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post #301 of 1466
4/4/09 at 9:17pm

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It'll be interesting to see how Adventureland plays. The advertising is deceptive by playing up the Superbad connection because this movie has a much lighter touch and more serious dramatic ambitions. A lot of people going into the theater are going to get a very different experience than they'd expected. On the flip-side, it's a film a lot of twenty-somethings can relate to. $6 million opening?
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post #302 of 1466
4/5/09 at 9:23am

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I think the studios are killing themselves in opening too many summer blockbusters in May. Just look at this years schedule. One week after the other is a "potential" summer hit. I quote potential cause I think it'll have big opening weekend numbers but because there'll be another big movie opening a week later it may not have longevity. As Fast and Furious proves, in these tough economic times, people will go out and see movies in droves any time of the year. Studios need to recognize that and spread their releases out more.
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post #303 of 1466
4/5/09 at 12:17pm
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No report from me today, had a small mishap in the neighborhood that will have me busy for much of the day. Enjoy this report from Coming Soon...

1 - Fast & Furious Universal Pictures $72,508,000 3,461 $72,508,000 1
2 1 Monsters vs. Aliens DreamWorks Animation (Paramount) $33,510,000 4,109 $105,700,000 2
3 2 The Haunting in Connecticut Lionsgate $9,550,000 2,732 $37,240,000 2
4 3 Knowing Summit Entertainment $8,130,000 3,323 $58,204,000 3
5 4 I Love You, Man DreamWorks Pictures (Paramount) $7,850,000 2,829 $49,287,000 3
6 - Adventureland Miramax Films $6,010,000 1,862 $601,000 1
7 5 Duplicity Universal Pictures $4,300,000 2,522 $32,376,000 3
8 6 Race to Witch Mountain Walt Disney Pictures $3,351,000 2,825 $58,388,000 4
9 7 12 Rounds 20th Century Fox $2,300,000 2,331 $9,022,000 2
10 11 Sunshine Cleaning Overture Films $1,879,000 479 $4,775,000 4
11 9 Taken 20th Century Fox $1,580,000 1,355 $139,452,000 10
12 10 The Last House on the Left Rogue Pictures $1,312,000 1,305 $30,726,000 4

Fast & Furious Fires Up Record $72.5 Million! - ComingSoon.net

The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Click here for the full box office estimates of the top 12 films and then check back on Monday for the final figures based on actual box office.

Universal Pictures' Fast & Furious destroyed the previous April opening record, earning an estimated $72.5 million from 3,461 theaters for a massive average of $20,950 per site. The previous record holder was Anger Management, which opened to $42.2 million in 2003. Made for about $85 million, the reunion of Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster is the best opening of 2009 so far. The Justin Lin-directed film has made $30.1 million internationally as well, bringing its worldwide total to $102.6 million. The 2001 original The Fast and the Furious opened to $40.1 million. It was followed by 2 Fast 2 Furious in 2003 with an opening of $50.5 million, and 2006's The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (also directed by Lin), which brought in $24 million its first weekend. Their respective totals were $144.5 million, $127.1 million and $62.5 million, so Fast & Furious has already surpassed "Tokyo Drift's" total earnings!

In second place, DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs. Aliens dropped a moderate 43.5% in ticket sales its second weekend, adding $33.5 million for a total of $105.7 million. The 3D animated film was made for about $175 million.

Lionsgate's The Haunting in Connecticut came in at No. 3 with $9.6 million. The horror-thriller has collected $37.2 million in two weeks.

Alex Proyas' sci-fi thriller Knowing added $8.1 million in fourth place and has reached $58.2 million after three weeks of release.

The Paul Rudd and Jason Segel comedy I Love You, Man earned another $7.9 million in fifth place and has made a total of $49.3 million in three weeks.

Miramax Films' new comedy Adventureland debuted in sixth place with $6 million from 1,862 theaters. Written and directed by Greg Mottola, the film stars Jesse Eisenberg, Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Paige Howard, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader and Margarita Levieva.
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post #304 of 1466
4/5/09 at 5:44pm

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Fast and Furious made bank! Well, it's good to see that the theaters aren't dying yet. YEAY!
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post #305 of 1466
4/6/09 at 2:06am

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I think Paramount should've given some thought to opening Star Trek in April.

Have you seen the release schedule for the next two weeks? Wiiiiiiiiiide open. And you got kids/teens out on spring break.

