Nikki Rocco
Nikki Rocco
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What's so great is that this is a moderate budgeted film that's probably going to be the most profitable for the studio this year, ... There's no back-end participations in it and it only cost us $55 million to make. This is a franchise that we built from the ground floor.
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We're hopeful that the nominations will give the film continued visibility, which will prove to be a favorable result at the box office.
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We're going to go back to the drawing board. Good movies are supposed to buck this trend. You hear how it's all about the product, but we have an excellent movie that people just aren't turning out for. It's something bigger.
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Only 19 movies have ever opened to $60 million-plus and none have been in June,
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My little monkey's doing great. We're convinced with all the information we have that this is the big guy, and he's going to be around for a long time.
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We had great sneaks. The capacity was 78 percent, which we're very happy about. They loved it. We had 99 percent in the top two boxes and the excellent (score) was 78 percent. It was definitely females over 30 -- exactly what we expected. And we know the picture has potential to crossover (to a broader audience).
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We are obviously disappointed in the drop, but we're proud of the film and, hopefully, it fares better overseas where the openings have been strong.
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It's not about the positioning of the film. It's about the fact that the American public spoke out. ... What they said was that it wasn't too soon for a film about Sept. 11.
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That's an unbelievable hold. I (looked back) and there has not been any film since Feb. 7 when 'Chicago' went wide that held as well. In 10 days it's done nearly $50 million. It's obvious the picture has the ability to go past $100 million.
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They were motivated to go. They love the material, they love the actors.
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They were motivated to go. They love the material, they love the actor. It's the motivation to get them to go to the movies, and I hope that we as an industry keep that up. If we want the business to survive, we have to continue to find ways to motivate them.
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I hope you get into the high-profile film season and they say, 'I want to see that,
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It wasn't a film that had to go out and do $50 million on opening. With war looming, the predominant message from moviegoers this weekend was they wanted light escapist fare.
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I'm very concerned about the marketplace. There are so many movies out, so much to choose from, yet the marketplace continues to fall, and not just by little amounts.