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Shack
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BKB_The_Man wrote: El_Masked_esteROIDe_user wrote: Whooopeee BKB in the house
Please say this ole BKB
"Uwe Boll would of done a better job with King Kong than PJ with a much smaller budget"  I can just imagine it now...
Oh my. _________________Shack’s top 50 tv shows - viewtopic.php?f=8&t=90227
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Star Wars
Indiana Jones IV
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 ChipMunky wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: ChipMunky wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: Libs wrote: I don't think anything went wrong. $10M is superb for a 3-hour film during the week.
Not only did a lot of people probably not even know it was opening on Wednesday, do you think a great number of people are gonna want to see such a long movie on a Wednesday night? I know I wouldn't.
LOTR had a more established fanbase anyway.  I'll tell ya what went wrong(and you beat me to it Neowolf  ) is too much overhype for this movie that apparently only existed with hardcore LOTR/Jackson fans and the casual moviegoer saw the running time and the fact that it's been done already with the 76 version... To some degree, the 76 version was actually better in some aspects than KONG 2005.. 9.7 Million for it's opening day is appalling and a hard pill to swallow for those that hyped the fuck out of this.. It's interesting to see Harry Knowles review and one thing that was mentioned in there: He saw this twice.. Once with the most enthusiastic audience on the entire planet as he put it and the 2nd time was with the most boring, sleep inducing audience he'd ever been with.. He said the difference was, was that the really enthusiastic crowd saw this for FREE and the pay going public was bored to tears and didn't give a shit apparently.. Either way, this is a good movie that perhaps will make a boatload on DVD $$$$$...I know this is going to be pointless to argue with you... as proven every day... but I don't see how the public could be bored to tears... it's opening day... if it has less than a 4 multiplier then you can say people were bored to tears... 9.7 million has NOTHING to do with how people perceive the movie on opening day... and nobody in my 500+ seater theater seemed bored or restless... and when people needed to take their bathroom breaks... they actually RAN so as not to miss much. Oh, and did I mention APPLAUSE at the end? People applause for the NFL and the NFL sucks, what's your point?
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Mr. Reynolds
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ChipMunky wrote: Oh, and did I mention APPLAUSE at the end? not taking sides but to put your comment in perspective, those who see the movie on opening day are most likely the ones highly anticipating the film and thus also most likely to like it. this doesn't necessarily will translate to more applause from average joe.
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RAWSAW
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Jon Lyrik wrote: Star Wars wrote: Jon Lyrik wrote: Star Wars wrote: Batman Begins opened with $15 million. Kong? $9.8 million. That means Kong might hit $150 million according to you. . And? That inflated it's Wednesday number. All factors considered, I think it's safe to say Kong would have made as much or more if released on a summer Wednesday as Batman Begins did. And yay, BKB is here! This is gonna be great. And if thats true, then a huge,,HUGE, mistake was made by releasing this in December. Bottom line for the studio is cash and the most possible. They assumed that Jacksons name in Dec., along with the mention of "the director of the lord of the rings" would make people come out in droves. New tradition maybe???
You say more money then Batman would have been made with a summer release. Do you think the same of the final gross? Do you feel this wont do as well as BB because of the winter???
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| Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:21 pm |
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Chippy
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I_Was_Your_Sam wrote: ChipMunky wrote: Oh, and did I mention APPLAUSE at the end? not taking sides but to put your comment in perspective, those who see the movie on opening day are most likely the ones highly anticipating the film and thus also most likely to like it. this doesn't necessarily will translate to more applause from average joe. Yes, but you can't deny that my statement makes the same amount of sense as BKB's _________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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El Maskado
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Man I wish you still had your account at RT, BKB. There sure is alot of Kong defenders there that it will really make your day of seeing them spewing the same old crap defending the numbers
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STEVE ROGERS
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El_Masked_esteROIDe_user wrote: Man I wish you still had your account at RT, BKB. There sure is alot of Kong defenders there that it will really make your day of seeing them spewing the same old crap defending the numbers
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| Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:34 pm |
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Anonymous
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Hah, people there think Spider-Man 2 opened with $10m as well on wednesday.
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| Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:38 pm |
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Maverikk
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Nobody shakes his tail quite like BKB does. 
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xiayun
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Nebs wrote: Hah, people there think Spider-Man 2 opened with $10m as well on wednesday. Hehe. I have to admit after hanging around box-office-savvy people here for so long, it pains me to try to get a point across on some other places. KJ is way superior in this area.
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STEVE ROGERS
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Maverikk wrote: Nobody shakes his tail quite like BKB does.
