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heard a rumour Lionsgate went with this over Arnolds King Conan


they made the wrong choice..

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Well if that choice is money return and potential sequel, this was definitely the right choice.

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Looking at the opening wend prediction can't see how Conan III would be been any worse

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Agreed.

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9m opening. Absolutely atrocious. This is going to struggle to even 30m total domestic and be lucky to reach 100m ww. These are Conan remake numbers. Theres NO WAY an Arnold Conan III would've done anything as low

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Considering how poor Arnold's box office numbers have been of late, frankly I can understand why a studio might be gunshy about investing in a big-budget project with him.

But with that said, Conan is certainly the movie that I'd rather see, and having now seen the box office numbers for Robin Hood, Conan also seems like the movie that would've posted a better financial return.

It really is a shame that we have not gotten the long-awaited Conan sequel yet. I remember reading about a new Conan movie with Arnold as far back as ~2010. At that time it was being called Conan: Crown of Iron and would feature an old Conan, weary after many years of rule.

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Think I remember 'King Conan' being announced back in 2003!

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