Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 10 hours ago, Quintus said: Well, movies are still business ventures with the usual financial risks. It's no different to a business person seeking partners or backers to get a project of the ground. 50 million is a hell of a lot of money to anybody, even billionaires. Yes, film will always be a business first and an art form second. I don't buy the sentiment that Spielberg, arguably the most popular blockbuster filmmaker, can't find the money to make a small historical biopic. I guess it all worked out in the end, but why even let your personal projects reach a lower standard just because someone else won't pay for it? I like the George Clooney/Brad Pitt method. Make a surefire success film and then take that money to make an arthouse film they know no one will see, because y'know, they can afford it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Lincoln ended up making a lot of money anyway, so I don't know why it was such a hard pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I didn't realize it made $275 million! Wasn't Spielberg shopping that film around for like 10 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Someone should... Grant the money for a sequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 50 million is never "small", even in Hollywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 6 hours ago, Drax said: Lincoln ended up making a lot of money anyway, so I don't know why it was such a hard pitch. It wasnt part of a franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 48 minutes ago, Stefancos said: It wasnt part of a franchise. Yeah sure it was. It started when he was a vampire hunter. crumbs and fommes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Star Wars: The Force Awakens speeds past Fast & Furious 7 & Avengers to take 4th place on all-time worldwide box office list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Star Wars not included on the Producers' Guild top 10 films list Definitely kills any Oscar nomination buzz it had going for it. Even Abrams' Star Trek made it on here in 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Outrageous! A travesty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 4 minutes ago, mrbellamy said: Star Wars not included on the Producers' Guild top 10 films list Definitely kills any Oscar nomination buzz it had going for it. Even Abrams' Star Trek made it on here in 2009. Quote Ex Machina Ugh! Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Over 20 New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Hi-Res Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 'Star Wars: Force Awakens' Tops 'Avatar' to Become No. 1 Film of All Time in North America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 James Cameron will be fuming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 He will point out that those figures arent adjusted for inflation.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Gone With the Wind has made more than them both put together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 1 hour ago, Jay said: 'Star Wars: Force Awakens' Tops 'Avatar' to Become No. 1 Film of All Time in North America Frickin monopoly money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,136 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Actually, Avatar sold more tickets than Gone With The Wind. GWTW was re released countless times, but in its inital run that actually lasted for 2 years, it sold less tickets than Avatar. And next week Star Wars would have more too when it passes the adjusted gross of Avatar in the U.S. (around 830 million). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,658 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Slightly more people in the US during Avatar vs. GWTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Yeah, but more cinema's too. So that evens it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 No one's talking about Avatar these days anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 2 hours ago, nightscape94 said: No one's talking about Avatar these days anyway. Except for the people complaining that nobody's talking about Avatar these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I feel like icecream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 That's not the Magnum she should be riding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Emmeline Pankhurst is spinning in her grave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,136 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Reverend Kenobi tried to warn us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I saw weird stuff on Daisy Ridley last night. Weird, strange, sick, twisted, godless EVIL stuff! And I want in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 The Force Awakens Helps Harrison Ford Reclaim "Highest Grossing Actor Of All Time" Record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 SLJ will probably move up again in the next couple years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 School Library Journal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 So long, Jesus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 He's predicting Samuel L Jackson will surpass Ford again simply because of the Marvel movies he'll be in in the next 4 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,136 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Just heard that the midnight takings for China were almost twice as big as Jurassic World's takings. That would point to over 300 million in China. Also there's this nice bit of news too - http://collider.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-box-office-record-uk/ it just passed Skyfall as biggest of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 On 05/01/2016 at 8:07 PM, Mr. Big said: Ugh! Ex Machina is one of the most overhyped films in recent memory. Dixon Hill and Not Mr. Big 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Too nihilistic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Stefancos said: Too nihilistic? The film worships at the altar of Stanley Kubrick, without understanding the convictions, wit and deeply moral sensibility behind the master's pre-Shining work. Like David Fincher, Jonathan Glazer and Thomas Vinterberg before him, Alex Garland appropriates the aesthetics and misanthropy of late Kubrick. A hipster's vanity project (a case of "look how sophisticated I am with my coolly objective steadicam, cynical use of pop songs and probing wide angle lenses"), nothing more than that. Oscar Isaac and Alicia Vikander do the best with what they've got, but Domnall Gleeson makes for a dull protagonist. I don't know whether it's the attempt at a generic American accent or the director's fault, but he's not convincing. The Force Awakens is a long way from a masterpiece, but it never pretends to be one. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Wow TFA is a freaking box office juggernaut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I think Avatar's worldwide perch is safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 After this new China news, I think it's definitely not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Drawing $300 million from China is still a long way from $2.8 billion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarpia 132 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 But those $300 million were just made in the midnight premiere. I can see that number multiplying in a matter of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I'll only believe it when I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Yawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,136 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 17 hours ago, Scarpia said: But those $300 million were just made in the midnight premiere. I can see that number multiplying in a matter of days. It didn't make 300 million at midnight... China will finish with about 300 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarpia 132 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Oh, true. I misread your post. Sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Probably has already been mentioned but...No Extended Cut for The Force Awakens, Deleted Scenes Will Be Included On Blu-Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Kinda funny to think back to the beginning of the year when people were wondering if Avengers 2 or Star Wars 7 would ultimately win out at the box office, and then in the summer if it could end up below Jurassic World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Nothing but Star Wars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 On 10/21/2015 at 1:46 AM, Drax said: A lot of fans are making their predicitons about the film's box office revenue. I think their fanatical commitment to the Star Wars brand is clouding their judgement, resulting in over inflated expectations as to how much it will make, and forgetting to take its winter release date into account. The fact is people's viewing behaviour is different in December to how it is in the summer months. I think their claim that it will do $250 million on opening weekend is outlandish because they're expecting summer dollars in a winter movie. So here's how I reckon it will do: Assuming weather is fine, The Force Awakens will be the biggest December opening in the US, with about $100 million. This will dethrone The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and its $80-odd million opening. If there's a blizzard, Star Wars is in trouble. However, over the course of its theatrical run, if its good, it could do Jurassic World numbers in the $650 million range. Worldwide, I expect about $1.5 to $1.7 billion. And I'm being generous. Tee hee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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