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Wonder Wheel | Woody Allen | Kate Winslet | December 1 | Amazon to distribute

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6 minutes ago, The Futurist said:

Woody is Worth 125M+.

And he pays Hollywood A list actors the SAG-AFTRA minimum fee.

Nice business plan.

 

 

 

 

 

Nobody works on a Woody Allen film for the money and they barely break even most of the time 

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Allen Sony Picture Classic run was a great one commercially, at least from Sony point of view (Allen movie tend to be funded independently, apparently by financier that just put money in the next Allen movie without knowing necessarily what it will be)

 

Financial result for Sony classic (domestic release only)

 

Whatever works

Total revenue: 7.969 million

Profit: 1.7 million

 

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Total revenue: 3.9 million

Profit: -0.627 million

 

Minight in Paris

Total revenue: 67.311 million

Profit: 22.6 million

 

Rome With love

Total revenue: 17.7 million

Profit: 5.48 million

 

Blue Jasmine

Total revenue: 42.3 million

Profit: 14.15 million

 

Magic in the moonlight

Total revenue: 11.8 million

Profit: 1.729 million

 

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When you consider that all those movie were much more popular intl than domestic and how little the domestic rights cost them (and not having anything to do at all, zero work or involvement, Allen is an extreme case of non studio interference), it is really good, specially if the good home video performance are that solid outthere (he make a lot of sense for streaming platform like Sandler or Statham). He is one of the biggest draw director wise.

 

Extremely good ROI for them.

 

 

 

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

 

Nobody works on a Woody Allen film for the money and they barely break even most of the time 

Pretty much this. Spielberg and the Coens are the only other directors I can think of who can draw it in notable talent for nothing roles just because they want the privilege of working with them. 

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2 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Pretty much this. Spielberg and the Coens are the only other directors I can think of who can draw it in notable talent for nothing roles just because they want the privilege of working with them. 

 

There is also Malick, and that nothing could end up being really literal.

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18 minutes ago, Barnack said:

Allen Sony Picture Classic run was a great one commercially, at least from Sony point of view (Allen movie tend to be funded independently, apparently by financier that just put money in the next Allen movie without knowing necessarily what it will be)

 

Financial result for Sony classic (domestic release only)

 

Whatever works

Total revenue: 7.969 million

Profit: 1.7 million

 

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Total revenue: 3.9 million

Profit: -0.627 million

 

Minight in Paris

Total revenue: 67.311 million

Profit: 22.6 million

 

Rome With love

Total revenue: 17.7 million

Profit: 5.48 million

 

Blue Jasmine

Total revenue: 42.3 million

Profit: 14.15 million

 

Magic in the moonlight

Total revenue: 11.8 million

Profit: 1.729 million

 

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When you consider that all those movie were much more popular intl than domestic and how little the domestic rights cost them (and not having anything to do at all, zero work or involvement, Allen is an extreme case of non studio interference), it is really good, specially if the good home video performance are that solid outthere (he make a lot of sense for streaming platform like Sandler or Statham). He is one of the biggest draw director wise.

 

Extremely good ROI for them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sounds similar to Clint Eastwood where Warner Bros can weather financial flops as long as he deliver a hit once in a while. 

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2 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

 

Sounds similar to Clint Eastwood where Warner Bros can weather financial flops as long as he deliver a hit once in a while. 

 

They loose so little when they do and require no work at all from them and they make a small fortune from time to time, not a bad deal at all. Is fanbase is a good one.

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11 hours ago, filmlover said:

Pretty much this. Spielberg and the Coens are the only other directors I can think of who can draw it in notable talent for nothing roles just because they want the privilege of working with them. 

 

Lynch with the Twin Peaks revival qualifies too I think. 

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Having lived in Coney Island for three years, just blocks away from the Wheel itself, I'm actually pretty excited for this one. 

 

Oddly enough, Woody shot Irrational Man (dreadful) in my current home of Newport three years ago.

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Also, we got a plot summary:

 

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WONDER WHEEL tells the story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny (Kate Winslet),  an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty (Jim Belushi), Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey (Justin Timberlake), a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina (Juno Temple), Humpty’s long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father’s apartment. Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro captures a tale of passion, violence, and betrayal that plays out against the picturesque tableau of 1950s Coney Island.

 

 

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