Posted on 01/16/2006 10:59:33 PM PST by goonie4life9
I just thought I'd let my fellow freepers know that their favorite movie, Brokeback Mountain, just won Best Picture at the Golden Globes. My gf tells me when they accepted the award, they were "stunned!"
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
One does not need to get on step ladder nor do you feed a horse from behind. Sadly, the left pushes it's agenda.
Could this be Gay Trails?
C'mon, the whole thing was predestined. Just like Tom Hanks for winning the Oscar for "Philadelphia". This comes as no shock to regulars on this forum, but there is a tremendous liberal pro-homosexuality clique that runs things in Whollyweird. I guarantee it that if Mel Gibson had made "Passion of the Christ" with some sort of pro-gay theme, his flick would have won Oscars too.
Wacky Trails... to you... until we meet again
Yes, the Gay Mafia!
Surprise, surprise.
The sodomites honored a movie that turns them on. Big whoop.
"so it is doomed to lose money at the box office"
Actually, "Brokeback Mountain" has already made a profit of more than 100%. The cost of the film was $14 million, and it has already exceeded $32 million at the box office (according to boxofficemojo.com). The film is also setting records for $ per screen average. "Brokeback Mountain" has so far had a very limited release with screenings at only a few hundred theaters (compared to 3,000+ for big Hollywood movies). From today's imdb.com:
More "Sold Out" Signs Posted at 'Brokeback' Theaters
Once again, the box-office champ on a per-theater basis over the first three days of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was Focus Features' Brokeback Mountain which grossed $5.8 million in just 683 theaters, averaging $8,430 per theater. Daily Variety observed that the film opened in a number of small markets where big grosses are rare for any movie, but that in the larger markets where it was shown for the first time, including Tucson, Little Rock, and Pittsburgh, it grossed well over $20,000 per theater. Brokeback is widely expected to win numerous awards, including best dramatic film, at tonight's (Monday) Golden Globe ceremonies and, as a result, increase its box office take substantially next weekend. In tonight's Globes competition in the best drama category, Brokeback faces The Constant Gardener, A History of Violence, Match Point, and Good Night, and Good Luck.
Actually, "Brokeback Mountain" has already made a profit of more than 100%. The cost of the film was $14 million, and it has already exceeded $32 million at the box office
It's actually just breaking even at this point. For a film to make money it has to more than double the box office.
"It's actually just breaking even at this point. For a film to make money it has to more than double the box office."
Say what?!? By your own statement above, "Brokeback Mountain" is already profitable. The film has earned 230% of its cost ($32.3 million/$14 million), and this has occurred while the film is still in limited release and before the huge free publicity of four Golden Globe wins.
Yeah, it's just about at break even point. Everything from here on out is profit.
"Yeah, it's just about at break even point"
I guess we learned different strains of mathematics. 230% is well over twice its budget.
A few other "winners" ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/movies/redcarpet/17glob.html
In another role that dealt with gender politics, Felicity Huffman won best actress for her portrayal of a transgendered man in "TransAmerica." And Philip Seymour Hoffman won best actor in a dramatic role for playing Truman Capote, the flamboyantly gay and brazenly ambitious writer, in "Capote."
(snip)
A pair of political thrillers picked up awards, as George Clooney was named best supporting actor for playing a renegade C.I.A. agent in "Syriana," and Rachel Weisz won best supporting actress for her role as an activist rooting out pharmaceutical industry corruption in "The Constant Gardener."
Speaking backstage after receiving her award, Ms. Weisz said the prominence of political themes at this year's ceremony amounted to "almost a 70's revival." Also backstage, Mr. Clooney said that "Syriana" wasn't an attack on the Bush administration, but on what he called 60 years of failed Middle East policy.
(snip)
In another political moment, Geena Davis, who plays the United States president in "Commander in Chief," won best actress in a dramatic television series. She accepted the statue and told a fictional story about being approached by a young girl who said she was inspired by the show to run for president. "It could have happened," she laughed.
(snip)
There are people here who know the exact percentages for movies, but the formula I use is "box office has to equal twice the production costs plus a little/a lot." The "little/a lot" has to do with advertising costs etc.
Of course, on paper it'll never make a profit.
Using your own statement of a film's profitability, "Brokeback Mountain" has already earned a 31% profit [($32.3-$28)/$14 = 30.7%].
Or if you include marketing costs of 100% of the film's budget, "Brokeback Mountain" has already returned a profit of 15.4%.
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