego movies were surprise hits, plenty of people will see this because they want to see if Lego can pull off a hat trick.

>>30728163
That makes her an even more pathetic loser.

>>30728163
>She won
Yet she isn't president

>>30727996
Do you really think that all of us will stop caring about ponies just because the fandom is dead?

>>30728163
>i won at chess because i have more pieces even if my opponent checkmates me

For reference, the reason why the projection is so conservative is that Lionsgate's two big animated releases were Norm of the North (made a profit, but infamously bad and had 0% on RT for a while) and Rock Dog (mediocre Chinese production that only made $20 million of its $60 million budget back and had an absolutely terrible opening weekend everywhere.)

I do think however they underestimate the pop cultural phenomenon connected to it and it will probably go up in projection as we get closer to it.

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>>30728175
Oh God, if we have to derail the thread can't we just have a nice Spiderman thread?

>>30727996
Will all the fans of the fandom finally leave?

>>30728209
The critics don't want to see cringe and neither to 99% of most audiences. MLP is synonymous with faggotry which will drive audiences to see Blade Runner 2049 and Justice League instead.

>>30728229
>what are little girls who like MLP
Are you retarded?

>>30728241
No I'm a free thinker and not a Jewish Brony fag.

>>30727983
What was the budget?

>>30728229
Celebrity VAs and lots of marketing will help. Honestly, most animated films flop financially because they have to work really hard to market themselves unless they are Disney/Pixar. And even then, you can have films like The Good Dinosaur.

MLP has the presence as well as the marketing chops to shill itself hard.

>>30728259
It's going to crash and burn with any budget.

>>30728268
Everyone knows MLP is trash. It's DONE. DOA. It will make less than a million in the opening weekend even.

>>30727983
Reminder that it doesn't matter whether the movie will win or fail, it's just another fucking commercial for their toys. And I'm going to enjoy the shit out of it.

>>30728268
The question are any of you fucks going to watch it. 90% sure you're all going to download it and then have a brony stream party like you're doing Hasbro a favor.

>>30728289
Yes. Deal with it.

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I can't wait until the reviews and journalists ruin everything before the movie

>>30728316
Well why didn't they?

>>30728344
I mean they could. But then all of the red states would respond in kind and we'd have like, 500 states.

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>>30728285
This. It's not like Hasbro makes money from airing commercials. Most television animation is meant to sell toys and merchandise. If the movie sells enough merch then it can be called a success regardless of how much money it makes at the box office.

>>30727983
>>30728229
Long term forecasts aren't always accurate.
The movie Opening the same weekend of Blade Runner could be a boon. MLP is not competing for he same audience as Blade Runner. The Emoji movie despite how crap it was beat Atomic Blonde in the Box Office on Opening weekend.
>>30728209
I've heard that there was some sabotage involved with Rock Dog.

>>30728367
What happened with Rock Dog? I remember seeing like, one commercial for it and then mediocre reviews.

>>30728367
>>30728375
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/report-duelling-chinese-businessmen-sabotaging-release-rock-dog-director-ash-brannon-caught-middle-141428.html
Found it

>>30728424
Damn, that's some petty shit. Well, it bombed amazingly anyway.

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>>30728424
I was wondering why I never saw any of its trailers in the theaters or in commercials. Was it any good after all that bullshit?

>>30728738
It was pretty decent.

>>30727996
I feel like I've read this before.

>>30728998
It's pasta posted in every movie thread.

So many Bronies in denial here.

Love it! MLP Movie will be DOA trash just like the series:

>>30727996
I thought this was lyrics to a hip-hop song at first and was trying to figure out the beat and tune in my head.

>>30730671
Is that why the show continues to make 1 billion dollars in toy sales each year?

>>30730721
>no proof

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>>30730730
>Im not going to google it, I'm going to continue making concern trolling shitposts because someone posted a pony in a thread I was enjoying and it ruined my entire life
laffin at your life senpai, you really need to let go or you'll turn into barneyfag. actually shit, I bet you're Lee! fucked your dog today lad?

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>>30728217

>>30728268
>Celebrity VAs and lots of marketing will help.
Hasbro has yet to do shit for marketing though is the problem. There's not even any previews before movies currently.

>>30728279
>>30728229
the Stigma of MLP is sadly going to drag this down.

>>30728217
Good lord this is so random it crosses all the way over into awesome.

>>30727983
Don't forget that forecasts also had hillary at a 90+% chance to win the Election too at one point.

>>30731265
There were. Plus brand awareness is huge.

>>30731286
The problem with brand awareness of mlp is that the awareness is that its SHIT; remember how the meme about MLP started on /co because people were basically saying "Its MLP and its NOT shit?!"

Your average human being that hears "MLP" immediately thinks "The most generic banal Girls programming there is", much like hearing "barbie"

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>>30727983
>implying their plan was to make money on the movie itself like some mock marvel film
>implying theyre not primarily a toy company that will make another cool billion from movie merch
its like you dont understand business at all.

>>30728424
What I've learned today is that China is a horrible place and its culture and laws are shit.

>>30731302
exact opposite of what they want supposedly.

