Comments on: What if they gave a culture war and nobody came? http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/ "...a somewhat popular blogger" Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:08:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: jrotering http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/comment-page-1/#comment-18564 jrotering Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:24:39 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/#comment-18564 <p>I went to the 10:15 showing of “Burn After Reading” last night. I was early, so just for the hell of it I decided to peek in on the 9:40 showing of American Carol. When I went in to the theater it was *completely* empty and the movie wasn’t being shown. </p> <p>Zero tickets sold.</p> <p>Either that or all the guys who wanted to see it and bought tickets were mysteriously sold tickets to other movies… and then decided to go and see those other movies.</p> I went to the 10:15 showing of “Burn After Reading” last night. I was early, so just for the hell of it I decided to peek in on the 9:40 showing of American Carol. When I went in to the theater it was *completely* empty and the movie wasn’t being shown.

Zero tickets sold.

Either that or all the guys who wanted to see it and bought tickets were mysteriously sold tickets to other movies… and then decided to go and see those other movies.

]]> By: TheRealityBasedDave http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/comment-page-1/#comment-18389 TheRealityBasedDave Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:08:40 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/#comment-18389 <p>In the spirit of piling on, we must not forget the wonderful performance in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_Periscope" rel="nofollow">Down Periscope</a>. Kelsey did add box-office luster to the flick (not to mention the classic comedy of his co-star, Rob Schneider).<br /> Kelsey has done good small-screen work, but he is positioning himself as the actor to go to for a B-movie comedy.<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_Periscope" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_Periscope</a></p> In the spirit of piling on, we must not forget the wonderful performance in Down Periscope. Kelsey did add box-office luster to the flick (not to mention the classic comedy of his co-star, Rob Schneider).
Kelsey has done good small-screen work, but he is positioning himself as the actor to go to for a B-movie comedy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_Periscope

]]> By: wavydavy http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/comment-page-1/#comment-18382 wavydavy Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:07:00 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/#comment-18382 <p>Well, to paraphrase the great philosopher Yogi Berra, “If people don’t want to go to the movies, nobody can stop them.”</p> Well, to paraphrase the great philosopher Yogi Berra, “If people don’t want to go to the movies, nobody can stop them.”

]]> By: daveotr http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/comment-page-1/#comment-18365 daveotr Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:35:45 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/#comment-18365 <blockquote><blockquote>How could they have thought this would work? The biggest name in the cast is Kelsey Grammer. Kelsey Grammer! Kelsey is (or was) a TV star. Who’s going to pay to see him in an movie theatre? They certainly haven’t up until now.</blockquote> <p>Didn’t he voice the Evil Prospector in the second TOY STORY movie? So, I guess Grammer is more believable as a cartoon villian than as a merely cartoonish hero…</p></blockquote> <p>He was also in “X-Men 3″ so he has two money-making films under his belt. So apparently Kelsey Grammer can be in a successful film if he either a) appears as a disembodied voice or b) appears covered in blue fur.</p>
How could they have thought this would work? The biggest name in the cast is Kelsey Grammer. Kelsey Grammer! Kelsey is (or was) a TV star. Who’s going to pay to see him in an movie theatre? They certainly haven’t up until now.

Didn’t he voice the Evil Prospector in the second TOY STORY movie? So, I guess Grammer is more believable as a cartoon villian than as a merely cartoonish hero…

He was also in “X-Men 3″ so he has two money-making films under his belt. So apparently Kelsey Grammer can be in a successful film if he either a) appears as a disembodied voice or b) appears covered in blue fur.

]]> By: AnneLaurie http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/comment-page-1/#comment-18347 AnneLaurie Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:03:37 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/#comment-18347 <p><em>The biggest name in the cast is Kelsey Grammer. Kelsey Grammer! Kelsey is (or was) a TV star. Who’s going to pay to see him in an movie theatre?</em></p> <p>Didn’t he voice the Evil Prospector in the second TOY STORY movie? So, I guess Grammer is more believable as a cartoon villian than as a merely cartoonish hero…</p> The biggest name in the cast is Kelsey Grammer. Kelsey Grammer! Kelsey is (or was) a TV star. Who’s going to pay to see him in an movie theatre?

Didn’t he voice the Evil Prospector in the second TOY STORY movie? So, I guess Grammer is more believable as a cartoon villian than as a merely cartoonish hero…

]]> By: Lesley http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/comment-page-1/#comment-18322 Lesley Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:38:23 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/#comment-18322 <p>You’re welcome Lori.</p> <p><a href="http://www.anythingbutconservative.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.anythingbutconservative.com/</a></p> You’re welcome Lori.

http://www.anythingbutconservative.com/

]]> By: fresburger http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/comment-page-1/#comment-18318 fresburger Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:21:12 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/#comment-18318 <p>Just to put a cap on this</p> <p>Studio estimates for the weekend for </p> <p>An American Carol - $3,810,000 - 1639 screen - $2325 average/screen<br /> Religulous - $3,500,000 - only 502 screens - $6972 average/screen.</p> <p>So let’s assume that each movie is getting 5 showings/day at each screen and tickets prices average out to $9.</p> <p>An American Carol is earning $465/showing. I figure, at the going rate for tickets, that’s about 50 people at each showing</p> <p>Religulous is earning $1395/showing. That’s about 155 people per showing.</p> <p>Religulous is packing in THREE times as many people as An American Carol.</p> <p>By next weekend, I bet Religulous will pass AMC in Total Gross.</p> Just to put a cap on this

Studio estimates for the weekend for

An American Carol – $3,810,000 – 1639 screen – $2325 average/screen
Religulous – $3,500,000 – only 502 screens – $6972 average/screen.

So let’s assume that each movie is getting 5 showings/day at each screen and tickets prices average out to $9.

An American Carol is earning $465/showing. I figure, at the going rate for tickets, that’s about 50 people at each showing

Religulous is earning $1395/showing. That’s about 155 people per showing.

Religulous is packing in THREE times as many people as An American Carol.

By next weekend, I bet Religulous will pass AMC in Total Gross.

]]> By: sophronia http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/comment-page-1/#comment-18316 sophronia Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:03:59 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/#comment-18316 <p>Michael Moore bashing is so 2004. </p> <p>Interesting to read that Zucker apparently cut the scene where he referred to Barack Obama being a plantation slave. I guess even he knows who’s going to be in charge of setting his taxes for the next few years.</p> Michael Moore bashing is so 2004.

Interesting to read that Zucker apparently cut the scene where he referred to Barack Obama being a plantation slave. I guess even he knows who’s going to be in charge of setting his taxes for the next few years.

]]> By: Phoenix Woman http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/comment-page-1/#comment-18315 Phoenix Woman Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:34:17 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/#comment-18315 <p>I notice that the production cost was left out of the figures that Zucker released (and I seriously doubt that the actors involved did this for free). He’s taking a bath on this but he hopes the RNC notices and gives him some nice tax breaks to make up for it.</p> I notice that the production cost was left out of the figures that Zucker released (and I seriously doubt that the actors involved did this for free). He’s taking a bath on this but he hopes the RNC notices and gives him some nice tax breaks to make up for it.

]]> By: Roket http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/comment-page-1/#comment-18314 Roket Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:30:06 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/10/04/what-if-they-gave-a-culture-war-and-nobody-came/#comment-18314 <p>I think I’ll just sit back and wait until they show it on the Disney Channel.</p> I think I’ll just sit back and wait until they show it on the Disney Channel.

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