- Steven Spielberg to George Lucas (1977)
- George Lucas to Steven Spieberg (1983)
- Steven Spielberg to George Lucas (1997)
- George Lucas to James Cameron (1998)
- Marvel Studios to Universal Pictures (2015)
- Universal Pictures to “The Force Awakens” Team (2015)
I really, really like this. It shows that great filmmakers have respect for others in their field. Enough to acknowledge when another film beats a record their own movie set.
”[…] Fred Astaire is all about sex, really – the kind women most dream of. He had a way of seeming as if he were trying to please his partner as much as himself, an intensely ardent and affectionate way of looking at her. He also was forceful and gentle at the same time; he dominated without being domineering about it and the result was unique […]” (x)
Transformers: Age of Extinction, #1 at the box office this past week, averaged $23.6K per cinema, playing at 4233 cinemas.[1]
Snowpiercer, which did not make the top twenty, averaged $20.2K per cinema, playing at 8.[2]
If Snowpiercer had released in, say, 3750 locations, as 22 Jump Street (#2 at the box office this past week) did, and its average was the same, it would have grossed over $70M.
Now, there’s no knowing that the average would have been the same, since if only eight cinemas are playing it, everyone’s gonna cram their asses into those eight cinemas. But say it had a decent level of publicity, the way any normal Hollywood film would, and grossed half per cinema what it did. It still would have grossed $34M, double 22 Jump Street’s intake ($15.8M) for the week. That’s right: Snowpiercer, making half what it did per cinema this past week, would have made twice what 22 Jump Street made.
And that’s after pirate copies circulated the US for almost a year because we couldn’t get the real thing on the big screen.
Chug along, little train, chug along…
-This sash was a gift to me from the Queen of America.
-There’s no Queen of America!
-I beg to differ, infant. We’re on quite intimate terms unless you can prove otherwise.
movie weekend continues. This one held up. Stellar cast didn’t hurt.
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