The Winners and Losers of Summer
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Reciently inside movies published their write up on the winners and losers in the box office and appeal race over the summer. Here is what they basically summed up the summers winners and losers to;
REMEMBER: These are simply the winners by how much they raked in box office; it has NOTHING to do with how GOOD the movies actually were.
Firstly, the Winners;
- Paramount and Disney
Paramount's biggest summer hit, 'Iron Man 2' ($312 million to date) 'Shrek Forever After' (produced by DreamWorks) and 'The Last Airbender.'
Meanwhile, Disney boasts the summer's top movie in 'Toy Story 3' ($406 million), which is also 2010's top movie and (including its worldwide gross) the biggest animated film of all time. It also claims two billion-dollar worldwide movies this year (the other is 'Alice in Wonderland').
- Sony
'The Karate Kid,' 'Grown Ups,' 'Salt' and 'The Other Guys,' as well as 'Takers,' which won the box office this past weekend and could remain a hit into the fall.
- Summit
Four words: 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.' Summer's third biggest movie ($298 million).
- Steve Carell
Three strong movies this summer, that grossed more than $400 million.
- Leonardo DiCaprio
Between 'Inception' and last winter's 'Shutter Island,' DiCaprio is having a very good 2010 -- $500 million good.
- 3-D and IMAX
There were at least a dozen major 3-D releases in theatres this summer which helped push this summer's take to a record $4.35 billion.
- Old-School Action
The Expendables' , 'Salt,' from the rebooted humans-vs.-aliens face-off in 'Predators' to the martial-arts remake 'The Karate Kid. Even 'The A-Team,' which did add a lot of far-fetched, newfangled CGI to its '80s reboot, managed to stir up $77 million.
- Kids
Five of this summer's top 10 films were family movies. 'Despicable Me,' 'Toy Story 3,' 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice,' 'Ramona and Beezus' and 'The Last Airbender'.
- Indies
'The Kids Are All Right,' 'City Island,' 'Cyrus,' 'Solitary Man,' 'The Girl Who Played With Fire,' 'The Secret in Their Eyes,' 'Winter's Bone' and 'Get Low' became modest hits.
And now, the Losers;
- A-Listers
Nicolas Cage ('The Sorcerer's Apprentice'), Jake Gyllenhaal ('Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'), Jennifer Aniston ('The Switch') and Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz ('Knight & Day'). Jury's still out for Russell Crowe (whose expensive 'Robin Hood' barely cracked $100 million stateside, though it did twice as well overseas) and Julia Roberts (whose 'Eat Pray Love' has been only a modest hit, with $61 million earned so far in its three weeks of release). They all pulled in comparatively low money.
- Jerry Bruckheimer
costly flops 'Prince of Persia' and 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice.' Could it be that audiences are actually demanding some story and characters with their action?
- Uninspired Sequels and Retreads
'Robin Hood,' 'Sex and the City 2,' 'Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore,' 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice,' 'MacGruber,' as well as such under-performing sequels and remakes as 'Get Him to the Greek,' 'The A-Team,' 'Dinner for Schmucks' and 'Shrek Forever After.' (Yes, 'Shrek' made $238 million, but it underwhelmed compared to the earlier 'Shrek' films.)
- Talking Live-Action Animals
Sorry, 'Marmaduke' and 'Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore.' Seems this gimmick has run its course.
- Comedy
Aside from 'Grown Ups' and 'The Other Guys,' there wasn't much to make Hollywood accountants laugh this summer. Not enough people snickered at 'Get Him to the Greek' or 'Dinner for Schmucks,' and no one laughed at 'MacGruber,' which earned a paltry $8.5 million and was out of theaters after three weeks.
- Horror
There was hardly any this summer, unless you think the lovestruck vampires and werewolves of 'Eclipse' count, or the monster movie/exploitation jolts of 'Predators' or 'Piranha 3-D.' Otherwise, you're left with 'Splice,' which scared up only $17 million, and 'The Last Exorcism,' which has only been out a week and has yet to prove it can overcome negative word of mouth from viewers who found the ending a disappointment.
- Women (as in NO chick flicks)
Often, there's a fair amount of smart counterprogramming to attract women, but not this summer, when there was little to choose from. 'Eclipse' was a huge chick flick, of course, but for grown-up women, the pickings were slimmer than Angelina Jolie in 'Salt.'
- Culty Comic Book Movies
Just because the Comic-Con crowd is all atwitter (and a-Twitter) about a movie doesn't mean anyone outside of their echo chamber will care about it. Hollywood seems to want to turn every comic book ever written into a film, but while familiar titles like 'Iron Man' do well, ones that only a handful have read -- 'Kick-Ass,' 'Jonah Hex,' 'Scott Pilgrim vs.the World' -- do not. 'Pilgrim' and 'Kick-Ass' came with critical acclaim and mountains of hype, yet they were unable to prove their appeal beyond a core cult of fanboys. Of course, if the movie's no good (sorry, 'Jonah Hex' readers), not even the spectacle of Megan Fox in a corset is going to entice moviegoers.
So you can expect to see more of the stuff that did well, and less of what did poorly.
What does FAKKU think? What do you think were the hits and misses of the summer?
