Ghostbusters ($180,039,959)

You have to wonder how smart these people are pumping that supposed $300million (including marketing), into a movie that had zero chance of opening in the second biggest movie market (China).

Rusty Cunt wrote:You have to wonder how smart these people are pumping that supposed $300million (including marketing), into a movie that had zero chance of opening in the second biggest movie market (China).

Nobody in the entire pitch meeting asked "Who's afraid of ghosts? cause if just one person had said "The entire country of China" maybe they'd have planned better.

WyldeMan wrote:

Rusty Cunt wrote:You have to wonder how smart these people are pumping that supposed $300million (including marketing), into a movie that had zero chance of opening in the second biggest movie market (China).

Nobody in the entire pitch meeting asked "Who's afraid of ghosts? cause if just one person had said "The entire country of China" maybe they'd have planned better.

Indeed, especially when the production budget was north of $100mil. That's a whole lot of yes people that have probably since been promoted.