ecstasy Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/07/04/best-box-office-performances-of-2012/#more-75835"There have been loads of strong performers with sensible budgets, so it was difficult to whittle down the slate (sorry, Safe House and Contraband, you were thisclose to making the cut!), but whittle I did. Thus, here is my totally-up-for-debate list of the 15 Most Impressive* Box Office Performances of 2012… so far." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) Hmm... October Baby wasn't even on my radar. I'll have to check it out on DVD. Good list. Edited July 5, 2012 by lilmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Before reading this, there's 15 already for this year? A lot of them are bound to be not very impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 BWAHAHAH, The Devil Inside is on the list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 Before reading this, there's 15 already for this year? A lot of them are bound to be not very impressive.Well it's impressive to the writer. You don't have to agree with any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 BWAHAHAH, The Devil Inside is on the list! Did you see why? 53m on a 1m budget with an F cinemascore. That's pretty damn impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Pretty decent list but October Baby doesn't really belong. There are plenty of pro-life supporters and a 5.4 million gross isn't top 15 material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 October Baby? Really? Where is fucking Safe House? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommycruise Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Pretty lame IMO, all it seemed like was the writer went through the highest grossing films of the year and then crossed checked the budgets which doesn't make for exciting movie reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 But to the writer's defence, coming up with 15 impressive box office runs isn't a easy feat, especially when there really isn't all that many that qualify as impressive so far this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLK Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 (edited) Awful list. Only top two will end up being in the top 10 performances of the year. Secondly, I have big problem with one of their assumptions. If you are going to take the budget into account then you cannot completely ignore the Worldwide gross. A movie like The Lorax made only $100 million Overseas. Mad3 will easily quadruple it while making the same amount domestically so why punish it for a few extra millions in production budget when Dreamworks Ani will end up getting more bang for their buck? Edited July 6, 2012 by TLK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLK Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 But to the writer's defence, coming up with 15 impressive box office runs isn't a easy feat, especially when there really isn't all that many that qualify as impressive so far this year.Well, he couldn't come up with 15 impressive runs so ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 October Baby? Really? Where is fucking Safe House?LOL it almost made the cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I'm surprised that neither The Vow nor Safe House made the cut. Seeing two movies each open to $40 million and top $125 million with February release dates is unheard of, and The Vow kicked off Channing Tatum's huge year in very impressive fashion while Safe House proved once again that Denzel Washington still has very strong star power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK007 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 It's EW. They know as much as a fetus about anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackO Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Arriety? Might as well cut the list down and cut the fluff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
