Epic Universe Expansion Speculation

[AustinT]

What are the exact numbers then?

And how could they be at break even before they've entered a marketing cycle for the second part and spent the money?

Right now the second movie is sitting nearly $320m behind the first one, Zootopia 2 is doing gangbusters and Avatar is less than two weeks away

Glad someone else is bringing up box office. Safe space to talk about it now?
This second movie is dropping like a rock week to week. This kind of drop off usually scares studios away from continuing a franchise (Secret Life of Pets for example, but not quite that much of a sequel falloff) but I feel like they're certainly going to make another Wicked film, when the inevitable land is going to open. It'll be interesting to see if they can maintain the GP's engagement with the brand in the next few years or if this is a sign of Wicked fatigue.

If the Wicked store at USF hangs around, that would also make a nice preview center of sorts if there's a big, flashy Epic expansion coming in the near future.

 

[Frogki]

Glad someone else is bringing up box office. Safe space to talk about it now?
This second movie is dropping like a rock week to week. This kind of drop off usually scares studios away from continuing a franchise (Secret Life of Pets for example, but not quite that much of a sequel falloff) but I feel like they're certainly going to make another Wicked film, when the inevitable land is going to open. It'll be interesting to see if they can maintain the GP's engagement with the brand in the next few years or if this is a sign of Wicked fatigue.

If the Wicked store at USF hangs around, that would also make a nice preview center of sorts if there's a big, flashy Epic expansion coming in the near future.

To reiterate what's been said by myself and others - Universal likely knew Wicked for Good would not have the same kind of reception or numbers as Part 1, because it's story is a dramatic tone shirt.

Wicked Part 1 had a ton of repeat viewings, and the franchise itself is still likely to be pretty strong. There's just a fascination with Oz and that fantasy world somewhere over the rainbow that goes back nearly a century now based on the original books and the original film.

Whether that translates into future success depends on the strength of whatever stories they choose to tell next.
If you give a Wicked land the Potter treatment and avoid setting the place within a specific timeframe but are highly specific about your attractions time and place within the story, you have a recipe for success.

And to be honest, I wouldn't have believed this before last year even as a Wicked fan - but Part 1 was pretty amazing as far as word of mouth and general reception.

 

[Tyc00n96]

Ive been waiting for this lol lots of good stuff in here especially that transportation system