Which series of action movies are the most profitable from 007 to "The Bourne"?
Author: Rose Lemon
What are the IPs of action movies with the highest box office and popularity today (after 1995)? Below is a comparison of six major action movie series for you, using box office data to speak.
1. "Fall" trilogy (including "The White House has fallen", "London has fallen" and "Angels have fallen")
Three movies / global box office of 524 million US dollars / cost of 170 million US dollars
This series, which started in 2013, is representative of the comeback of R-rated violent action films ten years after Die Hard and Die Hard, played by Gerald Butler as the one-to-one enemy agent Benning. The three films are typical American heroism movies. They are often complained about in terms of plot and characterization. They are too old-fashioned and have no creativity, but they are better than movie special effects and action scenes. They are qualified popcorn films. And because of its low cost, every part can pay back and even make a profit, so the development of the fourth part is also very likely.
The three films in the series received a total of US$524 million in box office revenue worldwide, with a total cost of US$170 million and an average return of 3.08 times.
2. "The Bourne Shadow" series
Five movies / global box office of 1.666 billion US dollars / cost of 490 million US dollars
The "Bourage" series may be one of the most influential action film series in the past two decades. This action blockbuster starring Matt Damon, three of the five are directed by Paul Greengrass. It created a more real and profound genre in spy action movies, which coincided with the world situation after 9/11.
The relatively "low" box office of this series is due to the lack of box office in overseas markets. The initial successful trilogy earned more than half of the global box office revenue in North America. Doug Liman's "The Bourne", the first part of "The Bourne," turned against the wind, withstood various rumors that were unfavorable to the box office and received strong acclaim. Its domestic box office revenue was 121.5 million U.S. dollars, and it also became the highest disc rental movie among the movies released in 2002, but its global box office revenue was "only" 214.4 million U.S. dollars. This is a remarkable achievement for a budget of $60 million.
Two years later, its sequel had a breakthrough at the box office. Paul Greengrass's "The Bournemouth 2" changed the style of the action movie overnight. Because of its anti-hero theme and hand-held shaking shooting that would make people suffer from claustrophobia, it earned 172 million yuan in China. The US dollar box office, but "only" won the box office of 311 million US dollars worldwide, and the budget is only 75 million.
In the summer of 2007, Greengrass's "The Bournegro 3" had a local box office of 227.5 million U.S. dollars, a global box office of 444 million U.S. dollars, and a budget of 110 million U.S. dollars. It wasn't until the derivative series of "The Bournemouth 4" that the overseas box office ratio surpassed the local box office-but that was because it performed poorly at the local box office. Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass produced "The Bournemouth 5" again in 2016.
The box office revenue of this series of films is 3.4 times the budget. If you remove the derivative "Bourne Shadow 4", this number will rise to 3.8 times.
3. "Quick Hunting" series
Three movies / global box office of 585 million US dollars / cost of 155 million US dollars
The first movie of "Quick Hunting" received strong acclaim and inspiring reputation. Lionsgate Films developed the film as a new action classic film IP, which is also another Keanu Reeves’s A masterpiece. The movie earned US$43 million in box office revenue locally, US$88 million in box office revenue globally, and gained more fans on DVD, VOD and cable TV.
The second part is a truly groundbreaking sequel. It opened with 30 million U.S. dollars, with a domestic box office of 92 million U.S. dollars, a global box office of 171 million U.S. dollars, and a budget of 40 million U.S. dollars. The third box office surpassed the previous one, at least in North America. With a budget of 75 million US dollars, it won the global box office of 3.26.
Its current rate of return is 3.77 times. Although it is not the most profitable action big IP, the series still has overseas box office space for development, and the popularity continues to rise.
4. James Bond 007 series
Eight movies/Global box office US$4.667 billion/Cost of US$1.215 billion
Excluding the first few parts that are too long, only discussing the "007" series and later works that were started by Martin Campbell and Pierce Brosnan in the past 25 years. Starting from "Golden Eye", the series has been at the box office since 1995. It is rising steadily. Even in the 1990s, it was used by Batman, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Harry Potter, Spider-Man and Transformers, Star Wars, In the movie world dominated by blockbusters such as "Mission: Impossible", the James Bond series still maintains control of popular culture, adapts to the changes of the times, and constantly introduces the old to the new.
