UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Dragonslayer -- in 4k UHD (1 Viewer)

[John Skoda]

Speaking as a musician and composer, I'd say the score is a masterpiece, but I thought that it didn't fit quite right in some scenes..

Really enjoyed seeing this movie again. Script is just right. Casting is perfect. Effects are still amazing.

If you want to see how much the score adds to the movie, watch the trailer. I don't think that's North's music in the trailer, and without that the movie seems really boring. Add to that the fact they don't show much of the dragon because they don't want to give it away.

 

[Bryan^H]

I watched it projected at 140", and it was very impressive. The Atmos sound is nice too. Kind of sad we had to wait so long to get this on BD.

 

[Sam Favate]

I probably hadn’t seen Dragonslayer in 40 years, but I sure enjoyed the 4k presentation, which I watched last night. It borrowed more from Tolkien than I remembered (the dragon terrorizing a village, the wizard dying and coming back in white, the destruction of the amulet/ring, and so on), but that was in the days after Ralph Bakshi’s LOTR animated movie when a live-action Tolkien was thought to be unfilmable. The movie shows genuine appreciation for Tolkien. It’s not the epic that Excalibur was (only a few months earlier) but it’s a surprisingly realistic fairy tale, with stunning effects for 1981 (the producers wisely sought out ILM who were at the top of their game). I feel like the effect of having Alec Guinness in Star Wars ushered in new careers for that generation of British Shakespearean actors, so much so that Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud and the like should’ve given Guinness a cut. The movie may have underwhelmed at the summer box office, but let’s be fair: it was competing with Raiders of the Lost Ark, Superman II and For Your Eyes Only. Still, it found an audience and is fondly remembered more than forty years later.

 

[Dick]

I received my copy from Target today courtesy of the USPS today and it has not only a slipcover but a digital code that says Dragonslayer upon it ....

Perhaps they needs to put out a Dragonet

A novelty classic from

I received my copy from Target today courtesy of the USPS today and it has not only a slipcover but a digital code that says Dragonslayer upon it ....

Perhaps they needs to put out a Dragonet

A real novelty classic from 1953, backed with "Little Blue Riding Hood." Stan Freberg was a treasure.

 

[Dick]

but let’s be fair: it was competing with Raiders of the Lost Ark, Superman II and For Your Eyes Only.

To say nothing of Harryhausen's final effort, CLASH OF THE TITANS, which was a box office hit, though arguably not in the same league as DRAGONSLAYER.

 

[Tino]

CLASH OF THE TITANS, which was a box office hit,

It made $30 million domestically in 1981, which is about 100 million in todays dollars. I would call that mildly successful instead of a hit.

 

[Robert Crawford]

It made $30 million domestically in 1981, which is about 100 million in todays dollars. I would call that mildly successful instead of a hit.

It got a couple of bucks out of me.

 

[Tino]

It got a couple of bucks out of me.

Me too. I saw it opening day. Along with History Of The World Part 1, which opened on the same day.

 

[Dick]

It made $30 million domestically in 1981, which is about 100 million in todays dollars. I would call that mildly successful instead of a hit.

I think in those days that would have been considered a minor hit. In any case, it did far better than DRAGONSLAYER.

 

[Dick]

That one tracking shot of Galen riding the horse out of the castle into the green valley is still one of the greatest images I've ever seen in any film. It stood out in the trailer before I saw it. But the odd atonal score and dark vibe kept the film from having the fun it needed to be a hit. The 4k looks great and the matte/blue screen touch-ups are acceptable as they're not rewrites like Lucas.

It is a beautiful shot. Too bad it flies by so quickly. If you bend over to pick up something you dropped on the floor, you'll miss it.

 

[Dick]

Definitely "PG-13" today. The brief nudity alone would ensure that.

That nudity is a nothingburger. Blink and you miss it. I'd say the intensity of the violence would guarantee the PG13 rating.

 

[Worth]

I think in those days that would have been considered a minor hit. In any case, it did far better than DRAGONSLAYER.

It made $45 million worldwide on a $15 million budget.

 

[John Maher_289910]

It made $30 million domestically in 1981, which is about 100 million in todays dollars. I would call that mildly successful instead of a hit.

It made $70 million worldwide. That would be $235 million dollars, today. On its modest budget by comparison to its competition, that's a very big hit.

 

[Tino]

It made $70 million worldwide. That would be $235 million dollars, today. On its modest budget by comparison to its competition, that's a very big hit.

Umm… more like $41 million worldwide.

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CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981)​

All Releases​

DOMESTIC (100%)
$41,092,328
INTERNATIONAL (–)
–
WORLDWIDE
$41,092,328

$41,000,000 in 1981 is worth $137,880,429.04today​

So yeah… so I stand by mildly successful.

 

[Tino]

It is a beautiful shot. Too bad it flies by so quickly. If you bend over to pick up something you dropped on the floor, you'll miss it.

I remember being blown away by that shot back in 1981 in the theater. Beautiful.

 

[John Maher_289910]

Umm… more like $41 million worldwide.

​

CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981)​

All Releases​

DOMESTIC (100%)
$41,092,328
INTERNATIONAL (–)
–
WORLDWIDE
$41,092,328

$41,000,000 in 1981 is worth $137,880,429.04today​

So yeah… so I stand by mildly successful.

Do you think because you went to a source that thinks the film had no international release, that it didn't? It was released in 28 other countries other than United States and Canada. You are only counting the North American box office. The film made in excess of $70 million, and I stand by a big hit.

 

[Malcolm R]

Every box office info site seems to have different numbers for films (even current titles). I'm not sure any of them can be relied upon for absolute accurate numbers, high or low. Especially worldwide totals from 40 years ago.

 

[Tino]

Do you think because you went to a source that thinks the film had no international release, that it didn't? It was released in 28 other countries other than United States and Canada. You are only counting the North American box office. The film made in excess of $70 million, and I stand by a big hit.

Oh sorry…$44 million and as I said that’s WORLDWIDE INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL.

from the numbers.com

Clash of the Titans (1981)​

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office	$30,000,000	Details
International Box Office	$14,400,000	Details
Worldwide Box Office	$44,400,000

Opening Weekend:	$6,580,742 (21.9% of total gross)
Legs:	4.56 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:	67.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:	$15,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.0 times production budget)
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO	$98,956,826

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists​

Record	Rank	Amount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000)	2,951​	$30,000,000​
All Time International Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100)	4,018​	$14,400,000​
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,201-3,300)	3,277​

Clash of the Titans (1981) - Financial Information

Financial analysis of Clash of the Titans (1981) including budget, domestic and international box office gross, DVD and Blu-ray sales reports, total earnings and profitability.

www.the-numbers.com

 

[Neil S. Bulk]

According to Hollywood accounting, no movie has ever turned a profit.

 

[JoshZ]

According to Hollywood accounting, no movie has ever turned a profit.

Indeed, the more money a movie makes, the bigger a financial failure it is and the greater a loss the studio must claim.