Huge opening for FAF, but I suspect it'll also have a big drop off next weekend as the bulk of its fan base already saw it I think. We'll see though.
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post #306 of 1466
4/7/09 at 9:36pm

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This recession is going to be great for Hollywood. I can feel a huge year....there must be something more from Transporter.
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post #307 of 1466
4/11/09 at 7:26am

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Holy cow. The Hannah Montana movie brought in $17M yesterday
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post #308 of 1466
4/11/09 at 10:35am
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Friday Estimates

#1 "Hannah Montana: The Movie" $17.4 million
#2 "Fast & Furious" $10.6 million ($99.8 million) 65% Friday-to-Friday drop
#3 "Monsters vs. Aliens" $9.1 million ($127.5 million) 3% Friday-to-Friday increase
#4 "Observe and Report" $4.8 million
#5 "Knowing" $2.4 million ($63.7 million) 14% Friday-to-Friday drop
#6 "The Haunting in Connecticut" $2.4 million ($42.9 million) 37% Friday-to-Friday drop
#7 "I Love You, Man" $2.3 million ($54.9 million) 16% Friday-to-Friday drop
#8 "Dragonball Evolution" $2.1 million
#9 "Adventureland" $1.2 million ($9.2 million) 43% Friday-to-Friday drop
#10 "Duplicity" $1.0 million ($34.9 million) 26% Friday-to-Friday drop
#11 "Race to Witch Mountain" $790K ($60.8 million) 17% Friday-to-Friday drop
#12 "Sunshine Cleaning" $575K ($6.0 million) 1% Friday-to-Friday increase

Behind a surprisingly potent start for the new 'Hannah Montana' movie, this will probably end up being the biggest Easter weekend frame in history. After a $17.4 million first-day haul, Disney is expecting "Hannah Montana: The Movie" to have a debut weekend tally in the neighborhood of $35-$40 million, while rival studios believe the movie could soar as high $45 million. That would give it the biggest Easter launch in history, passing the $40.2 million opening of "Scary Movie 4".

"Fast & Furious" had an understandably steep 65% Friday-to-Friday dip, but should have a sophomore weekend mark in the area of $25-$30 million. The movie will pass the century mark today, its eighth day of release. "Monsters vs. Aliens" will put up a strong fight for the #2 slot this weekend as it saw a 3% increase in its numbers from last weekend. "Obverse and Report" got off to a good start as it pulled in just shy of $5 million during its opening day. "Knowing" rounds out the top five as it suffered only a minor 14% dip in its numbers from last Friday.

Not only will this be the biggest Easter weekend in history, but also the first day the frame has seen the top three films each earn north of the $20 million mark. This weekend should also give April the second best (following last weekend's monster showing) top 12 finish the month has ever had.
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post #309 of 1466
4/12/09 at 8:34am

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My wife and I, and four of our girls, went to see Hannah Montana: The Movie on Friday. The theater we went to in Grand Rapids (Michigan) was showing the film seven times that day (including a 10:40 p.m. start time for its final showing); we bought our tickets the night before online to be certain we'd get them. The theater was about 3/4 full, which actually surprised me. I thought it was going to be jam-packed, but it could be that we were there a bit earlier than most. Anyway, we're going to see the film a second time next weekend when it opens in our home town.
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post #310 of 1466
4/12/09 at 10:30am

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You know, I don't understand how movies have figured this out but TV hasn't. Family films make money, they don't even have to be the greatest thing going. They just have to be decent, take the kids, family movies.

Meanwhile, on TV, there are fewer and fewer shows you can watch with younger kids on in prime time, and the major networks complain.. they keep going after the core demographic, without realizing lots of that demographic does have kids, and by default, isn't going to watch crap with their kids around.

I'm not a Hannah Montana fan, but it's been a ratings success for Disney on cable, and the movie is doing bangup business. Which tells me that if it were primetime ABC, ona n ABC Friday night like they had in the 90s, it would also be a success there too.
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post #311 of 1466
4/12/09 at 11:43am
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Weekend Estimates

#1 "Hannah Montana: The Movie" $34.0 million
#2 "Fast & Furious" $28.8 million ($118.0 million) -59%
#3 "Monsters vs. Aliens" $22.6 million ($141.0 million) -31%
#4 "Observe and Report" $11.1 million
#5 "Knowing" $6.7 million ($68.0 million) -18%
#6 "I Love You, Man" $6.4 million ($59.0 million) -17%
#7 "The Haunting in Connecticut" $5.7 million ($46.3 million) -40%
#8 "Dragonball Evolution" $4.7 million
#9 "Adventureland" $3.4 million ($11.5 million) -40%
#10 "Duplicity" $3.0 million ($36.8 million) -28%
#11 "Race to Witch Mountain" $2.0 million ($62.1 million) -38%
#12 "Sunshine Cleaning" $1.8 million ($7.2 million) Even