>>30727983
people who think this movie will fail are clueless. This movie is going to be a smash stealth hit.

maybe not on par with frozen, but at least 100million.

>>30727983
What was the budget?
Also i think Hasbro is more interested in the toy department sales. If the movie cause their sale for pony rise significantly then for them, it is a success.

>>30728268
The marketing and VA make it look like another soulless toy commercial.

It doesn't help that trailers for MLP Movie were aired in the commercial section before Smurf Movie and Emoji Movie premiered.

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>>30727983
It will fail because there is still a stigma in watching a little girls cartoon or even trying to review it. The modern normie you tube channels are too ashamed to watch the movie or even name the video with it.
Same with Guardians of Harmony that was a failure. People just don't buy the "little ponies can be also enjoyed by boys" shtick and so the movie will also fail at box office. Then, Meghan will be replaced by some newbie executive and focus on developing their Monster High clone that actually give them money.

>>30727983
Now show us the merchandise sales forecast. You know, the sales Hasbro actual cares about.

>>30731845
If they just cared about toy sale, they would just make more cheap Equestria girl movies. If MLP Movie fail to reach normies, then it will be also a failure with merchandise sale.

>>30730712
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjSpO2B6G4s

>>30728268
>lots of marketing will help.
Isn't one trailer with only two months to go not a lot of marketing?

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>>30728257
Bronies are fuckin' redpilled.

>>30731831
You do know kids also watch my little pony right? And not just girls kids in general like mlp. It's like the wiggles but with ponies.

>>30728042
Emoji Movie was only $50 million. There no way this costs more than that piece of shit.

>>30731831
It's been confirmed that 30 percent of the audience of MLP is boys. That's one of the reasons why Hasbro is making toys that can appeal to boys.

>>30731248
kek

>>30736411
True but just because boys will watch a girls' show privately at home doesn't mean they'll go see it in theatres.

>>30736478
Not a lot of fathers are super strict with their sons, most of them let their kids to enjoy things that seems girly, just like how Liev took his son at the Comicon and let him cosplay as Harly Queen.

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Shouldn't this shit be considered spam by now?
Just fuck off jimfag, no one wants you here and no one likes you, and we won't change our mind because you spam the exact same shit again and again

>>30731831
>Same with Guardians of Harmony that was a failure.

This shit again? WTF are you getting this from anyways?
Guardians of harmony was a MASSIVE success at christmas, being one of amazon's top sellers. Pretty much every GOH toy, including the fuckhuge spike toy sold-- the only ones that cluttered up space were cheese sandwhich and the wonderbolts (which goes to show that the central characters are more important than the secondary ones here)

>>30737865
wrong and you have no source other than your dreams

>>30728259
Budget: $65 million

Film run time: 1:44:48

Songs:
1. The Friendship Festival
2. Friendship Duet
3. Magician (by Sia)
4. Avenge the Day
5. Swim Higher
6. Time To Be Awesome
7. Ballad of a Princess
8. Off to See The World (by Lukas Graham)

Score:
1. The Two Sisters
2. Morning in Ponyville
3. Parade Runner
4. Invaders!
5. A-pony-lypse
6. Celestia's Prophecy
7. Leaving Equestria
8. The King's Oath
9. Storm Chaser
10. Oh Captain My Captain
11. Capperlet
12. Throwing Away The Shot
13. Steampunk Junction
14. Escaping Tempest
15. The Land Down Under
16. The Rebels
17. Flight of the Hippogriff
18. Pastime Piratise
19. Storm the Docks
20. A Twist of Fate
21. Puzzles
22. Let's Start Anew
23. Fight for Friendship
24. The Light Rises
25. Sonic Rainboom
26. Credits Medley

>>30737865
Stop replying to bait. Eqg fags just spout shit because they know their spin off is going to die first and that eqg is unwelcome.

>>30738230
Source?

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-magic-of-friendship-comes-to-the-big-screen-in-a-new-my-little-pony-movie-from-hasbros-allspark-pictures-and-lionsgate-300125402.html
>Lionsgate will be distributing and marketing the film globally (except in China).
Th-they are going to release it in the world's second largest market, r-right?

>>30738897
They're releasing it in Taiwan for sure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDLnqDyEV58
And the Taiwanese distributor isn't Lionsgate. Probably China will have its own distributor too. Still no news about it though.

>>30738295

Can I like both? Is that allowed?

>>30738897
we all know that russia will be the country that eats the movie up the most, since they have the most pony fags.

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>>30739083
image for reference

>>30739083
Russians hate the Russian dub with translated names so I'm not sure about that.

Why the fuck do some people in this thread think parents with little girls won't form most of the audience? They're talking about the movie as if adults alone are going to go see it.

>>30731265
>the Stigma of MLP is sadly going to drag this down
>implying parents of little girls give a fuck

>>30727996
Name ONE fandom that has completely died.

