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None unfortuenetly. $85 million is spectatuclar for any movie. Even if it drops 50% for the second weekend, thats still about 42.5 million. Adding 125.5 million right there in two weeks. Granted, part of the money goes the theaters, but, factor in future DVD sales, and the buzz overseas which broke worldwide records (fueled by the hate Bush crowd in many of these nations), it will make a profit.

As one who follows "BoxOfficeMoJo.com" religiously, I can tell you the "The Day After Tomorrow" will make money! Not much, but it will make money. What it will not do is be successful with its political message. It that area it is already a total failure. This movie, hyped to Nth degree by MoveOn.org and Al Gore, will die in its second week. For goodness sake, "Shrek II", a cartoon whipped its butt this first week! One needs to go to the Friday/Saturday revenues to spot the trend of a movie going nowhere. When the Saturday revenue does not increase over the Friday revenue that generally means the movie has no legs. I suspect the revenue this week will fall off the cliff in the same manner that "Troy" has. The trick is to watch the dollar revenue numbers. They always tell the story. The big boys never let politics get in the way when they want "real" blockbusters such as Shrek II, Nemo, Spiderman, Titanic, The Passion of Christ, The Lion King, The Godfather Series, etc. Why make a movie that destroys at least half your audience before it hits the screen? That is insanity! The Day After Tomorrow has had its brief fifteen minutes of fame, and like moron Al Gore will tumble into the black hole of obscurity rather quickly!!!

None unfortuenetly[losses]. $85 million is spectatuclar for any movie. Even if it drops 50% for the second weekend, thats still about 42.5 million. Adding 125.5 million right there in two weeks. Granted, part of the money goes the theaters, but, factor in future DVD sales, and the buzz overseas which broke worldwide records (fueled by the hate Bush crowd in many of these nations), it will make a profit.

4 posted on 06/02/2004 1:42:41 AM PDT by Simmy2.5 (Kerry. When you need to ketchup...)

I'm not so sure about that..125 mill in two weeks...say maybe 50 mill from dvds etc (which few people will buy, IMHO)..larger than 200 mill production costs (am I correct there?)..

Now take a look at The Passion (Christian religious film - DAT is the Athiest religious film). The Passion cost Gibson around $30 million to produce, and it's likely to take in a total of around 400 million total.

Which religious film was more of a success?