# New "Fantasy Island" movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 12, 2020, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fantasy-island-movie/847816 "2020-02-12T11:07:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fantasy-island-movie/847816/21 "2020-02-16T14:57:56Z")
I’ll also point out how useful they can be to actors. Blumhouse - I just looked at their wiki page - because they don’t want to spend a lot of money (comparatively) give lead opportunities to actors who might not otherwise get a chance to lead a movie. It provides a chance for actors to show their stuff. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fantasy-island-movie/847816/22 "2020-02-16T19:04:23Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > It was apparently made on a $7m budget, which I figure means that things could be a _lot_ worse for it; it doesn’t need to do all that great to, uh, do all that great. Yeah, and it’s going to make over $12M this weekend. Marketing adds quite a bit, possibly more than the production costs based on the number of ads I’ve seen. Figure if it grosses $25M in the theaters and does comparably on video, this will make a nice profit. Didn’t realize this was Blumhouse. (The Sony name appears more prominently since they are releasing it.) Explains a lot. They are getting quite savvy about knowing their market. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fantasy-island-movie/847816/23 "2020-02-16T21:28:04Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Yeah, and it’s going to make over $12M this weekend. Marketing adds quite a bit, possibly more than the production costs based on the number of ads I’ve seen. Figure if it grosses $25M in the theaters and does comparably on video, this will make a nice profit. For a fun comparison, there’s **Dolittle** : sure, it grossed over $20M domestic in its first weekend, and went past $40M by the end of the second and $50M by the end of the third; but that’s _nothing,_ that plus $100M overseas would still be a flop even _without_ factoring in the advertising; how many **Island** s could you make for the cost of one **Dolittle**? (Oh, and, uh, I don’t think Fey is in **Downhill**.) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fantasy-island-movie/847816/24 "2020-02-16T22:04:21Z")
No, it’s Louis-Dreyfus. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fantasy-island-movie/847816/25 "2020-02-17T07:37:09Z")
Fey doesn’t have _Seinfeld_ money. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fantasy-island-movie/847816/26 "2020-02-17T13:56:42Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > No, it’s Louis-Dreyfus. Realized this last night. Oops. Fey’s had a few notable failures but this isn’t on her. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fantasy-island-movie/847816/27 "2020-02-17T14:29:40Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Fey doesn’t have _Seinfeld_ money. Or Louis-Dreyfus money. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fantasy-island-movie/847816/28 "2020-03-08T18:16:20Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Yeah, and it’s going to make over $12M this weekend. Marketing adds quite a bit, possibly more than the production costs based on the number of ads I’ve seen. Figure if it grosses $25M in the theaters and does comparably on video, this will make a nice profit. Just bumping this to note that [Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1611040257/?ref_=bo_da_table_14) now has it past $25M domestic (and $45M worldwide) as of this weekend, and set to open in Mexico later this month. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fantasy-island-movie/847816/29 "2020-03-08T19:21:51Z")
I saw this the week it opened. I like cheezy horror movies. This just sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fantasy-island-movie/847816/30 "2020-03-08T21:26:28Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I saw this the week it opened. Does this Rourke charcater get around to losing any weight? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fantasy-island-movie/847816/31 "2020-03-09T00:01:49Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Does this Rourke charcater get around to losing any weight? I think Michael Pena had boat payments to make. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fantasy-island-movie/847816/32 "2020-03-10T11:28:33Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > The original wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows 24/7. > > (that scene scared the shit out of me as a kid, which is why I remebered it existed 40 years later) Holy shit that was really fucking scary. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fantasy-island-movie/847816/33 "2020-03-10T19:55:00Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > The original wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows 24/7. > > (that scene scared the shit out of me as a kid, which is why I remebered it existed 40 years later) Me, watching: That’s not so scary. Me 10 seconds later after clown unhooks himself: Ok, that’s enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fantasy-island-movie/847816/34 "2020-09-13T02:05:22Z")
My husband and I actually enjoyed this movie. Our personal canon is that this is a prequel to the series and that Roarke and Tattoo are legacy characters (similar to Dread Pirate Roberts). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fantasy-island-movie/847816.md?page=1)