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Author Topic: Indiana Jones; Let's predict the first weekend gross Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 05-27-2008 08:00 PM                        Are the tallys not in yet? I'm not seeing any numbers posted here except guesses.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 05-27-2008 08:18 PM                        According to Box Office Mojo, $151 million and change for the 5 day opening. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=2008&wknd=21a&p= The estimates I posted earlier in the weekend were also from Box Office Mojo.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-27-2008 08:19 PM                     Thursday - $25,041,072 Friday - $30,571,275 Saturday - $36,533,839 Sunday - $33,032,721 Monday - $26,779,538 Friday to Sunday - $100,137,835 Thursday to Sunday - $125,178,907 Thursday to Monday - $151,958,445 Budget was $185 million...without Spielberg, Lucas or Ford being paid yet! WTF?  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-27-2008 09:41 PM                        I read somewhere that the three principals deferred their normal fee and are getting "points" (a percentage of the gross). A smart move on their part.  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 05-29-2008 04:19 PM                        I'm sorry...How much does it cost to render a gopher, a nuclear blast, and manufacture a plexiglass skull? Roger Corman could have made this movie for $18.5 million...and he would have used real gophers.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-29-2008 07:21 PM                     Yes, but CGI gophers are 'real-er-er' than 'real' gophers. We used to have possums in our roof but CGI ones moved in and made them feel redundant so they left. Now, if only I could find some easier way of cleaning out their '0's' and '1's' droppings they leave behind. Maybe I'll just wait for Spielberg's DVD version of my roof to come out. I hear he's removed the droppings and replaced them with walkie talkies.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 05-29-2008 08:51 PM                     quote: John Wilson Yes, but CGI gophers are 'real-er-er' than 'real' gophers. Reminds me of a Futurama episode Leela: Fry, you're wasting your life sitting in front of that TV. You need to get out and see the world. Fry: But this is HDTV. It's got better resolution than the real world. Real-er indeed.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-30-2008 10:40 AM                     Why didn't they use the gopher from Caddyshack 1 and 2? Is he retired?  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 05-30-2008 11:25 AM                     He wanted his money up front.  |  IP: Logged Lyle Romer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1400 From: Davie, FL, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 05-30-2008 12:08 PM                     What I'm trying to figure out is some of the CGI backgrounds. Was it bad CGI or were they trying for the look that a 1950's made movie would have (with matte paintings). The backgrounds at the "secret base" and in the warehouse were obviously fake (the lighting didn't look right and they were soft). I'm just wondering if this look was done one purpose to give it an "old school" feel.  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 06-04-2008 08:43 PM                     quote: Mike Blakesley I read somewhere that the three principals deferred their normal fee and are getting "points" (a percentage of the gross). A smart move on their part. I thought after Nicholson made out like a bandit doing that on Batman the check writers were super-careful about that stuff.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-04-2008 10:45 PM                        The ones I heard about making out like bandits were Tom Hanks ("Forrest Gump") and Bruce Willis who got something like $20 million just for being the voice in "Look Who's Talking." I think that kind of deal is quite common among the super-powerful talent, especially if it's a project that is "personal" to them.  |  IP: Logged Joe Tommassello Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 547 From: Coatesville, PA, USA Registered: Jan 2008 posted 06-05-2008 01:05 PM                  quote: Lyle Romer The backgrounds at the "secret base" and in the warehouse were obviously fake (the lighting didn't look right and they were soft). I'm just wondering if this look was done one purpose to give it an "old school" feel. I agree they looked obvious. I was thinking "green screen" while I watched that sequence and was glad it wasn't that way through the entire film. As to if it was intentional? I would guess not. They didn't employ intentional visual techniques in the other IJ films to make them look older. In addition it seemed to me they tried to copy the 80's look of the first film through most of the film. I think it was just typical CGI - it never quite looks real. ILMs are among the most offensive probably due to overkill. I kept waiting for some speeders to fly by in the background.  |  IP: Logged

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