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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The movie will make a profit and the masses will be entertained.
I am looking forward to the 2046 remake.
Production Budget: $207 million
Est. Marketing Costs: $50 million
Domestic Total as of Dec. 15, 2005: $16,051,500
I've seen the movie - everyone I know has seen the movie. Everyone reading this has probably seen the movie. Why should we shell out $11 more to see a colorized version of it?
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All these posters around here p!ssing on King Kong actually makes me want to go see it instead of Narnia.
IT'S COLD, IT'S SNOWING, AND PEOPLE ARE STILL DOING HOLIDAY SHOPPING! PETER JACKSON IS AN IDIOT TO RELEASE THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER - AND ON A WEDNESDAY AT THAT! WHO IS GOING TO GO TO THE MOVIES ON A WEDNESDAY WHEN TEENS ARE IN SCHOOL (PREPARING FOR WINTER BREAK) AND ADULTS ARE GETTING OFF OF WORK? (Hmmm...I got laundry, pick the kids up, cook supper...oh yeah! I got time to watch a three-hour remake! NOT!) THIS IS A SUMMER MOVIE, NOT A WINTER MOVIE TRYING TO WIN STUPID ACADEMY AWARDS!
Um... he released KK the same time he has released LOTR Triology.
Adrien Brody has an oscar for The Pianist and was also excellent in The Village.
Well that's your problem.
Apples and oranges. LOTR had that holiday feel to it. Some movies are made to be released in a certain month. Should "Independence Day" have been released on a cold January weekend?
Agreed, marajade... wintertime and the holidays is a really good time to release movies... People got to movies when it's cold out... He released this one about a week earlier than the LoTR movies... and I bet it'll pick up.
There's a lot of big movies out now... Narnia, the Potter movie... it's got competition for it's likely audience.
The LOTR trio of films were well done. Jackson had great material to work with.
This remake had about as much potential as a remake of Godzilla or Wolfman meets the Mummy.
PS The Simpsons Did It!!!!!
It aint Slim W, but this'll gitr done!
Kill A Commie For Mommie
Um were talking KK here...
How would LOTR have a holiday feel to it?
I liked Adrien Brody's acting in "Summer of Sam" too. (Though I didn't like his character - he was gay on the down-low).
Time for him to go back to his castle and begin working on The Hobbit.
Well, I am hoping to see it tomorrow.
It'll be okay... Munich and Memoirs of a Geisha starts 12/23.
It may not beat Harry Potter or SW this year, but it'll do just fine.
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