Haven't watched it, but certainly doesn't match the hype. Apparently director had his own style and it was not well received. Yeah some may say something something Japanese otaku tastes lol but the descriptions are not too hot for me either honestly. Western style live action movie? Yeah I'm not Japanese and that doesn't look too appealing for me either.
Should still be fine due to worldwide streaming.
BD/DVD sales sure are not the main force for about 10 years now. But it is still significant money, 50k disc sales when each volume costs 60-80 USD is 3 million or so. When you compare to indie game dev companies for example it would be a solid hit. When you get 6-7 figure sales that is basically industry leading millionaires overnight
Sure, but you're not hitting 6-7k figure sales without Gacha money nowadays. Right now you're really lucky to hit 30k sales if your show isn't moe, and that's just break even (it's 2 mill to make 13 episodes/1 season of an anime). Considering how another MAPPA show, Vinland Saga, similarly bombed in Japan and that still got an S2... it's not that cut and dry anymore.
Anyway, because we don't know the streaming numbers-
MAPPA has a Cowboy Bebop situation where overseas appeal pays out enough royalties from streaming services to make up for... not capturing the otaku market, they make a profit, and continue their CSM passion project.
Streaming revenue isn't enough to offset the cost of the show, MAPPA is stuck churning out JJK seasons and/or Attack on Titan Season 4 Part 3 Part 2 Part 1.56361 while paying their animators like shit for the foreseeable future and we never find out who that mysterious girl in the stinger is.
:shrug-outta-hecks:
Edit: Wait oops break even is the Manabi line, which is 3k blueray sales (although that's just a rough gauge for the average show). 10k sales is considered a big success.