Brokeback Mountin Bombs at Box Office; Holiday BO smells

data from Box Office Mojo ^ | 12/17/05 | Dangus

[CaptainK]

Wait until it goes overseas and they love it to death in Europe.

[FastCoyote]

That's pretty sick Baynative. :)

[MrNatural]

Fair enough; I was reading the dailies, which were compiled through Thursday. And certainly, 3600 theaters vs. 8 is hardly an even comparison. When it opens more widely, and its total audience (whatever that is) has a chance to attend, we will see more clearly how the two compare. But I think my original point will hold; that Narnia will produce a much higher gross and net.

[FastCoyote]

"I also recommend just about any anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, which are fun for the whole family. Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Princess Mononoke, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, The Cat Returns, and especially Porco Rosso, which reminds me of Casablanca (except that the Bogart role is played by a World War I biplane pilot who has been turned into a pig because he flew too high). It even has a woman singing chansons in an Aegean nightclub. "

Really great stuff. You left out "Count ???'s Castle". I need to buy the ones I haven't seen, especially for my niece.

[BobS]

A few small updates to Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" will get us close to reality as it is today. Ultraviolence is with us.

[HostileTerritory]

Yes, I agree it will. I loved Narnia, and hope they make the whole series.

[Urvy1A]

Even instant pudding mix?

[libstripper]

When a movie opens on only 69 of the nation's largest theaters in a few dozen of the largest cities, with almost all of your target audience within range of those theaters, it's pretty bad.

"69 of the nation's largest theaters . . ." LOL.

[jonrick46]

"Bareback Mountain"

Good one! LOL!

[Wristpin]

Some good ones from yesterdays thread:

"Flaming Saddles"

"Raw Hind"

"The Rump Riders"

[Jackknife]

[Caipirabob]

I haven't seen it ... maybe it's a good story, but the press for this film is stuck on the fact that there are gays in it ... so that's what people are going to think about it; it's a gay cowboy movie.

Heath Ledger has never been a good enough actor to make me believe he was ever hetero. Methinks he'll have problems convincing anyone else, too. Then again, it's good that he's found his "screen calling".

[BenLurkin]

The problem with King Kong is bad casting.

There are no actual men in the cast. Instead you get a pudgy nebbish and a somewhat metrosexual guy with a beak nose.

[Lawgvr1955]

Bareback Mountain

I would amend it more accurately to "Bareback Mount'n".

[Cicero]

The Castle of Cagliostro. Yes, it's a bit different, but my grandchildren loved it. Unless you mean Howl's Moving Castle, which hasn't bee released on DVD yet.

Also, the first two DVDs of Sherlock Hound were done by Miyazaki, and then unfortunately they changed directors. They are very amusing--Holmes and Watson as dogs.

I think my two favorites are probably Spirited Away and Porco Rosso, but they're all good.

[Itzlzha]

They aren't cowboys eithers. They herd sheep. They are shepards.

Trey and Matt said it best...

As an homage to them..I now will no longer call Specter or McStain RINOs...

They are now "Brokeback Republicans", because there's not a spine among them...and I have my suspicions about some other asspects of their lives.

Now as for the pudding they serve at the RNC...

[NHResident]

Sorry, you don't have to live 'west of the Mississippi' you just have to be LITERATE to understand the difference between cowboys and sheep herders. Lives have been lost over this distinction.

[apackof2]

"Brokeback Republicans",

Good one, liked your profile page also

[realpatriot]

Regarding "Narnia" I would say it's possible those with home theaters are waiting for the DVD. Regarding "Brokeback" ...well, I don't know.

Down for the count?

[Tenniel]

Who is Hutton Gibson?

Mel Gibson's dad. Quite the anti-Semite, one gathers: the Holocaust never happened, and so on.