LogFAQs > #975588614

UltimaterializerX posted...

Critics saw how garbage it was and thats a wrap.

Well thats the thing: Cannes critics panned it but when regular critics saw it it actually reviewed quite well:

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/indiana_jones_and_the_dial_of_destiny

Audiences seemed to like it as well (definitely better than Crystal Skull at least) so it wasnt that it was garbage, more that it was wildly expensive and the release was very badly handed.

Of course while $800 million theatrical revenues is a realistic estimate for a typical $300 million film using box offices takes alone, the real number to break even is probably lower because Disney infamously demand very high cuts of the ticket prices from theatres (which is horrible) and they got a tax credit of about 25% which lowers the effective cost significantly. Then there are ancillary revenues. Of course even despite all that, its still lost $100 million and the best it can say is that its not the bomb of the summer which would be The Flash.