because there is no central character it did not cost much to pay any of the actors or actresses :wink:

Esimates at the moment are 40m I expect the acuals to be in the 60m-70m range

from what Ive heard Rodreguez films dont cost much so that 40m could be true.

oh yeah you're right...Oh wait no your not http:Schindlers List...300 million worldwide, not to mention a Best Picture Oscar... is that no one?

Schlomo...

I think there's a slight difference between an Oscar winning movie (which is also one of the best technical movies ever), and a black and white comic book movie with a completely different tone.

There is a difference, but I think the point is that if the movie is good people will see it. I doubt the black and white will play a major factor in it's box office one way or the other. The unique visual style could help it to differentiate itself from typical comic book fare, but ultimately it will likely stand on it's own merits.

If a person refuses to see a movie based soley on the fact it's black and white, I imagine they'd have to look a little like this guy...

Yeah, that's true, but just because it looks good to "internet" people, doesn't mean it's a box office hit. Sky Captain proved that. It was so hyped by internet movie freaks, yet it only opened to $15 million with excellent reviews and a PG rating. The movie's different style is what turned people off, and while I can't wait to see Sin City, I believe the same thing will happen here. Sin City not only has a different style, but it's rated R. In April 2004, they released an R-rated comic book movie, The Punisher, which opened to $13 million. The Punisher, similar to Sin City, is a low budget and relatively hardcore action movie (compared to the other comic book movies).

I just don't see how Sin City can open to over $20 million...

16.6/48

Sin City is acualy showing anticipation from the non internet crowd though, that is something that sky captain never showed, and it was not nearly as anticipated as Sin City. As for the other factors I think your right but I also think this film will be an exception just like the matrix was back in 99 :wink:

Sky Captain opened to very lukewarm reviews (it's a 64% at metacritic) and lukewarm word of mouth. It had plot issues, and it's simply not true to say it underperformed because of it's style. Personally, I think it's style was the ONLY thing it had going for it.

As for the Punisher it was received horribly by critics and movie goers alike. So, it's really hard to compare to Sin City (unless it also scores similar word of mouth & poor reviews). I still stand by the fact it will live or die on it's own merits, and not on it's visual style.

yeah well...I loved The Punisher


*hangs head in shame while trudging away*

I don't know Zing, I actually think that Sky Captain's PG rating HURT it, because the ads looked dark and didn't appeal to little kids, but teenagers wouldn't want to see it because it's got the uncool PG rating. And that only had an adverteising budget of 20-25 million, whereas Sin City's is going to be 15 million higher. And though I wanted to see it, at my school no one wanted to, they all said it looked way too weird for them. Whereas Friday everyone was talking about how cool the ad for Sin City on The OC was, some people said it looked like one of the coolest movies they'd ever seen, and they all said it looked just as good or better then Kill Bill (which by and large people liked a lot). And unlike The Punisher or Sky Captain, this movie has a huge cast that is ALREADY making the rounds on talk shows (Jaime King and Bruce Willis have both already been on Conan, some might be on others, but Conan is the only one I watch). And I think that it was a stroke of genius for Dimensions to have all the TV ads be one minute ones, it doesn't cost that much on most tv shows and make them easier to spot and will give people more to talk about. And the cast being huge will also help with plenty of magazines featuring them. Entertainment Weekly had it on there cover, and it was the main story for there article about all the movies opening in 2005. The title was "The Next Pulp Fiction?". And Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodreguez will also draw in people. I think that the curiosity factor will be pretty high.

People seriously need to stop comparing this to Sky Captain, Sky Captains wom was very weak for the most part, not to mention the movie had two BO poisons in it ( Jolie & Paltrow ) I also dont think it was very well recieved on the internet, alot of people thought it looked bad. Theres nothing to compare about the two except they're both creative movies. I can see Sin City getting a nice size opening seeing as it does have some hype to it and does have a decent marketing campaign starting for it, so anywhere from 15-25mil I see it opening, hopefully after that it has some good legs and manages a nice final gross.

Here ya go http://s18.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0CO2 ... 5QR076KF28

Hmmm... I actually agree with Killuminati for one time. So, either for the first time in my life I am wrong about something (because he's always wrong!), or for the first time he is right (because I'm always right).

