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Hollywood’s Latest Bomb? ‘White House Down’ Struggling at the Box Office
Variety ^ | June 28, 2013

Posted on 06/29/2013 7:16:37 PM PDT by SMGFan

Less than a month after Will Smith’s “After Earth” crashed at the box office, Sony finds itself in another predicament with Roland Emmerich’s “White House Down.”

The $150 million action thriller, starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx, is the studio’s most expensive film of the summer but may debut as poorly as fourth place this weekend with a projected $27 million.

Not only are the early estimates soft for a project Sony bought in a record spec deal for $3 million in 2012, it’s actually worse than this year’s other White House thriller, “Olympus Has Fallen,” which opened to $30.8 million for FilmDistrict on a much smaller budget ($70 million).

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To: Trod Upon

By now you must know that Naps just doesn’t get it.


61 posted on 06/29/2013 8:35:21 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: napscoordinator
"Too bad. I went today and it was fantastic. Struggling? It made 9 million on Friday alone. I guess people went to the Heat where every other word was the F word. Oh well. I loved White House Down. It has nothing to do with Obama. Gosh you guys think every black person is Barack Obama....lol."

BwwwaaahHaaaHaaa Haaaa Haaaaa!!!! I guess the whole Jamie Foxx thing is because there's so few white actors in Hollywood?

62 posted on 06/29/2013 8:36:44 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: SMGFan

Gee, you mean people don’t like poorly done polemics?


63 posted on 06/29/2013 8:36:45 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: SMGFan

2nd black president...Hilliary Clinton?


64 posted on 06/29/2013 8:40:57 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Q: The worst president in US history?)
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To: MarkL
Your; "Oh, and I'm waiting to see "The Hobbit" until the studio releases the extended edition this Christmas."

Good call. I was quite pleased with the movie when viewed via VOD. But the smart money is with the extended edition.

Stock up on popcorn. You'll love the flick!

65 posted on 06/29/2013 8:42:45 PM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: napscoordinator

My worst movie mistake was listening to Siskel and Ebert reviews on Dinner with Andre. They gave that snorer 4 thumbs up. Eighty percent of the theater was snoring half way through. I am not exaggerating. Unfreaking believably boring. Never ever listened to Siskel and Ebert after that.


66 posted on 06/29/2013 8:45:05 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Drew68

Yeah. Problem was, I didn’t pay attention to that kind of thing. I was extremely political, but I tried to insulate my entertainment from my politics.

I wish I could still do it that way, but I can’t. Political considerations insinuate themselves into a lot of my decision-making nowadays. I get the impression that it bothers my wife, but God bless her, she understands me pretty well, and she knows what makes me tick. I think she understands that stuff is as much a part of me as my femur.


67 posted on 06/29/2013 8:51:11 PM PDT by rlmorel (Silence: The New Hate Speech)
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To: napscoordinator

Sorry dude ! Not going to spend my money so Hollywood can pay that America hating Jamie Fox a nickel.


68 posted on 06/29/2013 8:53:42 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.")
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To: napscoordinator

I want to see this-—not in a theater-—but liked “Olympus Has Fallen”


69 posted on 06/29/2013 8:59:54 PM PDT by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

That was a strange post that made zero cents. Oh well. I am sure you do better in other threads.


70 posted on 06/29/2013 8:59:55 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the Country!)
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To: napscoordinator

Well, last week we got a step closer to making “Patriot’s History” into a limited theatrical release.


71 posted on 06/29/2013 9:01:48 PM PDT by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
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To: Chgogal

Sorry to hear that. I did get a chuckle when you mentioned 1/2 the theater was sleeping. I have been to a few like that for sure. “The Decendents” for sure....don’t know why people thought that was so great and “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” was another really BORING and awful movie to me.


72 posted on 06/29/2013 9:02:11 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the Country!)
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To: Chgogal

Always go see a movie reviewers don’t like.


73 posted on 06/29/2013 9:02:50 PM PDT by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: SMGFan

people are sick of politics - especially anything concerning The White House.


74 posted on 06/29/2013 9:06:58 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: napscoordinator
It has nothing to do with Obama. Gosh you guys think every black person is Barack Obama....lol.

Well, perhaps it has something to do with the fact that we have had, what? 43 "white" American presidents in real life, and probably over 50 American Africans in the Hollywood version of the universe?

75 posted on 06/29/2013 9:07:52 PM PDT by publius911 (Look for the Union label, then buy something else.)
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To: SMGFan
He [Jamie Foxx] said earlier in the year “Black people are the most talented people in the world.”

Who's Jamie Foxx?

76 posted on 06/29/2013 9:10:38 PM PDT by publius911 (Look for the Union label, then buy something else.)
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To: napscoordinator

Maybe he can thrill to killing a few more White people....regardless of his politics.

Me, I’ll have the $$ and pass.


77 posted on 06/29/2013 9:11:38 PM PDT by i_robot73 (We hold that all individuals have the Right to exercise sole dominion over their own lives - LP.org)
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To: SMGFan

Why go to the movies to see what you can watch on the evening news?....


78 posted on 06/29/2013 9:11:42 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: napscoordinator

‘No....I wish.’

Based on the box office, you do not want to be an investor. Better to have gotten a small piece of The Passion. That would have pad off handsomely. $30 million budget, $500,000,000 Domestic Box Office, over $1 Billion World Wide and at least half again in Video rental and sales.

Now That was a return on investment. It was also a very well made film though difficult to watch.


79 posted on 06/29/2013 9:15:13 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: napscoordinator
I saw Independence Day....boring! This is much better. It is actually a thriller.

As the long term rumor going around puts it, "there's no accounting for taste."

80 posted on 06/29/2013 9:18:09 PM PDT by publius911 (Look for the Union label, then buy something else.)
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