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09-04-2009, 03:56 PM
Troynos
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Hollywood does not put over 300 million into a movie hoping that it will break even.
Which is where the "success but not hit" comes into it. It didn't bomb or do pathetically. It did pretty well.
The problem is not the movies fault, it's actually paramounts for using such a huge budget when they really didn't need to.
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qwe
Compared to the other BIG movies that showed on a LARGE number of screens Joe did pathetically, look at the numbers for Potter and transformers both of which are close to $900 mil.
Comparing Joe to what Potter and Transformers did is just ludicrous. There is no contest, and Joe was never going to do anywhere near what Potter and Transformers did.
Potter is HUGE, much much much huger then G.I. Joe ever got. Potter has a larger demographic (teen girls, which Joe wouldn't have attracted; also young girls, Joe is a boys movie, Potter appeals to both).
Transformers was a surprise. I don't know how many times it can be said. It was box office lightning, and lighting doesn't strike very often. To expect Joe to do what Transformers did, no one thought it would do that. HOPED yes, THOUGHT, no.
If the movie had flopped, I'd have no problem saying it flopped, regardless of how much I liked it. But it didn't flop. So what is so hard to admit that the movie did pretty good?
Heck, it's still in theatres. It hasnt' even hit the second run theatres.
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