Agent H
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God dang I really need to stop posting this late. I was thinking of the last supper which isn’t coming out till later this year. Sorry.
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Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs
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Baloo124
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Nothing really going on this week to blame Rachel Zegler for.
Baloo124
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Jaws never should have been given any sequels. Not because the original was bad... because it was too good.
No other horror besides it and The Exorcist have made a bigger public impact. The Exorcist forcing many people to go to church and read the Bible who otherwise wouldn't. Jaws making people cancel beach vacations or refuse to go into the water altogether. It's hard to wrap your mind around the fact that movies, pure fiction, played such mind games on people that they altered their lifestyles, even briefly. That is a masterclass on how to do powerful storytelling.
My sister took me to see Jaws when I was 7. We went on a Florida beach vacation the next week.
TP2000
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Also of note is that there was a whole flurry of Christian movies released the past few weeks for the Easter season; The Last Supper Parts 1, 2 and 3, plus King of Kings as an animated family movie. For my part, I had ABC's color presentation of The Ten Commandments playing on the living room TV in the background for a Saturday night dinner party. I made sure the party stopped briefly to admire Anne Baxter chew up all the scenery and the entire western world creating that ugly golden calf that upset
According to Deadline, the budget for King of Kings was only $15 Million. I saw no advertising for it whatsoever, but then perhaps with today's modern AI algorithms they knew to avoid my morally suspect lifestyle and IP address. They probably even know I only unmuted The Ten Commandments for Miss Baxter's best scenes, like the heathen I am.
But that just begs the question why I get endless ads for Taco Bell, when I'm not a marijuana cigarette smoker nor do I have a fondness for horse meat tacos. And yet, my YouTube algorithm is constantly flogging Taco Bell.
Back on topic... only $15 Million to produce King of Kings?! It makes you wonder what Disney spends the extra $185 Million on when they make an animated movie, doesn't it?
Based on a $15 Million production budget, and a marketing budget of $10 Million, it's already profitable.
King of Kings: Production $15, Marketing $10, Domestic $29, Overseas $1 = $5 Million Profit so far
Faith-Based Films Celestial As ‘The King Of Kings’ Sets Opening Record, ‘The Chosen: Last Supper’ Double Dips In Top 10, Again – Specialty Box Office
'The King Of Kings' set a record and, with 'The Chosen: Last Supper', led a faith-based bonanza at the indie film box office this weekend.
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Prince-1
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I think I know what you are trying to say but Back to the Future was not originally planned to be a trilogy. Lord of the Rings is the only movie on that list that was about one story which was told in three separate installments.
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Prince-1
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I agree 100%. Jaws 2 was very meh and Jaws 3 was total crap. I do remember seeing it in 3D when it was originally released and that did not make it any better.
Phroobar
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Jaws 3 saving grace was seeing Sea World Florida in the 80s. Oh boy has it changed. I really wish they had built that underwater attraction in the movie. I'd like to see something like that as Seabase Delta at Disneyland.
Prince-1
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Surprisingly for such a crappy film it had a pretty decent cast. Dennis Quaid, Leah Thompson, and Lou Gossett Jr. were all in it.
Vegas Disney Fan
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The voice cast is extremely impressive, especially for that budget.Also of note is that there was a whole flurry of Christian movies released the past few weeks for the Easter season; The Last Supper Parts 1, 2 and 3, plus King of Kings as an animated family movie. For my part, I had ABC's color presentation of The Ten Commandments playing on the living room TV in the background for a Saturday night dinner party. I made sure the party stopped briefly to admire Anne Baxter chew up all the scenery and the entire western world creating that ugly golden calf that upsetCharltonMoses so much. Pure Easter comedy!
According to Deadline, the budget for King of Kings was only $15 Million. I saw no advertising for it whatsoever, but then perhaps with today's modern AI algorithms they knew to avoid my morally suspect lifestyle and IP address. They probably even know I only unmuted The Ten Commandments for Miss Baxter's best scenes, like the heathen I am.
But that just begs the question why I get endless ads for Taco Bell, when I'm not a marijuana cigarette smoker nor do I have a fondness for horse meat tacos. And yet, my YouTube algorithm is constantly flogging Taco Bell.
Back on topic... only $15 Million to produce King of Kings?! It makes you wonder what Disney spends the extra $185 Million on when they make an animated movie, doesn't it?
Based on a $15 Million production budget, and a marketing budget of $10 Million, it's already profitable.
King of Kings: Production $15, Marketing $10, Domestic $29, Overseas $1 = $5 Million Profit so far
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Faith-Based Films Celestial As ‘The King Of Kings’ Sets Opening Record, ‘The Chosen: Last Supper’ Double Dips In Top 10, Again – Specialty Box Office
'The King Of Kings' set a record and, with 'The Chosen: Last Supper', led a faith-based bonanza at the indie film box office this weekend.
I don’t get the algorithms either, I’d say half of what I see seems focused off my viewing habits, 25% has no relevance to me at all, and the last 25% annoys me to the point I click don’t show me this anymore. Not only am I not buying that product but it actively annoys me, the algorithms don’t seem to work very well.
If you lived in New England, you might have stayed away from the local beaches that summer.My sister took me to see Jaws when I was 7. We went on a Florida beach vacation the next week.
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
My mom watched it in theaters as a 19/20 year old and wouldn't even sit on the toilet afterwards.If you lived in New England, you might have stayed away from the local beaches that summer.
donaldtoo
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My sister took me to see Jaws when I was 7. We went on a Florida beach vacation the next week.
The family we lived across the street from, years ago, in No Cal (San Jose) had a nice in ground pool. After the husband and wife saw Jaws she wouldn’t even go into their perfectly clear pool for 6 months…!!!!!
Phroobar
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Jaws is the rare case of the movie being better than the book. The book's characters are so despicable that you are rooting for the shark to eat everyone on that island. I'm glad Spielberg didn't add the Mafia hitmen to the movie.
The Spielberg effect. I put JP in this realm as well for similar as well as different reasons. Spielberg took what was cinematic high concept while still somehow remaining a great story about the people of Amity, and for sure, without the loan...sharks or adultery of Hooper.
TP2000
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I was the same way with Arthur Hailey's Airport, and I'd read the book at least twice before the movie came out that we all went to immediately. Which brings up the point in 2025... Are there still big budget movies being made based off books?
I can think of 2010's stuff like the Harry Potter movies, or Lord of the Rings. But lately? I'm drawing a total blank on anything recently that was based on popular new book.
The family we lived across the street from, years ago, in No Cal (San Jose) had a nice in ground pool. After the husband and wife saw Jaws she wouldn’t even go into their perfectly clear pool for 6 months…!!!!!
I was in that category too. I didn't get near water at all that summer. Not in a pool, or a lake, or Puget Sound. All because of Jaws. There has to be some human psychology studies of how that movie did that to so many of us.
And it's ridiculous when you consider I grew up swimming and boating in Puget Sound, where giant Orca "killer whales" would breach and jump, often in pods, not far from you or your boat with regularity. But suddenly a movie about a lone shark 3,000 miles away in New England made the Seattle summer swimming season totally off limits. Stupid!
The Seattle skyline has changed a lot since '75, but those killer whale pods are the same!
Agent H
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Spielberg had a tendency to make characters more likable. See the difference between John Hammond in the Jurassic Park book and John Hammond in the Jurassic park movie.