SKY CAPTAIN lands in January...
10-12-04 | 02:14 PM
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From Box Office Mojo:
Production Budget: $70 million
Marketing Costs: $35 million
TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic: $33,932,601 96.5%
+ Overseas: $1,229,997 3.5%
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= Worldwide: $35,162,598
It will still make that easily. So no, the movie is not considered a 'bomb'.
Production Budget: $70 million
Marketing Costs: $35 million
TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic: $33,932,601 96.5%
+ Overseas: $1,229,997 3.5%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
= Worldwide: $35,162,598
It will still make that easily. So no, the movie is not considered a 'bomb'.
10-12-04 | 03:00 PM
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Originally posted by The Valeyard
Are you sure about that? I had read online and in a magazine (either Entertainment Weekly or Starlog) that the budget was closer to $70 million.
I'm not saying you're wrong. I was just curious.
Andrew
Are you sure about that? I had read online and in a magazine (either Entertainment Weekly or Starlog) that the budget was closer to $70 million.
I'm not saying you're wrong. I was just curious.
Andrew
"Q. As a free-lancer for the Seattle Times, I recently interviewed Kerry Conran, the writer-director of "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," and when we discussed the film's budget, he quoted a figure -- off the record -- which was far below the $70 million that's been quoted in literally dozens of reviews and articles.
While I'm familiar with the ego-soothing spin strategies that studios use to inflate a film's budget, in the case of "Sky Captain," wouldn't it make more sense if Paramount had actually boasted about the film's relatively modest budget, since it represents a digital milestone?
Jeff Shannon, Lynnwood, Wash.
A. I heard the budget was not a million miles away from $38 million, which is the advertising budget for some films in that genre. So "Sky Captain" will win back its cost and turn a profit, despite a relatively tame reception at the box office. Many readers tell me I liked it more than they did, and accuse me of being blinded by its style, as if there's a surplus of style in today's movies."
10-13-04 | 09:47 AM
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Originally posted by Gerry P.
From Ebert's Current Answer Man column:
"Q. As a free-lancer for the Seattle Times, I recently interviewed Kerry Conran, the writer-director of "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," and when we discussed the film's budget, he quoted a figure -- off the record -- which was far below the $70 million that's been quoted in literally dozens of reviews and articles.
While I'm familiar with the ego-soothing spin strategies that studios use to inflate a film's budget, in the case of "Sky Captain," wouldn't it make more sense if Paramount had actually boasted about the film's relatively modest budget, since it represents a digital milestone?
Jeff Shannon, Lynnwood, Wash.
A. I heard the budget was not a million miles away from $38 million, which is the advertising budget for some films in that genre. So "Sky Captain" will win back its cost and turn a profit, despite a relatively tame reception at the box office. Many readers tell me I liked it more than they did, and accuse me of being blinded by its style, as if there's a surplus of style in today's movies."
From Ebert's Current Answer Man column:
"Q. As a free-lancer for the Seattle Times, I recently interviewed Kerry Conran, the writer-director of "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," and when we discussed the film's budget, he quoted a figure -- off the record -- which was far below the $70 million that's been quoted in literally dozens of reviews and articles.
While I'm familiar with the ego-soothing spin strategies that studios use to inflate a film's budget, in the case of "Sky Captain," wouldn't it make more sense if Paramount had actually boasted about the film's relatively modest budget, since it represents a digital milestone?
Jeff Shannon, Lynnwood, Wash.
A. I heard the budget was not a million miles away from $38 million, which is the advertising budget for some films in that genre. So "Sky Captain" will win back its cost and turn a profit, despite a relatively tame reception at the box office. Many readers tell me I liked it more than they did, and accuse me of being blinded by its style, as if there's a surplus of style in today's movies."
Well straight from the horse's mouth (sort of).
Thanks, Gerry!
10-13-04 | 07:03 PM
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11-02-04 | 05:02 AM
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Bad news to all...Paramount has bumped SKY CAPTAIN until February 1st. Who knows, maybe they've decided to include a DTS track? Probably not but we can dream, can't we?
11-02-04 | 11:11 AM
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Originally posted by highdef
Bad news to all...Paramount has bumped SKY CAPTAIN until February 1st. Who knows, maybe they've decided to include a DTS track? Probably not but we can dream, can't we?
Bad news to all...Paramount has bumped SKY CAPTAIN until February 1st. Who knows, maybe they've decided to include a DTS track? Probably not but we can dream, can't we?
