Brónach 1,302 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I had US dollars in my hand once. They look like cartoon money. I can't take them seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I had US dollars in my hand once. They look like cartoon money. I can't take them seriously.Yeah, like Euro notes look any better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 The 20 euro bill is lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Really?I prefer these myself: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 These aren't real. They don't exist.I had US dollars in my hand once. They look like cartoon money. I can't take them seriously.Yeah, like Euro notes look any better!They do. And at least there isn't an Euro note for €1.The coolest money are the pounds with Charles Darwin. They could scrap the Queen and put Isaac Newton instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Really?I prefer these myself:I have a thing for Gothic Architecture. The 500 euro bill is very rare around here. ATM's don't have them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I have a thing for Gothic Architecture. The 500 euro bill is very rare around here. ATM's don't have themNo, there are plenty of them going around. But only rich people get to see and hold them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 $187,600,000 so far...http://boxofficemojo.../?id=tintin.htmSo now at least the movie has recouped its budget.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I have a thing for Gothic Architecture. The 500 euro bill is very rare around here. ATM's don't have themNo, there are plenty of them going around. But only rich people get to see and hold them! I saw one, once... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I've never seen one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 $187,600,000 so far...http://boxofficemojo.../?id=tintin.htmSo now at least the movie has recouped its budget.... I hope that's enough to ensure the sequel...BTW its doing extremely well in Spain, 20 million. Having cheaper tickets may help. A thing for companies in other countries to take a note. Cheaper tickets = more tickets sold = more money overall....You know Germany has as twice the people as Spain, and it only has got 12 million... Maybe tintin it's not THAT popular there..but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I've never seen one.I only ever saw a 100 Euro bill one. They dont use them in ATM machines.BTW its doing extremely well in Spain, 20 million. Having cheaper tickets may help. A thing for companies in other countries to take a note. Cheaper tickets = more tickets sold = more money overall....Hope the new Government won't hire you as a financial expert.Avatar became the most successful film of all time because of the surcharge for 3D... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Avatar became the most succesful film of all time because it was cliched as hell, it had action, and it had Disney-like blue people and glowing things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 3d surcharge happens in Spain as well as Germany.I still dont see your point.Here it got twice the money with half of germany's population.And here tickets are half cheaper.So having cheaper tickets helps theaters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 So having cheaper tickets helps theaters...It helps a lot for the popularity of a particular cinema if ticket prices aren't high. People are more willing to go see a film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 BTW its doing extremely well in Spain, 20 million. Having cheaper tickets may help. A thing for companies in other countries to take a note. Cheaper tickets = more tickets sold = more money overall....You know Germany has as twice the people as Spain, and it only has got 12 million... Maybe tintin it's not THAT popular there..but still...Indeed quite impressive.But France has 47 million! WOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 it has 65 million people, and tintin is very famous there, so the numbers are more or less what one would expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 The UK also has (almost) 65 million people, but it only managed 20 million! WTH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Cinema is VERY expensive there, isnt it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Cinema is VERY expensive there, isnt it?Not really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Current total is 207 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The UK also has (almost) 65 million people, but it only managed 20 million! WTH!The scathing reviews it got from the British mainstream press might have something to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Current total is 207 millionThis is actually not bad.The Americas (North and South) along with Asia, should bring the number up to at least 600 mill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The scathing reviews it got from the British mainstream press might have something to do with it.They did not like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieC 13 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I guess it was rather a mixed bag for reviews of the film over here in the UK but everyone I've spoken to who saw the film enjoyed it immensely. It is gorgeous to watch as a 'moving painting'. What could be more cinematic ? My feeling was that too many reviews seemingly spent all of their energies comparing the film to the source material rather than responding to it in its own right as a really accomplished adventure movie (people seem to get the idea of an 'adaptation' and the idea of 'transliteration' confused and then nobody benefits ). What was really interesting, though, was that very few reviews seemed to really engage with it as a new Steven Spielberg film (if there's merit in the notion of authorship of course ...I think there is, by the way. ) Finally, the other critique to be made of most reviews of the film over here is that there was , I think, a general apathy shown towards engaging in any meaningful way with the film as a piece of animation (or a variation on the form). For me the film was a fascinating display of what can be achieved with performance capture (convincing me evermore of its legitimacy as an aesthetic choice) and just in terms of good old-fashioned film grammar the movie contains some wonderfully inventive and elegant scene transitions. In terms of character types familiar to us