AniNate Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 (edited) Not often am I completely baffled by a film's financial failure, but such is the case with this movie. It may not have had the most interesting concept but it still looked reasonably entertaining and reviews had indicated that its promised technical achievements lived up to their billing. Yet it's going to be Zemeckis' lowest grossing film in a long time, if not all time. So why is it being so ruthlessly ignored by the general populace? Edited October 24, 2015 by tribefan695 Quote
CJohn Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 I am shocked as well. The bombage is extreme and worldwide. 1 Quote
DAR Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 People just didn't have interest in the story Quote
AJG Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 The trailer gave everything away. He arrives, explains why he's doing it, assembles a squad, we see them make their plan, we see them implement the plan, we see what goes wrong (stepping on the nail), and we then see him on the wire. This movie had 15 minutes worth seeing, and that was spoiled by the fact it's based on a true story. 1 Quote
baumer Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 Not a compelling story. I personally have no interest in daredevil stories. I was not compelled to watch the guy walk across Niagara Falls nor was I compelled to see this movie. And that is very odd for me. I see pretty much anything and everything that I can and this is one movie that I will be avoiding completely. 3 Quote
WrathOfHan Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 (edited) They should've just made this a Documentary type of movie for the Discovery Channel instead of a 2 hour movie for the Silver Screen.... It already exists: Edited October 10, 2015 by WrathOfHan 6 Quote
Ethan Hunt Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 Lots of competition... The.pg didn't really help it because it just doesn't appeal to kids... I don't think these fully explain it but I'm just trying into throw some things out there 2 Quote
Fancyarcher Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 If anything, Sony's lousy marketing certainly didn't help. 1 Quote
TServo2049 Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 If PG instantly dooms a movie to being assumed to be for kids, the way G did when I was a kid, then I have to quote Randal in Clerks 2: "Oh, what the fuck happened to this world?!" Quote
filmlover Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 People just didn't have interest in the story This, pretty much. I don't see why everyone is blaming Sony when they did the best they could to make it into a must see experience; people just didn't care to see the story of a French guy with an awful taste in haircuts that walked on a tightrope in the 70s between two buildings that are no longer around (and in fact still serve as a painful reminder for a number of people of that day even if it's been almost a decade and a half since). Also, JGL isn't a draw at all. I don't think the reviews, while overall very positive, stating that you have to wait 90 minutes to get to where the real fun begins helped either, nor did reports that the film was making people nauseous (this, especially). The rest of the movie before the actual walk has a sort of whimsical and madcap quality to it but they probably rightly figured that wasn't going to sell tickets. Quote
Dementeleus Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 All due respect, guys, we shouldn't do a WWW thread for a movie that cost only $30m. It's small-fry. 4 Quote
AniNate Posted October 10, 2015 Author Posted October 10, 2015 All due respect, guys, we shouldn't do a WWW thread for a movie that cost only $30m. It's small-fry. No, this should've been a lot bigger in theory. It may not even make that modest budget back Quote
Mojoguy Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 The theater drop in week 3 is going to be HUGE for this movie. The Walk did manage to accomplish one important thing, by taken ALL IMAX screens it prevented The Martian from beating Gravity's October OW record. So yay? Quote
Moviedweeb Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 (edited) I thought the movie was excellent, but I don't think it is the kind of story that would make people want to put the effort into seeing it on the big screen (despite that probably being the only way to fully appreciate it). Unless your a big fan of Zemeckis's and/or heavily interrested in the evolution of IMAX 3D (which most people are not), a story about a man traveling between the two towers of the World Trade Center is just not mainstream enough to sell the amount tickets required to justify its budget. I thought the movie was great and that Zemeckis did a masterful job, but this is just not the kind of fare that will pack IMAX theaters let alone any normal theaters. I think there were maybe 3 or 4 people at the IMAX showing I attended which just doesn't happen even outside peak showings. Edited October 10, 2015 by Clavius Quote
theultimatebiu Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 We already know how it ends, so there is no suspense in the only scene worth watching. Quote
grim22 Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 One point someone brought up in the weekend thread was how the only thing they could think about when looking at the final scene in the movie is that this was the view many people saw as they plummeted to their death on 9/11. I think a lot of people may have had such associations with the movie as well. The WTC and 9/11 are understandably emotional issues for plenty of people. Quote
shayhiri Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 Not often am I completely baffled by a film's financial failure, but such is the case with this movie. It may not have had the most interesting concept but it still looked reasonably entertaining and reviews had indicated that its promised technical achievements lived up to their billing. Yet it's going to be Zemeckis' lowest grossing film in a long time, if not all time. So why is it being so ruthlessly ignored by the general populace? I saw it on Friday night opening day and I WAS ALONE IN THE WHOLE THEATRE. THAT's how bad it's doing. And why? People are just afraid of heights, lol. PS: And yes, this is the Shay back here from a two weeks sightseeing in the very Southern Italy, Hi Guys,hope I didn't miss much. 1 Quote
WrathOfHan Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 I saw it on Friday night opening day and I WAS ALONE IN THE WHOLE THEATRE. THAT's how bad it's doing. And why? People are just afraid of heights, lol. PS: And yes, this is the Shay back here from a two weeks sightseeing in the very Southern Italy, Hi Guys,hope I didn't miss much. Shay! How did you like the movie? 1 Quote
