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'Ben-Hur' Faces Epic $120M Loss as Summer's Biggest Box-Office Bust
Hollywood Reporter ^
| 9/8/2016
| Pamela McClintock
Posted on 09/08/2016 12:45:52 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96
The math is not right.
The movie cost "nearly 100 Million to make" plus marketing. It had grossed 54 Million so far and they claim a $120 million loss.
My brother-in-law worked as an accountant for a major studio. His comment to me once was: If the box office receipts equal production costs, then everyone has "made money". He also gave me many examples of how they bury 'costs' so as to put money into the right pockets.
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posted on
09/08/2016 12:59:40 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(Open borders will be the 'beso de la muerte for America.)
To: DouglasKC
The star lookedlike he had zero charisma. The producers were Burnet and his wife.
To: simpson96
Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 28% rating, which is abysmal.
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posted on
09/08/2016 1:01:47 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
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posted on
09/08/2016 1:02:27 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: Jonty30
I went to see it. The Christian symbolism is more notable in this version then the original. I enjoyed it.
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posted on
09/08/2016 1:02:51 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(ALLAH AKBAR = HEIL HITLER)
To: Sans-Culotte
"...it was foolish to remake a movie as classic as the 1959 Ben-Hur."
Incredibly so!
To: Snickering Hound
A movie that truly did not need a remake. I still remember the first time I saw it.
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posted on
09/08/2016 1:03:16 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: fortheDeclaration
Did you see it?
Because I did, and I did not feel any PC component at all, and the Christian element was heavier then the original.
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posted on
09/08/2016 1:05:09 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(ALLAH AKBAR = HEIL HITLER)
To: simpson96
Not wise at all to try to remake Classic Movies.
What will he try next Gone with the Wind?
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posted on
09/08/2016 1:05:58 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(That establishment heads from both sides are exploding over Trump is the very best part.)
To: simpson96
This flop was totally predictable.
1959's Ben Hur won a record breaking 11 Academy Awards including BEST PICTURE!
Ben Hur was also the fastest-grossing as well as the highest-grossing film of 1959, and was second in "all time gross receipts" right behind Gone With The Wind at that time.
I remember my parents making reservations with the Capri Theater so we could see Ben-Hur at their Sunday showing right after Church!
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posted on
09/08/2016 1:07:15 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: vladimir998
That's just it. Hollywood has been unable to come up with enough original concepts for movies, so they're going with remakes. Of course, they're doing so while trying to push forward a left-ish, social message.
The era of special effects and surround sound for movies, particularly for viewing on home "theaters", has added to the death spiral of Hollywood movies.
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posted on
09/08/2016 1:07:56 PM PDT
by
CatOwner
To: simpson96
I’m glad they didn’t do an all-female remake.
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posted on
09/08/2016 1:08:39 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: simpson96
I suppose this happens when you have a great original and then do a remake. Lacking in ideas or simply lazy, Hollywood has made numerous remakes that have not lived up to the original, and thus many people are not eager to so see another one.
To: Jonty30
Should have titled the movie “Ben-Ghazi” It would have gotten more play!
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posted on
09/08/2016 1:10:01 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Oil the gun, eat the cannolis, take it to the mattress.)
To: simpson96
Never remake a movie that doesn’t need remade. Remake a movie that hardly anyone has heard of or was only moderately successful or even a flop.
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posted on
09/08/2016 1:10:02 PM PDT
by
Leep
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To: Huskrrrr
“I’m glad they didn’t do an all-female remake.”
Ben-Her?
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posted on
09/08/2016 1:11:27 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: Huskrrrr
“I’m glad they didn’t do an all-female remake.” Ben-Her?
Or maybe an all-transgender remake. Been-Her?
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posted on
09/08/2016 1:13:16 PM PDT
by
CatOwner
To: simpson96
I bet if the original was digitized and released on the big screen, it would have grossed almost as much...
Something as powerful and well made as the original is hard to beat..
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posted on
09/08/2016 1:13:22 PM PDT
by
Popman
(Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people...)
To: Kozak
I was talking about the Magnificent 7.
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posted on
09/08/2016 1:15:58 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
I haven’t. It’s more an assumption I made, knowing how typically hostile Hollywood is to Christianity and how the PC forces want to remove anything meaningful from our society.
If it indeed gave respect to Christianity, I might through the studio a bone and buy the Blu-ray.
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posted on
09/08/2016 1:16:13 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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