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IIRC Garland said it needed to make something like $50 million in the US in order to secure a sequel. I think our only chances are either a tremendous international performance or some massive legs.
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IIRC Garland said it needed to make something like $50 million in the US in order to secure a sequel. I think our only chances are either a tremendous international performance or some massive legs.
Fox Mulder
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it came out there weeks ago.
Phanatic8390
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Yeah. I just read that too. Here's a link
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/07/08/the-judge-dredd-movie-trilogy-as-loosely-planned-by-writer-alex-garland/
And it looks like it bombed there too... FUCK. I weep for humanity.
This is why we can't have nice things
Figures as much, 7:50 show yesterday had like 10 people in it
As for the movie, I liked it. I think i like the Stallone dredd more though
Fox Mulder
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Well I don't normally bother myself with box office numbers, but if Dredd bombed in the UK, it really had no chance in the US.
Oh well, maybe it will be appreciated as a cult classic. Hard R action movies will always be rare, even if they get smaller budgets.
LemonGremlin
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Not sure if it bombed that hard in the UK, it reached number one in the charts at least? Actually who am I kidding it practically fell out of the charts.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Those numbers make me sad 
Any word on how well it's doing internationally?
Any word on how well it's doing internationally?
Yes. There were many such moments where most films would drop in a one-liner, where Dredd let's the action do the talking. They really hit the right balance with Dredd's dialogue.
I take a teeny, tiny bit of solace that it ticked up a bit on Saturday, when movies like this tend to attract their hardcore audience and then drop. Maybe legs will carry it to $20m. Maybe.
Saw this movie at a local theater on Friday for a 5:20PM 3D showing, there were probably like 15 people tops in the theater.
Sad, I really enjoyed this movie, and loved the first one. The Lawbringer pistol was done well, and was glad to see most of it's firing modes (shame there was no 'double-whammy' though)
Can't wait to get the Blu-ray for this as well. Also, the 3D was pretty cool during the 'Slo-Mo' induced scenes with the color and glass and such.
Sad, I really enjoyed this movie, and loved the first one. The Lawbringer pistol was done well, and was glad to see most of it's firing modes (shame there was no 'double-whammy' though)
Can't wait to get the Blu-ray for this as well. Also, the 3D was pretty cool during the 'Slo-Mo' induced scenes with the color and glass and such.
Fox Mulder
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I'm sitting in the theater right now and I'm all alone..
Gamer @ Heart
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It happened so quickly and you barely see her do it, plus he got awesome tech eyes so we didnt really see the sad after effects of it.
The scene where he is on the phone with the other judge while she slides a knife around his navel was close. You got to appreciate her malice a bit there.
It will be GAF's next Speed Racer, guaranteed.
Amazon is ready...
Oh well, maybe it will grow some legs. People need to get the word out that this is actually worth watching. It would definitely be nice to get a 2nd and 3rd film.
Pie and Beans
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Speed Racer at least was a visual fucking drug of choice. All trailers for this Dredd sent me to sleep with emptiness and grey everywhere, not what I'd expect of the busy and colour barfing bonanza that is the actual comic-book. They made a boring looking film, this is the result. Who knew.
Lionel Mandrake
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In my theater, during the opening monologue, Dredd said something like "There is a city..." and someone behind us whispered in a vocal impression, "A Dreddful city..." I have to admit, that made me laugh.
CHEEZMO
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I think this movie was an eyegasm more so than Speed in certain places, otherwise it fit the bill of mega city one almost perfectly
NotTheGuyYouKill
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The world on Slo-Mo looked fantastic. The world outside of it looked appropriately grim and messed up. It reminded me of District 9 a lot (which makes sense, both filmed in South Africa).
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
Agreed - the Slo-Mo bits were spectacular. And I actually thought the cinemtography was one of the high points of the film. It looked great in places.
BlueTsunami
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I loved the Cinematography in Dredd. It exhibited a fantastic sense of minimalism. Deliberate and much better than the standard action flick fare. It and the sound design worked extremely well together.
Fox Mulder
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TOM f'N CRUISE
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will get Blu Ray for sure
I don't think so. The disinterest in this movie is due to disinterest in the property itself, and bad marketing.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Marketing was horrendous. In the last two weeks, I saw one spot for Dredd, late at night. That was it.
Just horrible.
Exterminieren
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Fucking hell, I really need a sequel to let the world off the leash and to see more of Urban's Dredd.
Multiple DVD sales, repeat cinema trips, Kickstarter, I don't care, I just want it.
Multiple DVD sales, repeat cinema trips, Kickstarter, I don't care, I just want it.
I think Dvd will do quite well, sorta like how Robocop has grown an audience mostly through home video. The failure of Dredd at theaters in a market with Brit properties like Harry Potter and Dr Who doing gangbusters and having a vibe tbat should attract Quentin Tarrentino's audience seems to be a marketing deficiency. Why wasnt Dredd associated with mega hit Hunger Games that was released by the same studio? Maybe get Jennifer Lawrence to pimp Dredd tastefully while doing Hunger Games pr? Lawrence would have done well as rookie Anderson IMO.
I saw this movie today. It was low budget, dark, unexpectedly funny and I loved it. I loved the broken down, low-tech future thing they had going on and I really loved that it took full advantage of it's R rating. It was well executed, fluff-free and I had a blast.
It was also criminally marketed and it was sent out into theaters to die. I want a full fledged, all out, sequel to this and it is 90% unlikely to happen.
It was also criminally marketed and it was sent out into theaters to die. I want a full fledged, all out, sequel to this and it is 90% unlikely to happen.
MasterOfPastures
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We had some good laughs at how much the emotional narrative of the characters clashed against Dredd himself. I doubt we'll see a sequel, unless it picks up in a few weeks. If it doesn't, the R is dead in tinseltown.
Dirtyshubb
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I have been meaning to go and see this since it came out but havent had the chance, but hearing that it has done badly I am making sure I go tomorrow with the wife as I have heard only good things about it and it deserves to do well considering studious hesitance to do R/18 rated movies which is a shame.
Napoleonthechimp
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Why do they even bother with cinema/theatre releases for certain movies? I hope we see a shift from that in the future.
Dredd wasn't "low budget" wtf
You want low budget, look at a fucking indian movie.
regardless
You want low budget, look at a fucking indian movie.
regardless
same reason they sell games in stores instead of just online. Gotta feed the dying animal instead of just taking him 'round back
No, it isn't. People say this whenever an R rated movie bombs, but there have been many successful R rated films in the past several years. Just this year we had Prometheus. Dredd probably bombed due to awful marketing and the property itself. No one knows or cares about Judge Dredd. I'm sure the Stallone film left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths as well.
Fox Mulder
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I guess being sent to die in theaters is still better than being perceived as a shitty straight to dvd movie.
Ignatz Mouse
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This, this this.
This movie is like Escape from New York, Robocop, Die Hard and the Gauntlet had a sloppy make-out session and spawnd this gem.
Wonderfully retro in style, too.
They were in production at the same time. It's just coincidence.
Wait, someone liked Speed Racer?
Fox Mulder
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I spread the word to a bunch of co-workers that seem interested now. I'm even going to see it again this weekend in proper 3d if it's still going.
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