'Passion' beats 'Dead' in Box Office

[joey tribiani]

http://movies.yahoo.com/boxoffice-daily/today/rank.html Got tired of hearing reports of Dawn beating Passion. When Passion will make 5x it's Box Office

[aqlo]

duplicated here http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=19041

[joey tribiani]

It is not the same thing read closely

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

lol aqlo...seems tribiani has a point. Hey joey, this appears important to you. Maybe you should come visit this thread.

:shy

[shawners]

check out this thread.> DAILY of what it made =)
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/...fthechrist.htm

[g-smooth2k]

Another great site to find out box office data and releases
http://www.the-numbers.com/

[Mels_Smileys45]

Ahhh but Dawn of The Dead had a small budget and has already made more than it cost to make the movie. Not many movies these days do that. Its true though that horror fans usually make remakes first weekend the biggest then a sharp drop the next. Its made bank. Who cares which makes more money?

[g-smooth2k]

Originally Posted by Mels_Smileys45

Ahhh but Dawn of The Dead had a small budget and has already made more than it cost to make the movie. Not many movies these days do that. Its true though that horror fans usually make remakes first weekend the biggest then a sharp drop the next. Its made bank. Who cares which makes more money?

Ah, but there are other films with box office hits out there that had an even smaller budget then Dawn of The Dead.

[aqlo]

Originally Posted by joey tribiani

It is not the same thing read closely

So what you are saying is that this tripe needs to be a separate thread because it has actual box-office statistics? And that makes it a different topic? Even though the title and the posted contents are in the same line as the other thread? Because you are special?

I don't believe you.

I haven't decided yet whether you just hit the wrong button, or are too lazy to read through the pages on the other thread, or just couldn't find it when you posted, or what. My current working theory is that you didn't want your Big Important Post buried on page 6 of the other thread where it really belongs.

But different? Special? Nope, sorry, better luck next time.

Back on topic, I think the 2 movies would make a great double feature, the end of Passion makes a great segue to the beginning of Dead.

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Originally Posted by aqlo

Back on topic, I think the 2 movies would make a great double feature, the end of Passion makes a great segue to the beginning of Dead.

I agree. That would actually prompt me to see the first movie.

[jona100]

Originally Posted by Mels_Smileys45

Ahhh but Dawn of The Dead had a small budget and has already made more than it cost to make the movie. Not many movies these days do that. Its true though that horror fans usually make remakes first weekend the biggest then a sharp drop the next. Its made bank. Who cares which makes more money?

Actually it has not made its money back yet, not even close!

You have got to remember that a movie studio only sees about 50-60% of the ticket price, the theatre gets the rest (they are not going to show it for free!).

In the opening week end the studio get about 70% of the ticket price after that they get a much smaller share (it can be as small as 40% to 50%)

Additionally the budget has been quoted as $26M, that is only the production budget; you have to add another 15-20M for promotion and distribution (i.e. the costs of ads and duplication of the 3000+ reels of the movie for theatres).

So at a rough total cost of $46M (£26M budget plus $20m promotion) and a return rate to the studio of 60%, the movie has to take $76.7M to break even.

[Miniver]

i'm sure they will at the rate they are going at

[Psilaxs]

Originally Posted by aqlo

So what you are saying is that this tripe needs to be a separate thread because it has actual box-office statistics? And that makes it a different topic? Even though the title and the posted contents are in the same line as the other thread? Because you are special?

I don't believe you.

I haven't decided yet whether you just hit the wrong button, or are too lazy to read through the pages on the other thread, or just couldn't find it when you posted, or what. My current working theory is that you didn't want your Big Important Post buried on page 6 of the other thread where it really belongs.

But different? Special? Nope, sorry, better luck next time.

Back on topic, I think the 2 movies would make a great double feature, the end of Passion makes a great segue to the beginning of Dead.

That was unnecessarily harsh AQLO, don't let ALL 1,700+ post go to your head now.

[Induna]

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Back on topic, I think the 2 movies would make a great double feature, the end of Passion makes a great segue to the beginning of Dead.
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I agree. That would actually prompt me to see the first movie.

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You mean there's a zombie running around with holes in his hands and feet, sporting a thorny crown, screaming forgive them father for they know not what they do?

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Originally Posted by Induna

You mean there's a zombie running around with holes in his hands and feet, sporting a thorny crown, screaming forgive them father for they know not what they do?

For the most part you are correct. Instead of the words that you state this zombie may be screaming, I would say it would be more like "RHHHAOORRR NNNNGAHHHHRGG GNARLLLLLLGNNNNISHHH" or simply "MorE BraINs!"