My Japanese friend told me that the box office and feedbacks in Japan is very bad. Especially, the side characters' design are too old style, like the characters in Zentrix. The box office is out of top ten even in the first week. Can't expect it will be too good in US or HK. Very disapointed. If the box office is so bad, can Imagi still have enough funding to produce G, which is my favourite.
First of all , I apologize if you are upset for my comments. For Imagi's future , pls don't make any Japanese Franchised anime anymore, like T28 ( I think Gatchaman is ok, but not for worldwide audiences). Afterall , Imagi is not Pixar, Imagi should only focus on regional market, like in China or Asia. THere are still long way for Imagi to go in order to catch up with the top player of the world.
hi Jack: Japan box office is not good as expected. For teh US and HK, we will know soon. Anyway, we did our best and nor regret no natter what the result will be. :)
Thomas: Thank you for your comment, we've never thought that we can as good as Pixar, we know the distant, they are really good and actually is the goal for us. We are still searching the best way to produce our own animation.
I live in Los Angeles and I totally agreed with Daniel that the timing of the film release is bad. If the movie debuts 2 or 3 weeks later in mid-November or December, the box office will double for sure. In the US, this is normally a bad time to release a kid movie near Halloween.
In terms of advertising, the marketing is decent in LA, like I have seen magazines, freeways, radio and TV ads; definitely more than TMNT.
Overall, the reviews in the US are generally good. It's just the release date is really bad. To be honest, I think March / April will be a better date to release Astro Boy here, as it has lesser competitions against the big animation studios, like Pixar or Dreamworks. Also, the movie probably hits the crowds better near the Spring Break vacation in the US.
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Felix,
My Japanese friend told me that the box office and feedbacks in Japan is very bad. Especially, the side characters' design are too old style, like the characters in Zentrix. The box office is out of top ten even in the first week. Can't expect it will be too good in US or HK. Very disapointed. If the box office is so bad, can Imagi still have enough funding to produce G, which is my favourite.
Jack
First of all , I apologize if you are upset for my comments.
For Imagi's future , pls don't make any Japanese Franchised anime anymore, like T28 ( I think Gatchaman is ok, but not for worldwide audiences). Afterall , Imagi is not Pixar, Imagi should only focus on regional market, like in China or Asia. THere are still long way for Imagi to go in order to catch up with the top player of the world.
我係加拿大既阿童木超級fans, 點解呢套戲0係加拿大完全冇宣傳？
其實唔止加拿大，就算0係美國睇電視等各方面都唔覺有任何宣傳喎
hi Jack: Japan box office is not good as expected. For teh US and HK, we will know soon. Anyway, we did our best and nor regret no natter what the result will be. :)
Thomas: Thank you for your comment, we've never thought that we can as good as Pixar, we know the distant, they are really good and actually is the goal for us. We are still searching the best way to produce our own animation.
Hi Daniel: 我其實不太清楚Marketing在美加方面的宣傳情況,真的商麼差嗎
It Looks like only 5-6 million in US.
Lack of marketing, heavy competition, and not popular property(at least here in the US), were hugh hurdles to overcome.
If Imagi is to survive, they may have to start producing more original work and rely less on adapting existing material.
JJ
FELIX:
我持有意馬股份1年多，感性多於理性，相信的同樣是撐南華的香港夢吧。
一個散戶在不知底蘊的情況下0.33仍不放手，是對柴灣夢的一點堅持和支持，我23/10到電影院觀看了，觀眾有2/3，大都滿意離場，我也以你們為傲，願阿童木後發先至，越戰越勇。
你看看yahoo的影評吧，很多香港人撐你們的。
別氣餒。
Anselm Tong: 真的謝謝你!
http://ent.163.com/09/1025/17/5MG4S2C700032KMI.html
專訪意馬國際：香港特效已達世界頂級水準
2009-10-25 17:29:57 来源: 网易娱乐专稿 跟贴0条 手机看新闻 2009-10-25 17:29:57來源: 網易娛樂專稿 跟貼0條 手機看新聞
根據《阿童木》投資方以及內地發行公司光線影業提供的最新數據顯示，該片在內地的票房已經輕鬆突破了4千萬人民幣，香港製作公司意馬國際表示，《阿童木》續集的計劃也即將提上日程。
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很多香港人撐你們的。including me!
Seems a good start. But how much will box office get to get profit? or let the company grow?
Gary: 感激大家!!!!
北美既宣傳0係呢邊真係好差，成套戲上左畫幾日都好似冇人知咁，除非你真係特登上網去搵影評，一個0係呢邊正常生活既人都唔知有呢套戲上映過
例子1 - 通常d 大片都有0係d streetcar/ bus 賣廣告，呢邊完全見唔到
例子2 - 呢邊Mcdonald 係見到有阿童木既小玩具，但完全放0係暗角位，連放張大 banner 出黎都冇
我0係北美住左6年，個人認為今次最大死因係個檔期。
點會有人0係萬聖節時放套咁既戲？呢度d人通常halloween 之前一兩星期己經會出街玩/ parties/ clubbing，真係會睇戲個班都睇D 鬼片, eg, Saw
我夠贍講，如果呢套戲放後兩個禮拜0係11月頭先上畫，情況一定好一倍以上，Jim Carrey 兩個禮拜後個套 Christmas Carol 就係一個好好既例子
Daniel: 謝謝你的資料, 我很同意檔期是票房差的一大原因...你覺得比AstroBoy的北美既宣傳比TMNT要差嗎?
I live in Los Angeles and I totally agreed with Daniel that the timing of the film release is bad. If the movie debuts 2 or 3 weeks later in mid-November or December, the box office will double for sure. In the US, this is normally a bad time to release a kid movie near Halloween.
In terms of advertising, the marketing is decent in LA, like I have seen magazines, freeways, radio and TV ads; definitely more than TMNT.
Overall, the reviews in the US are generally good. It's just the release date is really bad. To be honest, I think March / April will be a better date to release Astro Boy here, as it has lesser competitions against the big animation studios, like Pixar or Dreamworks. Also, the movie probably hits the crowds better near the Spring Break vacation in the US.
今天去看了阿童木.對親情方面的描寫感動到了.戰鬥橋段也看的很過癮.其他機器人配繳的滑稽演出也很讚!
意外的看到街道商店的招牌有些是中文.覺得忠於原作用日文應該也不錯吧?(不過用中文對華人來說特別有親切感XD)
好期待意馬接下來的作品.會是鐵人28號?或神勇飛鷹俠?
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