Monday, August 24, 2009

Confirm/Deny?

Does anyone out there know if Warner Bros. is attaching a teaser/trailer for the Nightmare On Elm Street remake to prints of The Final Destination?  I know they showed footage of some kind at Comic Con and Warner won't have a more appropriate launching pad than this weekend.  I haven't heard anything, but they'd be stupid not to take advantage.

Scott Mendelson

4 comments:

chuck said...

Don't know the answer to that but why in the world is WB and Weinstein CO. killing each other releasing Final Destination 4 and Halloween 2 the same weekend. The same audience won't see both and will likely pick one over the other. Someone couldn't pick up the phone and say this is a bad idea for both of us.


chuck

Scott Mendelson said...

I'm actually considering a future entry about that closer to the end of the week. Basically two things of note. A) Both studios probably expected the other to flinch. B) Halloween 2 doesn't need to make nearly as much as Final Destination 4 to be considered profitable. So if Final Destination does $25 million and Halloween 2 does $15 million, than that's a win for both in relation to costs. But yes, their cannibalization will cost each of them around $10 million in opening weekend dollars. With the 3D gimmick and audience goodwill, Final Destination 4 could have cleared $40 million. Now it'll be hoping for $30 million.

Scott

Anonymous said...

Where is last weekend report, Scott?

Scott Mendelson said...

Slightly delayed due to daughter's second birthday stuff.

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