Do you keep in mind the live-action Avenue Fighter movie from 1994? Nicely, in 2024 the movie remains to be making Capcom “tens of hundreds of thousands of yen” yearly in line with information from a current shareholder’s assembly.
Launched in 1994, the live-action Avenue Fighter film was a campy and colourful unfastened adaption of Avenue Fighter II. It starred Jean-Claude Van Damme as Guile and Raul Julia as M. Bison. This was famously Julia’s ultimate movie position earlier than he died in October of that yr, shortly earlier than the movie’s launch. Whereas it’s typically referred to right now as a cult basic, it must be famous that the adaption of Capcom’s fashionable combating recreation franchise was a field workplace hit in 1994, making practically $100 million on a reported price range of $35 million. And apparently, it’s nonetheless making Capcom cash all these years later.
As first reported by Automaton Media on June 24, in line with a person who attended Capcom’s June 20 shareholder’s assembly, the Monster Hunter and Resident Evil writer remains to be making “tens of hundreds of thousands of yen” from the 1994 live-action Avenue Fighter movie yearly. I’m undecided why Capcom determined to incorporate this odd bit of knowledge in its necessary assembly with buyers and stockholders, however right here we’re.
Earlier than you go operating off to inform individuals Capcom remains to be making heaps of cash off of its not-so-great Avenue Fighter film, let’s translate simply what “tens of hundreds of thousands of yen” truly means. It may imply that Capcom is making as little as $70,000 or as a lot as $590,000 a yr from the Avenue Fighter film. I’d most likely say it’s someplace in the midst of that vary, so round $300,000. It’s not sufficient cash to fund the subsequent Resident Evil recreation or something wild like that, however hey, it is likely to be sufficient to pay for just a few worker salaries.
Now that I give it some thought, I get why Capcom is bragging. If I made one thing horrible within the ‘90s and will nonetheless get just a few thousand {dollars} for it yearly for many years, I’d be fairly rattling stoked, too.
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