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Cruise's "Mission" underwhelms at box office
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| May 7, 2006
| By Dean Goodman
Posted on 05/08/2006 7:32:02 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: COUNTrecount
>56 percent were
male
To: COUNTrecount
Overlord G'laacktu will be displeased.
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posted on
05/08/2006 7:35:04 AM PDT
by
Thrusher
("...there is no peace without victory.")
To: COUNTrecount
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posted on
05/08/2006 7:35:54 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
To: COUNTrecount
Big problem with a huge publicity effort:
A disappointing opening also gets huge amounts of coverage, and millions of potential viewers sagely nod their heads and say "I knew it would be bad. Glad I stayed home -- and I won't be going next weekend either."
The tepid opening is less of a killer than the reporting of the tepid opening. Word of mouth matters.
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posted on
05/08/2006 7:37:14 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Never question Bruce Dickinson!)
To: COUNTrecount
"Mission: Impossible III," the first big action film of the summer, opened disappointingly at the weekend box office in North American, despite a whirlwind publicity tour by its pricey star, Tom Cruise.It looks like another bang-up year for Hollywood...NOT!
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posted on
05/08/2006 7:38:41 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(LIBERALISM: The perpetual insulting of common sense.)
To: COUNTrecount
Ol' Tom needs to learn the lesson from the book "Shut Up and Sing".
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posted on
05/08/2006 7:38:56 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: COUNTrecount
Has he come out of the closet yet?
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posted on
05/08/2006 7:44:16 AM PDT
by
Screamname
(By God, pray for me, someone help me please! Hillary is my Senator! HELP MEEE!)
To: COUNTrecount
"Tom! Where that Mother-Ship? Don't you dare leave me!"
To: COUNTrecount
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posted on
05/08/2006 7:55:14 AM PDT
by
Screamname
(By God, pray for me, someone help me please! Hillary is my Senator! HELP MEEE!)
To: COUNTrecount
Just because it's in to bash Cruise doesn't make this story any more BS.
This is a very good opening, and the spinning in order to make it seem like a bomb is ridiculous.
Out of all of his starring movies, it's his third best opening.
Yeah, I wish I had such a lousy weekend--I had ta work.
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posted on
05/08/2006 7:57:17 AM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
("I only respond to posts with reasoned opinions and facts, ignore irrational ones")
To: COUNTrecount
Or any LESS BS...d'oh!
Also, this thing has gotten the best reviews of the series; I wouldn't be surprised if ultimately it makes good money.
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posted on
05/08/2006 7:58:32 AM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
("I only respond to posts with reasoned opinions and facts, ignore irrational ones")
To: COUNTrecount
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posted on
05/08/2006 8:25:48 AM PDT
by
Ptaz
(Take Personal Responsibility--it's not fun, but it's the right thing to do.)
To: Ptaz
He is indeed a moron, but it's hard to see $48 M as a failure. While they may have wished for more, they're not going to be crying very hard on the way to the bank.
There'll be another sequel.
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posted on
05/08/2006 8:53:19 AM PDT
by
lOKKI
(You can ignore reality until it bites you in the ass)
To: lOKKI
It cost approximately $165 million to make, so it may far exceed that when you pull in world-wide distribution, but this may make them look twice at 'Pretty Boy Cruise', which makes me snicker.
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posted on
05/08/2006 9:04:07 AM PDT
by
Ptaz
(Take Personal Responsibility--it's not fun, but it's the right thing to do.)
To: lOKKI
Not as bad as eveyryone is making it seem and it's not a bad movie, so it will do well for a while.
To: Darkwolf377
The big problem with this movie is they spent way too much making it. 1 and 2 each grossed around 200 mil domestically (1 a little under, 2 a little over), which is fine money on a 100ish mil production budget. According to all the sites the production budget for 3 is around 150 mil, figure advertising is going to be at least 60, that sets the bar for profitability too high. You should never spend 150 mil to make a movie in a series that "only" makes 200 mil an installment, that's a recipe to make a movie with respectable box office technically a flop.
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posted on
05/08/2006 9:15:51 AM PDT
by
discostu
(raise your glass of beer on high, and seal your fate forever)
To: Screamname
You forgot Britney and Madonna
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posted on
05/08/2006 10:12:01 AM PDT
by
hattend
To: discostu
You should never spend 150 mil to make a movie in a series that "only" makes 200 mil an installment, that's a recipe to make a movie with respectable box office technically a flop.Excellent point.
You wanna hear about a bomb?
You know "Poseidon", which is coming out Friday?
I have it from an insider that up to this past weekend they were still trying to decide if they should pull it till the fall.
BOMB ON THE WAY!
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posted on
05/08/2006 10:59:23 AM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
("I only respond to posts with reasoned opinions and facts, ignore irrational ones")
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