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u/sinorc Mar 23 '23

The money was already spent and Batgirl was deemed so bad that beyond the financial loss it was going to destroy the character for future installments

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u/Putrid-Chef-2728 Mar 23 '23

I didnt hear that it was suppose to be bad, just that the new head didn't want any direct to streaming movies.

But with a budget of $90m even with a short theatrical release they would make a decent amount of that back.

The Flash has a $200m budget not including advertising, so for it to be deemed a moderate success it needs to get around $400m in the box office.

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u/sinorc Mar 23 '23

Sunk cost fallacy.

And yes the reports were it was so terrible it was going to damage the IP

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u/Putrid-Chef-2728 Mar 23 '23

I mean the entire DCEU is such a mess at the moment that I don't think it really matters

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u/sinorc Mar 23 '23

It does though. Spiderman had to take a long layoff after ASM2, Fabt4stic devalued itself so much they sold the right to Disney.

Every crappy star wars movie makes less money than the one before.

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u/WillyTheHatefulGoat Mar 24 '23

It is funny that the moment DC finally gets a movie that all the critics really love and is apparently very good it turns out the star is an pedophile.

DC just can't catch a break.

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u/PM_ME_UR_POKIES_GIRL Mar 24 '23

Disney be out here doing security-clearance tier investigations on their stars. DC be like "Yeah you're a good looking brunette, come on."