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Carthusianish
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To answer my own question:
it looks like the poor reviews DID in fact make for poor performance in dollars. Variety says it grossed only an estimated $26.1 million, although that was #1 for this weekend…
Looks like the Golden Compass isn't doing as good as they thought it would
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it looks like the poor reviews DID in fact make for poor performance in dollars. Variety says it grossed only an estimated $26.1 million, although that was #1 for this weekend…
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Markstorm
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From RottenTomatoes:
No kidding…
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Arnobius
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Anyone know what their targets were?To answer my own question:
it looks like the poor reviews DID in fact make for poor performance in dollars. Variety says it grossed only an estimated $26.1 million, although that was #1 for this weekend…
On the plus side, as I recall, opening weekend is the biggest and then it falls off from there
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Carthusianish
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In the article it said they were hoping for between $30 and $40 million so it wasn’t too far off. The movie cost $180 to make though.
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Teelynn
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Yep, just read that online. They were expecting $30 mil and that was just the bare minimum according to what I read.To answer my own question:
it looks like the poor reviews DID in fact make for poor performance in dollars. Variety says it grossed only an estimated $26.1 million, although that was #1 for this weekend…
The article I read isn’t blaming it on Christian boycott and backlash, however. They say that has never been a factor in a bomb at the box office.
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Markstorm
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I believe it. Sugar coat something and Americans will eat it up like candy. Candy that explodes in your mouth.The article I read isn’t blaming it on Christian boycott and backlash, however. They say that has never been a factor in a bomb at the box office.
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MSParrott
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Reading these figures blows my mind - I can’t wrap my brain around spending ALL THAT money to make a movie. Maybe that’s why I’m not in show business.
But seriously, it seems like a sin to have that much money and putting it into something so ridiculous. 
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jmcrae
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Yeah, we should just stand there and smile while they make the Magisterium look like a bunch of baby-eating witches.
I am thinking, though, that the general public has had its fill of guilt-tripping message-laden flying whatevers.
Come on, Hollywood - gratuitously blow something up, willya? Preferably, something big. Or speed a car dangerously down a steep hill in San Francisco. Through an outdoor market. Or else that thing with Bruce Willis driving a car into a helicopter - that was good - I liked that. More, please!!
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mommyof4
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Uh huh!:yup:
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LRThunder
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Probably due to the fact it was the only new movie that came out this weekend.To answer my own question:
it looks like the poor reviews DID in fact make for poor performance in dollars. Variety says it grossed only an estimated $26.1 million, although that was #1 for this weekend…
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rocklobster
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Okay, here’s something that puzzles me. Every time a movie is made that is anti-Christian, it does poorly. Why does Hollywood continue to make them if this is the case?
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cockatoo
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Because they think it works, it worked decently for the Davinci Code, which was horribly boring. They seem to think they can work less and make more.
I saw a clip from the golden compass on rotten tomatoes of the bear fight, the music they used was horrible, it was like a jazz/classical mix.
They also think they can make a lot of money by doing books, but skiping things, because they know the book fans will want to see it, they destroyed Eragon and some Harry Potter movies that way.
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marci
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Good movie or not, I know my kids won’t be seeing it (ages 6-10)
They have wanted to for the last few weeks, due to the previews that have been running at the theaters, but after I told them what it was about (due to CAF), they are OK with not seeing it, even if their friends do.
They have wanted to for the last few weeks, due to the previews that have been running at the theaters, but after I told them what it was about (due to CAF), they are OK with not seeing it, even if their friends do.
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Scottgun
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If you can find Michel Medved’s video “Hollywood vs. Religion”, he talks about how Hollywood has little problem with losing piles of money making movies bashing faith. So don’t count on the sequels being tanked just yet.
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tomarin
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you’re not saying that hollywood isn’t concerned with profit, are you? this seems a little absurd to me. it’s always seemed to me that that’s their sole concern and that that explains why so much of their product is unchristian or anti-christian. it reflects a materialistic, secularistic society’s values, which naturally are in conflict with a christian outlook on life.
i don’t know if “the da vinci code” made money or not; but i’m pretty sure that the film was made because the phenomenal success of the book gave the producers good reason to believe it would translate into a huge audience for the movie.
in the case of “the golden compass”, the same studio that made it also made a ton of money from “the lord of the rings” trilogy and “the lion the witch and the wardrobe”. they were obviously hoping that the pullman books, which are also in the fantasy genre and bear at least a superficial resemblence to the ones above, would provide material for a successful series of fantasy films that would appeal to the same audience, provided that the theological element was toned down.
if you want to understand hollywood, follow the money.
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Bruised_Reed
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You’ve got to read the book or listen to Medved on this subject if you don’t believe it. Hollywood does it over and over and over. Films that have a family friendly foumula do best but Hollywood is stingy when it come to producing that type.* Those films that would disparage those things that people of faith hold dear (God, family, morality, etc.) ususally bomb.
*Quick caveat here. I don’t want a badly made family friendly film, either. Not the best example (because it wasn’t ideal for young children) but Mel Gibson’s Passion did well because everything had the touch of a seasoned professional whereas other religious films haven’t. Produced independently, those films look amateurish by comparison and also don’t do well at the box office.
*Quick caveat here. I don’t want a badly made family friendly film, either. Not the best example (because it wasn’t ideal for young children) but Mel Gibson’s Passion did well because everything had the touch of a seasoned professional whereas other religious films haven’t. Produced independently, those films look amateurish by comparison and also don’t do well at the box office.
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deb1
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I think that part of the problem might be that the average Hollywood producer really doesn’t understand that most Americans value religion, faith and strong morals.
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thomasf
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Anti-christian motivation or not, if this movie flops and fails to recoup the $$ spent on it, the sequals will not be made. I’ve heard reports that the budget soared to almost $250 million with advertising and late editing/reshooting. So far it’s pulled in $26 mil domestically and $55 mil overseas. And it’s only going to decrease in revenue as time goes by, bigger movies come out this season, etc. Heck, New Line might not even be around next year to make the sequals.
From what I’ve heard, they took out a lot of the anti-christian stuff to keep people from being upset. And that really screwed up the plot, made the movie choppy, etc. Apparently without all Pullman’s hate and anti-christian bias, there’s nothing interesting about this movie.
From what I’ve heard, they took out a lot of the anti-christian stuff to keep people from being upset. And that really screwed up the plot, made the movie choppy, etc. Apparently without all Pullman’s hate and anti-christian bias, there’s nothing interesting about this movie.
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Scottgun
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Yes, that would be absurd, which is why I didn’t say or even suggest that they are not interested in profit. But filmakers also fancy themselves as cutting-edge artists and unfortunately that generally translates into irreverence. Meaning that along with the sure-win blockbusters they are also willing to bankroll flagrant attacks on faith knowing pretty much that they will be box-office stinkers. Check out the video from a library if you can find it and decide for yourself.
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THutch04
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The only reason I have any desire to see it is because I want to see why people are making such a big deal about it. I never read the series and I generally don’t like these kinds of movies. Of course, if it’s just a badly made movie I’m not sure I want to spend the money to see it in theaters.
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