>>30738295
I can't find any source for the song names in the original thread either, nor a source for the budget, but the movie run time does have an official source.
99 minutes instead of 105, but still:
http://www.lionsgatepublicity.com/uploads/assets/MY%20LITTLE%20PONY_Fact%20Sheet%208.3_2.doc

>>30727983
theater releases were a mistake. who even watches movies at theaters anymore? and on top of that, how could they expect neckbeards to want to do it? i hope physical comes out soon after or even same day, i would prioritize buying it over any other entertainment

>>30739083
>>30739089
this is stupid because these countries probably block a shitload of sites or something. who the fuck searches for cartoon porn on pornhub in the first fucking place?

>>30739155
i have literally never seen a little girl wearing anything pony related, i seriously doubt neckbeards don't make up most of the paying fanbase

>>30739298
I've seen a bunch when I'm at malls on weekends. Not a large amount, but enough to be noticeable.

>>30739296
Ignore these fools Anon, they've been spamming this meme for years now
And everytime I tell them the exact same thing, and they always come back

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>>30728129
Opening with $7 million isn't really good unless the movie only cost $10 million to make or something. I'm not actually sure how much the MLP movie is going to cost. Based on the trailer, the animation is pretty fluid but there's a lot of really cheap looking stuff in it. Especially the 3D.

>>30728268
Current trailer shows the ponies interacting with each other in a white void. Pic related. That's the glorious Canterlot they're standing in, not that you could tell from this shot.

It could turn around but from what we've seen so far I think a conservative estimate on the movie's performance is fair. Additionally, it doesn't matter how many bronies want to see it, parents don't really want single men in theaters with their kids and single men don't want to look like pedophiles in public.

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>/mlp/ projects its own insecurities onto mainstream moviegoers: the thread

This movie is going to make bank and all the jimfags know it.

>>30739182
Even the Balto fandom is still around

BALTO

>>30727983
>>30727996
That's what you really think. You think just because the show will end the fan content will suddenly stop?

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>>30727983
So what? It was projected that a Popeye movie would be a commercial failure, but the Emoji Movie was worth everyone's time. It was projected that Hillary Clinton would handily win the presidency. It was projected that there could never be a critically successful Sonic game.

Always take these sorts of numbers with a grain of salt. These are all done by people who are completely disassociated from reality. Fuck, the movie has already finished production EARLY, so Hasbro has a good head start on getting it distributed and promoting it to hell and back. Furthermore, all these numbers completely ignore Rotten Tomatoes, where a movie's pre-release score determines its success.

To recap: the MLP movie has an audience of children, celebrity watchers (people WILL see the movie just for SIA, Taye Diggs, and the rest), animation nerds, and bronies. Being a children's movie, it will be completely critic-proof in its first week and rake in about 30 mil. All it really needs to do is be a GOOD movie, and Hasbro has to keep awareness and hype momentum strong.

>>30731265
Wut m8? I've seen previews in like 3 different movies.

>>30739298
I've seen MLP products in literally every toy store and my little sister is a huge MLP fan. Do you really think Hasbro keeps a worldwide franchise going with the bucks of bronies? You do realize there's what, about 200000 bronies in the entire world and that only a fraction of them buy merchandise?

>>30740006
/thread

>>30740006
The demo is absurdly limited to ages 5-7, mostly girls, and Hasbro corporate has tarnished the brand for a huge swath of the adults. What would make you think the movie would be a sure thing like that?

>>30740104
Because it's My Little Pony. The movie. Even if they failed they couldn't fail.

>>30740104
Ever been to /vp/? People there are always complaining about the latest Pokemon game, and yet they're buying them anyway. It's no different here. For its "tarnished" reputation, y'all are still gonna see the movie.

>>30740127
Complaining about the games is one thing. It's another thing when you're getting back numbers from all the "brony" websites and conventions saying they're experiencing 15% drops in interest or more for two years straight.

Is there still a fandom? Yes. An enthusiastic one? Maybe not. One so caught up in the show that they'd risk public embarrassment to watch a pony movie? Honestly I'm not really confident it's there.

The movie is targeting a young age, one gender, and based on how things are going it won't give a fuck if parents enjoy it. On top of that, a lot of aspects of the movie look cheap in the trailer. The plot sounds fairly trite.

I could be wrong. I'm just saying, it sounds a little silly to try to bill the movie as guaranteed when in reality there's a lot of ways and reasons for it to fail.

>>30736411
I don't see your issue. I used to watch MLP G1 publicly as a kindergarten kid and I didn't feel ashamed or anything. Children have no shame if you haven't noticed it yet.

>>30740186
meant for >>30736478

>>30740104
When has Hasbro, the corporate entity, pandered to adult fans?

>>30740251
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc1wi0VMhbA

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>>30740290
>Jun 28, 2011
oh. I legitimately forgot about that.

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>>30727983
>LMFAO
Opinion discarded

>>30740309
it was first showed in may, though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTPqjKk_xCo
yes, hub literally sent this to seth before it premiered

>>30739589
>he watched the US trailer instead of he German ones
This is where you're losing out.

>>30740318
Q: How can party rock be in the house if everybody's outside?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb-lry6Xgp8

>>30740290
You could argue that wasn't Hasbro, that was the Hub. The Hub was desperately trying to be an entertainment channel, so it was trying to entertain people. Hasbro is trying to sell toys, so Twilight is a princess living in a crystal castle playset.

No idea why they're making a movie.