This is the story of hope and reality. First the hope from Bloomberg News 10 days ago with the very hopeful title of Oliver Stones' W May End Political Films' Drought: Posted on 10/26/2008 4:26:39 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
This is the story of hope and reality. First the hope from Bloomberg News 10 days ago with the very hopeful title of Oliver Stones' W May End Political Films' Drought:
``W.'' distributor Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. is betting the movie can break a box-office drought for political films. None of the five released in the weeks ahead of the Nov. 4 election has brought in more than half of the $55.3 million in sales generated by Walt Disney Co.'s ``Beverly Hills Chihuahua,'' the current box-office champ, since Oct. 3.
``A lot of eyes are on `W.,''' said Gitesh Pandya, editor of New York-based Box Office Guru LLC. ``There's certainly a lot of interest in it from the right and the left.'' The film ``has a shot at finding box-office success,'' he said.
The movie, which opens tomorrow, may take in about $34 million in its first four weeks in U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Los Angeles-based Cantor Fitzgerald LP's HSX Research, which tracks film performance.
Controversial films help Lions Gate attract top talent, said Tom Ortenberg, who is responsible for movie-release strategy for the Santa Monica, California-based studio. ``Prestige pictures can be big moneymakers.''
And now the "sad" reality as presented by Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily:
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
I hope they all go bankrupt
Bush’s fault?
How quickly will it be in the bargain bin at the video store.
goody
“...the film won’t recoup.”
Hopefully, neither will Ollie.
Maybe Ollie should have called it “Dubya”. LOL!!!
Now that’s funny :^)
How quickly the DVD's will be targets in clay target throwers along with all the other blank dvd's that did not successfully burn...........
“There’s been tremendous interest by the public in the box office fate of Oliver Stone’s W. for its second weekend in release. Well, it ran out of steam. QED International/Lionsgate’s Bush biopic sank 58% to No. 7 with a $5.3M weekend from 2,050 dates and new cume of $18.7M. The $30M negative cost film should end up with $23M domestic box office gross by the end of its North American run. That means, with a $25M P&A investment and Lionsgate’s distribution fees, the film won’t recoup.”
So sad...ain’t it?
OK, if Palin weren’t popular how did SNL set a 14 year record? If Obama were the messiah, how come Sean Hannity’s largest audience for Hannity’s America was his expose on Obama’s relationships? If people really were that motivated out of hatred of George W. Bush, how come they aren’t flocking to see a critical movie that makes fun of this man two weeks before an election?
Annecdotal evidence that somethin’ ain’t right. Things are not as we are being told.
Somebody will give this guy another $50 million for his next hedonistic exercise.
It isn’t right. It’s false. Don’t forget that Hannity has a new “America” in about 90 minutes. Spread the word.
Maybe Hollywood will go back to making anti-American war movies, about evil Yankee imperialism. It’s sure to be a success in South America.
Sort of like paying to see a NFL game on pay per view you already watched in person
That’s OK. It’ll do great overseas and then the rats will blame Bush because the rest of the world no longer has respect for the USA.
I always read it as nothing more nor less than a deliberate attempt to try and push Obama over the top.
In other era, Stone would’ve been way out east making gripping tractor/boy love stories.
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