Man In Black International
The Men in Black have expanded to cover the globe but so have the
villains of the universe. To keep everyone safe, decorated Agent H and
determined rookie M join forces -- an unlikely pairing that just might
work. When aliens that can take the form of any human arrive on Earth, H
and M embark on a globe-trotting adventure to save the agency -- and ultimately the world -- from their mischievous plans.
While he's sure to point out that the movie wasn't a complete flop financially speaking, Rothman admits to Business Insider
that the movie wasn't simply supposed to make money, but potentially
relaunch the franchise, and in that way the movie was unable to do what
Sony wanted. According to Rothman..
The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization.
DIRECTED BYF. Gary Gray
WRITTEN BYArt Marcum & Matt Holloway
BASED ON THE MALIBU COMIC BYLowell Cunningham
PRODUCED BYWalter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERSSteven Spielberg
Edward Cheng
Howard Chen
E. Bennett Walsh
Riyoko Tanaka
David Beaubaire
Barry Sonnenfeld
CASTChris Hemsworth
Tessa Thompson
Kumail Nanjiani
Rebecca Ferguson
Rafe Spall
Laurent Bourgeois
Larry Bourgeois
with Emma Thompson
and Liam Neeson
WRITTEN BYArt Marcum & Matt Holloway
BASED ON THE MALIBU COMIC BYLowell Cunningham
PRODUCED BYWalter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERSSteven Spielberg
Edward Cheng
Howard Chen
E. Bennett Walsh
Riyoko Tanaka
David Beaubaire
Barry Sonnenfeld
CASTChris Hemsworth
Tessa Thompson
Kumail Nanjiani
Rebecca Ferguson
Rafe Spall
Laurent Bourgeois
Larry Bourgeois
with Emma Thompson
and Liam Neeson
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Men in Black International was, like
many recent films, and attempt to reboot a popular franchise for a new
audience. It was also a movie that, like many recent films, pretty much
failed to accomplish that goal. Frequently, studios don't like to talk
about the movies that don't do well, but Sony Pictures Chairman Tom Rothman was recently quite honest about the fact that Men in Black International failed to meet the expectations the studio had for it.
Have we had misses? Men in Black: International wasn't particularly a financial disappointment because at the end of the day it's going to do $250 and $300 million worldwide, but it certainly wasn't a restart in the way that we hoped it would be.
Men in Black International currently
sits at $245 million at the box office globally. Off an estimated budget
of $110 million, that's a decent number, but far from a home run. The
movie wasn't a bomb,
but it's hard to call it a success.True to its name, the film did
almost two-thirds of its business overseas, and failed to break $100
million domestically.
Clearly, the expectations for the movie were higher, but critically the movie was panned
and the audience just didn't show up in the way it did for the previous
films in the franchise. So what happened? Tom Rothman believes that
while the movie had the right cast in Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson,
the movie just didn't give them the right story, believing that the
core of the story was not compelling enough to draw in the audience.
Rothman goes on...
I think the truth of the matter is the audience really liked that film and the cast was wonderful, Tessa [Thompson] and Chris [Hemsworth] were great and did a terrific job, but if we made any mistake, I think it probably was that there was not a strong enough idea in the story. Especially when you compare that to, say, Jumanji, which had a very, very strong idea. So the lesson of it is we have a pretty darn good batting average around here, but you are never going to bat 1.000, and you need to continue to take risks. But you have to try to manage risk. In the case of Men in Black, we had two cofinanciers on that movie and that manages the risk. I really do believe you cannot eliminate risk in the movie business. If you try to eliminate risk, you will eliminate creativity, and if you eliminate creativity, you will eliminate success.
I think the truth of the matter is the audience really liked that film and the cast was wonderful, Tessa [Thompson] and Chris [Hemsworth] were great and did a terrific job, but if we made any mistake, I think it probably was that there was not a strong enough idea in the story. Especially when you compare that to, say, Jumanji, which had a very, very strong idea. So the lesson of it is we have a pretty darn good batting average around here, but you are never going to bat 1.000, and you need to continue to take risks. But you have to try to manage risk. In the case of Men in Black, we had two cofinanciers on that movie and that manages the risk. I really do believe you cannot eliminate risk in the movie business. If you try to eliminate risk, you will eliminate creativity, and if you eliminate creativity, you will eliminate success.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was another reboot of a popular film which hit even bigger than anybody anticipated. It seems the feeling is that film found a hook, the updating of the concept to a video game, to work better than what Men in Black International
did, which was ultimately a plot a lot like the previous films. In the
end, the films' great cast wasn't enough to overcome the shortcomings of
the story.
Of course, just because Men in Black International wasn't a massive smash, don't assume that means we won't see the brand ever again. As Rothman is quick to admit...
So Men in Black remains a very important asset that the company owns, and I would be very surprised if that is the last movie.
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