10 movies you thought were flops, but weren't
http://www.empireonline.com/features/ten-successful-movies-you-thought-were-flops/p1
:eek: I didn't know Burton's Planet Of The Apes made that much money!
:eek: I didn't know Burton's Planet Of The Apes made that much money!
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I didn't think Jumper did that well, but I didn't think it had cost that much to make and I tend to think a film has to lose hundreds of millions to truely flop.
It was also critically acclaimed, but appears to be suffering a bit of (what I think is unfair) online backlash at the moment...
Scooby Doo 2 is awful, but I can watch it. I haven't bothered to watch the other 7.
As is "successful film".
I finally watched T.A.S the other week on sky. Really enjoyed all three of the Raimi spidey films, so I didn't have much interest in a reboot. That said, I really enjoyed it and will probably head to the cinema to see the sequel.
Jeremy Renner worries me. Apart from AA where his pointless character is in a crowd of pointless characters trying to get screen time off Iron Man, his movies are generally a bit meh. I'll probably watch H&G but it'll probably be a bit meh when it makes it's way to Sky Prem.
I must admit the trailers for these series of films look very good.:)
I quite enjoyed Jumper.
My rule of thumb is to expect disappointment when something is critically acclaimed. It's a euphemism for dull and worthy.
However, not to tinge TAS with now knowing it was critically acclaimed at the time, I found TAS to not be amazing in any way. I just lost interest in it.
The potential rewards of a US release massively outweigh the risks, especially when you already have global rights to the film.
And since Universal didn't put up all of the money (it was co-financed by Studiocanal and Working Title) for what was already a cheap film, they never stood to lose that much anyway..
The first film wasn't a hit in the US but hugely successful elsewhere and Universal wanted the sequel straight away but they decided to do Mr Beans Holiday first and wait for Rowan Atkinson to say yes to another Johnny English.
Universal and Working Title do make films not exclusively aimed at the US market like the Richard Curtis films such as About Time
Working Title don't even work exclusively for Universal any more (despite being owned by them), they produced I Give It A Year, which is being handled by Studiocanal. Though it landing at Studiocanal might have something to do with the Universal lawsuit...
Studiocanal and Working Title have been doing films without Universal starting from Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Universal still distributes their films in the US so they must get a first look. Studiocanal has Rush released just a week after Universal and WTs new film About Time although I imagine the two can coexist.
Studiocanal is half owned by NBCUniversal which may explain why WT have been making films with then and not exclusively Universal.
-John tucker must die
-Xmen 3
-Catwoman
-Valentines day
-simpsons movie
-bratz movie
-mean girls 2
-rocky and bullwinkle
-house bunny
-bedazzled
The Simpsons Movie ($527 million worldwide) and X Men 3 ($459 million worldwide) were absolutely NOT flops. X3 might have been critically mauled, but it's still the highest grossing X Men movie.
As far as I knew, if it cost more to make than it made at the box office, then it's not a success.