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Originally Posted by Patrick Sun [url=/forum/thread/279905/2009-at-the-box-office/1440#post_3645121]

"Profitability" has never been a big factor in the discussion of movie success. "Paranormal Activity" was a jillion times more profitable than "Avatar" could ever be, but not that many people care about that. It's all about total grosses, baby!

$200m for "The Blind Side" would impress me more than $700m for "Avatar". "Blind Side" was a total out of nowhere flick - I didn't even know it existed until it was out for a couple of weeks! "Avatar" came with a certain level of guaranteed success, but "Blind Side" could've vanished without a...

To some degree, they don't. If I wanted to see "Avatar" at my local multiplex, I had this choice: 3D or IMAX 3D. No 2D version playing there, and that's not the only place without a 2D option. So yes, I could've gone out of my way to see it 2D, but that'd defeat the purpose of saving a few...

Originally Posted by Michael Elliott [url=/forum/thread/279905/2009-at-the-box-office/1380#post_3643665]

Kids go to school roughly 180 days/year, and I believe that was the case when I was a kid many moons ago. Kids have it no easier or tougher now - the number of holidays are virtually the same, but their distribution is different...

In VA/MD, 12/23 would've been the last day, but the blizzard kept kids home 12/21 and 12/22. And that storm clearly hurt business on the east coast over the movie's opening weekend...

Yeah, no one ever heard of that Hitchcock guy...

Never say never. You, I and everyone else would've said a fantasy flick had a zero percent chance of a BP Oscar prior to "LOTR"... Neve

Oscar buzz for Streep? Shocking!

Gotta admit I'm surprised that The Proposal is doing so well. It looks like a by the numbers romantic comedy, and it's not like Bullock and Reynolds are huge box office draws. Never saw that one passing $100m!

Well, Murphy was second billed on "Best Defense", so I think it counts, especially if we're counting the "Shrek" movies and "Dreamgirls" among his hits, as he didn't really headline those, either. I'm actually surprised to see that "Another 48 Hrs." made that much money. I remember it as a...

Curious to know how you're defining "flops" and "headlined". Here are the ones I count as Murphy's headlining flops: Imagine That (2009) Meet Dave (2008) I Spy (2002) The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) Showtime (2002) Life (1999/I) Holy Man (1998) Metro (1997) Vampire in Brooklyn...

I DIDN'T like the first one, but I know I'll see the second one - I'm a sucker for loud summer flicks!

Wait a minute - did you actually just refer to "Jaws the Revenge" as a "good movie"??? :eek:

Actially, "X-Men 3" did MORE than half of its US total during opening weekend. It took in a little more than 52% during its first weekend...

When The Matrix came out in March 1999, I thought that sort of signalled a NEW really early start to summer. Granted, I don't think anyone expected it to be such a big hit, so I don't think this was a "let's start summer in March!" movement, but it DID show studios that they could make big bucks...

I think it's almost entirely BECAUSE of Smith that Seven Pounds did as well as it did. The marketing campaign was weak - it left you with very little idea what the film was about. I actually don't blame the ad people; you can't spell out too much about the story without giving away spoilers, so...

But Neeson LOOKS younger than Abe did for much of his life. Your average 50-year-old in 2009 looks younger than your average 50-year-old in 1909, and not just because of plastic surgery. I don't think chronological age matters a whole lot for an actor... I'm shocked to see how well "Mall...

"The Fountain" was his biggest "hit" with a massive $10 million gross. Both "Requiem..." and "Pi" made about $3 million. Not exactly rewriting record books, eh? Apparently he's directing a "RoboCop" remake, though - that'll be interesting...