In Reply to: "My hunch is that once word gets around this movie will do pretty well in the next few weeks." - I doubt it. posted by Audiophilander on June 23, 2008 at 12:02:32:
It did just under 40,000,000 and was number one at the box office. Good word of mouth with a first weekend of 40,000,000 goes pretty far. This movie is pretty much gauranteed to make a profit. Now if we were talking Love Guru I'd agree that good word of mouth would not save it.
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- gotta disagree. - Analog Scott 13:01:21 06/24/08 (13)
- No offense, but $40,000,000 isn't a big box-office opening for a summer release. - Audiophilander 22:25:50 06/25/08 (12)
- By this reasoning WALL-E didn't do very well. - sjb 17:32:32 06/29/08 (4)
- $63 million to $38 million? That $25 million dollar difference is substantial. - Audiophilander 11:07:09 07/01/08 (3)
- But it cost $40+ million more to make. So by your formula it didn't do well. - sjb 18:03:02 07/01/08 (2)
- The question still remains: how much better will WALL-E perform over all than Get Smart? It's just too early to tell. - Audiophilander 00:55:16 07/02/08 (1)
- I'm really just ribbing you... BUT... - sjb 10:41:49 07/02/08 (0)
- RE: No offense, but $40,000,000 isn't a big box-office opening for a summer release. - Analog Scott 19:45:49 06/26/08 (6)
- Thru Thursday it's up to $57 million - sjb 17:51:41 06/27/08 (0)
- "This movie did half it's prodction cost on the first weekend." - Including advertising expenses? - Audiophilander 22:25:40 06/26/08 (4)
- RE: "This movie did half it's prodction cost on the first weekend." - Including advertising expenses? - Analog Scott 09:57:24 06/28/08 (3)
- "My estimates did include all costs and revenue sharing." - Then I think your estimates may be a bit shy, ... - Audiophilander 02:00:51 06/29/08 (2)
- It would appear the Get Smart is exceeding my predictions - Analog Scott 11:48:54 07/01/08 (1)
- Good! Come back in a couple of weeks and we'll compare notes. (nt) - Audiophilander 00:56:21 07/02/08 (0)