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Chippy
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BKB_The_Man wrote: Maverikk wrote: Nobody shakes his tail quite like BKB does. How can you tell how full a theater is by DRIVING by?!?!? What if every car in the lot went to see King Kong, I gaurantee MOST of them did _________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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STEVE ROGERS
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ChipMunky wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: Maverikk wrote: Nobody shakes his tail quite like BKB does. How can you tell how full a theater is by DRIVING by?!?!? What if every car in the lot went to see King Kong, I gaurantee MOST of them did
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Maverikk
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BKB_The_Man wrote: Maverikk wrote: Nobody shakes his tail quite like BKB does. I was surprised at two things at my showing.
1) There weren't a great deal of people there. Opening day at 10:05 at night.
2)My nephew told me that a lot of people he knew thought this looked dumb. Hearing that surprised me. I've only heard anticipation, for the most part, but I'm guessing it's possible to only be overzealous fans and not the mass audience. We'll see.
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Chippy
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BKB_The_Man wrote: ChipMunky wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: Maverikk wrote: Nobody shakes his tail quite like BKB does. How can you tell how full a theater is by DRIVING by?!?!? What if every car in the lot went to see King Kong, I gaurantee MOST of them did That... doesn't make sense...  _________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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Maverikk wrote: 2)My nephew told me that a lot of people he knew thought this looked dumb. Hearing that surprised me. I've only heard anticipation, for the most part, but I'm guessing it's possible to only be overzealous fans and not the mass audience. We'll see. Your nephew is lying. This has fantastic wom, just look at Yahoo reviews!
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Chippy
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Nebs wrote: Maverikk wrote: 2)My nephew told me that a lot of people he knew thought this looked dumb. Hearing that surprised me. I've only heard anticipation, for the most part, but I'm guessing it's possible to only be overzealous fans and not the mass audience. We'll see. Your nephew is lying. This has fantastic wom, just look at Yahoo reviews! _________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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STEVE ROGERS
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ChipMunky wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: ChipMunky wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: Maverikk wrote: Nobody shakes his tail quite like BKB does. How can you tell how full a theater is by DRIVING by?!?!? What if every car in the lot went to see King Kong, I gaurantee MOST of them did That... doesn't make sense... 
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BacktotheFuture
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BKB_The_Man wrote: ChipMunky wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: ChipMunky wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: Maverikk wrote: Nobody shakes his tail quite like BKB does. How can you tell how full a theater is by DRIVING by?!?!? What if every car in the lot went to see King Kong, I gaurantee MOST of them did That... doesn't make sense... BKB do you promise to be here on Sat.?
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Maverikk
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Nebs wrote: Maverikk wrote: 2)My nephew told me that a lot of people he knew thought this looked dumb. Hearing that surprised me. I've only heard anticipation, for the most part, but I'm guessing it's possible to only be overzealous fans and not the mass audience. We'll see. Your nephew is lying. This has fantastic wom, just look at Yahoo reviews! Why exactly would he lie? He absolutely loved the movie and has no reason to make that up. 
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Maverikk wrote: Why exactly would he lie? He absolutely loved the movie and has no reason to make that up. Ah, nevermind Mav, it was just a poor effort trying to parody my own posts concerning Kong's wom. 
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STEVE ROGERS
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BacktotheFuture wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: ChipMunky wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: ChipMunky wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: Maverikk wrote: Nobody shakes his tail quite like BKB does. How can you tell how full a theater is by DRIVING by?!?!? What if every car in the lot went to see King Kong, I gaurantee MOST of them did That... doesn't make sense... BKB do you promise to be here on Sat.?
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Chippy
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BKB_The_Man wrote: ChipMunky wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: ChipMunky wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: Maverikk wrote: Nobody shakes his tail quite like BKB does. How can you tell how full a theater is by DRIVING by?!?!? What if every car in the lot went to see King Kong, I gaurantee MOST of them did That... doesn't make sense... I have NO problem with it's opening, a little less than expected, but I am diplaying it proudly in my sig... biotch... oh and yeah... PLEASE promise to be here on Saturday, whether it's to shove it in my face... or whether its for me to shove success down your throat _________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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BacktotheFuture
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BKB_The_Man wrote: BacktotheFuture wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: ChipMunky wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: ChipMunky wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: Maverikk wrote: Nobody shakes his tail quite like BKB does. How can you tell how full a theater is by DRIVING by?!?!? What if every car in the lot went to see King Kong, I gaurantee MOST of them did That... doesn't make sense... BKB do you promise to be here on Sat.? Yeah, either way the numbers go your posts are sure to be hilarious.
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Anonymous
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Gah guys, quote post you're refering to. Not everything.
Please.
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