I expected more from Harrison's film because, apparently, he is still a box office draw. I attend a lot of sneak previews (I am going to see "Shutter Island," tonight. These are typically oversold. The biggest crowd I have seen this year was for the Ford picture. My date and I arrived an hour early and could not get into the theater. For comparison, the second biggest crowd I have seen for one of these was for "Sherlock Holmes" (which I also did not get into) and Holmes proved to be a box office success. "The Book of Eli" was well attended but the theater was not full and "Eli" has done respectable business. I guess that is the problem with Hollywood: you never know.
~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> wrote: > > I think the timing was wrong for all three films. In the case of Ford's film > they should have waited for the interviews about the movie to happen before > the movie was released. Better still timed it with another medical movie. It > doesn't help if the movie is mediocre as well. > > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@...> wrote: > > > Harrison Ford's "Extraordinary Measures" grosses $12 million (budget:$31 > > million) > > > > John Travolta's "From Paris with Love" grosses $17.9 million (budget:$52 > > million) > > > > Mel Gibson's "Edge of Darkness" grosses $37 million (budget: $80 million) > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > > Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >
