It got lost in the shuffle. |
It was a pretty decent year for comedies. |
It was the No. 1 Super Bowl weekend opening of all time. The industry was really expecting only expecting it to gross in the mid-to-high teens. |
It was the number one Super Bowl weekend opening of all time. |
It was, realistically, a tough sell, despite the industry and media hype. It's incredibly tricky to get audiences excited about a movie that doesn't have a strong human character. |
It would be an extraordinary success if they were able to replicate that in every city. It would be a mega-blockbuster. |
It's an attempt to imitate that success, ... It probably won't be as successful. Harry Potter has the advantage of being very in now, and 'Lord of the Rings' had a broader adult following. I don't think 'The Lion' has the adult allure. |
It's fascinating the way he's playing the media. |
It's not a little off. Six percent is a big number. And they've got a big problem. |
It's possible this holiday season will be a record breaker, but even if it were, that wouldn't be enough to make up (the comparisons with) last year. |
It's too early to say if this is the beginning of the end. |
It's too early to tell whether Kong is a success or not. |
King Kong is not the dominant beast people either expected or hoped for. Crowd pleasers and family movies tend to do well over the holidays. |
March of the Penguins is a unique film in part because it is an unprecedented look at a real-life phenomenon. And it anthropomorphizes these animals, and that is a tremendous selling point. And penguins are amusing. |
One could take these movies and learn a lot about Hollywood, but you wouldn't learn much about America. Because they are not popular. |