every dog has its day
Posted on 10/26/2008 1:29:03 AM PDT by edpc
There's been tremdous interest by the public in the box office fate of Oliver Stone's W. for its second weekend in release. Well, it ran out of steam. QED International/Lionsgate's Bush biopic sank 58% to No. 8 with $1.5 million Friday from 2,050 dates for what will probably be a $5.2M weekend. The $30M negative cost film should end up with $23M domestic box office gross by the end of its North American run. That means, with a $25M P&A investment and Lionsgate's distribution fees, the film won't recoup.
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Nikki Finke’s story yesterday morning about HS3 was interesting. Hollywood seems offended their High Art movies (like W) are being shellacked by pure entertainment movies. They (the Hollywood crowd) are serious artists, doncha know.
Yeah, imagine the nerve....people wanting to be entertained instead of being bludgeoned by didactic pap like “W.”
Stone attempted to make “W” and wound up making an “F”.
It cost $30 mil. It will make $25 mil domestic.
This should make his next project “Palin” that much harder to get off the ground. Sniff, sniff, sob, sob...
Oliver Stone hasn’t had a hit film in 14 years. Why does this guy continue to get financed with a track record of one box office dud after another?
Anyone who has seen the trailer to this farce on TV would have to be a fool to want to go pay to see it. Even the crummy trailer is bad.
the actress that played Ann coulter died today. she was brutally attacked last week. she is an Arkansas newscaster
My prediction is Josh Brolin will still receive an Oscar nomination, despite the fact the film was a failure. They’ll show us.
How cute! Has anyone seen Beverly Hills Chihuahua?
He is a white Spike Lee - a couple of successes and then zzzzzzz. But maybe he can get a grant from the Treasury and live happily everafter.
he didn’t bash bush enough.
This is going to run on the 3 am HBO off channels right after bill mahhers ...
Well, when you make a movie about someone, and it bombs at the box office, what does that tell you about the life of the person portrayed in the movie?
History will be very unkind to GWB.
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