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Originally posted by Clementine:
This will be interesting to watch. Gee, I hope we hit some big numbers. Surely #5 on Amazon.com means some numbers. Best Buy must have sold a ton with the comic tie-in.

And I can't believe Wild Hoggs is doing so well. It looked so stupid.
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I agree. Lots of non-Browncoats bought the first release DVD, not including the BC's that have bought multiple copies. But it will probably be only true Browncoats that buy the CE.

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Originally posted by okcbrowncoat:
Couldn't find the numbers on sales figures, but found some digits on how our BDM did in theaters.

Theatrical Performance
Total US Gross: $25,514,517
International Gross: $13,000,000
Worldwide Gross: $38,514,517

Considering the production budget was a reported $39,000,000, it just squeaked under breaking even in the theaters. Bring in DVD, HD, and Special Edition sales, and seems like Universal has probably made a tidy little profit off the whole thing.

So how much Serenity merch do I have to buy to get a sequel?


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Originally posted by Suasor:
The movie owner only gets about half the theater revenue. But Josss has intimated that other revenue sources (TV, DVD, etc) have brought in enough to push the income close to the total expenses (which are more like $50 million, as you have to include marketing.)

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Originally posted by okcbrowncoat:
Couldn't find the numbers on sales figures, but found some digits on how our BDM did in theaters.

Theatrical Performance
Total US Gross: $25,514,517
International Gross: $13,000,000
Worldwide Gross: $38,514,517

Considering the production budget was a reported $39,000,000, it just squeaked under breaking even in the theaters. Bring in DVD, HD, and Special Edition sales, and seems like Universal has probably made a tidy little profit off the whole thing.

So how much Serenity merch do I have to buy to get a sequel?


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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
I'm surprised and dismayed that the International revenues were so low. I would think that folks over in Asia, who are generally rabid movie-goers would have loved and embraced the BDM for its' action and Oriental influence. But I guess not...or was it that it wasn't distributed on a large basis around the world.

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Originally posted by DevonNite:
Actually what Joss Whedon said just recently, is:

"So after all is said and done, was Serenity profitable? Do you consider it a success?

Joss Whedon (JW): It's a success to the studio or else we wouldn't be doing a special edition DVD. They actually admitted as much on paper, which you know studios are loathe to do, and that was actually from the theatrical. Theatrical was a disappointment, as everyone knows, but it did go into the black."

There have been differing opinions about this, but Whedon would be in a good position to know and he never mentions that his info has anything to do with TV Rights.

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Originally posted by ryanknapper:
I've lost faith in something, but I haven't decided in what yet.

Rank 1
Prev. Rank (-)
Title Wild Hogs
Units this Week 2,198,651
% Change -.-%
Total Units 2,198,651
Sales this Week $35,156,429
Total Sales $35,156,429
Weeks in Release 1

Should I distrust this site or humanity as a whole?

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Originally posted by derangedmilk:
So....if the movie made money in the theaters (Joss said the studio admitted it got into the black) and DVD sales did well enough to get a Special Edition release which also did fairly well....why aren't we seeing a countdown to Serenity 2 on the main page of this website????

Seriously, why not?
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
I'm surprised and dismayed that the International revenues were so low. I would think that folks over in Asia, who are generally rabid movie-goers would have loved and embraced the BDM for its' action and Oriental influence. But I guess not...or was it that it wasn't distributed on a large basis around the world.

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Seems to me I recall at the time that many of the foreign showings were canceled as the box office dropped.

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Originally posted by derangedmilk:

This is what gets me: Ever seen one of the scifi channel's made-for-tv-movies? They blow all manner of *ss. I'm not sure what the budget was on a picture like mamoth or earthstorm but I know they couldn't have made all the much money. Serenity the pilot episode cost about 2 million if memory serves and it made a lot of money when you think about how much DVD sales of Firefly took in. Plus, it ruled! So, if the execs at scifi (which is owned by UniversalNBC) would fork over just 2 or 3 million to make a tv movie sequel to firefly, I'm sure Joss and team could pull it off and they'd probably make there money back on ads alone during the first few showings.
So how about it? Why not a scifi TV movie? Should we start the letter writing campaign?
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Originally posted by out2theblack:
Sci-fi's made-for-TV stuff generally really does suck...So why would we want our show to be a one-shot movie on that little network with limited demographics ?

HBO or Showtime or another large pay-cable net would be a much-better choice...They'd be able to bring the coin to do it right...

2 megabucks would scarcely be enough to build a Serenity ship's set...Probably was more than that in the case of the BDM .

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Originally posted by out2theblack:
Sci-fi's made-for-TV stuff generally really does suck...So why would we want our show to be a one-shot movie on that little network with limited demographics ?

HBO or Showtime or another large pay-cable net would be a much-better choice...They'd be able to bring the coin to do it right...

2 megabucks would scarcely be enough to build a Serenity ship's set...Probably was more than that in the case of the BDM .

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Originally posted by TVChick:
Why is this thread titled "Here Be Hard Data on Serenity CE Sales" when there is no hard data on the site you mention yet?? *confused*

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
I'm surprised and dismayed that the International revenues were so low. I would think that folks over in Asia, who are generally rabid movie-goers would have loved and embraced the BDM for its' action and Oriental influence. But I guess not...or was it that it wasn't distributed on a large basis around the world.

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Originally posted by Suasor:
Numbers finally came in at
http://www.the-numbers.com/dvd/charts/weekly/thisweek.php


Serentity was number 25, according to Nash Information Services. That's with 32,396 units sold. Hmmm, has it listed as first week of release, but in its 88th week of release.

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Originally posted by Suasor:
What we don't know is what kind of numbers Universal was expecting. Just One Damn Mystery after another.

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Originally posted by azentropy:
I went to the local Target, Circuit City and Bestbuy and none of them had Serenity CE. Not sure if they had already sold out, or if they hadn't received them or even will carry them.

So I just ended up ordering from Amazon...

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Is the price of the Firefly series DVD set actually going UP in response to our demand, or, is the supply dropping, with no replenishment?

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