For the first time in seven years, the heroes in a half-shell are back on the big screen as “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” hits theaters.
But unlike the most recent Michael Bay-produced iteration of the franchise, Paramount is bringing the Turtles back to animation.
Also unlike the Bay films, this latest movie doesn’t come with a Bayhem-inflated budget, as it appears the studio was incredibly thrifty this time around.
So much so that the movie’s box office success is all but guaranteed even in the earliest stages of its run.According to Variety and several other trade publications, director Jeff Rowe’s “Mutant Mayhem” carries a shockingly low $70 million budget.
Granted, that is before marketing, but such a figure is so much lower than other recent animated hits that it’s a little hard to wrap one’s head around the figure.
Pixar’s “Elemental” carried a $200 million budget,…
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