Geostorm Could Lose $100 Million

Geostorm

The Gerard Butler star vehicleGeostormmay recede as much as $ 100 million when it wraps up its theatrical run , analyst say . Movies about mood change are n’t exactly a young conception on the big screen . The Davis Guggenheim - mastermind global warming documentaryAn Inconvenient Truth , featuring former Vice President Al Gore , win a Best Documentary Feature Oscar in 2007 ; while on the fancied side , the Roland Emmerich - helmed weather condition cataclysm movieThe Day After Tomorrowscared up more than $ 544 million globally in 2004 .

Emmerich ’s longtime producer Dean Devlin is the late filmmaker to take on the subgenre , but his fancied take on the disastrous effects of spherical warming has , on the flip side , met a pit cold response at the box office . Geostorm – which stars Butler as an engineer hie to set a satellite system design to curb climate change but attacks Earth alternatively – hada dismal debut in its opening weekendat the domestic corner office staff over the weekend , finishing in second space with $ 13.7 million against a $ 120 million budget , which includes$15 million for reshoots .

According toThe Wrap , Geostorm , despite an extra $ 52.1 million overseas take for a running global cume of $ 66.8 million after Monday ’s receipts , bear to lose $ 100 million overall when the film stop its theatrical run both Stateside and afield . Box office analyst toldThe Wrapthat even with lower - than - common marketing spend , the break - even point for Geostorm will need to be in the $ 300 million to $ 350 million range . And while the film has yet to afford in the normally - moneymaking Chinese film market , the trade publication say the cinema will likely will gather little ground since only 25 percent of the box office take goes to studios . In the end , analyst tellThe Wrapwill in all probability cease up making $ 200 million .

The high-risk news about the Geostorm ’s boxful office prospects add up as a painful end for film , which reportedly had its box function release pushed back three time from it ’s original March 2016 release appointment before it at last landed in dramatic art last weekend and was met with ascathing reviewsand a 13 percentage rating on Rotten Tomatoes .

While Geostorm is the 2nd bounteous - budget box office bomb for Warner Bros. in the preceding five month following thedismal receptionto $ 175 million - budgetedKing Arthur : Legend of the Sword(which ended its domesticated outpouring with $ 39.1 million and $ 109.5 million abroad ) , there is a silver liner for the venerable studio . Wonder Woman , Dunkirk , Annabelle : CreationandITwere all global blockbusters , more than piddle up for the loss ache by the two aforementioned moving-picture show . On top of that , Warner Bros. has the DC Extended Universe superhero adventureJustice Leaguecoming up November 17 , which is alreadytracking to open in the $ 150 million reach .