Posted on 03/01/2006 5:24:30 PM PST by wagglebee
Okay, so a movie can be a blockbuster if it has a Christian message even though the Hollywood left will resist it, and a leftist agenda-driven movie will not reach blockbuster status no matter how much it is hyped.
Who wants to see a chick flick, when the chicks are guys?
That goes along with the point I have been trying to make. Most of these guys are multi-millionaires anyway, but they want some "relevance." Part of the reason the others despised Gibson so much for making "Passion" is because he made a movie that went against everything Hollywood stands for these days and he did it without a penny of their money.
Um no, Brokeback Mtn was very successful regardless. It cost 14 mil to make and it has already grossed over 100 mil.
Pssst. That's because they live in a different universe. They are only entertainers who have come to believe they are exalted messengers of the all wisdom. Just let them keep thinking that and soon they will fall into the black hole of other failed industries who's arrogance and insularity caused them to ignore their customers.
They really think they are "artists" but the reality is it's only a business.
Then why do they have their allies in the media writing stories about how it needs to make more money?
Don't know. Its already made enough.
And the $14 million that it cost to make doesn't include what has been spent on marketing which could easily be a lot more.
Oh come on... its made five times production costs. With video sales and rentals, its made enough already.
It would be interesting to see the actual bottom line after you put the theater's margins and marketing costs. It will not come close to other multi-award winners.
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With video sales and rental... a lot of profit there.
Then why doesn't this article declare it a huge success?
Could it be that the left doesn't really care about the profit margin, they care about the fact that at current ticket prices it has probably sold less than 10 million tickets? The fact that more people saw the last Spiderman movie on OPENING DAY than have seen this. Their concern certainly isn't the money, it's the lack of widespread exposure.
It cost 14 mil to make. So far its brought in over five times that. Still to make $$ from pay per view, pay channels; and then video sales and rental. Its gonna to make a ton.
What video sales and rental?
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If you compare it to a successful independent film, consider "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". It had production costs of $5 million, marketing $19 million (most after word of mouth had already made it a hit), and generated $241 mil. domestically and another $127 mil. internationally, for a total of $368 mil.
Of course, the Passion of the Christ is not only the top grossing R movie of all time, but the top grossing independent movie of all time, generating over $600 mil world wide on a $30 mil production and $25 mil. marketing campaign.
The success of this movie on any level is almost entirely hype. It's a smash because Roger Ebert, Hollywood, and the left coast homo and metrosexuals decided that it was a smash, and they weren't going to let poor box office results stand in the way of it being declared a smash.
I don't see how Brokeback Mountain is "agenda driven". What agenda was it pushing? One character dies (probably murdered) and the other is left alone, lonely and near-destitute.
Both characters lead lives of sorrow and desperation.
What agenda is it pushing?
Hollywood the homosexual activist is using their propaganda movie Brokeback Mountain as a tool to say homosexuality is something you are born with and it is not a choice. Look at the theme of the movie which they wrote themselves – “Love is a Force of Nature”.
To be specific Hollywood has an agenda to push homosexuality as being a force of nature which is normal and natural to man.
You should hear some of the radio stations up here in Canada. They are making fun of this movie relentlessly. Just this morning I listened to at least half and hour of jokes and songs making fun of Brokebutt Mounting. That movie is doing very poorly up here, which is ironic because a couple of our cities have quite a big amount of gays.
To add, I think that the thing is, and I can't speak for the US, but up here, people aren't being fooled by this crap. They see very clearly that this is merely a vehicle for pushing their agenda. I think I know two people who have seen it, and they're both chicks.
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