The average box office of the 8 007 movies is 3.84 times their respective costs. From the US$60 million cost of "Golden Eye" to the US$140 million cost of "Dying Another Day" (the first time the series has a global gross of more than 400 million US dollars), to the US$240 million cost of "Ghost Party" (this film) Earning 880 million U.S. dollars at the box office worldwide). In addition to the "007: Breaking the Sky", which earned US$304 million locally, the revenue of the film series in North America has remained relatively stable since 2002 (over/under US$165 million), but the total overseas box office revenue is comparable. In contrast, there has been an explosive growth. "Golden Eye" made $250 million overseas, while "Ghost Party" made $680 million 19 years later.
5. Mission Impossible Series:
Six movies / global box office of 3.578 billion US dollars / cost of 823 million US dollars
Although "Mission Impossible 3" has a good film review, the domestic box office "only" reached 133 million US dollars, the global box office was 399 million US dollars, and the budget was 160 million US dollars. Tom Cruise, who is extremely demanding, feels about this achievement. Disappointed. Since 1996, each "Mission Impossible" movie released at the local box office has been between US$181 million and US$220 million.
However, since the release of Brad Bird’s "Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol", it has astounded the world with a local box office of 209 million U.S. dollars, a global box office of 592 million U.S. dollars, and a cost of 140 million U.S. dollars. Started to grow substantially. Since then, it has become an overseas giant.
So far, the box office return of the series is 4.34 times. Now "Mission Impossible 7" and "Mission Impossible 8" are being filmed back to back and are scheduled to be released in 2021 and 2022. This series has been widely praised as always, and it is currently the longest-running "never restarted and changed the leading role" series of movies. It is completely Tom Cruise's personal big IP.
6. "Fast and Furious" series
Nine movies / global box office of 5.901 billion US dollars / cost 1.209 billion US dollars
The popularity of the "Fast and Furious" series was a coincidence for Universal Pictures. In the summer of 2001, the first installment of "Fast and Furious" won a US domestic box office of US$144.5 million and a global box office of US$206.5 million at a budget cost of US$38 million. By 2011, "Fast and Furious 5" had earned 210 million U.S. dollars locally and 630 million U.S. dollars globally. The cost of the film was 125 million U.S. dollars. But the "secret weapon" of this series is that it has a huge box office market in China. Last summer, the domestic box office revenue of the most recent movie in the series was US$392 million (2.649 billion yuan), and even the domestic box office revenue of "Fast and Furious: Hobbes and Shaw" reached US$200 million (14.18). Billion yuan).
"Fast and Furious 7" has a box office of 353 million U.S. dollars in North America, 391 million U.S. dollars in China, and 1.517 billion U.S. dollars in the global box office (second only to the 3D box office of "Avengers"). "Fast and Furious Gaiden" starring Dawn Johnson and Jason Statham, became the first non-mcu/dc Hollywood movie with a box office of more than US$200 million in China in a year, and a box office of 174 million in the United States US dollars, the global box office is 760.5 million US dollars, the cost of the film is 200 million US dollars. Yes, movie companies can usually only recover 25% of the total box office revenue from Chinese theaters, but money is money.
If "Fast and Furious 9" was not delayed for a year due to the epidemic, we had all predicted that it could have been the largest global box office revenue in the whole year, or it could be only $1 billion in the whole year. So far, the average budget of all 10 "Fast and Furious" movies is 4.88 times their respective budgets.
A shocking reference data: 4.88 times the return rate is higher than the "Iron Man" series ($2.423 billion/$540 million), the "Captain America" series ($2.243 billion/$560 million) and "Batman: Darkness" "The Cavaliers" trilogy (US$2.459 billion/US$580 million).
Reference report: Box Office: Bond Vs. Bourne Vs. Wick: Which Action Movie Series Is The Most Profitable?
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