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Piranha 3DD straight to DVD
Sequel to surprise hit movie goes straight to DVD in the UK
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a357759/piranha-3dd-dropped-from-uk-cinema-release-heading-straight-to-dvd.html
Shame, as I do enjoy the occasional nonsense humans in peril movie.
Wonder if Shark Night 3D flopping has anything to do with this.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a357759/piranha-3dd-dropped-from-uk-cinema-release-heading-straight-to-dvd.html
Shame, as I do enjoy the occasional nonsense humans in peril movie.
Wonder if Shark Night 3D flopping has anything to do with this.
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It was just plain terrible!
Given the amount of screen time the sharks get it might aswell have been called "Night 3D"
The original made nearly £4.5 million, so even if the sequel only makes half of that, surely it would have still been worth releasing it in cinemas. Ridiculous decision.
damn. i love sharks too!
Thought the 1st un was a crazy way over the top horror but it worked well and i really enjoyed it.
didn't the 1st one do ok at the box office ? I actually enjoyed the 1st one alot more then i thought i would.
This one looks just as funny, gory and good as the 1st one.
Like any business, there are overheads, such as publicity, cost of making copies of the film for cinemas etc, plus the cinemas themselves have to get some of that money.
There are other costs too I can't remember at the moment, but rest assured that money taken at the box office is certainly not pure profit for the distributors.
Which is true, because it's cheaper to release on DVD than cinema. Lower overheads, less publicity required etc.
And anyway, 4.5 million is a very poor showing at the box office...films need to be taking upwards of 20 million to be considered even reasonably successful.
I doubt that 3D is the problem. If anything, i imagine that 3D was one of the first films strengths (even if it was a 3D conversion).
I'll be buying it thought anyway since i liked the 1st one
Doubtful, i think it would have flopped if it wasn't for the 3D gimmick. For a film like Piranha 3D (and other 3D horror films like My Bloody Valentine and the last two Final Destination films) you tend to find that the 3D ticket sales are the majority over the 2D tickets. I definitely seem to remember reading that the 3D vs 2D sales for Piranha 3D were swayed quite drastically in the favour of 3D.
Hurrah!!
I was gutted that I might not see it on a large screen in 3D.
Busey and The Hoff. Back where they belong!
The first was a huge guilty pleasure for me.
Pity they didn't get Kelly Brook back though. She could've played the twin sister of her original character or something cheesy like that...
Yes I am sad...
oh well.