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Originally Posted by AC
That's going to bomb so hard.
Budget of €197M, or $221M USD.
Cloud Atlas for comparison had a budget of $128.5M USD and made $130.5M.
Jupiter Ascending had a budget of $176M and made $184M.
I suspect those budgets don't include the advertising either.
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Luc Besson was responsible for directing, screenwriting, and producing "Lucy", which made over $400 million on a $40 million budget. The studios are obviously giving him a lot of rope as a result.
I agree the potential for this to be another Jupiter Ascending is pretty big. I'd say that Cloud Atlas was it's own pretentious kettle of fish though. Jupiter Ascending was also kind of weird and bad. Good word of mouth could save this film.
The Fifth Element did triple it's budget and make about $270 million, which is probably closer to $400 million in today's dollars. Another thing to consider is that the European audience is likely to be bigger here, due to the Besson's previous successes in the EU.