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'King Kong' Bombing Big Time at Box Office
FoxNews ^ | December 16,2005 | Roger Friedman

Posted on 12/16/2005 6:02:01 PM PST by heldmyw

'King Kong' Bombing Big Time at Box Office Friday, December 16, 2005 By Roger Friedman

What's happened? Peter Jackson's "King Kong" — a three-hour, $300 million extravaganza that wowed advance screening audiences — is a catastrophe in the making.

On Thursday, Kong's take was a measly $6,295,755 — off $35.5 from Wednesday's weak $9,755,745 opening day. Kong ranks now as the 21st best Wednesday opening ever — a dubious distinction.

Something is certainly wrong. It could be the movie's daunting length, or even a slow middle section that would have benefited from cutting. The leads are all solid actors — Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black — but none of them is a star attraction. That might be the trouble, but I doubt it.

In fact, Kong seems like a no-brainer. Great special effects, and a main character — the ape — that is more three-dimensional than a lot of humans in movies this winter.

But there's some kind of snafu, and if Universal doesn't figure it out shortly, "King Kong" could turn into a king-sized headache.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: boxoffice; crap; entertainment; flop; kingkong; kong; movies
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To: HairOfTheDog

I'd have to drive 40 miles to NOT see it.


61 posted on 12/16/2005 6:35:55 PM PST by birbear (Admit it. you clicked on the "I have already previewed" button without actually previewing the post.)
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To: fedupjohn

Nah!!

That's to cover costs! It's a flop if it doesn't do exponential profits!

Banana-fueled monkey flop.

(BTW-Why weren't they excited about the T-REX? I'd have thought that a couple of eggs or some DNA would be a much better story than... Oh, wait! That's that Pliestocene Park thingie, isn't it?)


62 posted on 12/16/2005 6:36:16 PM PST by heldmyw
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To: fedupjohn

How do you know that?


63 posted on 12/16/2005 6:37:02 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: birbear

>>But still "interesting" (or disturbing) that it's doing relatively well in the theaters that it is being shown at.<<

You also said DIE,KONG,DIE.

You really hate this movie you haven't seen, don't you?


64 posted on 12/16/2005 6:37:11 PM PST by SerpentDove (Kentucky Fried Tookie.)
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To: heldmyw

This is a movie with no hidden agenda or celebration of wickedness. So naturally, the usual subjects are going to trash it.


65 posted on 12/16/2005 6:37:32 PM PST by Tax Government (Support the Ann Coulter Act of 2006. No free speech at colleges ==> no fed funds.)
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To: birbear

"Bareback" is being shown so far only in a few selected markets... and since they're the only ones getting it, the artsy crowd flocks to it.

I haven't talked to one normal person who wants to go see it (and I'm not just basing that on FR... I live in a liberal town)


66 posted on 12/16/2005 6:37:37 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: indcons

Its been forcasted to make 58 mil this weekend. Combine that with Wed and Thurs... that totals what 70 mil? in what five days... it'll be fine.


67 posted on 12/16/2005 6:38:22 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: HairOfTheDog
If Jackson remade it, I could say I didn't see it twice.
68 posted on 12/16/2005 6:39:46 PM PST by Rocko (this post kills fascists...and communists)
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To: marajade
Its been forcasted to make 58 mil this weekend.

By the same people who said it would do as well as Titanic?

69 posted on 12/16/2005 6:41:57 PM PST by Rocko (this post kills fascists...and communists)
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To: SerpentDove
You also said DIE,KONG,DIE. You really hate this movie you haven't seen, don't you?

hehehehe... yup. And as is being discussed, I'd have to go 40 miles out of my way to see it, so it's not likely I will. (Unless some friends outside the area invite me to go see it with them.)

And, I admit, I'd probably even enjoy the movie. I just don't care for Peter Jackson movies. The couple I've seen have bored the life out of me. So I hope for him to fail.

Also, last week, this was touted as the best movie since Titanic (Which i also thought sucked). Critics and "those in the know" were predicting it to hit $400 million easily. I love to see people who throw such praise around to be wrong.

Basically, I delight in other people's misfortune.
70 posted on 12/16/2005 6:43:13 PM PST by birbear (Admit it. you clicked on the "I have already previewed" button without actually previewing the post.)
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To: Rocko

No, an independent.

http://boxofficemojo.com


71 posted on 12/16/2005 6:43:20 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: birbear
Solid actors? Maybe I'm out of it, a little, but I have no clue who Adrien Brody is, I thought Naomi Watts was a black model, and I can't picture Jack Black in anything other than a comedy.

Adrien Brody got Oscar in 2003 for The Pianist. I think you mixed up Naomi Watts with Naomi Campbell. Watt played in the Ring, and was nominated for Oscar in 2004 for 21 grams. Not that I trust Oscar, but they are new generation of movie stars that don't rely on look alone.

72 posted on 12/16/2005 6:44:01 PM PST by paudio (Is it OK to say Merry Christmas to you...?)
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To: birbear

Well, I have a lot of affection for Peter Jackson (as do a lot of others) for doing so beautifully those same LoTR movies you hated...

So you really do look like a fly in the butt balm. :~D


73 posted on 12/16/2005 6:45:56 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: paudio
I think you mixed up Naomi Watts with Naomi Campbell.

That would be it. Thanks.
74 posted on 12/16/2005 6:46:13 PM PST by birbear (Admit it. you clicked on the "I have already previewed" button without actually previewing the post.)
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To: heldmyw

Maybe all that advertising in the mainstream media doesn't work anymore?


75 posted on 12/16/2005 6:46:26 PM PST by MikeHu
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To: indcons
"On Thursday, Kong's take was a measly $6,295,755 — off $35.5 from Wednesday's weak $9,755,745 opening day."

Something wrong with these statistics....

It should be off 35.5%, I think.

76 posted on 12/16/2005 6:46:43 PM PST by paudio (Is it OK to say Merry Christmas to you...?)
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To: birbear
Check this out!! They have been hiding the fact that it is a homo movie:


77 posted on 12/16/2005 6:46:59 PM PST by indcons
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To: paudio

Yep, you're right


78 posted on 12/16/2005 6:47:37 PM PST by indcons
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To: MikeHu
Maybe all that advertising in the mainstream media doesn't work anymore?

Or Universal is trying to launch a lead zeppelin.

79 posted on 12/16/2005 6:49:40 PM PST by Rocko (this post kills fascists...and communists)
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To: indcons
Doesn't surprise me. I really don't know of too many people who would willingly go see an overtly gay movie. Most Americans just don't swing that way.

I will say, what I saw on Ebert and Roeper, it looked like a nicely filmed movie. (good cineatography and all that.) The subject matter sounds boring to me. (Most love stories are to me.)

And the few gay people I know. (And I only know two or so "outted" gays), aren't interested in "westerns". They're more apt to enjoy something like King Kong. (The two that I know are big time techies and they love CGI stuff.)

I just don't see who "Bareback" is supposed to cater to.
80 posted on 12/16/2005 6:51:49 PM PST by birbear (Admit it. you clicked on the "I have already previewed" button without actually previewing the post.)
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