Lionsgate CEO on Borderlands Movie: 'Nearly Everything That Could Go Wrong Did Go Wrong'
The tone surrounding Lionsgate's quarterly earnings report on Thursday was a somber one, and the studio's CEO didn't mince words when talking about some of its recent missteps.Specifically, Lionsgate's Jon Feltheimer addressed "the poor box office performance of Borderlands,
Borderlands Movie May Have Bombed, But It Still Helped Sell More Games
There's no sugarcoating the Borderlands movie's success--specifically the lack thereof--at the box office this year. Even Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick knows the "film was disappointing," but there is a silver lining: The action flick led to an uptick in Borderlands video game sales.
Take-Two CEO Remains Optimistic Despite Borderlands Movie Flop
Eurogamer report Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick remains optimistic about this year's Borderlands movie, despite its poor reception. The film, which starred Cate Blanchett, was labeled a “disaster” and a “lifeless,
Lionsgate CEO on ‘Borderlands’ Box Office Disaster: ‘Nearly Everything That Could Go Wrong, Did Go Wrong’
Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer said its release of 'Borderlands,' 'everything that could go wrong, did go wrong.'
Lionsgate CEO On ‘Borderlands' Bombing: "Everything That Could Go Wrong Did Go Wrong"
When it came to the bombing of Borderlands, among other late summer and fall releases, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer made no bones to emphasize culpa nostra. “On Borderlands, nearly everything that could go wrong did go wrong: it sat on the shelf for too long during the pandemic,
Lionsgate CEO on the disastrous Borderlands movie: "Nearly everything that could go wrong did go wrong"
Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer isn't mincing words when it comes to the Borderlands movie, which by all accounts was a total train wreck. Borderlands was in theaters for a month, in which time it managed to wrack up $15.
Lionsgate CEO Dissects 'Borderlands' Bust: 'Everything That Could Go Wrong Did Go Wrong'
Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer was frank about the poor results of his studio at the box office recently, most notably "Borderlands," which has shaped up to be one of the year's biggest critical and commercial busts and led to the studio's motion picture division generating a mere $2.
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Take-Two's CEO generously calls the cataclysmically bad Borderlands movie 'disappointing', but it still ended up helping sales of the games
The Borderlands movie was very, very, very bad. So bad that it ended its theatrical run after generating a mere $31 ...
Terrible Borderlands Movie Still Helped Sell More Games
The Borderlands movie arrived in 2024, after years in development, only to rake in $15 million at the domestic box office. It ...
Box Office Bomb ‘Borderlands’ Gets Streaming Date
Borderlands”—a box office box dud starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jack Black—is coming soon to ...
Film Flops Like ‘Borderlands’ Lead Lionsgate to Steep Quarterly Losses, CEO Jon Feltheimer Acknowledges ‘Disappointing’ Results
Film flops like'Borderlands' and the impact of the strikes saw losses pile up at Lionsgate during the most recent quarter.
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Borderlands Movie Might Have Flopped But It At Least Helped Game Sales
The Borderlands movie was a flop. It didn't meet most people's expectations, but the production had a silver lining.
Take-Two boss says the Borderlands movie "was indeed disappointing," but it still helped sell some Borderlands games
After the tremendous critical and commercial flop of the Borderlands movie, even Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick agrees that the film was "disappointing." But hey, he reckons, at least it helped sell ...
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Take-Two says "disappointing" Borderlands movie boosted game sales
Why it matters: The Borderlands movie reminded us that while feature films based on video games have come a long way since the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie, they can still be about as enjoyable ...
Take-Two Boss Calls Borderlands Movie “Disappointing,” but It Sold Games
The Borderlands movie may have been an absolute critical and financial failure at the box office, but it still benefited the series.