True, "John Carter" is meaningless except to ERB fanboys, but Disney has had terrible luck with any movie with "Mars" in the title. Both last year's Mars Needs Moms and, from years ago, Misson to Mars were major flops. So Disney may be shying away from the whole Mars thing. And if they weren't before, they sure will now.
Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: David Kusumoto To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 3:39 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] John Carter: excellent The sad thing is a film like "The Artist," which has done poor business in the U.S. despite winning the Oscar last month for Best Picture - is not considered a flop because it had a modest production budget. (BTW, if you haven't seen that film yet, hold your dollars; the film is being released on DVD next month.) But "John Carter," despite its merits, is headed toward becoming one of the biggest box office flops in Disney's history. Some say the film, which cost a whopping $250 million to make, may even lose this weekend's Friday through Sunday box office in the U.S. to "The Lorax." CinemaScore, the market research firm, says "John Carter's" demographic is running at 65 percent male, indicating the picture turns off women. The business projections for "John Carter" are so dire - that there's talk Disney may lose $100 million to $165 million on the picture. Audiences have no clue about much of this negative chatter of course, but some analysts say Disney made a huge marketing mistake with the film's title, which only resonates with Burroughs fans and to comic-book fanboys - by dumping its original working title, which was a more intriguing and mysterious, "John Carter on Mars" - and not just "John Carter." Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-fi-ct-disney-carter-20120310,0,2000583.story Entertainment Weekly: http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/03/10/box-office-john-carter/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:14:38 -0800 From: ariricha...@yahoo.com.au Subject: Re: John Carter: excellent To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Very happy to hear these comments, as a long time Edgar Rice Burroughs fan. Always thought the Barsoom adventures would be fantastic on the big screen. Ari --- On Sun, 11/3/12, Richard Auras <ilovefi...@flash.net> wrote: From: Richard Auras <ilovefi...@flash.net> Subject: Re: [MOPO] John Carter: excellent To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Received: Sunday, 11 March, 2012, 3:14 AM Caught it last night myself and can echo your sentiments. Best movie I have seen in a while. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kainb...@aol.com" <kainb...@aol.com> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sat, March 10, 2012 7:17:47 PM Subject: [MOPO] John Carter: excellent What an amazing science fiction movie...maybe one of the best for some time...highly recommended. Philipp Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6955 (20120310) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
