„One Battle After Another“ wird voraussichtlich 100 Millionen US-Dollar im Kino verlieren, da „Smashing Machine“ und andere ebenfalls mit überhöhten Budgets zu kämpfen haben
https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/one-battle-after-another-lose-100-million-dollars-theaters-1236552914/
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> Even Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” led by Leonardo DiCaprio, struggled to break out despite being hailed as a generational masterpiece. Though the global haul of $140 million is impressive for a film that’s original, R rated and nearly three hours long, “One Battle” requires roughly $300 million to break even. That’s because Warner Bros. spent more than $130 million on production and $70 million on promotional efforts, and ticket sales are typically split 50-50 between studios and theater operators. Meanwhile DiCaprio typically gets first-dollar gross on his movies, meaning he gets a percentage of box office revenues before the studio recoups any costs.
> **Robbins also wonders whether audiences have been trained to wait for streaming debuts to see certain films, particularly the ones that don’t feature superheroes, marauding dinosaurs or Christopher Nolan-style pyrotechnics. Since COVID, studios have shrunk the amount of time that films are exclusively available in theaters from 90 days to, in some cases, a couple of weeks.**
Deserved better marketing too, honestly movie of the year!
They released it too early for an award front runner.
That said, it never had much of a shot at making back its budget anyway.
It’s just a good thing it was made despite that challenge.
Great movie, definitely one of those to revisit every few years, but this movie had no business being as expensive as it’s estimated.
we are in a recession, in what world is a small indie film supposed to make 150+ mil?
Shame probably the 2nd best movie this year behind Sinners
This movie was fucking awesome and deserves to be seen on a giant screen.
Seeing this movie with my parents and my wife sure made for an awkward experience during the first act.. It could’ve been a great movie without it, or I could’ve made the choice to just go with my wife.
Other than that it was an amazing movie that I thoroughly enjoyed.
It is disgusting every time when you think of it. How absolutley the language of economics have been used to decide the worth of culture for so long. Important films, by accomplished artists, communicating ideas, seen as failures because of fucking money
It was OK. Definitely not what I expected. Weapons is the movie the tear.
ONe Battle is NOT Civil War.
Above the line talent needs to reconsider their paychecks if they want the film and TV industry to maintain relevance — they often account for 30-40% of the budget.
It’s simply not the 90s or early 2000s anymore. A $20 million dollar paycheck to Leo doesn’t guarantee success in the same way it would have even ten, or even five years ago.
Yes, there are many other factors at play when it comes to legacy media faltering to the consumer, but it would be much easier to compete in today’s market if film and TV weren’t being produced with such an outdated, top-heavy model that bloats budgets before production can even enter prep.
May as well close all theater and go straight to steaming, they are hoping to squeeze money from poor people while continuing to be subsidized everywhere they film.
This is an amazing movie 🎥🍿. I might go see it again.
Shame. It was such a good movie too.
Wow – PTA and Leo – and I’ve never heard of it. I love PTA movies.
But the movie is so good
Well at least the movie turned out to be a masterpiece.
It’s a shame cause the One Battle was awesome
Smashing Machine was a great film, Emily and Dwayne were amazing together and I think the relationship was really relatable for a lot of people
This is one of the rare cases where this will actually be profitable in the long run. It will end up sweeping the Oscars and become a classic, bringing in money for decades
Let’s be honest here; these films aren’t struggling because of „oversized budgets,“ they are struggling because people aren’t going to see these movies in the theater.
It’s a really good movie. It’s still in Theatres. You can still go see it now.
Why in the hell is anyone spending 130 million in an indie movie?
My viewing habits haven’t changed since Covid. I prefer to stream everything. I’ll pay theater price, but I rather do it from home because there are just too many assholes in theaters.
The real elephant in the room is that nobody can afford these ticket prices let alone concessions, its just a very inefficient way to spend what little money there is for entertainment
Brent Lang and Rebecca Rubin run hit pieces as directed by studio heads. They have zero credibility.
Average price for a movie ticket, according to a quick Google search, shows it to be approximately $16. This varies based on if you’re seeing it during a matinee or the evening. This doesn’t factor in concession pricing, either. Prices there vary as well, ranging between $7-$10 for a bucket of popcorn and about the same per drink.
Maybe more people are being frugal with their money, considering prices have gone up and 2025 has fucking sucked so far?
And maybe let’s not blame streaming services. Sometimes we just want to watch a movie or show from the comfort of our own home. Don’t have to miss any moments if you suddenly have to get up and use the bathroom or maybe there’s an emergency.
Lots of factors to consider; let’s not be disingenuous and blame it on a particular genre.
Movie theaters will die in our lifetime. People would rather wait a month for films to be released on VOD or two months when it becomes available on streaming.
Beer in theaters ..was the worst idea
After all, if we can’t make a boatload of money on this, what’s the point?
The economy is fucked, no one has money lol. We ain’t paying $30 to see a movie that’ll be free by Christmas
You don’t fund a PTA movie to make money, you fund it to make a PTA movie
PEOPLE ARE BROKE
I think we can attribute the overall decline in cinema-going to the state of the US economy.
This is about to be the toughest winter since 2009
People are not going to the movies. Nor are they buying video games or cars. Declines in movie sales broadly like this, tells me we are headed for a slower economy.
Watched this movie on IMAX and it was amazing.
However, there is just soooooo much bloat going to a movie theater. What is a 2.5hour home viewing turns into a 4+ hour time commitment.
1. Getting to and from the theater
2. 20-30 mins of trailers
3. The intro sequences for the theater + coke commercial + other commercials!!! What the fuck?! I don’t care AMC, I’m so tired of seeing Nicole Kidman. Why are you selling me on movie theaters while I’m already there? What’s casual viewer is getting concerned by this? No one! Fuck you for wasting my time!
Just 2 and 3 combined are like 40 mins long! What the fuck?! Why am I playing such high prices to see so many commercials?! At this point the movie should just be free given how much of my time you’ve wasted.
Yes you can show up late, but I hate missing the beginning and there is a variable amount of trailers.
This is why I am much more picky about what I see in theaters. Otherwise I’d go every other week and love it. But a 30% overhead in time? No!