Posted on 12/21/2004 10:21:35 AM PST by OESY
Three more than me. I didn't see a single one. Just re-upped for NetFlix after a year off , so some of these will make their way to my "small screen".
BUMP
Liberals love parity. The U.S. is just as bad as the Soviet Union. Israel is just as bad as the Muslim terrorists. "The Passion" and "Farenheit 911" are equivalent.
In the first place, "The Passion" was #3, and "Farenheit 911" was #15. What was the reason for headlining these two movies in particular and "taking them out"? "The Passion" made three times as much money as "Farenheit 911," in spite of the fact that the MSM virulently attacked it and gave Moore's film unprecedented publicity.
Finally, "The Passion" was a brilliant movie, artistically, while F911 was a piece of turgid cr*p.
I saw Sea Biscuit on an airplane flight. It was much better than I thought it would be.
Agreed. They have ignored the heart of real people. Their big bucks, and tech., does not take the place of what Hollywood used to be. Hype and Fright are over.
I got it on advice from friends, very good flick, I also liked the Lord of the Rings flicks and currently on TV (SciFi) is Earthsea, another very good story.
We saw one movie this year in a theatre, the Passion.
As Follywood continues to drive republicans away from their new movies, their movies become more expensive.
Pretty soon their financial houses of cards will cave in on them.
Below is the trend that will be gutting Hollywood over the next few years:
"With nearly two weeks to go before the end of 2004, domestic box-office receipts appeared likely to top last year's total of $9.27 billion, nearing $9.4 billion, according to Exhibitor Relations, which tracks the figures.
"But an increase can be attributed to a rise in ticket prices, up 3.85 percent to an average of $6.25, while attendance fell by 2.25 percent this year after dropping 3.8 percent in 2003.
"That audience drop appeared especially troubling in a year in which Mel Gibson's controversial "The Passion of the Christ," distributed by Newmarket Films, brought many new moviegoers into the megaplexes and finished No. 3 at the domestic box office with $370.3 million in ticket sales, while Michael Moore's anti-Bush hit documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," from Lions Gate Films, became a magnet for political activists and sold $119.2 million in tickets.
"If you took the half-billion dollars of 'Fahrenheit 9/11' and 'Passion' out of the marketplace, we'd be in a real dismal situation, and they barely got distribution," said Paul Dergarabedian, Exhibitor Relations president, referring to behind-the-scenes struggles that ultimately landed both films with independent distributors.
"As the audience shrank, budgets continued to spiral upward, with blockbuster movies commonly costing upward of $140 million to produce, followed by tens of millions of dollars in marketing expenses."
Merry Christmas to Follywood and may 2005 be even more of a financial disaster to Follywood.
These are just domestic numbers. World wide many of these films did well enough overseas, to make a good profit.
F/9-11 is a joke in more ways than one. They consider it a documentary, so it is worthy of acclaim because it surpassed other "documentaries" in box office. The rest of us know it is fictional propaganda. 119 may seem like a lot based on budget, but it barely deserves notice when compared to the film that is it's natural competitor, "The Day after Tomorrow".
The real note of attention is that of films supposed to rake in a lot of money, only two surpassed TPOTC and one only barely. Considering TPOTC was spoken in a foreign (dead) language and concentrates on material that is neither entertaining nor humorous, was made on low budget against numerous obstacles that stood in the way of distribution and advertising, TPOTC is THE story of the year. F/9-11 is the Leftists poor substitute of a religion that will be lucky to be remembered as a footnote a hundred years from now.
The only film I went to the theaters to watch this year was TPOTC, and I went more than once. I've seen Spiderman II on DVD. That's it. It's partially due to politics in some instances, partially that the films they make aren't worth a dime of my paycheck. I'd rather check out an old classic.
Thanks for posting this list. What is interesting is my wife and I saw 8 of these films then and have watched many since then on tv.
We didn't see #4 & #7.
1. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
2. Ghost Busters (1984)
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
4. Gremlins (1984)
5. The Karate Kid (1984)
6. Police Academy (1984)
7. Footloose (1984)
8. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
9. Romancing the Stone (1984)
10.Purple Rain (1984)
I saw every one of those in the theater, except #10.
'Course I was 14 at the time. I would guess most 14 year olds have seen just about all of the top ten on this list.
Just like readers and viewers of the "old" media. They don't get it. I paid for (went to) one movie in 2004, Passion.
Hey now, nothing wrong with Beverly Hills Cop.
FYI: top 25 Highest grossing films of all time and The Passion is on the list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films
I was skeptical about the reporting, as always, and now I find it to be a lie.
And we have a WINNER!!!!!!!
Could your local fishwrap be lying and shilling to get more AD $'s from the owners of the new multiplexes?
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