ryutaro's mama
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Imagine if Titanic had a 2 hour runtime....
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Dark Knight clears 400 million, C'mon Gaf lets take Titanics spot!
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Count Dookkake
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ryutaro's mama said:
Or a dead heart-throb.
Kung Fu Jedi
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zer0das said:
Well, in defense of Titanic, wasn't it in theaters for like 28 weeks? You could spread it out quite a bit.
Another impressive thing about Titanic's success is that the film had a running time of 3 hours and 14 minutes, which means it can pack in fewer showings than a lot of other films.
Edit: Damn, beaten by seconds!
Count Dookkake
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Zeliard said:
Pretty silly thing to say, since a huge part of "dead heart-throb" is due to "dead." Do you not remember that Leo was and is still alive?
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Count Dookkake said:
Shit, then I suppose I should take it that my elaborate plan was not successful?
Count Dookkake
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SnakeswithLasers said:
Oh, so you were behind the LSD spiked food.
Count Dookkake said:
Good job completely missing the point. If you're going to try and trivialize Dark Knight's box office by claiming it's partly due to a "dead heart-throb", it's pointless to go ahead and compare that to Titanic of all movies, a film which got a huge boost due to a heart-throb. Alive or dead is completely irrelevant. The fact is that Leo was hugely popular all over the world during the Titanic days, considerably moreso than Ledger is now, and Titanic owes a great debt to that.
Count Dookkake
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Zeliard said:
Relax. I did not trivialize anything. The death adds an air of romance or tragedy to an otherwise pretty normal action movie.
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Haruspex said:
That's because you are.
Count Dookkake said:
To the Joker character, sure. The guy basically looks like death, and he's played by a dead actor, so there's definitely a twisted yet romantic tinge to the Joker character. If that stretches out to the whole film, it's only because the film itself is quite dark and the Joker is so memorable.
I really don't think Ledger's death has had a huge impact on box office, though. Have some people gone to see it because it's Ledger's "last" role (it's not technically his last, but many think it is)? Of course, but I think far more people than that are seeing it because the film has gotten such excellent reviews and such dominantly positive word-of-mouth. Not to mention that a lot of people are probably feeling left out in some way by not seeing it.
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Patch1922 said:
I think a ticket to Titanic costed me what... around $6? and now one to TDK costed me $9.00 with student discount.
Keylime
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Lets get down to the real arguement, here:
Titanic
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Kate Winslet's boobs
TDK
- Christian Bale
- Heath Ledger (in make-up, so not hot)
- No boobs
Titanic wins, because it uses the proper formula.
Chick flick + Thrilling Scenes + Boobs = Box Office Smash
Women will drag their boyfriends and husbands along to see the movie, and they are rewarded with boobs. They can act like they didn't like the movie at all, but they got some good looking knockers to look at for about 30 seconds, so it wasn't all bad.
TDK uses a similar formula, but it starts it out all wrong for mass market appeal.
Action Movie + Thrilling Scenes + No Boobs + Maggie Gyllanhaal = Box Office Almost Smash
Being an action movie cuts it's potential audience down, and the fact that Katie Holmes was replaced by Gollum ruins any chance of men seeing quality boobs.
So I repeat as I have in the past, this is all Maggie Gyllanhaal's fault.
Titanic
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Kate Winslet's boobs
TDK
- Christian Bale
- Heath Ledger (in make-up, so not hot)
- No boobs
Titanic wins, because it uses the proper formula.
Chick flick + Thrilling Scenes + Boobs = Box Office Smash
Women will drag their boyfriends and husbands along to see the movie, and they are rewarded with boobs. They can act like they didn't like the movie at all, but they got some good looking knockers to look at for about 30 seconds, so it wasn't all bad.
TDK uses a similar formula, but it starts it out all wrong for mass market appeal.
Action Movie + Thrilling Scenes + No Boobs + Maggie Gyllanhaal = Box Office Almost Smash
Being an action movie cuts it's potential audience down, and the fact that Katie Holmes was replaced by Gollum ruins any chance of men seeing quality boobs.
So I repeat as I have in the past, this is all Maggie Gyllanhaal's fault.
HomerSimpson-Man
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Box office almost smash?
