quote: Mike Blakesley

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The good part of the story is, it pretty much assures there won't be a "3."

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Care to make a little wager on that one, Mike? While it cost $100 to make and only made $95,347,692 domestically...take a look at what it did in the rest of the world.

Worldwide box office for SATC2

Oh yes...there'll be another for sure...maybe more than one.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-03-2011, 06:26 PM:
 
If it only cost $100 to make and it made 92 million dollars, there will be dozens more!
 

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Posted by Burleigh Ibbott (Member # 3917) on 01-03-2011, 06:35 PM:
 
Definately Last Airbender ( another shyamalan flop) Oh i forgot Jonah Hex too.

Burleigh
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 01-03-2011, 07:29 PM:
 
OK Joe, I meant to write $100 million. (Even though it really did look like it cost $100)
 

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Posted by Robert D Hall (Member # 5674) on 01-03-2011, 08:27 PM:
 
The biggest flop for us not only for 2010 but ever. Would have to be for colored girls. I think its the only move we have ever had that didn't sale 1 ticket on opening day. By the time it was over it grossed around 50 dollars here.
 

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 01-03-2011, 08:30 PM:
 
I would probably say Green Zone. It did almost no business for us. It was actually good, too.
 

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Posted by Caleb Johnstone-Cowan (Member # 3710) on 01-03-2011, 09:51 PM:
 
I'd happily have a third Sex and the City. We got a great food spend opening night on SATC2, and it played well for a week or so. The TV show was on the free-to-view Channel 4 here so probably got more exposure than it did in the USA (HBO is expensive and limited right?).

Edit: As for flops, we had a lot of films underperform but nothing sunk big time. I think Prince of Persia and Legend of the Guardians stand out from Hollywood, Tamara Drewe and Made in Dagenham from the UK (but they got '15' ratings which kills the middle class family audience that laps that stuff up).
 

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Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 01-03-2011, 09:58 PM:
 

quote: Burleigh Ibbott

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Definately Last Airbender ( another shyamalan flop) Oh i forgot Jonah Hex too.

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quote: John Wilson

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Care to make a little wager on that one, Mike?

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I don't know....95 mil in the states is truly very bad for a summer tentpole movie. And you have the dismal reviews on top of that. But, I can see your point too -- so I won't take that bet!

For the record, our lowest-attended movie of 2010 was "Red."
 

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Posted by Jim Bedford (Member # 4) on 01-04-2011, 04:48 PM:
 
Some of you must be accounting challenged. Although I agree it sucked as a film, THE LAST AIRBENDER cost $150M to make and grossed $318,949,222 worldwide. This does not include any ancillary rights like PPV, video on demand, DVD, Blu-ray, etc. from all over the world.

You want the more highly touted economic disasters of 2010, look no further than GREENBERG, MACGRUBER, REPO MEN, CONVICTION, EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES, 127 HOURS (although it will get a pre-AA noms rollout), LET ME IN and a few others.

Some need to separate expectations from reality.
 

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Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 01-04-2011, 06:08 PM:
 
Thanks for backing up what I said Jim with the stats again
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 01-04-2011, 06:10 PM:
 
I guess one needs to keep in mind what kind of "flop" is being discussed. If it's just financial flops we're concerned with, that list is pretty endless. But I mentioned Sex and the City 2 because it not only did less business than expected (in the US at least), but it was a total turkey of a movie, as well.
 

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Posted by Tom Petrov (Member # 1534) on 01-05-2011, 02:06 AM:
 

quote: Mike Blakesley

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I guess one needs to keep in mind what kind of "flop" is being discussed. If it's just financial flops we're concerned with, that list is pretty endless. But I mentioned Sex and the City 2 because it not only did less business than expected (in the US at least), but it was a total turkey of a movie, as well.

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