Ghost in the Shell may have $ 60 Million loss, but why?

The president of Paramount Pictures attempted to play most of the blame for the failure of Ghost in the Shell in the whitewashing controversy, the term "whitening," it is about scaling up white American actors for roles originally occupied by characters from other Ethnicities, but is this true?

The fact is: Paramount has spent more than $ 250 million on filmmaking, advertising and other spending, and so far has only raised $ 19 million in North America and $ 62 million in the rest of the world. But how could whitewashing have influenced the film's predictable failure?

Without extending much, as one of the funders of the film said:

"This is the amount of money you spend on a sequel, not an obscure piece of IP that only a few fanboys know about! Maybe you spend $ 35M or $ 40M on this and make a stylized art house film. "

Of course, in addition there were other factors that led to box office failure, such as the fact that the film brings an image of Hero's Journey, rather than a somber tale. Bringing a movie that has themes that have apparently been extensively exploited in the movies, based on an anime with a relatively small fanbase and expecting the film to raise $ 250 Million is a bit much, do not you think?