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The release of the much-hyped movie “Ghost In The Shell” opened a few days back with disappointing box office performance. Some recent reports claimed that the movie based on a Japanese manga of the same name will lose over $60 million. Read further to know more in detail.

Comparing “Ghost In The Shell” with the performance of “The Boss Baby,” shows that Tom McGrath-directed movie (“The Boss Baby”) had a remarkable opening at the box office, with $50.3 million in its opening weekend. On the other hand, Disney’s “Beauty And The Beast” is still getting a strong response with $47.5 million.

International Markets Are The Only Chance For “Ghost In The Shell” Movie?

Movie Critics are expecting “Ghost In The Shell” to earn $50 million at the domestic box office and over $150 million in the global box office. The total of these figures will endow the movie with combined earnings of over $200 million.

This amount is quite lower than its estimated budget of $250 million, from what DreamWorks and Paramount actually spent in advertising and producing the movie, as reported by Forbes. Apart from these, movie critics believe that international markets, mainly China will boost the box office earning of “Ghost In The Shell.”

This is mainly observed with movies that fail to perform well in the domestic market, such as “xXx: Return Of Xander Cage,” which had invested an average of $85 million in production. The movie only was able to earn around $45 million in the domestic market, but later got $300 million from overseas markets.

Why The Movie Failed To Perform Well Domestically

The whitewashing controversy encircling the movie “Ghost In The Shell,” what studio experts believe, was the main reason for its disappointing performance in the box office. Paramount’s domestic distribution chief, Kyle Davis said to the media that the conversation regarding casting impacted the reviews.

Despite all its unsatisfied performance in the domestic market, this movie covers some cyber security lessons that every person has to learn. Some of the notable alarming issues are car hacking, breaking basic firewall, etc. GeekWire suggested.