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re: Biggest movie flops this year
Posted on 11/15/12 at 5:23 pm to dallastiger55
Posted on 11/15/12 at 5:23 pm to dallastiger55
cloud atlas was a joke. it was ok to watch, it just had no point.
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Posted on 11/15/12 at 6:24 pm to alajones
The fact that Dredd flopped is seriously disheartening. That movie was fantastic.
I was actually interested in Cloud Atlas from the previews, but after reading a portion of the book, I have little to no desire to see that thing.
John Carter truly suffered from poor branding. The trailer was a mess, made to showcase only its special effects, rather than its actual plot. That said, Peter Gabriel brought it in that trailer. Nevertheless, plastering the Disney logo to open the trailer immediately discredited the film as anything other than a children's movie. JC was not a kids' movie. And if it was, it shouldn't have been. (I haven't seen it, tbh) Plus, I think they should have kept the original name of the book (A Princess of Mars), but maybe that's just me.
Sad to see.
I was actually interested in Cloud Atlas from the previews, but after reading a portion of the book, I have little to no desire to see that thing.
John Carter truly suffered from poor branding. The trailer was a mess, made to showcase only its special effects, rather than its actual plot. That said, Peter Gabriel brought it in that trailer. Nevertheless, plastering the Disney logo to open the trailer immediately discredited the film as anything other than a children's movie. JC was not a kids' movie. And if it was, it shouldn't have been. (I haven't seen it, tbh) Plus, I think they should have kept the original name of the book (A Princess of Mars), but maybe that's just me.
Sad to see.
Posted on 11/15/12 at 7:24 pm to TheBiggestSpur
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Whenever you go to the movie theaters and they say that the reason they have high concession prices is because that's the only way they make money, it's bullshite. Most big chains get at least 40% of the ticket price back.
The studio gets all the ticket sales from the first two weeks of a film's release, then the theater gets increasing percentages every following week. I know this for a fact.
Posted on 11/15/12 at 8:18 pm to Froman
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The studio gets all the ticket sales from the first two weeks of a film's release, then the theater gets increasing percentages every following week.
This is correct. That's why you won't get matinee prices on new release movies.
Posted on 11/16/12 at 12:01 am to elprez00
Dark Shadows
Posted on 11/16/12 at 12:19 am to TheBiggestSpur
John Carter made $282,778,100 worldwide according to boxofficemojo.com. Had a $250m budget.
Posted on 11/16/12 at 12:22 am to Chet Manley
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure is your answer.
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" On August 29, 2012, the film opened at #17 at the box office to $102,564 in 2,160 theaters, with a per-theater average of $47. To put that in perspective, if each location played Oogieloves five times a day on one screen at an average ticket price of $7, that would translate to fewer than two people per showing", according to Box Office Mojo.
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Posted on 11/16/12 at 12:49 pm to LoveThatMoney
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think they should have kept the original name of the book (A Princess of Mars)
Hell no. Disney is out of the Princess business. They are avoiding the term Princess and Queen in their movies - especially those primarily targeted at males - as much as possible.
They should have had better advertisements for one. The Peter Gabriel song wasn't exactly a match for the movie. If you are going to have a good action/adventure movie then plan your trailer music around that.
They also should have emphasized the fact that it was really the "Godfather" of all sci-fi stories. They sorta did that in the last week or so before it's release, but they should have done that sooner.
Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:38 pm to trillhog
quote:Several times I'd look at my watch wondering when it would end, then the next second I'd be thinking "this scene is pretty cool", then a minute or two later I'd be looking at my watch again. Waste of time and money IMO.
cloud atlas was a joke. it was ok to watch, it just had no point.
Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:57 pm to MasonTiger
The Odd Life of Timothy Green.
...this movie seriously made Benjamin Button feel like a documentary biopic.
...and Lay the Favorite. What the hell, this movie was just nothing. No twists, no turns...Bruce Willis putting in Lifetime Channel work.
...and Seeking a Friend For the End of the World. Worst pairing in a movie (Steve Carell and Keira Knightley) - Soon to be Razzie Award winner.
...this movie seriously made Benjamin Button feel like a documentary biopic.
...and Lay the Favorite. What the hell, this movie was just nothing. No twists, no turns...Bruce Willis putting in Lifetime Channel work.
...and Seeking a Friend For the End of the World. Worst pairing in a movie (Steve Carell and Keira Knightley) - Soon to be Razzie Award winner.
Posted on 11/16/12 at 10:04 pm to TheBiggestSpur
The original name of the movie was John Carter of Mars but they changed because movies with Mars in the title have a bad history. No one knew who the hell John Carter was so that hurt it too.
Posted on 11/16/12 at 11:10 pm to Brosef Stalin
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The original name of the movie was John Carter of Mars but they changed because movies with Mars in the title have a bad history. No one knew who the hell John Carter was so that hurt it too.
False. They cut the title to John Carter because they were going to make the sequel John Carter of Mars. They wanted to give this sense of him going from just John Carter - the lost soldier with no real home - to the man who has found his new beginning on Mars. He would become John Carter of Mars thus being the title of the sequel. Straight from the studio's mouth and to my keyboard.
Posted on 11/16/12 at 11:25 pm to TheBiggestSpur
John Carter lost a bundle.
Deeds was entertaining. Bit of a ripoff of a foreign film called The Raid (cops assaulting a high ruse controlled by drug dealers).
Deeds was entertaining. Bit of a ripoff of a foreign film called The Raid (cops assaulting a high ruse controlled by drug dealers).
Posted on 11/16/12 at 11:55 pm to alajones
In response to a comment in OP...
Doom didn't just kind of sucked. That shite was terrible.
Doom didn't just kind of sucked. That shite was terrible.
Posted on 11/17/12 at 12:04 am to wavebreaker
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Deeds was entertaining. Bit of a ripoff of a foreign film called The Raid (cops assaulting a high ruse controlled by drug dealers).
Deeds? You mean Judge Dredd? Judge Dredd was in production months before The Raid was even in production.
Posted on 11/17/12 at 12:04 am to rmc
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Doom didn't just kind of sucked. That shite was terrible.
The scene where they went first person mode was fricking bad arse.
Posted on 11/17/12 at 12:11 am to TheBiggestSpur
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Straight from the studio's mouth and to my keyboard
and movie studios never lie
Posted on 11/17/12 at 12:32 am to Kafka
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and movie studios never lie
and movie studios never tell the truth about trivial matters.
Posted on 11/17/12 at 12:38 am to TheBiggestSpur
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and movie studios never tell the truth about trivial matters.
is that a boom?
and BTW just between us what was your original screen name?
Posted on 11/17/12 at 12:50 am to Kafka
This is my original screen name
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