Posted on 06/08/2014 6:03:32 AM PDT by C19fan
Younger females are storming the North American box office to see The Fault in Our Stars, which took in a whopping $26.1 million on Friday for a projected $52 million-plus debut. That's a major victory for Fox 2000, which made the romantic drama for a mere $12 million.
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Fault in Our Stars is trouncing Tom Cruise's big-budget Edge of Tomorrow, a sci-fi epic that cost Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow at least $178 million to produce.
The critically acclaimed Edge of Tomorrow did slightly better than expected at the Friday box office, earning $10.6 million for a possible $30 million weekend. That's still a problematic number, considering the movie's cost. Edge hopes to make up ground overseas, where Cruise remains a far bigger movie star.
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I liked Oblivion a lot too...I'll probably go see Edge of Tomorrow". Tom Cruise picks some great sci-fi scripts to star in.
1. Belle: A terrific historical drama about a black orphan from Africa brought up in high-society England by her relatives
2. Words and Pictures: A well done drama about difficulties in peoples lives and getting resolution for them, tempered by very excellent humor, in an appealing private school setting
The list of excellent movies with low budgets is actually quite extensive. It seems that more people are choosing them over the Hollywood huge budget nonsense that is overwhelmed by special effects and unending litanies which glorify violence.
These days I don’t go to the movies much. I like to watch the oldies.....even if I have seen them a hunted times they are enjoyable. The good guys win. I rarely am preached at and when I am it is direct and straight forward (think Gentleman’s Agreement).
“When is Hollywood going to make a kick-ass, epic bio-pic about George Washington? “
Never. The theme is too white, too Christian and involves the subjugation of Indians and Blacks.
Ok. Thx. I gotcha.
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