Posted on 07/26/2010 7:50:59 AM PDT by JohnThune2012
Looks like The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is going to be one of the worst bombs of the year.
If you include the international box office this movie will probably eek out a tiny profit. Then when cable, Netflix, DVD, etc. sales are added it will make a modest profit that will probably be north of $20 million. Not bad on an investment of $117 million.
Cruise is still a pretty big draw internationally.
As well it should be, from what I've heard.
And remember in the original promo when Tom was bragging”WITH ME! WITHOUT ME”, With Me,Without Me”?, when I first saw that clip,I just couldn’t believe how pathetic that sounded, it was like Tom Cruise telling his sidekick,Listen To Me,I AM GOD! so stick me with me!I have sat on Oprah Winfrey’s Couch! That makes me the coolest dude EVER!
Actually I would of paid $10.00 to see Tickle Me Elmo or Sponge Bob Square pants to play the lead role!
>>> Takes In 72M.So Far $55M/60M Loss?
The studio takes the loss and offsets profit on other films. Good news on the tax forms.
And Cruise has made some megahit movies and is likely to do so again. Can’t stand him myself but enough do that the studio can afford a few films to underperform. Much like Babe Ruth was also a strike-out king.
And even not being able to stand his perpetual open mouth and chipmonk teeth, I still wouldn’t create a thread gloating over his setback.
Don't you see, darling Bloom, glorious Bloom? It's so simple. STEP ONE: We find the worst play ever written, a surefire flop. STEP TWO: I raise a million bucks. Lots of little old ladies out there. STEP THREE: You go back to work on the books, two of them - one for the government, one for us. You can do it, Bloom; you're a wizard! STEP FOUR: We open on Broadway. And before you can say STEP FIVE, we *close* on Broadway! STEP SIX: We take our million bucks and fly to *Rio!*
Must have lousy marketing on this pic—I’ve never even heard of it.
Nothing I'd waste a $20 on to see in the theater, though. Redbox for a buck will be just fine.
Or "free" on TBS/TNT/FX in a few months.
With the 0bama Depression, spending a bundle on movie [high priced] tickets is an extreme luxury - even if you still have a job.
Aside from his Scientology, I like Cruise—he doesn’t talk politics like so many other hollyweirdos do. At least, I’ve never heard of him doing so.
Except a significant portion of that money has to stay at the theaters, and 81 million of it is international which leaves even more behind. The studio has probably only gotten about 60 or 70 million of that money, so they took a bath.
The reviewer in the NY Post said after seeing The Sorcerer's Apprentice that it was the last straw and Nic Cage should be barred forever from making movies.
He was even meaner to the kid.
Profit or loss for a film is whatever the studio says it is, regardless of reality.
A lot of regular workers bees got good employment for a while in the making of this film. Stuntmen, special effects, makeup, grips, caterers, and dozens more categories.
Now if only California didn’t tax so much that productions moved to Vancouver, and if Canada didn’t have a law mandating the worker bees be Canadian for such productions.
“....half the nation is very uninterested in their self-indulgences and political opinions.”
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That still leaves the other 50% who are continuously getting their jollies off.
Well, now that you have posted what I was going to say, I have nothing left to add, except that yes, making a movie creates many jobs, but it won’t create others unless it makes a profit!
He wasn't bad in Kick-Ass and that was one of the best movies of the year. Not boffo boxoffice but it was made for $30 million, did 42 domestic and will probably hit 100 million worldwide.
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