Comments on: Weekend Box Office- ‘Final Destination’ Wins Bloodbath At The B.O.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:36:03 +0000

Yes, that studio exec is absolutely right, it's too bad that everybody going to movies isn't an easily-led fourteen-year-old boy and that some grown-ups like to see movies made for grown-ups. Okay, I know that most R-rated movies are just rated for violence or gore, not especially adult topics or themes, but still. We're a disgrace for not wanting to see movies made for children? Sorry, fella.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:48:44 +0000

@SK, yes.

By: SK

SK — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:42:40 +0000

If Inglourious Basterds was co-distributed by TWC and Universal, and thus has the revenue split between the two, does that mean the production cost of $70mil was split between the two studios?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:26:09 +0000

Get your priorities straight, guys. The 30 mio. "District 9" was proclaimed a hit after opening with 37 mio. The 15 mio. "Halloween 2" not so with 17 mio. WTF? Well, even if "H2" drops 80 percent on the second weekend (quite likely), it's still gonna make money, after having been sold to every single country in the world. Actually, it's already in the black as of this writing, because it doesn't really matter what the movie makes overseas – the Weinsteins already got paid. That's the problem of the distributors in said countries from now on. So, a disappointment compared to "H1"? Yes. A failure? Nope. Cheers, Thomas

By: gabetoro

gabetoro — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:51:58 +0000

Porn.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:19:19 +0000

Just 2 blog entries today? Something interesting must be coming our way Monday morning.

By: gabetoro

gabetoro — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:21:16 +0000

Tense issue. I fucked up, sorry people. Original point: "Avatar" will have to be a preposterous monster at the box office to generate profit. Also, your mother eats diapers.

By: Floj

Floj — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:25:35 +0000

"…after pricier 3D efforts like "Avatar" and "Monsters Vs. Aliens" failed to generate the massive grosses needed to turn a significant profit, maybe the future of this technology will lie in cheapie horror sequels."

Yes, it's a pity Avatar hasn't turned a profit, nearly four months before its release… 🙂

By: leah

leah — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:55:54 +0000

well done on the first image. Exactly what the audience looked like teetering out of… most big releases of Summer 09.

By: SK

SK — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:08:46 +0000

$20 million weekend for Inglourious Basterds (47% drop, pretty good). I think TWC owes Tarantino a lot for his constant promotion of the movie. I saw some news clip on tv and the hostess mentioned Tarantino as a "man of the people" during one of his promotion stops at some public event. His constant talking of Basterds and anything else that came to mind (GI Joe script, James Bond) was a big plus; I'd say more so than Pitt being in the film (even though that's a big factor).

By: Univarn

Univarn — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:07:24 +0000

All the feedback I've been reading/hearing on FD4 has been very negative, even from die hard fans of the series. I think it'll take a big dump next week in terms of viewership. Though I wonder if they took a page out of the Fast and Furious series how to name a sequel handbook.

I read Rob Zombie's next project following H2 is a remake of The Blob... ugh.