The Day After Tomorrow), 2012 is the expected apocalypse movie that has it all - story line, special effects, fantastic casting and the entire works. With the movie already grossing over USD 225 million over the opening weekend, FX has wasted no time and acquired its rights for a cable premiere. This much-awaited event is likely to take place in the beginning of the year 2012, and rightly so too.
Along with 2012, FX has also gotten its hands on the other blockbuster horror comedy of the year, 'Zombieland'. This movie is scheduled for being aired in the latter half of 2010. Both the movies will earn Sony the standard license rate of 12% of domestic box office collections. Considering that it is expected that '2012' will cross USD 200 million in the domestic market and 'Zombieland' has grossed about USD 73 million, their price tags could range anywhere around USD 24 million and USD 9 million respectively.
FX has generated a reputation of being an aggressive buyer of Hollywood blockbusters in the recent times. In fact, they already have in their kitty, movies like 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine', 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' and 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'. They also hold the cable rights to 'Star Trek', 'Night at the Museum', 'Monsters vs. Aliens', etc. FX has also reaped heavy profits from such big buys, for almost all special effect movies and have done well on it.
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