I meant, if he wanted more money he should have done something that revolves around Team 7 as Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi are one of the most popular.
They (as in Kishi and SP associates) probably thought that the film would be a huge success outside of Japan since NaruHina tended to be what many fans prefered to see happen in the end. (Even though most Naruto fans outside of Japan are freeloaders). They probably assumed that a NaruHina film would be huge, even bigger than a Team 7 film.
Within Japan, All they had to do was call the movie "The Last" (implying that it's the last naruto movie ever) and heavily promote Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi to get people to buy tickets (which is basically what they did).
Also Remember that, SP had the most control over the film and they probably care more about Hinata than the popularity of the series anyway. Kishi just went along with it (while giving some of his own ideas) assuming that it was a good idea........(lol spineless man )
Edited by HuskyLover, 15 April 2015 - 07:01 PM.