The fact of the matter is Titanic simply is a phenomenon that really doesn't adhere to expectations or trends in terms of box office, it flat out defied them on all levels, it's an exception not the rule to blockbusters.
The fact of the matter is Titanic simply is a phenomenon that really doesn't adhere to expectations or trends in terms of box office, it flat out defied them on all levels, it's an exception not the rule to blockbusters.
Keylime
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Box Office Almost SmashNimbusD said:
There is only 1 BOS and it's Titanic.
The number 2 chair is BOaS, and it's TDK.
TDK - Maggie Gyllanhaal + Katie Holmes + 2(Bare Breast) = BOS status.
Saw it twice so far. I'll end up seeing it 2 more times. Imax Viewing next week ^_^. And when it hits the cheap theater by me(I pretty much will see any movie twice there, I just love the theater.)
I really do see some people seeing TDK short here, It does have a chance. It hasn't even been out for 3 full weeks yet:lol
I really do see some people seeing TDK short here, It does have a chance. It hasn't even been out for 3 full weeks yet:lol
Keylime
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I've seen the movie 4 times, and probably would have subconsciously called back to the big screen 3-4 more times by Katie Holmes' mammary glands.Ceres said:
Souldriver
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This is like the Mariah Carey fanbase buying multiple copies of her new cd to spur sales. Just ask Mariah herself, she posts on gaf.
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hokahey said:
Yes, but when you go back and watch it again, Leo magically comes back to life!!
YAYYYY!!!!!
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AniHawk said:
TDK will definitely hit 500mil, and that would make it the 2nd film to ever do so.
I think Ledger would be proud of his accomplishment and I think he's leaving behind a lasting legacy with this masterpiece.
AndresON777
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Man I've seen it twice already and I NEVER go to theatres, I usually wait for the bluray but this movie is THAT good. I will probably see it at least 1 more time, hopefully IMAX if I can get tickets.
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Osaka said:
I have 20 posts a day on the other forum I usually frequent. www.IDMforums.com
Then again that's a music forum and producing is my primary occupation.
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MIMIC said:
the DVD/home theatre market is NOTHING now like it was 10 years ago with VHS. Have you seen the amount of money DVD sales/rentals pull in? Transformers made something like $300 million off the DVD release.
NintendosBooger
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Titanic happened at the right time. It released and kept trucking during a lengthy blockbuster movie drought.
Plus, its soundtrack sold like the next coming, and that one track stayed on the top 10 for like a millennium -- it played on the radio after every 3 songs.
Plus, its soundtrack sold like the next coming, and that one track stayed on the top 10 for like a millennium -- it played on the radio after every 3 songs.
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Ninja Scooter said:
The turnover rate of movies in theaters and home video is pretty damn fast nowadays too. A film can do like $300 million blockbuster and then only less than 6 months later, in cast of Transformers, only like 4 months it's already on home video. Studios don't want to linger past anything on the fall/winter releases, there's simply too much money to be had with home video. Rush Hour 3 like broke even in theatrical gross, disappointing compared to it's predessors, but just on rentals alone in 2007 even with a December release, it did another $70 million!
No waiting for TDK for a year to get it home in this day and age, that's for damn sure, awesome!
permutated
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Definitely Maggie Gyllenhaal's fault, no doubt about it. Why would you cast a lead that the audience HOPES she keeps her clothes on, I mean, there wasn't a single moment in that movie that I felt would benefit from her being naked, and that says alot about appeal and sales. :lol
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It's kinda funny how people keep saying Maggie's ugly like their opinion is the irrefutable popular fact.
It's also a little sad.
It's also a little sad.
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SpeedingUptoStop said:
She's butt-fugly :lol
This is not debatable.
It's just my opinion
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RubxQub said:
When adjusted for inflation, Gone With The Wind did the most smashing....
SpeedingUptoStop said:
They just tried to get someone as close to Katie Holmes as they could. In a way.
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permutated said:
She's not that bad: http://www.wallpapergate.com/data/media/772/Maggie_Gyllenhaal_001.jpg
*runs for cover*
And wow.... if Google images is any indication... she's been fully nude in a lot of movies. :lol
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