I’m surprised Stan Lee has stayed out of prison. Every year or two there is another major fraud or corporate bankruptcy story connected with him.
Conan the Barbarian (2011)
Domestic Total as of Aug. 21, 2011: $10,021,215
Production Budget: $90 million
Conan the Barbarian went the way of past August fantasy/ancient action movies and flopped hard. Joining the ranks of Kull the Conqueror and The Last Legion and grabbing less interest than even The 13th Warrior, Conan reaped $10 million on around 4,500 screens at 3,015 locations. It was a far cry from the 1982 Conan, which had over three times the attendance on its opening weekend.
The Conan remake’s marketing relied on the brand name and generic fantasy action instead of presenting a compelling story and strong characters. The movie’s director, Marcus Nispel, was also responsible for the similar dud Pathfinder. With roughly 2,100 locations, 3D was 61 percent of Conan’s take. Distributor Lionsgate’s exit polling showed that 65 percent of Conan’s was male and 69 percent was over 25 years old.
I knew this movie had bomb written all over it. Director makes bombs. Cast with no real names. Appears it’s another “Clash of the Titans” type remake were it was filmed in 2D, and cheesy 3D looking effects added later.
Poorly marketed. The lead in the movie was on O’Brian being interviewed, and he looked like a clueless mimbo who didn’t even want to talk about the movie.
He’s got a supporting role on Game of Thrones. That’s really all he’s ever done.
The fans who would really flock to these movies want them to be R rated, and really go for the blood and sex. But Hollywood tries to turn out these barbarian movies like Scorpion King that end up being sad farces looking for tongue in cheek humor and PG level blood and gore. Instead of Conan the Barbarian, you get Conan the Destroyer. Ugggghhh... Hollywood will never learn.
The suit should be over the crappy movie not whether they had the right to make it. They might have had the right but they didn’t have the talent.