Dementeleus Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 This thread needs updating! Not even thinking about the fact that it just celebrated its ten-year anniversary, I was talking about Master & Commander with some friends on Friday, specifically in response to why it never got a sequel despite the abundant source material yet to be adapted. It's understandable when one looks at the finances - the first one had a massive $150 million budget, and made an unspectacular $211 million worldwide - but the source material is there and the movie did nab 10 Oscar nominations. I'd certainly pay to see a sequel, even though the chances of it being a financial success are minimal. I loooooooove Master and Commander. It's really disappointing we didn't get another one of those.What makes it particularly sad is that there's a natural trilogy arc that could be pulled from the rest of the books. It would've involved a scandal that forced Aubrey to resign his commission from the Navy -- just about as dark and bleak a thing that could ever happen to an officer like him. And yet, Maturin comes into some money through his family and purchases the Surprise, hiring Aubrey back as its Captain. They manage to get a letter of marque and roam the seas as privateers, managing to win enough glory to reinstate Aubrey in the Navy, to great acclaim. Throw in the backstory of Maturin actually being a spy against Bonaparte and you have a kickass arc that would take us through two more movies. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 The Haunted Mansion opened at #2 with $34M over the 5-day weekend. Bad Santa opened at #5 with $16.8M over the 5-day weekend. The Missing opened at #7 with $15.2M over the 5-day weekend. Timeline opened at #8 with $12.4M over the 5-day weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 No nostalgia for any of those releases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 No nostalgia for any of those releases Don't you be dissing Bad Santa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Films Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 (edited) Don't you be dissing Bad Santa!Ok thenIt was a horrible shit film that I never want to see again- F Edited November 29, 2013 by HairsprayFilmsCatchingFire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Films Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Why did bad Santa get released a year later here in the UK? (Might try and watch it again over Christmas)Also I accidentally did this (well only 8 days earlier). I was ill so I watched two weeks notice for the first time. A great film. A- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 (edited) 10 year ago this week (Dec 19-21)Return of the KingMona Lisa SmileSomethings Gotta GiveLast SamuraiElfStuck on YouBad SantaHaunted MansionLove Don't Cost a ThingHoney Edited December 15, 2013 by lilmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Little did anyone know at the time that it would be 9 years before The Hobbit would see the light of day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJackSparrow Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Return of the King is awesome, much better than the Two Towers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Both are great but I give a slight edge to TTT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Return of the King was coming. I was so fucking excited to see it. The anticipation was killing me. Also I was in 7th grade and that was a good time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 ROTK was the first time I saw midnight showings in the UK. Was mental! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I was 29 when ROTK came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 top 30 movies at the box office ten years ago this weekend 1 1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL $14,209,098 -49.6% 3,532 -171 $4,022 $312,320,936 $94 4 2 12 Big Fish Sony $13,811,191 +442.8% 2,406 +2,281 $5,740 $23,386,775 $70 5 3 2 Cheaper by the Dozen Fox $11,751,349 -45.7% 3,238 -69 $3,629 $101,147,842 $40 3 4 4 Cold Mountain Mira. $7,881,729 -31.9% 2,302 +86 $3,423 $55,340,445 $79 3 5 3 Something's Gotta Give Sony $7,727,359 -34.0% 2,876 +68 $2,686 $92,515,314 $80 5 6 N My Baby's Daddy Mira. $7,548,819 - 1,447 - $5,216 $7,548,819 $12 1 7 N Chasing Liberty WB $6,081,483 - 2,400 - $2,533 $6,081,483 $23 1 8 5 Paycheck Par. $5,146,378 -47.7% 2,762 - $1,863 $46,443,104 $60 3 9 8 The Last Samurai WB $4,550,419 -38.3% 1,901 -500 $2,393 $97,181,327 $140 6 10 7 Mona Lisa Smile SonR $4,383,072 -47.2% 2,500 -214 $1,753 $56,883,304 $65 4 11 6 Peter Pan Uni. $4,182,415 -52.6% 2,614 -199 $1,600 $40,008,560 $100 3 12 9 Calendar Girls BV $3,738,160 -15.8% 957 +212 $3,906 $12,427,655 $10 4 13 16 House of Sand