Either way it's truly scary. :yikes:

thank you :wink:

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Sin City

Opening Day: 10.12m
2nd Day: 10.52m +4%
Opening Wknd: 28.00m - Fri: 10.12m / Sat: 10.52m +4% / Sun: 7.36m -30%
4-Day: 30.94m - Mon: 2.94m -60%
5-Day: 33.73m - Tue: 2.79m -5%
6-Day: 36.23m - Wed: 2.61m -10%
Opening Wk: 38.97m - Thur: 2.63m +1%
2nd Wknd: 18.37m - Fri: 5.52m +110% / Sat: 7.73m +40% / Sun: 5.12m -35%
Wk-2: 24.40m - Wknd: 18.37m | Total: 63.37m
Wk-3: 16.87m - Wknd: 12.71m | Total: 76.24m
Wk-4: 11.43m - Wknd: 8.20m | Total: 87.67m
Wk-5: 7.91m - Wknd: 5.89m | Total: 95.58m
Wk-6: 5.83m - Wknd: 3.92m | Total: 101.41m
Wk-7: 4.34m - Wknd: 2.91m | Total: 105.75m
Wk-8: 2.87m - Wknd: 1.67m | Total: 108.62m
Wk-9: 2.97m - Wknd: 1.63m - 4-Day-Wknd: 2.17m | Total: 111.59m
Wk-10: 1.51m - Wknd: .89m | Total: 113.10m
Wk-11: 1.03m - Wknd: .60m | Total: 114.13m
Wk-12: .86m - Wknd: .46m | Total: 114.99m
Wk-13: .65m - Wknd: .37m | Total: 115.64m
Wk-14: 2.21m - Wknd: 1.27m | Total: 117.85m
Wk-15: 2.17m - Wknd: 1.15m - 4-Day-Wknd: 1.55m | Total: 120.02m
Wk-16: 1.00m - Wknd: .59m | Total: 121.02m
Wk-17: .67m - Wknd: .41m | Total: 121.69m
Money Made After Wk-17: ~1.5m
Days to 50m: 9-Days - 52.22m
Days to 100m: 39-Days - 100.00m
Domestic Total: 123m
International Total: 197m
World Wide Total: 320m

Wow. The orchestral version is awesome, but the song itself is completely awful. Glad Rodreguez found it out and was able to see through the terrible lyrics and singing.

More great trailer reactions are coming through.

I think:

$26,000,000.
$62,000,000.

I think there was something wrong with the movie projector that was showing the trailer since the color was missing from the shots so I cant really see the full version that everyone is talking about. So I tried to watch the trailer on the internet but it seems like the coloring on my monitor was screwed up and just showing it only in black and white for a minute and a half. Anyhow I cant wait for the movie in the theater and watch it on the colorful screen. It does remind me of the Dick Tracey movie and hopefully it would be as colorful

A good portion of the movie is black and white, certain things (when a flashlight is shined on a face, someone's hair) are occasionally in color, but mostly it's b&w.

March Update #2

Opening Wknd:

Levy - 7m
MG Casey - 9.4m
Zingaling - 13.5m
Rogue Commander - 13.7m
Erendis - 14m
Box_2005 - 15m
RB652 - 16m
Dr. Lecter - 16m
Hans - 16.3
Jon Lyrik - 16.6
Killuminati510 - 17m
Sako16 - 18m
FILMO - 19m
Korrgan - 19.8m
Animosity Reigns - 20.5m
JB007 - 21m
Riggs27 - 21m
newfoundglorysp - 23m
PublicEnemy#1 - 24m
TonyMontana - 24m
Revolutions - 25m
DP07 - 26m
Mansonmyers - 26m
MadGez - 27.73m
Matatonio - 28m
BJ - 28.0m
MovieDude - 30m
Algren - 31m
Movies35 - 32m
ChipMunky - 34.5m
Samweis Gamschie - 39m very bold prediction

Domestic Total:

MG Casey - 24.9m
Levy - 29m
Rogue Commander - 31m
Zingaling - 35.1m
Sako16 - 36m
Box_2005 - 40.5m
RB652 - 44m
Jon Lyrik - 48m
Dr. Lecter - 52m
Erendis - 54m
newfoundglorysp - 60m
DP07 - 60m
Mansonmyers - 62m
Hans - 62.5m
JB007 - 63m
Animosity Reigns - 64.5m
Killuminati510 - 65m
FILMO - 57m
Korrgan - 58.9m
PublicEnemy#1 - 69m
TonyMontana - 70m
Revolutions - 70m
Maverikk - 70m (need an opening wknd prediction)
MovieDude - 75m
Movies35 - 74m
MadGez - 78.31m
Matatonio - 81m
Riggs27 - 84m
Algren - 106m
ChipMunky - 113m
Samweis Gamdschie - 122m
BJ - 123m bold prediction indeed

Note: Predictions in bold are new or re-assessed predictions


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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
And here I thought my computer was glitchy and I yelled at the projectionist for the movie theater for showing trailers without colors. Must apologize. Oh well I'll put on my 3-D glasses when I go see the movie

Hopefully if it gets that big of an opening it gets better legs then that. Thats worse then LXG.

Haha, it's cool, happens to the best of us, though I'm kind of surprised you didn't realize it. All the pictures they've had (and there have been a lot) were in black and white.