franfar Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 A horror film with just one camera and a 60k budget ended up having a 4.8x multiplier. That's unheard of nowadays. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=blairwitchproject.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcaballero Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 7 minutes ago, franfar said: That's unheard of nowadays. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=blairwitchproject.htm I can't believe this was almost 8 years ago. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=paranormalactivity.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franfar Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 15 minutes ago, elcaballero said: I can't believe this was almost 8 years ago. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=paranormalactivity.htm Haven't seen it It got 5.5x which is still phenomenal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcaballero Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 6 minutes ago, franfar said: Haven't seen it It got 5.5x which is still phenomenal There was a lot of hype and I went with a group of friends. We all hated it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franfar Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, elcaballero said: There was a lot of hype and I went with a group of friends. We all hated it. I remember the reviews were good... But I just saw this AUDIENCE SCORE 56% liked it Average Rating: 3.2/5 User Ratings: 273,344 Didn't know it was that divisive. I'm not really into horror Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcaballero Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 6 minutes ago, franfar said: I remember the reviews were good... But I just saw this AUDIENCE SCORE 56% liked it Average Rating: 3.2/5 User Ratings: 273,344 Didn't know it was that divisive. I'm not really into horror And it was only downhill from there... Same with the Blair Witch "franchise." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 8 minutes ago, franfar said: I remember the reviews were good... But I just saw this AUDIENCE SCORE 56% liked it Average Rating: 3.2/5 User Ratings: 273,344 Didn't know it was that divisive. I'm not really into horror The divisiveness came back to affect the Blair Witch franchise just last year again. They couldn't make people nostalgic enough for this movie again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franfar Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, elcaballero said: And it was only downhill from there... Same with the Blair Witch "franchise." 2 minutes ago, grim22 said: The divisiveness came back to affect the Blair Witch franchise just last year again. They couldn't make people nostalgic enough for this movie again. As always, waiting nearly a decade will piss away any goodwill/nostalgia there is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 7 hours ago, elcaballero said: And it was only downhill from there... Same with the Blair Witch "franchise." Not accurate....Paranormal Activity 3 made more worldwide than the first film and only $3m less domestically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franfar Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 4 hours ago, Krissykins said: Not accurate....Paranormal Activity 3 made more worldwide than the first film and only $3m less domestically. Pretty sure he was referring to film quality not BO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 14 hours ago, grim22 said: The divisiveness came back to affect the Blair Witch franchise just last year again. They couldn't make people nostalgic enough for this movie again. The Blair Witch Project was a movie most people didn't really like in the first place. As quick as it raised to the top was as quick as it fell to the bottom. I remember widespread reports of people demanding refunds after the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel M Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Yeah Blair Witch Project is one of the weirdest runs ever. I don't know how many really got fooled by the "real story" but even without social media the word got out pretty quickly that is false. The reason that movie went on to do crazy BO numbers was because "it was so real, some people thought it really happened, so I GOTTA SEE IT". So the buzz set unbelievable expectations and besides that the movie itself was one of the most experimental and out there projects to hit it this big. I was 14-15 when it opened in theatres here, months after it became a blockbuster in the US, and while it was also a big hit here because of the buzz, people absolutely hated it. Every big movie backlash that has happened since imo pales in comparison to the reaction BWP got back in the day. People were feeling nausea from the camerawork, asking for their money and wondered if something that looks like this is even a movie. Blair Witch Project was a movie that realistically should never had become a giant hit. At best it could have been a indie hit that would eventually find its cult following after it leaved theatres. But because of one of the most inspired marketing campaigns of all time, it did. And the mainstream was not prepared for it. It was so different from what a movie supposed to look like, some people wondered if the filmmakers were actually trying to prank the audience. It is still considered devisive, but its reputation have only grown in the 15 years since. And it will continue growing as a horror staple and iconic movie, despite the sequels failing. Not everything is supposed to be a franchise. