That being said, the financial backing for this picture is secure, and our investor is satisfied with the long-term prospects for this movie.
Posted on 12/09/2007 11:19:37 AM PST by jimbo123
LOS ANGELES, Dec 9 (Reuters) - "The Golden Compass," a $180 million family fantasy starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, did not meet expectations at the North American box office, opening at No. 1 but with weekend ticket sales of just $26.1 million, its distributor said on Sunday.
New Line Cinema, a unit of Time Warner Inc, had hoped the film would pull in between $30 million and $40 million.
"It's a little bit disappointing," said Rolf Mittweg, president and chief operating officer of New Line's worldwide distribution and marketing operations.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
The Weinstein Co. drama "Grace Is Gone," starring John Cusack as an Iraq war widower struggling to tell his young daughters their mother has died in combat, had a so-so opening with $14,000 in four theatres.
Send your condolences to the studio:
Robert K. Shaye, Co-Chairman, Co-CEO
scooter@newline.com
Michael Lynne, Co-Chairman, Co-CEO
michael.lynne@newline.com
In before the “why do you care if the movie bombs, don’t go see it if you don’t like it” post.
Hehehehe....excellent....
They have that sameness we saw in the “only Rooty can defeat Hillary” posts, don’t they?
Quit gloating, just ignore the film.
The Golden Compass lost its way and is now only fools gold. It can only point you in the direction of hell. Keep on the right path.
Was that movie the reason Cusack was on a Sunday talk show?
It wasn’t to rehash the political philosophy of “Better Off Dead.”
Why do you care if somebody posts a “why do you care if the movie bombs, don’t go see it if you don’t like it” post? Don’t read it if you don’t like it.
: )
If everybody had ignored the film, and allowed the studio promotion to go unchallenged, the box office this weekend would have been far different.
Instead, parents were informed and made an informed decision whether or not to support this movie.
That being said, the financial backing for this picture is secure, and our investor is satisfied with the long-term prospects for this movie.
You are just wasting your time decrying “why do you care if the movie bombs?” post posts. The posters will just make it up on foreign distribution and DVD sales...
Tomatometer rates “Golden Compass” a rotten 45%
Like a Haitian voodoo curse, they just won't die, those whose purpose is to tell us that we should not wish ill on a movie whose profits go to a person trying to destroy the basis for all morality and to the studio that funded his colossally horrid work.
Let me proclaim here and now, I wish massive losses on all movies and their backers where that movie's express purpose is to destroy Christianity. There is a distinction between this movie and a typical hollyweird movie made by anti-christians, where their values come out, but which are not expressly for the anti-religious purpose.
LOL.
Grace is Gone is a Dave Matthews song...
they could at least come up with an original title
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