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'King Kong' Bombing Big Time at Box Office
FoxNews ^ | December 16,2005 | Roger Friedman

Posted on 12/16/2005 6:02:01 PM PST by heldmyw

'King Kong' Bombing Big Time at Box Office Friday, December 16, 2005 By Roger Friedman

What's happened? Peter Jackson's "King Kong" — a three-hour, $300 million extravaganza that wowed advance screening audiences — is a catastrophe in the making.

On Thursday, Kong's take was a measly $6,295,755 — off $35.5 from Wednesday's weak $9,755,745 opening day. Kong ranks now as the 21st best Wednesday opening ever — a dubious distinction.

Something is certainly wrong. It could be the movie's daunting length, or even a slow middle section that would have benefited from cutting. The leads are all solid actors — Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black — but none of them is a star attraction. That might be the trouble, but I doubt it.

In fact, Kong seems like a no-brainer. Great special effects, and a main character — the ape — that is more three-dimensional than a lot of humans in movies this winter.

But there's some kind of snafu, and if Universal doesn't figure it out shortly, "King Kong" could turn into a king-sized headache.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: boxoffice; crap; entertainment; flop; kingkong; kong; movies
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To: oceanview
It will be fine.

The movie will make a profit and the masses will be entertained.

I am looking forward to the 2046 remake.

21 posted on 12/16/2005 6:11:21 PM PST by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: bigsigh

Production Budget: $207 million

Est. Marketing Costs: $50 million

Domestic Total as of Dec. 15, 2005: $16,051,500


22 posted on 12/16/2005 6:11:22 PM PST by systematic (Folding@Home for Team FreeRepublic (Team# 36120))
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To: heldmyw

I've seen the movie - everyone I know has seen the movie. Everyone reading this has probably seen the movie. Why should we shell out $11 more to see a colorized version of it?


23 posted on 12/16/2005 6:12:12 PM PST by kingu
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To: systematic

and?


24 posted on 12/16/2005 6:12:53 PM PST by bigsigh
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To: HairOfTheDog

All these posters around here p!ssing on King Kong actually makes me want to go see it instead of Narnia.


25 posted on 12/16/2005 6:13:04 PM PST by ecurbh ()()A Festivus for the rest of us!()()
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To: Petronski
It averaged $2,700 per screen on Wed. and $1700 per screen Thursday.

In comparison Narnia averaged $907 and $1,006 on the same days.

Bareback Mountain averaged $14,112 and $12886 on the same days.
26 posted on 12/16/2005 6:14:53 PM PST by birbear (Admit it. you clicked on the "I have already previewed" button without actually previewing the post.)
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To: heldmyw

IT'S COLD, IT'S SNOWING, AND PEOPLE ARE STILL DOING HOLIDAY SHOPPING! PETER JACKSON IS AN IDIOT TO RELEASE THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER - AND ON A WEDNESDAY AT THAT! WHO IS GOING TO GO TO THE MOVIES ON A WEDNESDAY WHEN TEENS ARE IN SCHOOL (PREPARING FOR WINTER BREAK) AND ADULTS ARE GETTING OFF OF WORK? (Hmmm...I got laundry, pick the kids up, cook supper...oh yeah! I got time to watch a three-hour remake! NOT!) THIS IS A SUMMER MOVIE, NOT A WINTER MOVIE TRYING TO WIN STUPID ACADEMY AWARDS!


27 posted on 12/16/2005 6:15:47 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (None genuine without my signature)
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To: dagoofyfoot
What' wrong with Naomi Watts, or Adrein Brody anyway?

Like I said, I never heard of Andrien Brody. And I wasn't sure who Naomi Watts was.

If I was tortured, I couldn't tell you anything about either of those two. Not a damn thing.
28 posted on 12/16/2005 6:16:50 PM PST by birbear (Admit it. you clicked on the "I have already previewed" button without actually previewing the post.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Um... he released KK the same time he has released LOTR Triology.


29 posted on 12/16/2005 6:17:24 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: birbear

Adrien Brody has an oscar for The Pianist and was also excellent in The Village.


30 posted on 12/16/2005 6:18:13 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: marajade
Adrien Brody has an oscar for The Pianist and was also excellent in The Village.

Two movies that never made my radar screen.
31 posted on 12/16/2005 6:19:26 PM PST by birbear (Admit it. you clicked on the "I have already previewed" button without actually previewing the post.)
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To: birbear

Well that's your problem.


32 posted on 12/16/2005 6:20:00 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: marajade
Um... he released KK the same time he has released LOTR Triology.

Apples and oranges. LOTR had that holiday feel to it. Some movies are made to be released in a certain month. Should "Independence Day" have been released on a cold January weekend?

33 posted on 12/16/2005 6:21:18 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (None genuine without my signature)
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To: marajade; Extremely Extreme Extremist

Agreed, marajade... wintertime and the holidays is a really good time to release movies... People got to movies when it's cold out... He released this one about a week earlier than the LoTR movies... and I bet it'll pick up.

There's a lot of big movies out now... Narnia, the Potter movie... it's got competition for it's likely audience.


34 posted on 12/16/2005 6:21:29 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: kingu
>"I've seen the movie - everyone I know has seen the movie. Everyone reading this has probably seen the movie. Why should we shell out $11 more to see a colorized version of it?"

The LOTR trio of films were well done. Jackson had great material to work with.
This remake had about as much potential as a remake of Godzilla or Wolfman meets the Mummy.


PS The Simpsons Did It!!!!!




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35 posted on 12/16/2005 6:21:40 PM PST by rawcatslyentist (Why waste time learning when ignorance is instantaneous---Hobbes the Tiger)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Um were talking KK here...

How would LOTR have a holiday feel to it?


36 posted on 12/16/2005 6:22:09 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: marajade

I liked Adrien Brody's acting in "Summer of Sam" too. (Though I didn't like his character - he was gay on the down-low).


37 posted on 12/16/2005 6:22:11 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (None genuine without my signature)
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To: ecurbh
This is Jackson's Folly; I've predicted it ever since I first heard about it. It was a stupid idea for him to remake this classic.

Time for him to go back to his castle and begin working on The Hobbit.

38 posted on 12/16/2005 6:22:13 PM PST by Rocko (this post kills fascists...and communists)
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To: heldmyw

Well, I am hoping to see it tomorrow.


39 posted on 12/16/2005 6:22:46 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: HairOfTheDog

It'll be okay... Munich and Memoirs of a Geisha starts 12/23.

It may not beat Harry Potter or SW this year, but it'll do just fine.


40 posted on 12/16/2005 6:23:22 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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