Paul Dergarabedian
Paul Dergarabedian
opposed pale surprised typical weekend year
In all fairness, this was more of a typical late-October weekend, as opposed to a year ago, when 'The Grudge' surprised everyone and made this weekend look pale by comparison.
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Out of 400 or 450 movies released every year, maybe 300 are independent films, ... The only ones you hear about are the breakouts. They don't all make money. Most don't, even if they only have a $1 million budget. If you break even you're doing great.
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The track record of horror films tells you maybe Hollywood should just release horror movies to be successful. I can't think of a more consistently performing genre at the box office.
break hear maybe million movies released
Out of 400 or 450 movies released every year, maybe 300 are independent films. The only ones you hear about are the breakouts. They don't all make money. Most don't, even if they only have only a $1 million budget, ... If you break even you're doing great.
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Concerns like this can apply to any movie with violence, though 'Get Rich' may get a little more scrutiny because of the reputation of the star, ... But all this does, really, is serve to create a mythology around the movie. It may create a mystique around it and make it a success, similar to 50 Cent's musical persona.
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Star Wars' opened the door to the idea of a franchise that could be successful, even if a sequel doesn't do well. It made viable the idea that, with sequels, the law of diminishing returns doesn't always apply.
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If you can't get audiences in there for movies, maybe this will help. It's great for using downtime if people like the concept.
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The industry has to consider whether or not American audiences are sending a message about the quality of the movies they are getting - or just the way and the place in which they get them. You can bet that producers, writers, directors, and studio heads are all huddling intensely to consider what this means and change their behavior to keep it from continuing.
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At the end of the day, the language may be offensive to some people, but the movies are harmless. A lesson is learned, someone grows up a little and there's a good moral. Everyone goes home happy.
culture
It's part of our culture. It's part of our lexicon.
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Anything that goes out of control with the marketing machine of a movie can cause a problem. The way audiences often get wind of it is when there's a trailer or posters in theaters, and suddenly the movies are gone.
definitely weekend
Definitely not a weekend we'd want to see repeated.
cinematic easy special sports
There's something cinematic about sports movies, ... They're easy to pitch. You always have a winner, usually an underdog, and a loser. You don't need a lot of special effects.
focus negative summer
The focus of this summer tended to be more negative than positive,