Posted on 03/01/2022 2:13:18 PM PST by nickcarraway
The rerelease of Francis Ford Coppola's mob pic boasted the top location average of the Feb. 25-27 weekend.
Over the Feb. 25-27 weekend, Paramount booked The Godfather in 156 theaters across North America in honor of the movie’s 50th anniversary.
Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic Mafia pic earned $970,000 for a per-location average of $6,218, the best of any film for the weekend. (The next closest was Uncharted’s $5,438 average from 4,275 theaters and The Automat’s $5,004 from three locations.)
The Godfather 50 Years was No. 1 or No. 2 in 50 percent of the theaters where it played, and among the top three in all 156 locations. It came in first in AMC Lincoln Square, one of the country’s busiest cinemas, as well as AMC Metreon in San Francisco and AMC Georgetown in Washington, D.C.
“These results are extraordinary,” says Paramount domestic distribution president Chris Aronson. “Most people have seen The Godfather, but not in the theater.
Last week, Paramount threw a bash in Los Angeles in honor of The Godfather‘s anniversary.
“A couple of times, I thought I was finished,” Coppola told The Hollywood Reporter in regards to his fear of being fired during filming. He wasn’t, of course, and the movie adaptation of Mario Puzo’s novel would go on to win three Oscars, including best picture, and become a cultural phenomenon.
The 50th anniversary rerelease also did well overseas, earning $1.4 million from a handful of markets.
The Godfather has grossed a total of $248.2 million at the global box office, not adjusted for inflation.
They made the theaters an offer they couldn’t refuse.
“You can have my answer now, if you like. My final offer is this: Nothing. Not even the fee for the gaming license...”
More proof the Hollywood is creatively bankrupt.
I’m only going if cannoli is on sale at the snack bar.
I have never seen Godfather Part 2 on the big screen. I hope they don’t wait two years to release it.
Is this the chronological version where they splice GF1 & 2 to make it into a single film?
I think I heard that as done.
How appropriate! “The Godfather” is about the Corleone crime family and the SotU is about the Biden crime family.
Senator Gerry always reminded me of Pier Delecto
They couldn’t make now. There were not any current minorities or gays and the Italians did not have white privilege.
So they’re holding out on me, eh? I’ll fix those mugs.
“’The Godfather’ is about the Corleone crime family and the SotU is about the Biden crime family.”
The difference is in the very first line in the film: “I believe in America.”
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
You beat me to it
One time on either showtime or TMC or one of their pay movie channels I saw a Godfather movie that was approximately 6 to 7 hours in length. It was a compilation of all three, in one film, except that it had answered some questions that you’re left with by the versions 1, 2 and 3 that are out there now. For example it shows Michael getting his revenge on the guy who set the bomb in the car that killed Apollonia. It answers what happened to Sonny’s wife and family and it does discuss Jenco (sp?) from the time when Sunny says pop had Jenco, look what I got (when he was pissed at Tom for trying to negotiate peace. I wishI would’ve recorded it but I didn’t. And I’ve tried to see if I could find it online for sale but I’ve been unable.
I think it was how Coppola wanted his movie to be viewed. It wasn’t as choppy as I, II and III.
People starving for good movie making everything now is boring as not to offend anyone. I like to watch the indie low budgets on streaming applications.
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