Moviegoers shelled out $130.2 million on the top 12 films this weekend, making this the biggest Easter frame in Hollywood history. This also marks the second best top 12 finish ever for the month of April, following last weekend's record-shattering haul of nearly $150 million. Business was up an impressive 33% compared to Easter '08, as well as being 21% stronger than Easter '07.

2009's year-to-date domestic haul now stands at a towering $2.793 billion, representing a 15% bump over both last year ($2.437 billion) and '07 ($2.430 billion), up 22% over '06 ($2.295 billion), and a 24% improvement over '05 ($2.256 billion). '09 looks to have more than $3 billion in the bank by the time the summer season starts in May. The studios also reported that attendance is up nearly 12% this year compared to last.

Disney's "Hannah Montana: The Movie" got off to a bigger start than the studio anticipated as the family flick pulled in $34 million this weekend. This marks the second best Easter opening in history behind "Scary Movie 4" ($40.2 million), as well as being the seventh film this year so far to have an opening weekend mark north of the $30 million mark, which adds to 2009's growing list of records broking. The previous high-water mark was held by 2007, which had five such openers.

'Hannah Montana' earned a stellar average of $10,904 from its 3,118 theaters. Disney had hoped for an opening in the area of $20 million and were pleasantly surprised by the film's potent debut. The studio expects this one to have a very strong run in the coming weeks.

Universal's "Fast & Furious" was off by 59% as it took second this weekend. The film earned a very solid second-weekend haul of nearly $29 million and has so far tallied just over $118 million. F&F is the fifth movie this year to pass the century mark, which marks a record for the January-thru-April portion of a calendar year. 2007 had the previous record at four. The studio is expecting a final haul in the neighborhood of $170-$180 million, making this the biggest hit of the F&F franchise. The studio is already prepping a follow-up that will once again star Vin Diesel and Paul Walker.

DreamWorks/Paramount's "Monsters vs. Aliens" also had a solid performance this weekend as it was off by only 31%. The animated flick has so far tallied just over $141 million and is expected to top out in the area of $190-$200 million.

WB's "Observe and Report" got off to a decent start as it tallied more than $11 million this weekend, earning a per-theater average of $4,085 from its 2,727 locations, marking the fourth best average of the top 12. The jury is still out on whether this one will have strong legs or not.

Fox's "Dragonball Evolution" didn't make much noise this weekend as it debuted in the eighth slot, earning a meager average of $2,132 from its 2,181 theaters. Look for this one to fade fast from theaters.

Next weekend will see WB's "17 Again", Universal's "State of Play", and Lionsgate's "Crank: High Voltage" all hit theaters.
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post #312 of 1466
4/12/09 at 11:57am

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Originally Posted by mattCR
You know, I don't understand how movies have figured this out but TV hasn't. Family films make money, they don't even have to be the greatest thing going. They just have to be decent, take the kids, family movies.

Meanwhile, on TV, there are fewer and fewer shows you can watch with younger kids on in prime time, and the major networks complain.. they keep going after the core demographic, without realizing lots of that demographic does have kids, and by default, isn't going to watch crap with their kids around.

I'm not a Hannah Montana fan, but it's been a ratings success for Disney on cable, and the movie is doing bangup business. Which tells me that if it were primetime ABC, ona n ABC Friday night like they had in the 90s, it would also be a success there too.
Matt,

I agree with much of what you wrote. I am the father of several children, and there are few network programs that we can watch as a family for the reasons you stated. (This is another reason why we watch so very many series from the 1960s on DVD.) Heck, it used to be that I muted commercials -- now I change the channel because even the visual aspect of many commercials are in my estimation inappropriate for our children.

