Narnia 3 aka Voyage of the Dawn Treader - Grade,Review,Speculate

[Captain Craig]

Surely, if nothing else FOX needs something to hang it's proverbial hat on after 13 months without a $100m film. If it does push marginally past $400m worldwide you'd think the studio would as least seriously weigh the prospects of making a sequel to their ONLY $100m domestic film from 2010 AND a franchise they took over. Making a sequel would at least make a surface statement that they are proud of their investment.

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ Well I think X-Men:First Class will break that streak.

 

[Captain Craig]

^^^^
Narnia already broke the 13 month long streak without a $100m film.
X-Men:FC will just be one, if not the first, $100m film for the studio in 2011.

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ That's what I meant lol.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

My prediction is that we will get the DVD in April (better have audio commentary on it or else I'm not buying it)

My guess is April 12. It's the Tuesday seventeen weeks out from the film's theatrical release on December 10.

And yes, there's a Michael Apted commentary.

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ April 12 or April 5 (which was gonna be my direct date guess). Sweet...first one without the kids commentary though

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Dawn Treader has now made $271.8 million in international markets and $373.6 million worldwide.

 

[Admiral Shran]

Has it been released in Japan yet?

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

^^^
Not yet. It's being released in Japan at the end of February. Prince Caspian made $27.7 million in Japan, so Japanese box office should ensure that Dawn Treader goes over $400 million worldwide.

 

[Admiral Shran]

^

 

[Admiral_Young]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest Fox will announce "The Silver Chair" for a 2013 Christmas release.

 

[Captain Craig]

I wonder when we'll get a DVD release announcement? I'm guessing probably not until next month at the soonest. They probably wanna see if they can squeeze another couple weekends out of this movie.

^^^
Not till February at the earliest but I'd say more like March.
It's still a top 5 film currently.
It'll get at least 2 weekends in the top 10 I suspect from January.
After it's been out of the top 10 a few weeks we will be more likely to get a DVD announcement.

DVD release date was on the front side of my guess. Here it is early Feb and we now have the specs on the DVD release.

Chronicles of Narnia Voyage of the Dawn Treader on DVD April 8, 2011
It's up for pre-order on Amazon.com

The next US domestic total mark I want to see VOTDT cross now is $105m, it might just do it.

 

[Saxman1]

Here's hoping we get Silver Chair!

 

[Admiral_Young]

This is sad news. Perry Moore who was a producer for all three Narnia films was found dead of an apparent drug overdose.

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni7847922/

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Rest in peace, Perry Moore.

 

[Admiral_Young]

This is very interesting. It suggests that Perry Moore was working on securing funding for "The Magician's Nephew". It hasn't been confirmed or denied yet.

http://www.narniafans.com/archives/11418

 

[Captain Craig]

I wonder if the drug overdose was an unfortunate result of him being in a celebratory mood for having secured financing for The Magicians Nephew? If so was he the lynchpin or could this still move forward with others in the role of Producer(s).

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ I thought that too when I read the article. Who knows. I suspect we've not heard the last of this story though.

 

[Admiral Shran]

If he was securing finances for The Magician's Nephew, does that mean it's already been secured for The Silver Chair and The Horse and His Boy?

 

[DonIago]

I don't really see any reason to make that assumption...