and Fog DW $1,420,267 -20.6% 596 +154 $2,382 $7,476,800 $16.5 4 14 17 21 Grams Focus $1,254,050 -6.5% 371 +82 $3,380 $9,124,030 $20 8 15 11 Stuck on You Fox $1,021,673 -63.5% 1,350 -714 $756 $32,524,827 - 5 16 10 Bad Santa Dim. $1,005,569 -65.8% 1,098 -612 $915 $58,630,223 $23 7 17 13 The Haunted Mansion BV $933,671 -62.7% 931 -570 $1,002 $71,750,420 $90 7 18 18 In America FoxS $914,429 -25.6% 305 -22 $2,998 $6,637,216 - 7 19 31 Monster NM $844,259 +266.0% 82 +68 $10,295 $1,406,502 $8 3 20 25 Lost in Translation Focus $747,470 +49.6% 342 +219 $2,185 $32,520,390 $4 18 21 19 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Fox $624,874 -44.1% 423 -278 $1,477 $84,016,741 $150 9 22 15 Love Don't Cost a Thing WB $572,063 -70.2% 677 -338 $844 $21,052,622 - 5 23 14 Elf NL $499,785 -78.3% 811 -957 $616 $171,733,083 $33 10 24 23 Love Actually Uni. $422,585 -42.3% 379 -27 $1,115 $58,106,275 $40 10 25 22 The Young Black Stallion (IMAX) BV $356,794 -52.8% 51 - $6,995 $2,812,473 - 3 26 20 Honey Uni. $356,580 -66.7% 423 -251 $842 $29,397,575 $18 6 27 21 The Cat in the Hat Uni. $343,130 -65.3% 557 -500 $616 $99,879,690 $109 8 28 26 Mystic River WB $327,905 -20.0% 155 -46 $2,115 $54,787,496 $25 14 29 33 Girl with a Pearl Earring Lions $316,628 +50.5% 41 +15 $7,722 $1,275,933 - 5 30 28 The Cooler Lions $304,638 -10.4% 77 - $3,956 $2,281,044 - 7 31 24 Brother Bear BV $286,846 -45.8% 426 -106 $673 $83,689,855 - 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I was 29 when ROTK came out. You are turning 40 this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 top 30 movies at the box office ten years ago this weekend 1 1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL $14,209,098 -49.6% 3,532 -171 $4,022 $312,320,936 $94 4 2 12 Big Fish Sony $13,811,191 +442.8% 2,406 +2,281 $5,740 $23,386,775 $70 5 3 2 Cheaper by the Dozen Fox $11,751,349 -45.7% 3,238 -69 $3,629 $101,147,842 $40 3 4 4 Cold Mountain Mira. $7,881,729 -31.9% 2,302 +86 $3,423 $55,340,445 $79 3 5 3 Something's Gotta Give Sony $7,727,359 -34.0% 2,876 +68 $2,686 $92,515,314 $80 5 6 N My Baby's Daddy Mira. $7,548,819 - 1,447 - $5,216 $7,548,819 $12 1 7 N Chasing Liberty WB $6,081,483 - 2,400 - $2,533 $6,081,483 $23 1 8 5 Paycheck Par. $5,146,378 -47.7% 2,762 - $1,863 $46,443,104 $60 3 9 8 The Last Samurai WB $4,550,419 -38.3% 1,901 -500 $2,393 $97,181,327 $140 6 10 7 Mona Lisa Smile SonR $4,383,072 -47.2% 2,500 -214 $1,753 $56,883,304 $65 4 11 6 Peter Pan Uni. $4,182,415 -52.6% 2,614 -199 $1,600 $40,008,560 $100 3 12 9 Calendar Girls BV $3,738,160 -15.8% 957 +212 $3,906 $12,427,655 $10 4 13 16 House of Sand and Fog DW $1,420,267 -20.6% 596 +154 $2,382 $7,476,800 $16.5 4 14 17 21 Grams Focus $1,254,050 -6.5% 371 +82 $3,380 $9,124,030 $20 8 15 11 Stuck on You Fox $1,021,673 -63.5% 1,350 -714 $756 $32,524,827 - 5 16 10 Bad Santa Dim. $1,005,569 -65.8% 1,098 -612 $915 $58,630,223 $23 7 17 13 The Haunted Mansion BV $933,671 -62.7% 931 -570 $1,002 $71,750,420 $90 7 18 18 In America FoxS $914,429 -25.6% 305 -22 $2,998 $6,637,216 - 7 19 31 Monster NM $844,259 +266.0% 82 +68 $10,295 $1,406,502 $8 3 20 25 Lost in Translation Focus $747,470 +49.6% 342 +219 $2,185 $32,520,390 $4 18 21 19 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Fox $624,874 -44.1% 423 -278 $1,477 $84,016,741 $150 9 22 15 Love Don't Cost a Thing WB $572,063 -70.2% 677 -338 $844 $21,052,622 - 5 23 14 Elf NL $499,785 -78.3% 811 -957 $616 $171,733,083 $33 10 24 23 Love Actually Uni. $422,585 -42.3% 379 -27 $1,115 $58,106,275 $40 10 25 22 The Young Black Stallion (IMAX) BV $356,794 -52.8% 51 - $6,995 $2,812,473 - 3 26 20 Honey Uni. $356,580 -66.7% 423 -251 $842 $29,397,575 $18 6 27 21 The Cat in the Hat Uni. $343,130 -65.3% 557 -500 $616 $99,879,690 $109 8 28 26 Mystic River WB $327,905 -20.0% 155 -46 $2,115 $54,787,496 $25 14 29 33 Girl with a Pearl Earring Lions $316,628 +50.5% 41 +15 $7,722 $1,275,933 - 5 30 28 The Cooler Lions $304,638 -10.4% 77 - $3,956 $2,281,044 - 7 31 24 Brother Bear BV $286,846 -45.8% 426 -106 $673 $83,689,855 - 12 This period of time marked the beginning of Scarlett Johanssen's career (Lost in Translation) and the beginning of the end for Renee Zellweger's (Cold Mountain) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJackSparrow Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Return of the King is awesome! Sooo, when should we expect the Hobbit? 2007? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 You are turning 40 this year.Yep, August Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 You know, Rich hasn't posted here at all since late November. Anyone know what happened to him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Just saw this on Reddit - movies turning 20 this year. Prepare to feel old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
