Posted on 08/15/2017 3:11:39 AM PDT by SkyPilot
Reports now, according to Exhibitor Relations: if things continue as they have, this will be the lowest box office in a quarter century. While there have been bright spots (“Dunkirk”) and surprises (“Baby Driver”) the failures have outweighed everything.
Start with a total write off on “King Arthur” and go from there. Then go to “The Dark Tower.”
One terrible new failure: “Nut Job 2,” they say, is the biggest loser ever in wide release (4000+) studio movie. It made just over $8 million this weekend.
Four years ago, at a USC symposium, famed and very successful directors George Lucas and Steven Spielberg warned the film industry that reliance on blockbusters– tent pole movies that failed would cause an implosion. At first no one took them seriously. But now maybe we’re seeing what they meant.
Spielberg said at the time: “That’s the big danger, and there’s eventually going to be an implosion — or a big meltdown. There’s going to be an implosion where three or four or maybe even a half-dozen mega budget movies are going to go crashing into the ground, and that’s going to change the paradigm.”
Other huge flops this year include “Life” — the sci fi movie no one saw, “Monster Trucks,” which was a monster disaster. “Ghost in the Shell” with Scarlett Johansson also came and went quickly. Plus Will Ferrell’s “The Office” was a total write off, and Sony’s “Rough Night” was an embarrassment.
I’m not counting the $100 million plus lost on “The Promise,” because it was a vanity production.
This year also brought Tom Hanks’s biggest flop in decades, “The Circle.” And of course there were the two misbegotten TV remakes– “Baywatch” and “CHiPs.”
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This is great news! I stopped going to movies years ago so as to not give money to those people in hollywood who hate me.
JoMa
“This year also brought Tom Hanks’s biggest flop in decades, “The Circle.””
16% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.
I switched to KDramas.
I have to admit to committing movie theater sin when my sons and I watched Avatar and were calling out all the different movies titles where it appeared parts were stolen.
An even better feeling is driving past the 12 screen near my town that was torn down last year.
Affordable 50-70” televisions, surround sound and comfortable seating with the audience of your choice and the ability to watch any movie at home is the game changer.
Where do you watch these?
>>So when I see Hollywood attempting to thrust upon us the idea that a black man is an everyman/everywoman Hero - the Defender of the Helpless and the Innocent - I can’t get there.
The Hollywood anti-Americans will tank a good movie to virtue signal. The decision making people who invest in movies see their investment as a bold case of virtue signaling. Wrecking Christian America is their only goal.
Funny you mention “Pirates 5”.
I saw the first two, before having a bit more of the red pill.
Now, a film franchise that lionizes criminals, rapists and murderers while making those responsible for protecting the people from depredation and their goods from thievery the bad guys?
No thanks.
Interestingly, and along the same lines, we are watching the Turner version of Treasure Island as a family movie. THOSE pirates are as bad as the real thing, especially Blind Pew. OMG! THAT’S how kids should think of pirates.
The cast a black man because Idris Elba is awesome and generally the best thing in any movie or TV show. And really the color of the character doesn’t matter, the important part was the grittiness, the ability to imitate young Eastwood. And Elba did that for 2 1/2 years on The Wire and he’s a better actor now.
The biggest problem the studios are having is they don’t do the math. They’re addicted to blockbusters even though the ROI on them isn’t actually very good. Even a big hit blockbuster, because of the budget, is going to be lucky to pull any better than a 2::1. They’d be much better off focusing on small budget small success movies. A $6 million budget $30 million revenue movie is a much better investment than a $160 million budget $300 million revenue movie. But they love love love those $300 million revenue line entries. So they do the big budget movies, then they’re terrified they’ll fail, so the make them follow the Beat Book slavishly, which is why all those movies feel the same, which makes their big budget movies feel smaller since you’ve basically seen that movie 3 times already this year.
Yeah, the music is always TOO LOUD, and then you can barely hear the dialog.
I respect your view but it is RARELY part of hte narrative anymore.
It’s just being done to make it more normalized.
Even the movies you liked were made to make it more normalized. Like Will and Grace.
I can see where you are coming from though. I thought “The Crying Game” was great and of course the transexual was central to the movie.
Didn’t glamorize it. Actually it was good for shock value and might not be such a hit today since it is so mainstream.
Yes!
So?
She made a great movie.
I hate drunks. Does that invalidate all my work?
What does hate have to do with anything?
Thanks Bratch; that’s some interesting background. Is Rio Grande the movie where supposedly all of the cast eventually died from delayed radiation poisoning from the atomic tests conducted nearby?
Also, John Ford was on Midway Island during the Japanese attack in June 1942, and shot some memorable combat footage.
I refuse to direct any money towards a person who has made hateful, ignorant, and racist comments about my demographic.
Thus, I eschew Halle Berry.
You go on ahead though, if you feel the need.
Is Rio Grande the movie where supposedly all of the cast eventually died from delayed radiation poisoning from the atomic tests conducted nearby?No, that was a movie called The Conqueror where the Duke was "typecast" as the Mongol warrior Genghis Khan.
Does my heart good to see Hollywierd lose so much money. It’s just outstanding!
You can go blind trying to figure out Hollywood accounting, but I imagine the addiction to the $300 million film is that the $300 million is only a percentage of the revenue.
I was just in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and the new ‘world’ they created is based around Pandora from Avatar - the movie everyone saw and nobody liked. It’s seriously the most amazing Theme Park experience I’ve ever had. And I HATED that movie.
Because of that, I spent $100 on merchandise related to a movie that came out 8 years ago and that I did not like. (My kids wanted the stuff).
You can’t do that with, say, Spotlight.
You go on ahead though, if you feel the need.
That’s what makes America great,and what we need to protect.
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