grey ghost Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 As an actor I can see him not caring about box office. That's not his job. That's for the suits to worry about. The producers, and studio execs. When or if he becomes a producer he will care about it then, lol.Box office determines what parts and scripts he has access to.For example, if Ashton had been in a few blockbusters he would be able to pick and choose from far more projects.Instead his best offer was probably Jobs, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey ghost Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Watch his speech at the Teen Choice awards and you'll see why he doesn't care about box office. There are more important things. It's actually an amazing speech.There are more important things than the superbowl.I still wouldn't call following sports ”stupid”.Especially if I were a famous and wealthy athlete. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Box office determines what parts and scripts he has access to.For example, if Ashton had been in a few blockbusters he would be able to pick and choose from far more projects.Instead his best offer was probably Jobs, lol. Well maybe he likes his career path? I don't know I don't follow him that much. I've only seen him in comedies. So I don't know what kind of potential he has for dramatic roles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted August 16, 2013 Author Share Posted August 16, 2013 WIDE (1000+) # TITLE THU, AUG. 15 2013 LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST. 1 We're the Millers $2,948,258 -7% 3,260 0 $904 $51,733,485 1 Warner Bros. / New Line 2 Elysium $2,443,579 -10% 3,284 -- $744 $42,314,306 1 Sony / TriStar 3 Planes $2,006,009 -6% 3,702 -- $542 $31,949,868 1 Disney 4 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters $1,413,909 -10% 3,031 124 $466 $30,528,658 1 Fox 5 The Smurfs 2 $1,132,692 -15% 3,867 1 $293 $52,312,189 2 Sony / Columbia 6 2 Guns $1,014,380 -12% 3,028 3 $335 $53,649,345 2 Universal 7 The Wolverine $823,846 -10% 2,867 -918 $287 $116,033,156 3 Fox 8 Despicable Me 2 $730,475 -15% 2,395 -455 $305 $342,206,120 6 Universal 9 The Conjuring $673,221 -11% 2,650 -465 $254 $123,952,870 4 Warner Bros. / New Line 10 Grown Ups 2 $363,549 -18% 2,102 -750 $173 $125,685,430 5 Sony / Columbia 11 Turbo $300,851 -6% 1,771 -370 $170 $76,579,280 4 Fox / DreamWorks Animation 12 The Heat $199,965 -19% 1,351 -363 $148 $154,591,632 7 Fox 13 Red 2 $187,075 -16% 1,574 -1181 $119 $50,274,891 4 Lionsgate / Summit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted August 16, 2013 Author Share Posted August 16, 2013 LIMITED (100 — 999) # TITLE THU, AUG. 15 2013 LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST. 1 Pacific Rim $181,160 -14% 980 -823 $185 $97,676,467 5 Warner Bros. 2 The Way, Way Back $168,065 -10% 780 -133 $215 $17,113,240 6 Fox Searchlight 3 Fruitvale Station $136,294 -15% 828 -258 $165 $14,119,577 5 Weinstein Company 4 Monsters University $106,613 -4% 405 -215 $263 $260,673,604 8 Disney 5 Man of Steel $97,754 -3% 426 122 $229 $289,121,541 9 Warner Bros. 6 World War Z $87,165 -11% 505 -407 $173 $197,866,133 8 Paramount 7 R.I.P.D. $47,795 -17% 478 -510 $100 $32,204,325 4 Universal 8 Star Trek Into Darkness $40,432 1% 256 -44 $158 $226,967,532 13 Paramount 9 Epic $27,946 9% 222 -23 $126 $107,092,768 12 Fox 10 Now You See Me $20,370 -18% 143 -63 $142 $115,846,027 11 Lionsgate / Summit 11 Fast & Furious 6 $18,125 5% 191 -39 $95 $238,358,265 12 Universal 12 The Internship $15,349 -2% 136 -27 $113 $44,485,689 10 Fox 13 The Croods $15,001 -1% 142 -23 $106 $186,917,813 21 Fox / DreamWorks Animation 14 The Great Gatsby (2013) $14,341 1% 135 -93 $106 $144,765,979 14 Warner Bros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLK Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Actors who have made it in Hollywood usually don't give a fuck about Box Office unless they are also producing the movie. Even some producers like Clooney say they keep the budget low so as to make Box Office irrelevant. BoxOffice @BoxOffice 8m Early weekend projections: BUTLER $25 mil; KICK-ASS 2 $18.5 mil; JOBS $11.5 mil; PARANOIA $5.5 mil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Actors who have made it in Hollywood usually don't give a fuck about Box Office unless they are also producing