ecstasy Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 (edited) 2012 didn't seem to help Cusack's career all that much, considering that he's doing a lot of straight to DVD - non American films now. Meh. His best work was behind him though. At least all my favorite movies of him were. Edited November 17, 2013 by ECSTASY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 (edited) That was not animated? Sure looked like it ... Looked like it was live action to me. Edited November 17, 2013 by Fancyarcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I don't see how 12YAS is a letdown in any way. It's at $25m after a month in theaters and will be close to, if not over $40m by the time the Oscar noms are announced. Likely another $15m after that, perhaps more than $25m if it wins BP. That'd be outstanding for a brutal, harrowing drama about slavery. I mean, this isn't exactly Slumdog Millionaire. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 (edited) Meh. His best work was behind him though. At least all my favorite movies of him were. He needs to fire his agent. You know your careers in trouble when you're doing all of these movies in other countries. And he was just in the Butler. His role was small like almost everyone in that film, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything for him. Edited November 17, 2013 by Fancyarcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 (edited) I don't see how 12YAS is a letdown in any way. It's at $25m after a month in theaters and will be close to, if not over $40m by the time the Oscar noms are announced. Likely another $15m after that, perhaps more than $25m if it wins BP. That'd be outstanding for a brutal, harrowing drama about slavery. I mean, this isn't exactly Slumdog Millionaire. Wishful thinking I think. I see it ending up around 40 million. Edited November 17, 2013 by Fancyarcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 You know that major Oscar nominees get theater expansions post-nominations all the time, right? 12YAS is going to be steadily earning money up until early March. I don't see any way for it to miss $50m, and over $60m is a real possibility. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDC1987 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 LOL BMH didn't over perform. That's about right. Nobody predicted $30 million before release, it's production cost was only $17 million and the first film's OW doesn't even adjust to $15 million. A $30 million OW is definitely over-performing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Nobody predicted $30 million before release, it's production cost was only $17 million and the first film's OW doesn't even adjust to $15 million. A $30 million OW is definitely over-performing. Well just because nobody predicted it doesn't mean it's over performing. It means people missed the boat and underestimated it. I was looking at the interest and the buzz and it didn't seem like an under 20m movie to me. But that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 The Best Man will probably get a third film as TBMH is already profitable although I can't see it doing well overseas although any money now is just gravy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDC1987 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Well just because nobody predicted it doesn't mean it's over performing. It means people missed the boat and underestimated it. I was looking at the interest and the buzz and it didn't seem like an under 20m movie to me. But that's just me. If a film does 50% better than anyone predicted it over-performed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDC1987 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 The Best Man will probably get a third film as TBMH is already profitable although I can't see it doing well overseas although any money now is just gravy. Not quite. They still have to make make back the entire marketing and distribution cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 He needs to fire his agent. You know your careers in trouble when you're doing all of these movies in other countries. And he was just in the Butler. His role was small like almost everyone in that film, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything for him. I didn't see the Butler. But I just think his leading man days are behind him. He did do The Raven a couple of years ago. Another movie I watched because of him, lol. It wasn't very good either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Bad Grandpa is killing it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Provided this storm doesn't get too awful, I'm seeing 12 Years a Slave in about two hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Bad Grandpa is killing it. 15m budget, lol. Big success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Films Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 I was expecting 17m on MondayWith major buzz building I was at 25m by late Wednesday/early ThursdayIn my view it is an overperformance. Most people were predicting 15m last month and I only saw two predictions over 30m on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Also, awesome hold for Last Vegas. And of course, TBMH is a big surprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Provided this storm doesn't get too awful, I'm seeing 12 Years a Slave in about two hours Tornado warnings in your area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 (edited) Well some sequels increase and some decrease. So I don't think there's ever a clear cut "basic" sequel effect. THIS. It's not set in stone that sequels increase. SM2, HP2, IM2, AotC, Kung Fu Panda 2, Tokyo Drift, Expendables 2, Cars 2, Scooby Doo 2, Smurfs 2, Percy Jackson 2, INTO DARKNESS etc. etc. all say hi. The very fact that Thor 2 increased despite Thor making a decent amount shows there was Avengers/Loki effect at play, although not as much as some of us thought. Edited November 17, 2013 by Spidey Freak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 So my film theory predicts are particularly awful this week: The Best Man Holiday - 9M Nebraska - 3M Wow, they were more accurate than usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
