Comments on: Box-Office Oracle: Mar. 20 – Mar. 22, 2009 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-mar-20-mar-22-2009/ The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:00:36 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JM http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-mar-20-mar-22-2009/#comment-14059 JM Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:33:02 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=#comment-14059 Slumdog Millionaire and Taken will still be in the Top 10? Coming after Juno last year, I think we can safely say one thing: Fox may be awful at producing movies, but they're sure effing good at marketing the things! Maybe Fox should just pluck up movies that have already been made and do their splendid marketing work, and that way we won't hear any more disaster stories from the Fox movies sets about the studio executives screwing the directors over and interfering with their visions. The platform release, a la "Slumdog Millionaire," Juno," and "Little Miss Sunshine," seems to be their magic speciality. Slumdog Millionaire and Taken will still be in the Top 10? Coming after Juno last year, I think we can safely say one thing: Fox may be awful at producing movies, but they're sure effing good at marketing the things!

Maybe Fox should just pluck up movies that have already been made and do their splendid marketing work, and that way we won't hear any more disaster stories from the Fox movies sets about the studio executives screwing the directors over and interfering with their visions.

The platform release, a la "Slumdog Millionaire," Juno," and "Little Miss Sunshine," seems to be their magic speciality.

]]> By: Steve http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-mar-20-mar-22-2009/#comment-14034 Steve Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:05:45 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=#comment-14034 If you look up in the dictionary (remember those) “downslope", it says Tom Sizemore in "Super Capers". If you look up in the dictionary (remember those) “downslope", it says Tom Sizemore in "Super Capers".

]]> By: Saky http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-mar-20-mar-22-2009/#comment-14031 Saky Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:28:23 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=#comment-14031 I think that 'Knowing' will do better than u think. OW 25-35mil$. I think that 'Knowing' will do better than u think. OW 25-35mil$.

]]> By: Vince http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-mar-20-mar-22-2009/#comment-14017 Vince Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:29:42 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=#comment-14017 I think "Witch Mountain" will hold up better than you think- it's still the only family film out there right now (for a whole week!) and everyone that I've talked to liked it (the core audience of families and soccer mom, etc) so word of mouth is good (much like that "Chihuahua" movie last year). Um...Yeah I think "Duplicity" will underperform by a bit, just because Julia Roberts isn't as big a star as she used to be, and considering the track record of "crime romantic comedy films" (hint: its not a very good track record), it'll disappoint (prob. $30-35 mil total, 12 million opening) Next weekend..."12 Rounds" looks like someone saw "The Marine" and "Die Hard with a Vengance" and went "Hey, let's mash these two together for no damn reason". So prob. 12 million total is the best case scenario with a lucrative DVD release I'm sure. I still dunno what's going on w/ Haunting in Connecticut, but I think people are on horror overload now, so it might perform about as well as "Last house" did last weekend. We'll talk "Monsters vs. Aliens" next week since I'm rambling on yet again. I think "Witch Mountain" will hold up better than you think- it's still the only family film out there right now (for a whole week!) and everyone that I've talked to liked it (the core audience of families and soccer mom, etc) so word of mouth is good (much like that "Chihuahua" movie last year).

Um…Yeah I think "Duplicity" will underperform by a bit, just because Julia Roberts isn't as big a star as she used to be, and considering the track record of "crime romantic comedy films" (hint: its not a very good track record), it'll disappoint (prob. $30-35 mil total, 12 million opening)

Next weekend…"12 Rounds" looks like someone saw "The Marine" and "Die Hard with a Vengance" and went "Hey, let's mash these two together for no damn reason". So prob. 12 million total is the best case scenario with a lucrative DVD release I'm sure.

I still dunno what's going on w/ Haunting in Connecticut, but I think people are on horror overload now, so it might perform about as well as "Last house" did last weekend.

We'll talk "Monsters vs. Aliens" next week since I'm rambling on yet again.

]]> By: Bustray http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-mar-20-mar-22-2009/#comment-14007 Bustray Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:23:46 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=#comment-14007 My predics: 1. I Love You Man- $20.1 million 2. Knowing- $18.4 million 3. Duplicity- $16.1 million 4. Race To Witch Mountain- $13.7 million 5. Watchmen- $7.9 million 6. Taken- $5.5 million 7. The Last House To The Left- $4.8 million (I'm predicting that I Love You Man will take the older teenager and adult demographics) 8. Madea Goes To Jail- $3.0 million 9. Slumdog Millionaire- $2.7 million 10. Paul Blart: Mall Cop- $2.1 million My predics:

1. I Love You Man- $20.1 million
2. Knowing- $18.4 million
3. Duplicity- $16.1 million
4. Race To Witch Mountain- $13.7 million
5. Watchmen- $7.9 million
6. Taken- $5.5 million
7. The Last House To The Left- $4.8 million (I'm predicting that I Love You Man will take the older teenager and adult demographics)
8. Madea Goes To Jail- $3.0 million
9. Slumdog Millionaire- $2.7 million
10. Paul Blart: Mall Cop- $2.1 million

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