DAJK Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 It's sports for movie nerds. The actors are the athletes. The directors are the coaches. The studios are the managers. and there's a playoff game every weekend. But instead of chasing around a ball, art is created and celluloid dreams become a shared experience. These shared experiences battle for supremacy in a free market of imagination. It's fucking beautiful. And I mean every word of it. Fantastic. Answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I just love films. Everything about them. People ask me what's coming out and if I've heard of this film. And unless it's a straight to DVD nightmare I usually have. My boyfriend always tests me and asks me how much certain films made. I can usually answer quite well. Cringe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 (edited) I wish box office was accounted for in attendance, not freaking dollars. Comparisons are so useless with inflation, freaking 3d shares and I max shares. I know mojo tries to adjust but it s full of mistakes and that doesn t still give you the right attendance numbers, just a range. That s all exhausting to me and not very interesting. The first Ben Hur released in 1925 made 9m at the bo, what a pathetic bomb, I wonder why they made a remake of it, why bother remaking such a Flop ? Weird. People see movies, not green bills with a pyramid on it. And I won t even touch the pathetic meaning of WW BO counted in dollars. Like people get excited that FF7 is gonna be the first 1 B WW Universal film, well guess what, Jurassic Park and ET were much much bigger films so I don t care if the Toretto gang gets to one B, Jurassic Park was a much bigger monster attendance wise. It means NOTHING, nada, niet, rien. Exchange rates ...it's better to stop. With inflation, all these pseudo records beaten every year make me laugh to be honest, the fucking hyperboles and "biggest of all time bullshit". Edited April 9, 2015 by The Futurist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockingjay Raphael Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Because I love numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Because I loved ID4 so much as a kid and wondered how much it earned, turned out it was the 2nd highest grossing movie of all time. Then I kind of kept checking the figured and 15 years later im still checking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chriss Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 It's a combination of love for (random) statistics, movies, competition and pop culture all around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share Posted April 11, 2015 I do like seeing how sometimes huge box office can put a movie into pop culture eye. It's not the box office itself, but the fact that so many people saw it. Take frozen for example, we watched it defy expectations and destroy the box office, then we saw it seep into the minds of everyone and into popular culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Because I like to see movies that I love making big money and I also like to see movies that I don't like failing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 One of my relatives said I was weird and odd for caring. I was like dude you watch The Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey team each game lose and fail to in a Stanely Cup Since 1967. That is weird. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share Posted April 11, 2015 One of my relatives said I was weird and odd for caring. I was like dude you watch The Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey team each game lose and fail to in a Stanely Cup Since 1967. That is weird. Toronto Maple Leafs even here they're the butt of every hockey joke (them and the Vancouver Canucks). You think people would move on, but then again, I follow the box office more than anything else... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 It's something that's easily measurable, and a good way to comment on movies people have actually seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanboy Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Luckily movies and box office are a hot topic among my group of friends, so I destroy them in every argument. It's like another sport for us. I started getting into box office by looking up how successful the Harry Potter movies were around the time HBP came out, and then when Avatar conquered the box office for seven weeks I became interested in how a movie can rake in big bucks on the momentum of word of mouth. I loved watching it surprise me every single day with its numbers. My jaw dropped on its second weekend and there was no going back after that. It's sports for movie nerds. The actors are the athletes. The directors are the coaches. The studios are the managers. and there's a playoff game every weekend. But instead of chasing around a ball, art is created and celluloid dreams become a shared experience. These shared experiences battle for supremacy in a free market of imagination. It's fucking beautiful. Perfect response. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
