lord-of-sith wrote:I'm sure the gross will be good. Wednesday is not a good day for a movie to open unless it is titled Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potter. Mainly because parents of kids don't want to see a movie on a work night. But Friday's gross will be soooo much better.
Revenge of the Sith couldn't even shatter the losing streak/slump. I don't know if it annoys anyone else but all the news about the box office in a slump sure drives me up the wall. I'm so tired of hearing how we weekend box office is below what it was last year. Oddly the movies out seem like a better choice than last year. So I doubt it's really quality or selection but maybe high prices? The popularity of DVDs...
Damn, 43 percent rotten? Man, critics don't like much do they? Apart from the big blockbusters like Batman Begins and Star Wars, critics have been dealings lots of rottens lately.
Sigh, oh well. Possibly they haven't earned a lot because now parents won't take their children to go see it cause they know it will be out on DVD anyways. Like it doesn't look good enough so they just wait for it on DVD.
Kenai wrote:Damn, 43 percent rotten? Man, critics don't like much do they? Apart from the big blockbusters like Batman Begins and Star Wars, critics have been dealings lots of rottens lately.
Good news! It rose 2 percent! Now it's only 45% rotten!
Kenai wrote:Damn, 43 percent rotten? Man, critics don't like much do they? Apart from the big blockbusters like Batman Begins and Star Wars, critics have been dealings lots of rottens lately.
That's because Hollywood has been churning out pretty bad pictures all year. My three favorite movies of the year thus far were funded and produced overseas.
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magicalwands wrote:Sigh, oh well. Possibly they haven't earned a lot because now parents won't take their children to go see it cause they know it will be out on DVD anyways. Like it doesn't look good enough so they just wait for it on DVD.
I know. Pretty sad isn't it? But who can blame them when the tickets are so expensive? Why go and see it once when they can wait and own it instead?
LOL, it rose 2 percent? Yay! Maybe there's hope after all!
lord-of-sith wrote:I'm sure the gross will be good. Wednesday is not a good day for a movie to open unless it is titled Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potter. Mainly because parents of kids don't want to see a movie on a work night. But Friday's gross will be soooo much better.
Revenge of the Sith couldn't even shatter the losing streak/slump. I don't know if it annoys anyone else but all the news about the box office in a slump sure drives me up the wall. I'm so tired of hearing how we weekend box office is below what it was last year. Oddly the movies out seem like a better choice than last year. So I doubt it's really quality or selection but maybe high prices? The popularity of DVDs...
I agree about hearing enough about the Box Office being down. But Hollywood expected RotS to break the slump. But it didn't, and the reason is, is because it was simply the only thing out. Then people called it a dissapointment for not doing so. Yeah, having the biggest opening day, single day, tying for fastest to 200 mil, and fastest to 300 mil is really bad. Lucas isn't a miracle worker. But, I can tell you when the streak will be broken, when War of the Worlds and The Fantastic Four open within days of each other. It will also be up when Harry Potter 4, Narnia, and King Kong open near each other.
Prince Eric wrote:That's because Hollywood has been churning out pretty bad pictures all year. My three favorite movies of the year thus far were funded and produced overseas.
I've had enough of hearing this. Batman Begins is probably an example of a blockbuster film that can be deep and rich in meaning and story as well as special effects. Hollywood always has and always will produce classics, and craptaculars along with 'em. To say Hollywood has churned out bad pictures all year is an overstatement. Eric, this isn't directed at you, it's just that I've heard that statement one too many times!
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Director says Lohan's breasts weren't touched
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LOS ANGELES � Herbie: Fully Loaded director Angela Robinson flatly denies rumors that in order to secure a "G" rating for the Disney summer offering star Lindsay Lohan's breasts had to be digitally covered and reduced.
"That, I think, was largely propagated on the Internet," Robinson says. "It wasn't really a concern."
Herbie: Fully Loaded appears to have safely scored its G-rating from the MPAA despite a number of scenes implying that a 42-year-old Volkswagen Bug might be inclined to sex up a younger Bug (complete with engorged radio antennae to imply automotive erections) and moments of euphemistic dialogue that would make small children blush if they could possibly understand. However, compared to her clothes in the hit comedy "Mean Girls," the 18-year-old Lohan's attire is positively conservative, as the actress spends much of the film in a racing suit that reveals less skin than your typical Amish casual wear.
