tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post8664194981614209479..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Slumdog Beats Button AgainNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-68189182739156533252009-03-11T22:28:00.000-04:002009-03-11T22:28:00.000-04:00For whatever reason Milk just didn't seem to catch...For whatever reason <I>Milk</I> just didn't seem to catch on. Of course, at least it's not in a depressing place like <I>Frost/Nixon</I>.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-6216223546117293472009-03-11T13:21:00.000-04:002009-03-11T13:21:00.000-04:00adam k -- milk is out on DVD. hence the end to the...adam k -- milk is out on DVD. hence the end to theatrical revenue.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-58519695072170567752009-03-11T12:49:00.000-04:002009-03-11T12:49:00.000-04:00I am quite annoyed that The Reader looks to be pul...I am quite annoyed that <EM>The Reader</EM> looks to be pulling ahead of <EM>Milk</EM>. <EM>Milk</EM> won more oscars!!! And it's actually enjoyable to watch. Where's its extra money?<BR/><BR/>And I never thought <EM>Slumdog</EM> would make quite this much money (overtaking <EM>Button</EM>), but I can't say I'm surprised at this point. And doesn't it stand to make a lot more internationally? If <EM>Button</EM> made so much? It is a very international film.adam k.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13485604493059621307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-14436718607991467952009-03-11T01:00:00.000-04:002009-03-11T01:00:00.000-04:00Wow I am just happy Ben Button made a profit. Bef...Wow I am just happy Ben Button made a profit. Before the released blogs and the LA Times were whining that this movie would never make back it's budget. Now the whining seems to be that it did not make enough of a profit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-84367597763572887792009-03-10T23:23:00.000-04:002009-03-10T23:23:00.000-04:00arkaan... the way I always explain that (cuz it...arkaan... the way I always explain that (cuz it's horrifying) is to think that there were just too many great films appealing to the same constituency in the academy. they all split into the support and you end up with the median<BR/><BR/>it's like if there had been 7 or 8 more films as good / challenging / not typically Oscary as No Country & There Will Be Blood in 2007, maybe they both wouldn't have been nominated.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-78835519968127762892009-03-10T21:21:00.000-04:002009-03-10T21:21:00.000-04:00Yes. 1999 had All About My Mother, Topsy-Turvy, B...Yes. 1999 had All About My Mother, Topsy-Turvy, Being John Malkovich, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Matrix, Toy Story 2, Princess Mononoke, Iron Giant, Election, The Straight Story, Three Kings, Cabaret Balkan, Boys Don't Cry, Magnolia, Eyes Wide Shut, Run Lola Run, The Limey, Fight Club, South Park, Go, The Blair Witch Club and After Life, and they nominated The Green Mile.<BR/><BR/> Seriously. I don't love/like ALL the films I mentioned, but seriously. Consider that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-16279600463648113792009-03-10T20:40:00.000-04:002009-03-10T20:40:00.000-04:00I'm not going to poke more fun at Frost/Nixon, bec...I'm not going to poke more fun at <I>Frost/Nixon</I>, because there's plenty of that going on in these parts, and I still rank it as the second best of the nominees (1 <I>Milk</I>, 2 <I>Frost</I>, 3 <I>Reader</I>, 4 <I>Slumdog</I>, 50 <I>Button</I>)... but what I <B>am</B> going to do a double take on is that shocking reminder that - yes - <I>The Green Mile</I> really DID get a Best Picture nomination for 1999! <BR/><BR/>Arguably the most exciting, inventive and impressive year of the last twenty years... and <I>The Green Mile</I> got a Best Picture nomination!<BR/><BR/>Oy.RobUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09822980378536652491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-24015205005010114492009-03-10T12:18:00.000-04:002009-03-10T12:18:00.000-04:00Let's talk some serious numbers here..."Ben Button...Let's talk some serious numbers here...<BR/><BR/>"Ben Button" has grossed about $316 million worldwide. According to the LA Times, "Button" cost $150 mil to make, $135 mil to market and distribute worldwide, and $10 mil to campaign for Oscars. So that's $295 mil gone, leaving "Button" with a paltry $21 mil profit at most.<BR/><BR/>Now let's look at "Slumdog." It has grossed about $222 million worldwide. Take out the $15 mil production budget and estimated $35 mil in marketing/distribution costs and you're left with an extremely impressive $172 mil.<BR/><BR/>So "Button" has made $21 mil, while "Slumdog" has made $172 mil, or 720% more than "Button." It's really no contest.Adam M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04447370109794157759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-88948602465517245782009-03-10T11:25:00.000-04:002009-03-10T11:25:00.000-04:00I'm glad. I'd rather see Slumdog do better at the...I'm glad. I'd rather see Slumdog do better at the box office than B. Button. I get so frustrated with movies that promise me an emotional experience and then don't deliver. I do wish B. Button had been the movie it looked like it was going to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-58023258404368430442009-03-10T11:23:00.000-04:002009-03-10T11:23:00.000-04:00Shawn, this is the first I've ever heard from anyo...<B>Shawn</B>, this is the first I've ever heard from anyone/anywhere of a suggestion that Fox Searchlight didn't campaign the hell out of that film. I would be surprised if they didn't spend millions. From the sounds of David Poland's reportage at least (he seems to talk about campaign money the most... or maybe that's just my perception) millions upon millions is a pretty regular expenditure.<BR/><BR/>I don't get ad sales numbers for Variety but there's other ways to campaign your film besides those pretty FYC pictures.<BR/><BR/><B>Peter</B> I know, right? Perhaps Erik was right in the Oscar Symposium, <A HREF="http://www.thefilmexperience.net/Awards/2008/oscar_symposium5.html" REL="nofollow">The day you can't sell a Ron Howard picture...</A>NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-14091111461890974502009-03-10T11:13:00.000-04:002009-03-10T11:13:00.000-04:00"Though perhaps they burned the extra profits away..."Though perhaps they burned the extra profits away on that relentless Oscar campaign."<BR/><BR/>What relentless Oscar campaign are you talking about? It had the least amount of FYC ads of the Best Pic nominees (and even non-Best Pic films). The commercials were there, but there wasn't an onslaught of them.<BR/><BR/>In fact they had less of a campaign and more of a "word-of-mouth" and "awards behemoth" track. Again, relatively to the other films this year.<BR/><BR/>I actually found it weird since Fox Searchlight is usually really good at campaigning for its Best Pic nominees namely Juno and LMS. But maybe they chose decidedly to not campaign to give the film an aura of underdogness.<BR/><BR/>Well whatever they did, it worked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-65038075338497188312009-03-10T11:12:00.000-04:002009-03-10T11:12:00.000-04:00Merits aside, it's totally shocking that the Ron H...Merits aside, it's totally shocking that the Ron Howard movie is going to be the lowest grossing one. How The Reader is generating any business at all is beyond me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com