Posted on 12/22/2015 6:52:50 PM PST by Citizen Zed
I don't think he looked bad at all. He looked better than his age (71 or 72)? He looked fit and trim. And he certainly looked light years better than the frumpy/overweight Carie Fischer.
There will be no gross profits. Hollywood accounting will erase all!!
Wiki: According to Lucasfilm, Return of the Jedi, despite having earned $475 million at the box office against a budget of $32.5 million, “has never gone into profit”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
How Hollywood Accounting Can Make a $450 Million Movie ‘Unprofitable’
Erase any possible profit, the studio charges this “movie corporation” a big fee that overshadows the film’s revenue. For accounting purposes, the movie is a money “loser” and there are no profits to distribute.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/09/how-hollywood-accounting-can-make-a-450-million-movie-unprofitable/245134/
Thirty-four million dollars?
Nice work if you can get it.
“That would be net profits. Gross is a percentage of the gross revenue, net is after expenses,”
Gross is AFTER expenses ....
“Gross profit is the profit a company makes after deducting the costs associated with making and selling its products, or the costs associated with providing its services.”
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=gross+profits
I’m imagining “what if” the president was called a Schwartz???
ROTFL ROTFL
See, that’s funny because of the penis/ black.......well, yoU get it
I think he did it for the free facelift.
Hubby and I saw it yesterday. Both of us thought it was as stinker. 2 stars at best. Same old formula, similar plot, similar humor. Ford just too old looking he should have had some work done. If he was the father of a 20 something he should not have looked so old. Looked more like his grandfather. He really moved like an old guy in some of those fight scenes and they never bothered to get his hair to match from scene to scene. The new actors were pretty good.
I agree with you, though I’ll go 2.5 stars just for the fun my sons and I had with all the references. The “parsecs mistake” was great, if you know what I am referring to. (Trying not to spoil)
That move can’t be spoiled IMO. Also thought cheap rip off of LOTR (Gandalf) when Solo falls down the chasm, you know he’ll be back. And the female star, she was a good actress, kept reminding me of using the popularity of hunger games, female warrior hero and all that. Glad you and your sons had fun.
I'll say what those attached to the movie can't - Ford gets so much more because he's the only decent (not great) actor of the three. As evidenced by his career outside of Star Wars.
"Every time I look in the mirror I have to send you a check for a couple of bucks!"
Carrie Fisher Roasts George Lucas at AFI Life Achievement Award
True, but the scene strongly suggests that Hamill will return in the next movie.
So in other words Ford cost about 8% of the opening weekend gross. If this move’s gross hits 10 figures like they’re expecting then that’ll seem like petty cash.
I’m betting that the character Rey turns out to be Luke’s daughter.
Forget Life Day this holiday season, celebrate Droid Day instead!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sClBNY1EISU
Gadzooks! Just because his left arm was red... doesn't make him a Bi-bot!
Now, if you are all "Red"... that's a different story--
Oh pshaw, Bendy! That's an old... Dragbot tale!
Then again... maybe not--
Master Luke, please! I'm not gay... Data is just so damned cute!
No problem, C3P0. Leia and I... are wishing we were on "Game of Thrones"
Well, then, if that was true... 35 years ago--
Ben would be your brat, Luke... and I'd still be flying the Millennium Falcon with Chewbacca!
Personally Bender I rather watch History Channel Vikings next February and Last Kingdom on BBC America
Games is throne is sci fi version of War of the Roses if I want see that I bing watch the White Queen from Starz channel
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