Polar Express is financed by Steve Bing. He invested about 80 mil on it. So far, the movie has made 53 mil in its 13th day. His other investment: Kerry. Bing gave about 15 mil.
The Incredibles was great! I have seen it three times and plan to go again.
Even though my husband and I try to go to the movies a few times a month, we refused to see the slasher flicks they had out; refused to see that Susan Sarandan dance movie because I will not support her no matter what; we refused to see the new Pierce Brosnan movie because he is another stupid lib who can't keep his mouth shut about politics, and we WILL NOT go see the upcoming movie that is a sequel to Meet the Parents ... because Babs is in that one. We did see Mel Gibson's Paparazzi movie, that was the last one we saw before the Incredibles.
Another good one was Ladder 49, if anyone hadn't seen it.
Thanks for the info on Steve Bing; I won't see Polar Express now. We went to National Treasure tonight; it was a fun escapist movie. But I wonder when Hollywood is going to figure it out, that we don't want to give more money to the people who keep telling us what stupid repugnant (Julia Roberts) morons we are because we are Republicans or support our President.
Gosh, I am hoping and praying (snicker) that Bing-a-ling did not engage in icky Enron-style accounting procedures to hedge his huge losses on Polar Express, and his Kerry investment debacle, and maybe try to fool the IRS, the SEC, and the FEC.........stuff like that.
That's standard operating procedure in Follywood.....cooking the books. And it's time someone did something about it.
There's been numerous instances of Hollyweirdos book-cooking.....in one notorious case actor Robert Wagner was forced to sue Aaron Spelling (he of mega-hit fame) b/c Spelling cheated Wagner out of profits from an investment in a Spelling production. Many do not sue, fearing bad PR, loss of corner tables at Le Dome, and no invitations to A-list parties.
Same goes for Michael Moore. F/911 was supposed to be a big hit. But I am skeptical. Every store I shop for DVD's, I see piles of F/911 stacked up. Nobody's buying the trash. I do hope and pray Moore did not engage in sloppy bookeeping to show profits for 9/11 where none existed (smirk).
Is Polar Express some sort of children's book? I've heard the previews call it a beloved story and I'd never heard of it. They got hammered by going against The Incredibles.
The Incredibles was awesome. Very strong on family and personal dignity. I like that dad, hunkered in a cube at work when he wants to be saving the world .. reminds me of someone! (well, sans superpowers...)
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy! /sarcasm
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Rule of thumb is; a film must do 250% of costs, including Prints and Advertising (P&A) in order to break even.
>Polar Express is financed by Steve Bing. He invested about 80 mil on it. So far, the movie has made 53 mil in its 13th day.<
My 15 year old and her friend went to see PE last weekend. They were bored by it and walked out. From what she told me, the movie strayed far from the book.