To: All
To: COUNTrecount
>56 percent were
male
To: COUNTrecount
Overlord G'laacktu will be displeased.
4 posted on
05/08/2006 7:35:04 AM PDT by
Thrusher
("...there is no peace without victory.")
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5 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.
6 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!
7 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".
8 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?
9 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!"
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11 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.
12 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.
13 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
14 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: windcliff
To: COUNTrecount
I am a bit perplexed as to why more people didn't see United 93 this past weekend for its 2nd week in release. I expected it to be in the #3 spot for the week...but it has already made a profit domestically which is nice. But more people should be seeing this film...it's a disgrace that MI3 got the amount of cash it did and United 93 didn't make a dent in those figures.
On the bright side of things...looks like Robbin Williams has gotten the first flop of the summer season...RV is tanking with numbers much lower than expected.
34 posted on
05/08/2006 12:18:25 PM PDT by
My Favorite Headache
("Scientology is dangerous stuff,it's like forming a religion based around Johnny Quest and Haji.")
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