Blockbuster factor: APR 7 Budget: Approaching $250 million Star power: Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson. Tagline: ‘Vengeance hits home’. See it if: You want to see FURIOUS 7 Paul Walker’s last screen performance before his untimely death.
APR 23 Blockbuster factor: Budget: $250 million (estimated) Star power: Robert Downey, Jr., Chris AVENGERS: Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson. AGE OF ULTRON Tagline: ‘Assemble 2015’. See it if: You have been following the interwoven Marvel character storylines... and you want to see Hulk S-M-A-S-H.
Blockbuster factor: JUN 11 Budget: $150 million (estimated) Star power: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, JURASSIC Vincent D’Onofrio. WORLD Tagline: ‘The park is open.’ See it if: You still live in fear of intelligent, organised velociraptors, “clever girl!”
JUN 25 Blockbuster factor: Budget: $170 million (estimated) Star power: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke. TERMINATOR: See it if: You need to remind yourself GENISYS that Arnold Schwarzenegger is an actor (in the loosest term).
Blockbuster factor: NOV 19 Budget: $250 million J Star power: ennifer Lawrence, THE HUNGER Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman. GAMES: MJ2 See it if: You’re in need of a fitting finale to the successful franchise.
DEC 18 Blockbuster factor: Budget: Up to $200 million Star power: Harrison Ford, star wars: Mark Hamill, Andy Serkis episode vii See it if: C'mon, it's the most anticipated movie release of the past decade and could surpass Avatar as the highest grossing film ever.
*All movies based on Australian cinema release dates
BLOCKBUSTER SALARIES We may not know the exact numbers on these actors’ pay cheques, but if their 2014 average salaries are anything to go by, some of them are bringing in some seriously big bucks.
Robert Downey, Jr. Dwayne Johnson Chris Hemsworth The Avengers: Age of Ultron Furious 7 The Avengers: Age of Ultron $75M $52M $39M
Liam Neeson Jennifer Lawrence Scarlett Johansson Taken 3 The Hunger Games: The Avengers: Age of Ultron Mockingjay Part 2 $36M $34M $17M
Franchise Box Office Takings
Marvel Cinematic admit one admit one admit one admit one admit one Universe 7.15B
The Fast and admit one admit one the Furious 2.38B
Jurassic Park admit one admit2B one
The Hunger admit one Games 1.56B
Terminator admit one 1.4B
Taken admit one 603M *All figures in US dollars
Sources: forbes.com/pictures/mfl45ekhif/sandra-bullock-24/ forbes.com/pictures/mfl45ekhem/the-highest-paid-actors/ screenrant.com/fast-furious-7-budget-paul-walker-scenes/ imdb.com/title/tt0369610/ imdb.com/title/tt2395427/business?ref_=tt_dt_bus boxofficemojo.com/LIAM GARDNER DESIGN yourmovies.com.au/new-movies
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