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Author Topic: War of Worlds - a dud? Jeremy Fuentes Mmmm, Dr. Pepper! Posts: 1168 From: Corpus Christi, TX United States Registered: Jan 2004 posted 06-29-2005 09:50 AM                     If Brad didnt like it, its pretty much a damn good movie. Brad doesnt know what he's talking about.  |  IP: Logged Martin Brooks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 900 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 06-29-2005 11:46 AM                        I think some are confusing a premier with a press screening. There were press screenings for the film - it's reviewed in this morning's NY Times. (They gave it a mixed review.)  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-29-2005 07:44 PM                     quote: Jeremy Fuentes If Brad didnt like it, its pretty much a damn good movie. I have to agree! If Brad hates it then I generally run out to see it and usually enjoy it. He must be related to the late Gene Siskel for some reason or other... Gene didn't like many films either and the films he liked most others disliked...... Mark  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-29-2005 07:57 PM                     Some people are so easily entertained.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 06-29-2005 11:22 PM                        And thank your lucky stars for that, otherwise y'all'd be workin' in other fields by now...  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 07-01-2005 03:13 AM                     So, what kind of movies does Brad like where he can give a good rating?  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 07-01-2005 03:17 AM                  I liked it! (Oops! Wrong thread!)  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 07-01-2005 01:31 PM                     Its doing much better than Batman did here. Whether or not it will have any legs still remains to be seen.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-02-2005 10:42 AM                     quote: Dustin Mitchell Whether or not it will have any legs still remains to be seen. Don't know about that either but it WILL always have plenty of tenticles . Mark  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 07-02-2005 11:45 AM                        Tentacles? Guess the anime otaku in me will have to go see this now, even though I can't stand remakes.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-02-2005 12:15 PM                        Get ready for another round of stupid news articles next week on the "failing movie business" when this movie does a few million less than Spider-Man 2 did last year.  |  IP: Logged Robert Burtcher Expert Film Handler Posts: 194 From: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Registered: Jun 2005 posted 07-03-2005 01:56 AM                     WotW is doing pretty darn well at our theatre... We have it on 2 screens (out of 10 total), and while we didn't have any showings sell out, we came fairly close on prime round.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 07-03-2005 03:17 AM                       Welcome, Robert! I used to live in Edmond - absolutely loved it. I serviced the Penn Sq. booth, too, back when it was GCC.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 07-04-2005 03:47 PM                     It's official, Hollywood is in the 19th week of a slump at the BO... http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050704/D8B4NGN80.html Spielberg, Cruise Wage 'War' With $77.6M Jul 4, 1:56 PM (ET) By DAVID GERMAIN LOS ANGELES (AP) - "War of the Worlds" conquered the box office as easily as the movie's aliens overpowered Earth, but it did not have enough firepower to overcome Hollywood's prolongued box office slump. Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise's sci-fi tale took in $77.6 million over the long Fourth of July weekend, lifting its total since debuting Wednesday to $113.3 million, according to studio estimates Monday. That fell well short of the all-time high held by "Spider-Man 2," whose $180.1 million haul in its first six days led Hollywood to a record Fourth of July weekend last year. The top 12 movies took in $160.1 million, off 25 percent from that 2004 record weekend. It was the 19th straight weekend that domestic revenues were down compared with last year's, extending the longest slump since analysts began tracking detailed box-office figures. The worst downturn previously recorded was 17 weekends in 1985. For the year, revenues are down about 7 percent, while factoring in higher ticket prices, admissions are off 10 percent. The longer the slump drags on, the harder it gets for Hollywood to dig itself out of that revenue hole, said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. "There's a spotlight on the slump and people's dissatisfaction about going to the movies. That negative perception can create a negative reality," Dergarabedian said. "It also gives people the opportunity to vent all the reasons they don't like going to movies, whether it's high ticket prices or the costs at the concession stand. So they feel validated in that by the slump." "War of the Worlds," Spielberg and Cruise's update on H.G. Wells' classic about space invaders laying siege to Earth, had the second-best four-day opening over Fourth of July, behind the $115.8 million for "Spider-Man 2." "Anybody disappointed with the second-biggest opening ever on Fourth of July weekend should really sort of seek help," said Rob Friedman, vice chairman for motion pictures at Paramount, which handled domestic distribution for "War of the Worlds." The studio hopes "War of the Worlds" will have a long shelf life at theaters, since Spielberg and Cruise's audiences tend to skew older than crowds that rush out over opening weekend for such comic-book adaptations as "Spider-Man 2," Friedman said. "This is not a sequel. It's not based on a comic book and a young fan-based property. This is based on a 100-year-old literary property," Friedman said. Spielberg and Cruise's "movies tend to play longer, stay in the marketplace longer, so I think as it relates to 'Spider-Man 2,' we'll have to wait and see what the long haul brings." Opening in 78 countries last week, "War of the Worlds" took in an additional $102.5 million overseas from Wednesday to Sunday, putting its worldwide total at well over $200 million. Paramount did not yet have figures on how much the movie took in internationally on Monday. "War of the Worlds" bumped "Batman Begins" to second place after two weekends in the top box-office slot. "Batman Begins" hauled in $18.7 million over the four-day weekend to raise its three-week domestic total to $154.1 million. The weekend's other new wide release, the Martin Lawrence basketball comedy "Rebound," fouled out with just $6 million from Friday to Monday, coming in at No. 7. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Monday at North American theaters, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. Final figures will be released Tuesday. 1. "War of the Worlds," $77.6 million. 2. "Batman Begins," $18.7 million. 3. "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," $12.7 million. 4. "Bewitched," $10.8 million. 5. "Herbie: Fully Loaded," $10.5 million. 6. "Madagascar," $7 million. 7. "Rebound," $6 million. 8. "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith," $5 million. 9. "The Longest Yard," $3.5 million. 10. "George Romero's Land of the Dead," $3.2 million.  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 07-04-2005 07:27 PM                     quote: Mike Heenan "This is not a sequel. It's not based on a comic book and a young fan-based property. This is based on a 100-year-old literary property," Friedman said. Is Friedman serious? How many people are going to see WOW becasue its based on an old book? "Honey, let's go see something literate tonight. Should we take in the new Jane Austin adaptation, or that H.G Wells classic?"  |  IP: Logged

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