Asked directly if computer wizardry had been used to obscure cleavage or eliminate unwanted prurient implications, Robinson responds tersely.
"No."
Robinson, whose feature directing debut D.E.B.S. made nary a ripple in a limited spring release, admits only to minor tonal disagreements with Disney.
"At times I would veer a little more satirical and then they would dial me back," she says. "The sense of comedy is just a little softer, because it was not to be making fun of directly what you were doing. It was to make fun of the circumstances."
For Robinson, the only ratings-based concerns surrounded some of the scarier moments in Herbie, including a Demolition Derby scene in which the poor car in menaced by a huge monster truck.
"I thought perhaps they'd ask me to scale down the Demo Derby scene," Robinson says. "It was very important to me that it actually be a little scary. I call it the Pinocchio scene. I think the best Disney can really be scary and then triumphant afterwards."
humphreybear wrote:LOS ANGELES � Herbie: Fully Loaded director Angela Robinson flatly denies rumors that in order to secure a "G" rating for the Disney summer offering star Lindsay Lohan's breasts had to be digitally covered and reduced.
How many people here realize how difficult, time-consuming, and expensive it would be to even attempt this?
I mean, it's relatively easy to tamper with animation this way (think of Knick-Knack, Make Mine Music, or Melody Time), but with live action? They'd have to build a CGI version of Lindsey's chest (complete with digital clothing) and somehow graft it onto her real figure in an unnoticable way. So not llikely.
its kinda the oposite ... my mom wants to see it more than i do...altough i loved the earlier ones...and am maybe the only kid under 20 or something to have watched the older ones...and i dont want to be disa pointed...but i spose illgive it a shot..so i dunno...
According to www.Showbizdata.com, <i>Herbie</i> grossed $4.1 M on Friday for fourth place. While they get their numbers wrong a lot of the time, that doesn't bear too well for the film. Even with a 3x multiplier, that's a gross of $12.3 for the 3-day and $17.3 for the 5-day. With 3301 theaters, I've got to imagine that intake is less than what Disney is hoping for.
"Fifteen years from now, when people are talking about 3-D, they will talk about the business before 'Monsters vs. Aliens' and the business after 'Monsters vs. Aliens.' It's the line in the sand." - Greg Foster, IMAX chairman and president
We went and saw this movie today, I thought it was a very good Family Movie, My wife and I both liked it and our 4 year old loved it. The problem they are going to run into with this movie is all the free movie passes, I had 4 which I got in the other Herbie movies, I used 3 and gave 1 to my brother-in law who went with his wife and 4 kids. My mother in law also has 2 free passes, I think when they put these out they dont think of the box office sales
memnv wrote:The problem they are going to run into with this movie is all the free movie passes, I had 4 which I got in the other Herbie movies, I used 3 and gave 1 to my brother-in law who went with his wife and 4 kids. My mother in law also has 2 free passes, I think when they put these out they dont think of the box office sales
They put free movie passes inside the other Herbie movies' DVDs? I didn't even know that. Was it maybe just at a certain retailer? They certainly could have done a better job promoting their promotion if it was a universal offer.
"Fifteen years from now, when people are talking about 3-D, they will talk about the business before 'Monsters vs. Aliens' and the business after 'Monsters vs. Aliens.' It's the line in the sand." - Greg Foster, IMAX chairman and president
The Dvd's that they released at Wal-Mart had the tickets and I believe I saw that Target and Cost-Co had it in them too, I believe that there was a sticker on the case mentioning the tickets.
Herbie: Fully Loaded made $9,236,000 in three days ( Wednesday, Thursday and Friday).
I saw Herbie: Fully Loaded and it was a great film better then The Love Bug and the three sequels. I hope all you Disney fans support the movie like I did.
Oh Luke Rock on!!!!!
Herbie: Fully Loaded also had great music I might just buy the soundtrack.
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