Posted by Derek Janssen on 12/06/05 20:30

Justin wrote:
>
>>>>I think the public has. None of those movies, including F4, did either
>>>>poorly or so-so at the box office.
>>>
>>>Worldwide: $329,471,472
>>>
>>>Hmmm, is that poor or so-so?
>>
>>Pointless, basically.

(I mean, you just don't WANT to sound borderline-racist about Asian
countries flocking to see *anything* with an American label on it where
Stuff Blows Up, but then there's those numbers that don't lie...)

> It wasn't that long ago that 150 million at the US box office was
> considered a solid hit. No matter the production costs.

Let's see, that would be back when movies were still $7-8, cineplexes
only averaged 5-6 screens, and and a 2000-screen opening was considered
"big" because it could only play on one screen at a time?

Derek Janssen (such memories)
djanss@charter.net

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