the movie. Even some producers like Clooney say they keep the budget low so as to make Box Office irrelevant.BoxOffice @BoxOffice 8m Early weekend projections: BUTLER $25 mil; KICK-ASS 2 $18.5 mil; JOBS $11.5 mil; PARANOIA $5.5 milThat's great for Butler but pretty bad for KA2, I thought it could do 20M but guess not.Quite good numbers for Jobs.5.5M for Paranoia, now, that's just hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 That's great for Butler but pretty bad for KA2, I thought it could do 20M but guess not.Quite good numbers for Jobs.5.5M for Paranoia, now, that's just hilarious. Not really. Its budget is only 28 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Craig Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Wolverine Aug 15, 2013 $823,846 So sitting just over $116m domestic now. Do we know theater loss for TW this weekend? I'd like to think it might do $5m this weekend to get it over $120m or to budget anyway. I'm spying $130m for a landing now since last weeks huge 1,000 theater loss helped stomp out $140m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Interesting. Kick-Ass 2 is three points higher (28%) than Jobs (25%) but the latter has a better average rating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLK Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 First Kick Ass movie made $100 million WW. Mark Millar said in an interview that they made another $140 million from DVD/Bluray sales etc and they have kept the budget low for this one. The movie is guaranteed to be a success with a $18-20 million opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Not really. Its budget is only 28 million.Oh, I mean compare to what the first one opened to I guess. It will be a success for sure what that budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 The first Kick-Ass seems like one of those movies that isn't going to have a very long lasting appeal. Everyone had a huge boner for it in 2010 but now it rarely comes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 So sitting just over $116m domestic now. Do we know theater loss for TW this weekend?I'd like to think it might do $5m this weekend to get it over $120m or to budget anyway. I'm spying $130m for a landing now since last weeks huge 1,000 theater loss helped stomp out $140m.It lost another 800 theaters or so this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 The first Kick-Ass seems like one of those movies that isn't going to have a very long lasting appeal. Everyone had a huge boner for it in 2010 but now it rarely comes up. It’s fucking great, and as far as I’m concerned it will stand the test of time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 (edited) Oh, I mean compare to what the first one opened to I guess. It will be a success for sure what that budget. Yeah, yeah, I know! Being realistic though it’s not bad at all. Edited August 16, 2013 by Boxofficefanatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonytr87 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 (edited) There are more important things than the superbowl.I still wouldn't call following sports ”stupid”.Especially if I were a famous and wealthy athlete. That's not the same thing. If he had called movies stupid, then you'd have a point. But he didn't. Many actors are not in it to be a box office king, they're in it to have fun or be an artist. Edited August 16, 2013 by tonytr87 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 An anonymous source has Butler at 9 and KA2 at 7 for Friday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Craig Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 It lost another 800 theaters or so this weekend. At least it wasn't another 1000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey ghost Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 That's not the same thing. If he had called movies stupid, then you'd have a point. But he didn't. Many actors are not in it to be a box office king, they're in it to have fun or be an artist. But without the big blockbusters there would be less money to invest in smaller projects for actors to use as passion projects. Movies like Avengers and The Hobbit allow movies like Jobs to get funded and widely distributed. So maybe box office isn't so stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