Your speculation regarding how HM would do/have done in primetime is interesting. It sure did better than anticipated on Disney back in March of 2006. It would have been neat to see how the show would have done on one of the major networks, especially if it had been allowed to follow -- like it did on the Disney Channel three years ago -- the (at the time) much ballyhooed lead-in film, High School Musical.
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post #313 of 1466
4/12/09 at 1:19pm

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Originally Posted by mattCR
I'm not a Hannah Montana fan, but it's been a ratings success for Disney on cable, and the movie is doing bangup business. Which tells me that if it were primetime ABC, ona n ABC Friday night like they had in the 90s, it would also be a success there too.
Hannah Montana wouldn't be the phenomena that it has become if it were on ABC. Disney Channel isn't just a cable network, it's a brand. There's the show, the concerts, the CDs, the merchandise, the radio broadcasts, etc. etc. etc. The cigarette industry wishes it had Disney Channel's marketing arm.

The biggest loss for family-friendly programming has been the loss of sitcoms as a TV standard. The few that have managed to break through in primetime have been the edgier ones, like "Two and a Half Men" and "How I Met Your Mother".

ABC's TGIF lineup lasted a lot longer than the ratings did. With family friendly channels like Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and ABC Family a lot of families turned the dial and never looked back.

Since cable became a direct competitor to the Big Four, they no longer feel the need to be all things to all people. I've got the PBS's "Great Performances" concert of Rogers and Hammerstein's South Pacific with Reba McEntire and Alec Baldwin on in the other room, and it struck me that PBS is really the only source for cultural programming left any more.
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post #314 of 1466
4/12/09 at 3:21pm

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Originally Posted by Ockeghem
Matt,

I agree with much of what you wrote. I am the father of several children, and there are few network programs that we can watch as a family for the reasons you stated. (This is another reason why we watch so very many series from the 1960s on DVD.) Heck, it used to be that I muted commercials -- now I change the channel because even the visual aspect of many commercials are in my estimation inappropriate for our children.

Your speculation regarding how HM would do/have done in primetime is interesting. It sure did better than anticipated on Disney back in March of 2006. It would have been neat to see how the show would have done on one of the major networks, especially if it had been allowed to follow -- like it did on the Disney Channel three years ago -- the (at the time) much ballyhooed lead-in film, High School Musical.

the vast majority of the pilots in production or on order this year are for half hour family sitcoms. TGIF may be making a return of sorts this fall.
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post #315 of 1466
4/12/09 at 4:59pm

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Do parents actually enjoy watching Hannah Montana though?

Five minutes of the Disney Channel would probably send me running for some "Full House", "Family Matters", or "Perfect Strangers".
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post #316 of 1466
4/12/09 at 5:59pm

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Originally Posted by Pete-D
Do parents actually enjoy watching Hannah Montana though?

Five minutes of the Disney Channel would probably send me running for some "Full House", "Family Matters", or "Perfect Strangers".

I'm still rather shocked that parents want their kids watching or looking up to her.
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post #317 of 1466
4/12/09 at 6:04pm

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There seem to be plenty of family film bombs that would speak to the contrary. It seems like if they're not labeled "Disney" or "Dreamworks," they're ignored by the family crowd.
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post #318 of 1466
4/12/09 at 6:42pm

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Do parents actually enjoy watching Hannah Montana though?

Five minutes of the Disney Channel would probably send me running for some "Full House", "Family Matters", or "Perfect Strangers".

I've never watched Hannah Montana, so I can't say anything. But my kids do enjoy "Wizards of Waverly Place" which I understand will be a film soon. Is it goofy? Sure, but I admit, I've laughed here and there, and when I watch something with my 8/9 year olds, I don't mind, and surprisingly, they can be witty at times.

Anyway, it's a movies thread. It's a pretty stunning box office for Hannah Montana this weekend, and Disney has got to be insanely happy. It's opening weekend made more money then the film cost.

Great summary of the whole affair here:

Jim Hill : ?Hannah Montana: The Movie? shrewdly expands the worlds of this hit Disney Channel series

As to the other.. I'm 100% convinced someone could bring back something -LIKE- TGIF and succeed. "Are You Smarter then a Fifth Grader" may be a game show, but it appeals to that demo.. families with kids; etc.
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post #319 of 1466
4/12/09 at 7:03pm

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Looks like "Watchmen" will not even reach $110 million domestic. It just crawled across $106 million this weekend and is shedding screens like crazy.
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post #320 of 1466
4/12/09 at 7:45pm

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Originally Posted by TerryRL
WB's "Observe and Report" got off to a decent start as it tallied more than $11 million this weekend, earning a per-theater average of $4,085 from its 2,727 locations, marking the fourth best average of the top 12. The jury is still out on whether this one will have strong legs or not.
I liked the movie but I think it'll crash and burn next weekend. People want to see Seth Rogen in Knock Up Again or Even More Superbad and Observe And Report is not that.
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post #321 of 1466
4/12/09 at 8:51pm

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Originally Posted by Pete-D
Do parents actually enjoy watching Hannah Montana though?
I can speak for my family, and for my friends' families whom I know watch the show. The answer is a resounding yes. But in most cases it is probably because we/they have children who enjoy watching innocuous programming.