from other Steven Spielberg-directed films there was certainly an emerging father-son bond between Tintin and Haddock. Undoubtedly the Spielberg film that Tintin most recalled was Indy 3.Had I more time I would have very much liked to have seen Tintin a second time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 I don't think I've read a single "scathing" review of it in the British press. The general feeling I got from them was it's a three to four star movie. If by scathing Elmo meant it didn't get any five star reviews then yeah, okay.I'm sure a one star slaughtering exists, but c'mon, don't take the piss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieC 13 Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Empire magazine definitely had a very good handle on why the film works so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Either way, it's a bit surprising the movie made "only" 20 mill. or so in the UK, when Spain managed 45 mill. The press can't have that big of an effect . . . either in the UK or in Spain.And no, the UK reviews were far from scathing. They just weren't glowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Domestically, Tintin starts off at 5.5 million.http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=tintin.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ymenard 54 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Wow it's a bomb in the US, way behind in 5th position and not even close. It's the first Spielberg to bomb in a long time, and War Horse probably will be worse. What a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 A shame on US audiences, perhaps, but Tintin has far from bombed overseas. It'll probably just take longer to find its feet in the states. Word of mouth, home rentals and Blu sales might prove to be key in that market. It happens all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I don't think I've read a single "scathing" review of it in the British press. The general feeling I got from them was it's a three to four star movie. If by scathing Elmo meant it didn't get any five star reviews then yeah, okay.I'm sure a one star slaughtering exists, but c'mon, don't take the piss.You do not read The Guardian, I assume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I don't read the papers full stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Wow it's a bomb in the US, way behind in 5th position and not even close. It's the first Spielberg to bomb in a long time, and War Horse probably will be worse. What a shame.I read somewhere before it was released in the US that in its first 6 days the film was expected to gross in the high twenties or low thirties (this was an estimate from its distributor). Now it looks like it'll be the low twenties, which is disappointing, but not far enough behind expectations to be considered a "bomb" I think. Also, its gross has increased every day so far. Granted that's not that special considering it opened on a Wednesday, but it could be a sign that American word of mouth is doing the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I think it was a big mistake:A. Releasing this two months later in the USB. Releasing this the exact same week as another Spielberg film in the USC. Releasing it days after Mission Impossible 4 and ChipmunksI mean, WTF? War Horse is Spielberg Oscar bait. It'll make money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Agreed. I get opening it in Europe first, and having a strong word of mouth buzz going for it before the US release. But you don't need 2 months to build a word of mouth buzz.Opening it in the US the Wednesday before Thanksgiving would have made sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 I don't read the papers full stop.I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 I knew it was going to bomb in the US .A chipmunks sequel is more suited to the American audience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Ha ha ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 A chipmunks sequel is more suited to the American audienceFor families, yep. Tintin is the odd man out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 This may be the end of Spielberg's career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Only in the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 It's a shame. Unlike Amistad or 1941, there was a lot love poured into the making of this movie.Maybe we're back to "personal" late 1980s Spielberg, when he chose the movies he just felt like doing and they only performed just well enough in the box office (Empire of the Sun, Always, Hook). That all changed after 1993. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Only in the USA.For the first time in my adult lifetime I am really proud of my country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 A shame on US audiences, perhaps, but Tintin has far from bombed overseas. It'll probably just take longer to find its feet in the states. Word of mouth, home rentals and Blu sales might prove to be key in that market. It happens all the time.no it won't. there is no interest.War Horse will do much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 If you're right it's a mighty shame. Tintin is a fine adventure movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Joe is rarely wrong in his assessments of his fellow countrymen.But hey, here in Europe we would never care much for a Nancy Drew movie if a decent one was ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 I will see it next weekend. War Horse was magnificent. Our theatre was packed. And before people start bitchlng about Americans not interested in Tin tin we still are interested in another european story. I 've got War Horse music stuck in my head. That's a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 'War Horse' isn't magnificent. It's treacly, schmaltzy, saccharine, maudlin, hokey, dewey, simplistic, and naive. Get with the program, Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Tintin grossed 6 million on Monday, it's highest single day gross yet. Maybe there's still hope for it. Its increases in percentage (69.9% on Monday) are consistently higher than other films, which I think is a good sign that American word of mouth may be helping the film more than European word of mouth could.War Horse has opened at 15 million, which is also pretty impressive given the genre and running time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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