I really enjoyed this film. If they were to do another one, I suppose a prequel would make more sense. Anyone know if this is being talked about? Based on the backstory we were given glimpses of, it could make an interesting full story.
shareA quiet love triangle develops amongst a gaggle of astronauts training and qualifying for a mission to Titan.
Maybe we get to see how their undemonstrated love arose and grew. But then, where is the drama? Where is the tension? Where is the conflict?
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Considering this was a big flop, they're not going to be anxiously throwing money at more. It's a shame it didn't do well, but it didn't, so no sequels or prequels.
shareWas it a big flop? I'm not sure what it cost vs what it brought in, so who knows. It is ashame. It was a decent film. Yet, they've put out out 7 or 8 Fast and Furious. Go figure. That or Transformers 5 or 6. Yep, that's the sad state of Hollywood these days.
shareIt was definitely a flop. It's developed a bit of a cult following since, but it's theatrical run didn't show profit for the studio, and Universal deemed it a BIG loss in the end.
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$89 million was DOMESTIC ONLY. It made $197,061,337 internationally fora a total of $286,168,572.
Source: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=oblivion.htm.
The film may have performed below expectations like Tron Legacy, but it did not bomb.
And that probably doesn't factor in dvd sales. Honestly, I don't remember this film being heavily marketed at the time. I could be wrong, but I don't remember it. Personally, I thought it was great. I think a prequel would be interesting. Certainly a lot better than most of these remakes they keep green lighting these days.
shareIt was a tricky film to market, the studio tried to sell Cruise and Freeman rather than the story itself, as Sci-Fi films are always hard to sell unless they're a known property. Early ticket sales weren't great, so the studio cut the advertising budget quickly. Once it opened it just sort of died off organically. I remember test screenings performed well, but not terribly strong - we saw it in a Dolby Atmos test theater, and the sound was incredible. It's very similar to what happened with Edge of Tomorrow - different studio, but same sort of performance, only Edge of Tomorrow had tremendous word of mouth and still didn't gain momentum.
shareYou obviously don't understand how International ticket sales work. The U.S. return on overseas tickets is MUCH lower than the American take. With the marketing budget added to the production budget, it's doubtful even the overseas take put it in the black. U.S. ticket sales are what counts when it comes to the studios determining whether or not a film was a success. It was a bomb.
shareI don't think there are any plans to do either a prequel or a sequel. For the prequel, we've already been given the main details of what happened when the Tet arrived in the Solar System, so what else could usefully be added? (Plus we also know how it all turns out.) As for a sequel - the Tet's been destroyed, so, unless there's another one on the way, what's the second film going to be about? If Oblivion had been sufficiently successful, no doubt the studio would be thinking of more films, but, leaving aside the question of whether it 'bombed' or not, it didn't do well enough for anyone with sufficient influence to want to follow it up.
shareUnfortunately, you're probably right. I really don't understand why it didn't perform stronger. Then again, it's only the rare space scifi films that really go big (Gravity, Interstellar, The Martian). It's ashame. I thought Oblivion stood out as an interesting, well made film. Considering some of the trash we've seen sequels for over the years, at the time I thought a sequel for this was a no brainer.
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