For my own part, however, there are other reasons. Our family is very musical. Our children play guitar, flute, clarinet, piano, bassoon, and violin. Some of them -- especially those who play polyphonic instruments -- pick out the chords and the harmonic progressions that they hear watching the show and listening repeatedly to the recordings. They also write down what they hear vocally and instrumentally as far as their skill level will allow at this point. Because we teach ear-training and composition along with other aspects of music theory, the melodic and harmonic aspects -- some of which are quite remote as far as the relationship between tonal centers is concerned -- heard in many songs from the show and on related recordings is a very nice way to tie-in their enjoyment of the program with their development as musicians and/or composers. We've been using tunes from several of her albums the past couple of years to teach not only these aspects, but the concepts of modality and tonality in general.

I apologize if I took the thread off topic.
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post #322 of 1466
4/12/09 at 10:58pm

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So is Observe and Report now officially Seth Rogen's "The Cable Guy"? or do we have to wait a few years yet for that?
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post #323 of 1466
4/13/09 at 11:22am

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what're the expectations for the soloist?
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post #324 of 1466
4/14/09 at 10:18am

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Looks like Jamie Foxx won't be seeing the Hannah Montana Movie -

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"Who is Miley Cyrus?" an incredulous Jamie Foxx, who has a teenage daughter of his own, said. "The one with all the gums? She gotta get a gum transplant...S--t.

The insults didn't stop there. Or get less personal.

"She's gonna ruin Radiohead's career? The same Radiohead that gets paid a million dollars just to sample their songs?

"Make a sex tape and grow up," he continued. "Get like Britney Spears and do some heroin. Do like Lindsay Lohan and start seeing a lesbian and get some crack in your pipe. Catch chlamydia on a bicycle seat.

"That's what I want."




Jamie Foxx Slams Miley Cyrus: "Make a Sex Tape...Do Some Heroin" - E! Online
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post #325 of 1466
4/14/09 at 10:26am

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^ I'm sure he said that as a (warped) joke but it still reads pretty harsh. I can get trashing people who have made themselves easy targets like Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan but goddamn what did Miley Cyrus do to anyone?
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post #326 of 1466
4/14/09 at 10:31am

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And she's only like what, 15?
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post #327 of 1466
4/14/09 at 1:10pm

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Originally Posted by Malcolm R
Looks like "Watchmen" will not even reach $110 million domestic. It just crawled across $106 million this weekend and is shedding screens like crazy.
Goes to show that you can never manufacture a hit. People see what they want to see, for good or ill.
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post #328 of 1466
4/14/09 at 2:13pm

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Originally Posted by Brandon Conway
Goes to show that you can never manufacture a hit. People see what they want to see, for good or ill.

Isn't the Watchmen the opposite example of that though?

Seems to me like they could have pared down the violence, nudity, set the story in 2009, dropped the politics, upped the action, and made it a more paint-by-the-numbers superhero group movie with a little bit of an edge to it and probably have hit $200 million.

Not saying that would've been a good thing, but Hollywood manufactures "hits" all the time.

For a big budget project, the Watchmen, aside from its glossy exterior, is a very unconventional studio film.
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post #329 of 1466
4/14/09 at 2:18pm

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Originally Posted by Steve Christou
And she's only like what, 15?
Miley Cyrus is almost sixteen-and-a-half. She'll turn seventeen on November 23, 2009.
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post #330 of 1466
4/14/09 at 2:22pm

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Originally Posted by TravisR
^ I'm sure he said that as a (warped) joke but it still reads pretty harsh. I can get trashing people who have made themselves easy targets like Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan but goddamn what did Miley Cyrus do to anyone?

Well I don't think the "I'm going to ruin Radiohead" quip sat well with a lot of "grown ups".

Lets be honest too, there's a pretty good chance she's not going to have the greatest career longevity (much like her dad or the Olsen Twins). While I agree that was harsh, she'll probably get used to getting ragged on.

It comes with the territory.
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