Dredd (2012)

[Spikes]

SBT has spoken!

Huzzah!

[IndigoPrime]

It does still seem odd that they didn't do this, more money for the 3D tickets sure, but why wouldn't you cover yourself by giving the option?

I imagine it was a gamble. Dredd was always going to be a movie that had a really quick boom and bust cycle at best, and as much money as possible needed to be grabbed on that opening weekend. 3D boosts ticket prices and enabled the flick to grab that number-one slot. The question is whether enough extra people would have gone to make up any shortfall had there been a bunch of 2D screenings. I do wonder what would have happened if Dredd had gone wide in 2D, but on a very limited number of showings per cinema—i.e. a couple of 3D showings in a typical modern multiplex, and maybe two or three 2D showings per day, in the evening. I suspect it probably wouldn't have made much difference (and certainly not enough to propel earnings into sequel territory—the dire US takings showed how that wouldn't have been possible).

[radiator]

Recent price cut propels Dredd back to no.1 at Play.com Blu Ray chart (and back up to no.10 on Amazon.co.uk).

http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/6-/TopSellers.html

[Hawkmumbler]

Do not fear Hawkmonger I have it from the horses mouth that he doesn't see it as petty sniping, in fact he has said this

when my local blockbuster closed down recently, i did go in especially to buy Dredd on dvd for £3, but they'd all gone. Asda had it for £7 the other week and i thought about it for a minute or so before buying the Richard Dawkins boxset instead for a tenner. I will buy Dredd when i see it cheap enough, but as i didnt like it very much- and have since stopped buying the comics- it's understandably not high on my list.

SBT has spoken!

Seem's a tad drastic just to convey how much he disliked an addaptation. 

[sheldipez]

Do not fear Hawkmonger I have it from the horses mouth that he doesn't see it as petty sniping, in fact he has said this

when my local blockbuster closed down recently, i did go in especially to buy Dredd on dvd for £3, but they'd all gone. Asda had it for £7 the other week and i thought about it for a minute or so before buying the Richard Dawkins boxset instead for a tenner. I will buy Dredd when i see it cheap enough, but as i didnt like it very much- and have since stopped buying the comics- it's understandably not high on my list.

SBT has spoken!

Seem's a tad drastic just to convey how much he disliked an addaptation. 

I'm hoping that the stop buying the prog was unrelated to the movie. Right?

[Mabs]

Do not fear Hawkmonger I have it from the horses mouth that he doesn't see it as petty sniping, in fact he has said this

when my local blockbuster closed down recently, i did go in especially to buy Dredd on dvd for £3, but they'd all gone. Asda had it for £7 the other week and i thought about it for a minute or so before buying the Richard Dawkins boxset instead for a tenner. I will buy Dredd when i see it cheap enough, but as i didnt like it very much- and have since stopped buying the comics- it's understandably not high on my list.

SBT has spoken!

Seem's a tad drastic just to convey how much he disliked an addaptation. 

I'm hoping that the stop buying the prog was unrelated to the movie. Right?

I'd like to think so. SBT may have had his own views which differed with others on here, but he's still a big miss on the forum in my honest opinion.

[MR. ELIMINATOR]

Just watched the original trailer and it made me feel nostalgic already.

[Hawkmumbler]

Do not fear Hawkmonger I have it from the horses mouth that he doesn't see it as petty sniping, in fact he has said this

when my local blockbuster closed down recently, i did go in especially to buy Dredd on dvd for £3, but they'd all gone. Asda had it for £7 the other week and i thought about it for a minute or so before buying the Richard Dawkins boxset instead for a tenner. I will buy Dredd when i see it cheap enough, but as i didnt like it very much- and have since stopped buying the comics- it's understandably not high on my list.

SBT has spoken!

Seem's a tad drastic just to convey how much he disliked an addaptation. 

I'm hoping that the stop buying the prog was unrelated to the movie. Right?

Thats a good point. If so, why?

[Spikes]

It may be that SBT has stopped buying the IDW run of Dredd comics? I doubt he's stopped buying the prog..

[Hoagy]

Dredd beats The Dark Knight Rises in the D section for most popular in the Box Office rentals listing on BTVision. A small victory.

[Fisticuffs]

The turgid pile of tripe that was Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters gets a sequel thanks to a large worldwide gross despite flopping in the US.

There is no god.

[Fisticuffs]

Oh, and link - http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/03/18/hansel-and-gretel-witch-hunters-will-get-a-sequel?abthid=5147873f6906be2667000019

[Stan]

Ouch. Dredd took a beating in week 3.

http://english.entgroup.cn/566117/boxoffice/

[Michaelvk]

It almost feels like the powers that be behind Dredd almost purposely went out of their way to make Dredd perform as poorly as possibly, in a 'Fine, we'll fund this movie but we're not going to enjoy it-and don't even bother asking about a sequel cos yer lucky to get this..' sort of way..

[Hoagy]

Half the gross from over a third of the screenings, certainly shows strength of character.