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 5 hours ago, filmlover said: The Blair Witch Project was a movie most people didn't really like in the first place. As quick as it raised to the top was as quick as it fell to the bottom. I remember widespread reports of people demanding refunds after the movie. So not true. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franfar Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 5 hours ago, filmlover said: The Blair Witch Project was a movie most people didn't really like in the first place. As quick as it raised to the top was as quick as it fell to the bottom. I remember widespread reports of people demanding refunds after the movie. It didn't have a 50% drop until it's 9th weekend (7th in wide release), so that statement is false 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 4 hours ago, franfar said: It didn't have a 50% drop until it's 9th weekend (7th in wide release), so that statement is false It was a different time when having a drop more than 40% was seen as bad, unlike today. Wild Wild West that same summer had respectable-looking legs compared to movies today and no one would ever argue that movie was anything but reviled. It was a few weeks until the backlash fully kicked in, one could say it was felt the most when the sequel saw such an astronomical drop (even if in part because it was a gigantic piece of crap) the following year despite a huge marketing push and a timely Halloween release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franfar Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 3 minutes ago, filmlover said: It was a different time when having a drop more than 40% was seen as bad, unlike today. Wild Wild West that same summer had respectable-looking legs compared to movies today and no one would ever argue that movie was anything but reviled. It was a few weeks until the backlash fully kicked in, one could say it was felt the most when the sequel saw such an astronomical drop (even if in part because it was a gigantic piece of crap) the following year despite a huge marketing push and a timely Halloween release. Perhaps... I looked at the top grossing horror and surprisingly, those movies held on, even with today's stigma against horror Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 10 hours ago, filmlover said: It was a different time when having a drop more than 40% was seen as bad, unlike today. Wild Wild West that same summer had respectable-looking legs compared to movies today and no one would ever argue that movie was anything but reviled. It was a few weeks until the backlash fully kicked in, one could say it was felt the most when the sequel saw such an astronomical drop (even if in part because it was a gigantic piece of crap) the following year despite a huge marketing push and a timely Halloween release. You're completely making this up. It was not reviled. I was around and very aware that summer what was happening with it. It was a film that some loved and some hated. The shaky cam stuff is more what turned people off, not the film itself. If you go to imdb, filter the "loved it", you come up with about a third of the reviews out of the 3400. And a lot of the reviews that hate it are those who have seen it for the first time in the last 5 years or so. Yes, some hated it. But there were a lot of us, horror lovers, who loved the film for the slow burn, the clues, the conflict with Heather and Josh and Mike, the....all the rest. I'm not going to get into what is good about the film but I will vehemently defend it against bullshit posts like yours that throw a blanket statement out that it was reviled. That's a flat out lie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 10 hours ago, franfar said: Perhaps... I looked at the top grossing horror and surprisingly, those movies held on, even with today's stigma against horror Horror held well because it didn't open as high as BWP did. The only one that did open that high during the 90's was Sixth Sense and we all know why the legs on that were insane. The twist got people coming back. The only other one I can find that opened that high and held better was What Lies Beneath. BWP had almost a 5X after opening to 29 million. Hardly hated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 1 hour ago, baumer said: You're completely making this up. It was not reviled. I was around and very aware that summer what was happening with it. It was a film that some loved and some hated. The shaky cam stuff is more what turned people off, not the film itself. If you go to imdb, filter the "loved it", you come up with about a third of the reviews out of the 3400. And a lot of the reviews that hate it are those who have seen it for the first time in the last 5 years or so. Yes, some hated it. But there were a lot of us, horror lovers, who loved the film for the slow burn, the clues, the conflict with Heather and Josh and Mike, the....all the rest. I'm not going to get into what is good about the film but I will vehemently defend it against bullshit posts like yours that throw a blanket statement out that it was reviled. That's a flat out lie. Relax, baumer. It's no secret that The Blair Witch Project was a very divisive film (even if it had a very vocal set of detractors after it became known it wasn't real). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Divisive is far from hated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...