'Star Wars' is going to be a massive hit, |
'Titanic' was supposed to open in July 1997 as a big summer movie, but it got delayed until the very end of the year, |
'Titanic' was supposed to open in July 1997 as a big summer movie, but it got delayed until the very end of the year. |
A lot of the genre divisions are acquiring and releasing movies with black stars and black movies and most of them seem to be working. It's a very attractive audience, very large and loyal and they come out and spend money on good films. It doesn't matter what color the people are if they come out and spend the green, that's what movie companies care about. |
A one-year gap between films is pushing it as it is. Normally you want two years between sequels. An audience needs a little time to regroup. |
After Sept. 11, Arnold Schwarzenegger's 'Collateral Damage,' about a fireman who loses his family to terrorists, was delayed a year - and it opened at No. 1, ... After the East Coast sniper case, 'Phone Booth' was delayed, and that opened at No. 1. Delaying these films to a more marketable date helped both of them. |
After Sept. 11, Arnold Schwarzenegger's 'Collateral Damage,' about a fireman who loses his family to terrorists, was delayed a year - and it opened at No. 1. After the East Coast sniper case, 'Phone Booth' was delayed, and that opened at No. 1. Delaying these films to a more marketable date helped both of them. |
All of the investors (families included) were able to get their capital back, plus the agreed 25 percent. |
All of these deals can be different. There isn't one formula. |
Both of these movies would have to be bigger smashes than anyone expects to erase that gap, and that's probably not going to happen. |
Even if you get a nomination for best picture but have no chance in hell of winning you can reap incredible profits at the box office. |
Even though Tom Cruise has gone a little nuts recently, he is still a huge action star in this picture. But certainly some people who are turned off by Tom Cruise will skip this movie just like 'War of the Worlds.' The numbers for that film were great, but might have reached $250 million. |
For the really big-budget films, the North American box office gross does not always have to be spectacular. International is becoming a bigger part of the pie and so are worldwide video sales. |
Hollywood is down versus last year by a significant amount. Nothing is impossible but it will take a few surprise blockbusters. |
I think this shows a growing divide between the expensive Hollywood films, which make a lot of money, and the artistic lower budget films which are made more from quality. |