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| Dreamworks to cut 1/4 of workforce; delay movies | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 8 2013, 12:37 AM (760 Views) | |
| Tasermon's Partner | Feb 8 2013, 12:37 AM Post #1 |
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This doesn't bode well: Dreamworks to cut 500 jobs; delay movies Jeez, and here I thought they were doin' pretty well, 'specially with the returns on "Rise of the Guardians". No specific word in the article on delays to the HTTYD movies (only to movies comin' out sooner), but if they cut 1/4 of their animation staff, then it would seem plausible... |
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| Night Fury | Feb 8 2013, 01:00 AM Post #2 |
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Truly sad news, though this doesn't catch me by surprise. I've been following DWA's financial situation closely over the last couple of years. They've had a string of films that have underwhelmed at the Box Office, despite many of them getting decent to good reviews. Though ROTG has done okay overseas, it flopped at the North American Box Office, not even recouping its production budget. Based on the combined worldwide earnings of just under 300 million, and factoring in advertising and the distributor's cut of the profits, I'd be surprised if it broke even. I feel horrible for all the talented people who might be out of a job due to this cutback. It's hard to know where to start laying the blame -- the economy is an easy target, but consumers' tastes are also fickle, and the market has been highly saturated with CGI animated films over the last decade. In any case, we can only wait and see what effect this has on HTTYD 2... Edited by Night Fury, Feb 8 2013, 01:03 AM.
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| sweet_tea8 | Feb 8 2013, 02:26 PM Post #3 |
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I caught the news yesterday and immediately thought about what impact there would be to httyd2. I don't think they would delay the sequel as they do need to return back to profitabilty and the best way to do that is release movies which have great earning potential. |
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| Night Fury | Feb 8 2013, 03:30 PM Post #4 |
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I agree; in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they fast-tracked HTTYD 2. |
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| Tasermon's Partner | Feb 8 2013, 05:45 PM Post #5 |
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Sadly, I get the feelin' that "The Croods" won't live up it's earning potential either, and only exacerbate the situation. Let's hope I'm wrong on that front. |
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| Night Fury | Feb 8 2013, 07:45 PM Post #6 |
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Croods doesn't exactly have Box Office gold written all over it, that's for sure. They also have "Turbo" coming this summer, and who knows about that. On second thought, I don't see any way they could release HTTYD 2 any sooner than planned. There's no way it'll be ready for this year, and they can't release it too close to Mr. Peabody and Sherman... |
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| Night Fury | Feb 8 2013, 08:11 PM Post #7 |
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On a semi-related note, I must say that Yahoo articles always have the funniest comment section of any site on the web. I can't believe these people are serious, haha. |
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| Celestra | Feb 9 2013, 07:39 PM Post #8 |
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Dang, that's rather upsetting. I thought they were doing much better financially :\ I'm sure part of it is the economy, since culture is often the first thing people make cuts on... and I'm sure that people waiting to torrent movies instead of seeing them in theaters doesn't help either. Admittedly I've done that, but I did pay to see RotG, Tangled, and Brave in theaters, so I have no qualms about paying to see animated films. |
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| Oneill5491 | Feb 10 2013, 04:39 AM Post #9 |
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Hmm, that really is a cause for concern. What has also been troubling me in regard to the sequel is the slated movie release schedule for the summer of 2014. I was really hoping everything would work out in favor of DreamWorks to better facilitate a box office killing for HTTYD 2. It's going to be tough. They're really going to have to hit it out of the park with such big, high-production titles colluding to steal ticket sales away from HTTYD 2, especially with a Pixar film and a Jurassic Park restart leading HTTYD 2 with similar reptile fanfare. Source - DenofGeek.com Edited by Oneill5491, Feb 10 2013, 04:45 AM.
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| Night Fury | Feb 10 2013, 05:24 AM Post #10 |
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Well, damn. That is quite the crowded schedule. The only consolation is that it seems like Dreamworks can count on their sequels to make money against all odds. Just look at their releases over the last three years: Shrek Forever After, Kung Fu Panda 2, and Madagascar 3 all did well at the Box Office. The Shrek spin-off Puss in Boots was also a mild success, even if overseas grosses are essentially what saved its skin (that also goes for KFP 2, for that matter). Meanwhile, their two original films, Megamind and Rise of Guardians, both flopped. Aside from HTTYD, their last original film to break out was Kung Fu Panda in 2008. |
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