Posted by Jeff Rife on 12/06/05 14:19

M.B. (NoSpam@ForYou.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> > I suspect these movies were written by 13 year olds or adults who think
> > like 13 year olds. But until Joe Public stops eating this crap up, the
> > studios will continue to produce it. Sad, but true.
>
> I think the public has. None of those movies, including F4, did either
> poorly or so-so at the box office.

Huh?
budget US box office
Fantastic Four $100M $154M
Dukes of Hazzard $ 53M $ 80M
Stealth $150M $ 32M
Deuce Bigelow II $ 22M $ 22M

Those box office numbers are *total*, not the opening weekend. None of
these movies come close to being as good as "poor" at the box office. Only
"Dukes of Hazzard" can be considered "so-so", FF is slightly worse, DB2 a
flop, and "Stealth" being a big old stinking bomb.

Compare that to the following:
budget US box office
March of the Penguins $ 8M $ 77M
Longest Yard $ 82M $158M
Hitch $ 70M $177M
Batman Begins $135M $205M
Wedding Crashers $ 40M $209M
Harry Potter 4 $130M $230M (to date)
War of the Worlds $132M $234M

Now, some of these movies are just as poorly written as FF or "Stealth",
but they are all at least moderately successful at the box office, so
expect sequels to anything that can have one.

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