Comments on: Monday Morning Box Office Report: The Basterds Burn Up the Box Office http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/24/monday-morning-box-office-report-the-basterds-burn-up-the-box-office/ Blog and Podcast Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:02:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Fatbologna http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/24/monday-morning-box-office-report-the-basterds-burn-up-the-box-office/comment-page-1/#comment-623474 Fatbologna Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:46:12 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24795#comment-623474 Rus, The Dark Night? Really? Rus,
The Dark Night? Really?

]]> By: rus in chicago http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/24/monday-morning-box-office-report-the-basterds-burn-up-the-box-office/comment-page-1/#comment-623337 rus in chicago Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:28:47 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24795#comment-623337 really? Blair Witch, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Matrix, The Hangover, Borat, Slumdog Millionaire, The Dark Knight, there are plenty of films that build a buzz and pick-up steam. the 50% drop is a disappointment as it puts D9 in the camp with so much shit. It obliviously was affected by Basterds. really? Blair Witch, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Matrix, The Hangover, Borat, Slumdog Millionaire, The Dark Knight, there are plenty of films that build a buzz and pick-up steam. the 50% drop is a disappointment as it puts D9 in the camp with so much shit. It obliviously was affected by Basterds.

]]> By: Maopheus http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/24/monday-morning-box-office-report-the-basterds-burn-up-the-box-office/comment-page-1/#comment-623336 Maopheus Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:22:56 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24795#comment-623336 D9 has already made its impact by being no. 1 it's opening week and being well on its way to making a big profit. No one should expect it to gross huge numbers nor for it to either maintain or grow its revenues. The movie business just doesn't work that way any more. I think Titanic was the last movie that just kept going and going but that was a unique example for sure. D9 has already made its impact by being no. 1 it’s opening week and being well on its way to making a big profit. No one should expect it to gross huge numbers nor for it to either maintain or grow its revenues. The movie business just doesn’t work that way any more. I think Titanic was the last movie that just kept going and going but that was a unique example for sure.

]]> By: Sean http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/24/monday-morning-box-office-report-the-basterds-burn-up-the-box-office/comment-page-1/#comment-623321 Sean Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:26:22 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24795#comment-623321 Yeah, it's still proving to have some staying power, it just won't be a massive smash hit. Yeah, it’s still proving to have some staying power, it just won’t be a massive smash hit.

]]> By: Brett http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/24/monday-morning-box-office-report-the-basterds-burn-up-the-box-office/comment-page-1/#comment-623317 Brett Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:11:02 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24795#comment-623317 About D9 ... it's not that bad (or rare) to see a movie drop 40-50% in its 2nd week, is it? D9 is far from a failure even in mainstream terms at this point. Two weeks and $73 million in August is something to be very proud of, not to mention it has already more than doubled its budget. I guess it probably won't be a "juggernaut" in the range of $200 million but still a definite surprise and success. And still something for the industry to take note of. About D9 … it’s not that bad (or rare) to see a movie drop 40-50% in its 2nd week, is it?

D9 is far from a failure even in mainstream terms at this point. Two weeks and $73 million in August is something to be very proud of, not to mention it has already more than doubled its budget.

I guess it probably won’t be a “juggernaut” in the range of $200 million but still a definite surprise and success. And still something for the industry to take note of.

]]> By: rus in chicago http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/24/monday-morning-box-office-report-the-basterds-burn-up-the-box-office/comment-page-1/#comment-623303 rus in chicago Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:58:07 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24795#comment-623303 I'm not surprised about D9...for all the love we showed and the "want" for this to be a juggernaut it simply has to many things going against it 1) it has like one leg of the Hollywood Quadrant - no appeal for women and older ticket buyers, rated R which cuts out the kids. 2) the love story isn't strong 3) no big star or even B level ensemble. All of the people in the Chicago audience I saw it with were fanboys. It will make plenty of money for years in DVD and cult screenings I’m not surprised about D9…for all the love we showed and the “want” for this to be a juggernaut it simply has to many things going against it 1) it has like one leg of the Hollywood Quadrant – no appeal for women and older ticket buyers, rated R which cuts out the kids. 2) the love story isn’t strong 3) no big star or even B level ensemble. All of the people in the Chicago audience I saw it with were fanboys. It will make plenty of money for years in DVD and cult screenings

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