The Brietbart article was already shared and is ridiculous. There is no doubt Tomorrowland is not doing great, but it is WAY too soon to try to say it is going to lose more than John Carter.
Are you saying it is ridiculous to point out the total investment Disney has made in this film is around $250 million? If so, you are in denial about the scale of current film production and marketing costs.
Are you saying it is ridiculous to reference the
industry standard that for a film to break even, it must gross 2x its total budget and that
Tomorrowland must therefore gross somewhere between $450 and $500 million before it starts earning a penny for Disney? If so, you are saying every seasoned ROI expert on film investment is wrong.
And are you actually saying it is ridiculous to point out that to date Tomorrowland has already opened in pretty much every major market (Japan and Brazil just started) and has grossed only $133 million? There is nothing "ridiculous" about stating facts, but it
is ridiculous to criticize that.
And are you saying it is ridiculous to project that the likelihood of
Tomorrowland grossing anything near $450+ million is shrinking by the hour? If so, then you may want to read up on the sales curves of films, especially ballyhooed ones that open on Memorial Day.
And lastly, are you saying it is ridiculous to state
John Carter, which
was the biggest flop of 2012, actually almost broke even (total cost $300 million and earned $284 million) and that is is very, very
very likely that
Tomorrowland will end up becoming
the biggest money loser in Disney film history? If so "
When You Wish Upon a Star" must be what the staff in Burbank is singing right now, because wishes are all they have left, in terms of this film ever getting anywhere near break even.