Going by the usual 55% domestic/40% overseas split: Warner Bros. saw back $16.008 million. Including the approximately $32 million in P&A costs, The Iron Giant would have lost $64 million on the theatrical release.
at least one movie from this website that you like…
it’s a shame that it failed horribly with the box office, but WB did nothing with the marketing until the movie was done….
Another jaw dropper. I’ve plugged through the listing of every year, and this is only the third film I can’t believe I’m finding here. (3.5 if I throw in “The 13th Warrior”)
While I personally don’t love it as much as some, definitely didn’t deserve to bomb as badly as it did. On the plus side, it proved Brad Bird is fantastic and led him to keep on directing fantastic films (don’t talk about Tomorrowland though).
Rotten Tomatoes critics: 96% with an average rating of 8.2/10.
Rotten Tomatoes top critics only: 98% with an average rating of 8/10
Rotten Tomatoes users: 90% with an average rating of 3.4/5.
Metacritic: 85 out of 100 “universal acclaim”
Metacritic users: 8.9 out of 10.
Cinemascore: “A” grade (on an A+ to F scale)
Going by the usual 55% domestic/40% overseas split: Warner Bros. saw back $16.008 million. Including the approximately $32 million in P&A costs, The Iron Giant would have lost $64 million on the theatrical release.
Further consolation for the film came when it won NINE Annie Awards (out of FIFTEEN nominations) including Best Animated Feature Film.
at least one movie from this website that you like…
it’s a shame that it failed horribly with the box office, but WB did nothing with the marketing until the movie was done….
This became a cult classic.
Average rating on here of 4.8 out of 5. Seems about right to me.
Another jaw dropper. I’ve plugged through the listing of every year, and this is only the third film I can’t believe I’m finding here. (3.5 if I throw in “The 13th Warrior”)
Also the release date should read August 6, 1999, not August 3, 1999.
It was given a limited release on the 3rd
While I personally don’t love it as much as some, definitely didn’t deserve to bomb as badly as it did. On the plus side, it proved Brad Bird is fantastic and led him to keep on directing fantastic films (don’t talk about Tomorrowland though).
It sold really well on home video, and Cartoon Network at one point used to rerun the film for 24 hours on Thanksgiving Day.
Rotten Tomatoes critics: 96% with an average rating of 8.2/10.
Rotten Tomatoes top critics only: 98% with an average rating of 8/10
Rotten Tomatoes users: 90% with an average rating of 3.4/5.
Metacritic: 85 out of 100 “universal acclaim”
Metacritic users: 8.9 out of 10.
Cinemascore: “A” grade (on an A+ to F scale)
Small little fix: Iron Giant is PG, not G.