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LOL I think I have heard it all now.
Do you think my $2k in EPASS is safe or did he use it to make this movie? |
could someone explain to me please how making a flop movie is the current way to launder moneys?
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Too bad wanted to see that movie, I wonder if Luke Wilson was as bored doing it as he was doing ATT commercials.
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Perhaps it will do well on video
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They will make profit. You guys are forgetting selling the pay-cable rights to someone like SHO or HBO and the OnDemand orders. :2 cents:
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to me it looks like something magical will happen as soon as that motor gets started... :2 cents: . |
The official numbers are in. It's going to be on 16 screens this weekend.
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So if it doesn't go wide, it'll end up with just over $700,000 final gross. |
I think the topic is still interesting enough, and it could make a great HBO or SHO series with good writers. Did the writer just suck? Was the content too "porn" for mainstream to accept?
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Perhaps it was too porn for mainstream. |
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I havent been able to watch it yet, I hope everything works out well for Chris
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a not too bad review from Hollywood Reporter
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I guess all that is left to be said is "Porn is Dead" or maybe "Adapt or Die" ;)
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A movie with this subject matter was never going to be a box office smash at the cinema. I am surprised at how many people are surprised by this.
As many have said before me, it was always going to make most of its money through other channels. |
The people vs larry flynt and boogie nights two amazing films ,amazing performances and at the box office they were duds. People dont want to watch movies about porn.
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Plus, times are hard, so people want to take their spouses, family, kids to the movies. This is something you would go see with a buddy. |
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Anyway you cut it, "Middle Men" was a dismal flop, and will most likely have to be sold as a loss leader... As the Distributor, Paramount will likely get a lion's share of the ancillary markets, as paltry as that may be, given the poor box office performance numbers. One more factor to consider is that even box office bonanza movies, only make back about what they make during their theatrical release through the various other markets (DVD, VOD, Cable, etc). At this point, "Middle Men" has grossed less than $700k (that's not counting the ad budget, or deducting Paramount's distributor share, or even the theater's share), so any chance of this movie breaking even at this point appears to be a total pipe dream. Not too worry though, because Middle Men is sure to make ~$20 more tonight, because I am heading out to see it shortly, since it will not be playing anywhere near me tomorrow, or much of anywhere for that matter. :1orglaugh I'll post my review tomorrow... :thumbsup ADG |
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Wow, the guys laughing at my concern truly are idiots. Probably the same guys sending sobv sales still thinking they'll get paid.
I don't live on gfy but it was my understanding epass owner funded the movie, if he goes broke what keeps him from cleaning out one of hisotherbusinesses holding millions and disapearing? It's not like their a real bank with insurance. Fucking morons wow. Then again, if I had five dollars in my account I probably wouldn't be worried either. |
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BTW, Owen Wilson wasn't even in the movie, genius (maybe it would have faired better at the box office if he was). :1orglaugh Anyway, I just got back home a little while ago from seeing "Middle Men". I'll post my review later today after I get some sleep... ADG |
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My understanding is Chris can easily handle the cost of the movie. Of course you never know what the true situation is. but from everything I've heard it won't put him out of business. |
I saw the trailer several times on TV, and to be completely honest... not only did the movie look dull and cliché, I had no idea what the movie was even supposed to be about. Some good named actors, yes, including one of my favorites: Ribisi. But aside from that... I saw guys wearing suits, walking off an airplane, and throwing money into the air. What about that makes me want to shell out $10, in the summer, to go watch this? Nothing really.
From reading little notes here on the board about the movie... I still don't even know what it's supposed to be about. Porn? Scamming porn? Getting rich on the Internet? This isn't hating. Just honest comments. I wish it would have went better for them, pretty cool for giving it a shot though, I'll give them that. |
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"People vs Larry Flynt grossed over $20 million domestically, and Boogie Nights grossed over $26 million at the box office domestically (and over $43 million internationally)."
When considering what it cost to make them they were flops not train wrecks but flops. |
i was going to give him kudos for getting the movie made and a distribution deal, the odds against getting a theatrical movie made and produced are astronomical. studios and production companies have hundreds of scripts in development, only a tiny fraction ever make it to production. of those that do get made, the large majority are failures - movie business is all about the blockbuster these days though hitting some solid doubles is profitable.
if he footed the bill for the entire film, what a waste and a total conceit. that money could have gone to so many better things, give it to a hospital, get a clinic or floor name after you or somebody you love(d), fund a summer camp for sick kids ... Thoroughbred horse industry and the movie industry survive on people with too much money and too much vanity. |
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That project isn't aiming for huge box office success,either; it's not that kind of film. It's aiming for awards and will make money through other channels. For the comment above regarding SHO/HBO only paying a lot for box office hits, that's false. They pay when they feel a film fits their audience/genre and especially when they get exclusivity to it. They are premium paid channels, not network TV; so they can afford to do this as long as they have faith the film is something their subscribers will want to see. |
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