{"id":32742,"date":"2014-03-04T16:41:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T21:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=32742"},"modified":"2018-11-18T23:27:35","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T04:27:35","slug":"could-a-robocop-sequel-be-in-the-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/04\/could-a-robocop-sequel-be-in-the-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Could A ROBOCOP Sequel Be In The Making?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/RoboCop2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30333\" alt=\"RoboCop2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/RoboCop2013.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/RoboCop2013.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/RoboCop2013-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>If you were going with domestic grosses alone, Jose Padilha&#8217;s reboot of <strong>RoboCop <\/strong>would be 2014&#8217;s biggest flop. It seems like fans of the original stayed away in droves as the film has only made $51 million in the U.S., just a hair over half of its $100 million budget.<\/p>\n<p>However, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/new\/RoboCop-Reboot-Might-Have-Earned-Enough-Justify-Sequel-41949.html\">Cinema Blend<\/a> kindly points out, sequels are no longer determined just on domestic grosses alone. See, overseas,\u00a0 the film is a rock star. It has made over $136 million in foreign totals, and that&#8217;s with the film yet to be released in Japan and Belgium and having just opened in China. It&#8217;s worldwide total now stands at just under $187.6 million, close to the sequel worthy doubling of its budget of $200 million, a total it should surpass before the month is out.<\/p>\n<p>No official word on the sequel has been given, but if they do go the sequel route, the bar this time around won&#8217;t be as hard to jump over. While Paul Verhoeven&#8217;s original was a classic, its follow ups were anything but. And this version of the story lends itself better to a sequel. So, <strong>RoboCop 2<\/strong> might not be all that bad of an idea after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">According to domestic grosses, no. 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