SOURCE: http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2010/08/31/summer-2010-box-office-winners-and-losers/?_r=true
REMEMBER: These are simply the winners by how much they raked in box office; it has NOTHING to do with how GOOD the movies actually were.
Firstly, the Winners;
- Paramount and Disney
Paramount's biggest summer hit, 'Iron Man 2' ($312 million to date) 'Shrek Forever After' (produced by DreamWorks) and 'The Last Airbender.'
Meanwhile, Disney boasts the summer's top movie in 'Toy Story 3' ($406 million), which is also 2010's top movie and (including its worldwide gross) the biggest animated film of all time. It also claims two billion-dollar worldwide movies this year (the other is 'Alice in Wonderland').
- Sony
'The Karate Kid,' 'Grown Ups,' 'Salt' and 'The Other Guys,' as well as 'Takers,' which won the box office this past weekend and could remain a hit into the fall.
- Summit
Four words: 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.' Summer's third biggest movie ($298 million).
- Steve Carell
Three strong movies this summer, that grossed more than $400 million.
- Leonardo DiCaprio
Between 'Inception' and last winter's 'Shutter Island,' DiCaprio is having a very good 2010 -- $500 million good.
- 3-D and IMAX
There were at least a dozen major 3-D releases in theatres this summer which helped push this summer's take to a record $4.35 billion.
- Old-School Action
The Expendables' , 'Salt,' from the rebooted humans-vs.-aliens face-off in 'Predators' to the martial-arts remake 'The Karate Kid. Even 'The A-Team,' which did add a lot of far-fetched, newfangled CGI to its '80s reboot, managed to stir up $77 million.
- Kids
Five of this summer's top 10 films were family movies. 'Despicable Me,' 'Toy Story 3,' 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice,' 'Ramona and Beezus' and 'The Last Airbender'.
- Indies
'The Kids Are All Right,' 'City Island,' 'Cyrus,' 'Solitary Man,' 'The Girl Who Played With Fire,' 'The Secret in Their Eyes,' 'Winter's Bone' and 'Get Low' became modest hits.
And now, the Losers;
- A-Listers
Nicolas Cage ('The Sorcerer's Apprentice'), Jake Gyllenhaal ('Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'), Jennifer Aniston ('The Switch') and Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz ('Knight & Day'). Jury's still out for Russell Crowe (whose expensive 'Robin Hood' barely cracked $100 million stateside, though it did twice as well overseas) and Julia Roberts (whose 'Eat Pray Love' has been only a modest hit, with $61 million earned so far in its three weeks of release). They all pulled in comparatively low money.
- Jerry Bruckheimer
costly flops 'Prince of Persia' and 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice.' Could it be that audiences are actually demanding some story and characters with their action?
- Uninspired Sequels and Retreads
'Robin Hood,' 'Sex and the City 2,' 'Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore,' 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice,' 'MacGruber,' as well as such under-performing sequels and remakes as 'Get Him to the Greek,' 'The A-Team,' 'Dinner for Schmucks' and 'Shrek Forever After.' (Yes, 'Shrek' made $238 million, but it underwhelmed compared to the earlier 'Shrek' films.)
- Talking Live-Action Animals
Sorry, 'Marmaduke' and 'Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore.' Seems this gimmick has run its course.
- Comedy
Aside from 'Grown Ups' and 'The Other Guys,' there wasn't much to make Hollywood accountants laugh this summer. Not enough people snickered at 'Get Him to the Greek' or 'Dinner for Schmucks,' and no one laughed at 'MacGruber,' which earned a paltry $8.5 million and was out of theaters after three weeks.
- Horror
There was hardly any this summer, unless you think the lovestruck vampires and werewolves of 'Eclipse' count, or the monster movie/exploitation jolts of 'Predators' or 'Piranha 3-D.' Otherwise, you're left with 'Splice,' which scared up only $17 million, and 'The Last Exorcism,' which has only been out a week and has yet to prove it can overcome negative word of mouth from viewers who found the ending a disappointment.
- Women (as in NO chick flicks)
Often, there's a fair amount of smart counterprogramming to attract women, but not this summer, when there was little to choose from. 'Eclipse' was a huge chick flick, of course, but for grown-up women, the pickings were slimmer than Angelina Jolie in 'Salt.'
- Culty Comic Book Movies
Just because the Comic-Con crowd is all atwitter (and a-Twitter) about a movie doesn't mean anyone outside of their echo chamber will care about it. Hollywood seems to want to turn every comic book ever written into a film, but while familiar titles like 'Iron Man' do well, ones that only a handful have read -- 'Kick-Ass,' 'Jonah Hex,' 'Scott Pilgrim vs.the World' -- do not. 'Pilgrim' and 'Kick-Ass' came with critical acclaim and mountains of hype, yet they were unable to prove their appeal beyond a core cult of fanboys. Of course, if the movie's no good (sorry, 'Jonah Hex' readers), not even the spectacle of Megan Fox in a corset is going to entice moviegoers.
So you can expect to see more of the stuff that did well, and less of what did poorly.
What does FAKKU think? What do you think were the hits and misses of the summer?
SOURCE: http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2010/08/31/summer-2010-box-office-winners-and-losers/?_r=true