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Originally posted by IndianaBanzai:
Haven't been here in a while. Kinda bummed by the postponement news, but hey, Sky Captain was postponed to September and did better than expected at the box office.

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Originally posted by IndianaBanzai:
Haven't been here in a while. Kinda bummed by the postponement news, but hey, Sky Captain was postponed to September and did better than expected at the box office.

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really? i thought it was viewed a commercial disappointment considering it only took in about $35 million in ticket sales with a reported budget of $40 million. dvd sales will easily make up the difference, but that does not seem like a better than expected haul, especially for a wide release movie with that kind of star backing (law, paltrow and jolie).

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Originally posted by IndianaBanzai:
I imagine that it would've made even less than that had it been released during the summer blockbuster timeframe, as it was originally intended.

And I guess I should have said 'better than I expected at the box office'.

According to boxofficemojo.com, it was a $70 million budget, so I don't believe DVD sales will make up that difference:

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Originally posted by SimonWho:
You'd be surprised how much some DVDs can make, even on things that dudded at the box office.

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