Despite a massive US dropoff in week two
In its second week in the US,theWarcraftmoviehad a massive dropoff in ticket sales (a 72.7% drop), which is one of the largest of all time for a film hosted in over 3,000 screens, but that doesn’t matter –it just surpassed $377 million worldwide (mostly from China), and thus,Prince of Persia‘s record-setting $336 million. At this point,Warcraftis now the highest grossing video game film ever. If we use the standard “double the budget ($160m) to compensate for marketing” formula, it’s already profitable.
I’ve literally heard it all when it comes to this project. From hardcoreWarcraftfans who hate it to Blizzard haters who love it — so I’m excited to see this eventually. Also, Dominic Cooper (King Wrynn) has been steadily gaining a lot of cachet for me personally given his enjoyable performance inAgent Carter, and most recently,Preacher.
